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"TIDINGS FR.OM THE SOUTH."
PROCEEDINGS
AT THE TWENTY-SECOND
GRAND ANNUAL CONVOCATION
OF THE
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OF THE
tale xrf l&rssissippi,
HELD IN THE CITY OF JACKSON,
January 20, 21, A. I. 2400, A. D. 1870.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI:
PRINTED AT THE EXCELSIOR BOOK ESTABLISHMENT.
1870.
SPECIAL ORDER
It is the order of the Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, that the High Priest of each
Chapter within said jurisdiction, immediately upon the receipt of these Pro-
ceedings, do cause the same to be read in open Chapter, for the information
of all the Companions. OSCAR T. KEELER,
Grand Secretary.
SPECIAL ORDER.
It is the order of the Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, that Subordinate Chapters
are positively prohibited from using substitutes in conferring the Chapter
degrees, and any Chapter violating this order will be dealt with by the Grand
Chapter. OSCAR T. KEELER,
Grand Secretary.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The next Annual Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Mississippi, will be held at the Masonic Hall, in Vicksburg, in Jan-
uary, 1871, immediately on the adjournment of the Grand Lodge.
OSCAR T. KEELER,
Grand Secretary.
Officers for 1870.
GRAND LODGE OF MISSISSIPPI.
GEO. R. PEARN Canton Grand Master.
J. L. POWER Jackson Grand Secretary.
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
R. B. MAYES Yazoo City Grand High Priest.
OSCAR T. KEELER Columbus Grand Secretary.
GRAND COUNCIL OF MISSISSIPPI.
B. S. TRICE
OSCAR T. KEELER.
.Verona
.Columbus..
..M.-. P.*. G.\ M.\
... Grand Recorder.
PROCEEDINGS.
At the Twenty-second Grand Annual Convocation of the M.\E.\
Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter of Mississippi, held at the Masonic
Hall, in the City of Jackson, commencing on Thursday the 20th day
of January, A. D. 1870, A. I. 2400, at 3 o'clock, P. M., there were
PRESENT:
M.-.E.-. Robekt B. Mayes, Dep. G.\ H.\ P.*., acting as Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-. George R. Eearn Grand King.
R.-.E.-. John S. Gain Grand Scribe.
R.-.E.-. A. P. Barry Grand Treasurer.
R.-.E.-. Oscar T. Keeler Grand Secretary.
M.-.R.-. J. M. Lewis Grand Chaplain.
R.-.E.-. Thos. N. Martin Grand Captain of Host.
R.-.E.-. John Riley Grand Principal Sojourner.
R.-.E.-. H. L. Duncan - Grand R.-.A.-. Captain.
R.-.E.-. P. J. Eckles Grand Master 3d Vail.
R.-.E.-. J. Jeff. Cooper Grand Master 2d Vail.
R.-.E.-. E. M. Martin Grand Master 1st Vail.
R.-.E.-. Wm. H. Carkeet Grand Tyler.
R.-.E.-. William D. Eerris Grand Lecturer.
Past Grand Officers.
M.-.E.-. Wm. S. Patton P.G.H.P.
M.-.E.-. J. M. Howry "
M.-.E.-. Amos R. Johnston "
M.-.E.-. Giles M. Hillyer "
M.-.E.-. George T. Stainback "
M.-.E.-. William D. Eerris "
M.-.E.-. Joseph O. Lusher "
R.-.E.-. Charles T. Bond P.D.G.H.P.
R.-.E.-. Benjamin Springer "
R.-.E.-. Dent H. Miles "
R.-.E.-. Thomas Hardeman P.G.K.
R.-.E.-. W. A. Champlin '•
R.-.E.-. R. P. Bowen "
R.-.E.-. Rtchard Cooper "
R.-.E.-. D. Mitchell P. G. S.
R.-.E.-. J. F. Arnold "
R.-.E.-. Thomas N. Martin "
R.-.E.-. J. H. Mitchell "
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Tlie Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present,
The M.-.E.-. Grand R.\A.\ Chapter of Mississippi was opened
in due and ample form.
Prayer by M.*.Rev.\ J. M. Lewis, Grand Chaplain.
The M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest appointed Companions Oscar
T. Keeler, J. H. Elliott and P. M. Savery, as a Committee on Cre-
dentials, who made the following Report, which was received and
agreed to :
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Bayed Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials, beg leave respectfully to report
that they find the following Companions present, entitled to seats in this
M.-.E.*. Grand Body, to-wit :
Natchez Chapter, No. 1—E. G. DeLap, High Priest.
Vicksburg, No. 3—H. Denio, King.
Columbus, No. 4—George T. Stainback, H. P.
Wilson, No. 5—E. W. Upshaw, H. P.
Jackson, No. 6—Jno. T. Buck, H. P., John Nelson, K., J. F. Harrington, S.
Magnolia, No. 7—J. B. Robertson, proxy for H. P.
Yazoo City, No. 8—R. B. Mayes, Representative.
Lexington, No. 9—C. Oltenberg, Representative.
Canton, No. 10—J. M. Lewis, H. P.
Macon, No. 11—J. W. Mitchell, H. P.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 13—R. Kaufman, H. P., Tho. Hardeman, K.
Euphemia, No. 13—J. W. Walker, proxy for H. P.
Fayette, No. 14—B. B. Paddock, H. P., Wm. Thompson, proxy for K,
Carrollton, No. 15.—B. R. Mayes, Representative.
Gallatin, No. 17—A. P. Barry, H. P., Morris Cook, S.
Kosciusko, No. 30—S. T. Oldham, K.
Quitman, No. 31—Joseph O. Lusher, H. P.
Houston, No. 33—T. N. Martin, H. P.
Okolona, No. 37—John S. Cain, H. P.
Shongalo, No. 30—S. N. Ely, proxy for H. P.
Emory, No. 33—R. C. Jenkins, K.
Lafayette, No. 33—C. H. Bell, H. P., William Delay, K.
Louisville, No. 36—N. Woodward, proxy for H. P.
Amite, No. 43—E. Safford, K.
Tallahatchie, No. 44—W. H. Fitzgerald, H. P.
Enterprise, No. 45—G. M. Shaw, K., J. W. Winn, S.
Verona, No. 47—B. F. Trice, proxy for H. P.
Ripley, No. 48—J. E. Rogers, H. P.
New Albany, No. 49—C. T. Bond, H. P.
Mt. Carmel, No. 50—J. A. Bass, proxy for H. P.
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George Washington Chapter, No. 51—R. P. Bowen, proxy for H. P.
Patton, No. 52—W. S. Patton, proxy for H. P.
Bethesda, No. 55—W. F. Skinner, proxy for H. P.
Wright, No. 56—B. It. Chambliss, H. P.
Baldwyn, No. 57—P. M. Savery, proxy for H. P.
Shoeboota, No. 59—M. B. Knight, H. P.
Panola, No. 60—J. C. Harrison, Representative.
G. W. Perkins, No. 63—E. R. Gill, Representative.
Dover, No. 64—A. M. Hicks, Representative.
Jacinto, No. 66—J. F. Arnold, H. P.
Byhalia, No. 68—P. J. Eckles, H. P.
Brandon, No. 69—Richard Cooper, Representative.
Scooba, No. 70—H. C. Robinson, H. P.
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Dent H. Miles, proxy for H. P.
Ward, No. 73—M. D. Johnson, H. P.
W. D. Ferris, No. 74—J. H. Elliott, S.
Corinth, No. 76—L. M. New, H. P.
Crystal Springs, No. 77—J. M. K. Alford, proxy for H. P.
Winona, No. 78—G. A. Spivey, proxy for H. P.
Brookhaven, No. 80—Thomas F. Rawls, H. P.
S. H. Johnson, No. 81—J. W. Anderson, H. P.
Starkville, No. 82—C. W. Westmoreland, Representative.
Cato, No. 89—John Russell, H. P.
Summit, No. 90—George T. Gracy, H. P.
Centre Ridge, No. 93—J. C. Gilbert, Representative.
Durant, No. 94—J. Jeff. Cooper, proxy for H. P.
West Point, No. 95—Benja. T. Palmer, H. P.
McConnico, No. 96—M. D. L. Stephens, H. P., L. M. Lawshe, S.
R. W. Paine, No. 97—W. L. Lowry, Representative.
McDonald, No. 98—R. L. Bouton, H. P.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
OSCAR T. KEELER,
J. H. ELLIOTT,
P. M. SAVERY,
Committee.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest then delivered the following
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Companions :
Since our last Annual Convocation, he whom you then elected to the office
of Grand High Priest, has bowed before the King of Terrors. Or, rather, as
we are fain to believe, the Great High Priest of the Universe has said to
him, " Come up hither," and has welcomed him with the plaudit, " Well
done, thou good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of the Lord."
I was officially notified of this sad event by the Grand Secretary, in a letter
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dated March. 8, 1869 ; but it had been previously announced to me by Com-
panion James M. Howry, P.*. G.\ H.\ P.1., in a letter dated March 4, 1869.
He says: " Companion Fee has passed away ' to that undiscovered country
from whose bourne no traveller returns.' He had been confined to his house
about ten days, but no one, except his family and physician knew that he
was seriously indisposed until a late hour yesterday. He sank very fast after
nine o'clock, and at twelve, breathed his last. Our community was greatly
shocked, this morning, on hearing of his death, so unexpected and sudden.
He left a feeble wife, a grown daughter, and two or three children; but left
them in easy circumstances, and had insurance on his life to the amount of
ten thousand dollars." It is gratifying to know that our Most Excellent Com-
panion, like a Mason good and true, provided for those of his own household,
so far as it was possible to be done by human foresight. May the great. High
Priest complete what the departed husband and father could but imperfectly
perform. May the God of all grace wipe away the tears of the widow and
orphans. In the shadow of His wings may they make their refuge until this
calamity be overpast. And though the chastening, for the present, seemeth
very grievous, may it yield unto them the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
From us they need only sympathy and condolence, and that expression of
respectful and fraternal regard for our departed Companion which he so
richly merited, and which is ever grateful to those who are of heavy heart
by reason of the shadow of death.
By the untimely death of Grand High Priest, the onerous duties of his
office have been unexpectedly devolved upon me. While I am sadly conscious
that want of experience and ability have rendered my services imperfect, I
feel reassured by the knowledge that my assiduity, if not my skill, has been
commensurate with my duties, and that I have to render an account of my
stewardship to no austere taskmasters, ready to say, " There shall no straw
be given you, yet shall you deliver the tale of bricksbut to those who have
been taught that Charity is " the perfection of every virtue."
Since my accession to the office of Grand High Priest, I have granted two
dispensations for the institution of new Chapters, which will be designated
as usual, in the Grand Secretary's Report. I also issued certificates of proxy,
to qualified Companions, authorizing them to instal the officers elect.
The law requires that the petition for such a dispensation shall be accom-
panied by a certificate from the Chapter nearest the place at which the new
Chapter is to be opened, vouching for the moral character of the petitioners,
and that some one of them is thoroughly versed in the work and lectures
adopted by this Grand Chapter." But the certificate which accompanied each
of the petitions merely expressed satisfaction with the proposal to form a new
Chapter, recommended the petitioners as Royal Arch Masons, in good stand-
ing; approved the petition, and recommended that its prayer be granted.
As this form seemed to have been thought sufficient for many years, I granted
the dispensations, unwilling to cause delay by a degree of strictness which
might be deemed more nice than wise. But I think that, until the law is
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amended to suit the present form of certificate, it would be well to change
the certificate so as to conform to the present law. I therefore recommend
that something like the following be substituted for the form published annu-
ally in the appendix to the Proceedings of the Grand Chapter, and generally
followed by the Secretaries of the Subordinate Chapters.
" This Certifies that, at a stated meeting of Royal Arch Chapter,
No. —, held at in the county of , the — day of , A.\ I.*.
28—, A. D. 18—, the following preamble and resolution were adopted :
"Whereas, This Chapter approves the proposal to open a new Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons at in the county of , nearer to this than to
any other working Chapter, therefore^
Resolved, That this Chapter vouches for the moral character of Companions
, and , the petitioners for a dispensation for the institution
of such new Chapter; and that Companion is thoroughly versed in
the work and lectures adopted by the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
the State of Mississippi.
Given under my hand, &c., &c."
On the representation of Companion Turner C. Everett, M.\ E.\ High Priest
of Shongalo R.\ A.-. Chapter, No. 30, that a worthy Master Mason had been
rejected by Companions who subsequently requested permission to repair the
wrong, I granted a dispensation, May 5, empowering Companion Everett to
order that the ballot on the petition of the rejected Brother should be re-taken
at a stated meeting of the Chapter.
I received, July 4, from Companion John B. Gibson, Secretary of Chapter
No. 9, at Maysville, Kentucky, a letter, dated June 29, stating that the Key-
stone, belonging to Companion W. L. Coopwood, formerly of Charles Scott
Chapter, No. 35, had been taken from a Federal soldier, and handed to him.
I immediately replied to him, and wrote to Companion Jerome B. Stamps,
Secretary of No. 35, putting the two Secretaries in communication with each
other. Their correspondence resulted, I suppose, in the recovery of his mark
by Companion Coopwood.
I received from the Grand Secretary, July 7, a duplicate Charter for Can-
ton Chapter, No. 10, which I signed and forwarded, to supply the place of
the Charter lost by that Chapter.
About the same time, I received a a letter from Companion Richard Cooper,
informing me of his appointment as Representative of the M.\ E.\ Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Tennessee, near this Grand Chapter ;
and that the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest of Tennessee suggested the name of
Companion J. W. Witherspoon as a suitable Companion to represent this Grand
Chapter near the Grand Chapter of Tennessee. I wrote to the Grand Secre-
tary to prepare the proper credentials, but owing to the irregularity of the
mails this matter was not attended to for some time.
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I find nothing in the Constitutions, or Rules and Regulations, to preclude
Chapters from installing their officers in public or in private at their option ;
but being applied to for dispensations for public installations, I granted two ;
one, December 16, to Starkville Chapter, No. 82 ; the other, December 25, to
Canton Chapter, No. 10. In the last case it was only desired to admit Master
Masons to witness the ceremonies of installation.
During the deliberations of the Grand Lodge, I learned, with deep regret,
that Companions John Fatheree and G. W. Perkins, Past Deputy Grand High
Priests, have gone the way of all flesh. "With each revolving year, some who
have participated in our deliberations, or been honored with official position,
are called to their long home; and we who remain are admonished of the
uncertain tenure of life, and the urgent necessity of laboring while it is day,
for the night cometh when no man can work. Let us emulate the virtues of
the departed, and give appropriate expression to our appreciation of their
worth, and our sorrow for their loss.
Companions, I desire to direct youi attention again to the "Orphans' Home,"
which gives shelter, protection and instruction to ninety bereaved children
of our departed Brothers. While Masonic charities are usually dispensed
through the Blue Lodges, there is nothing to preclude the active participation
of the Chapters. And every Royal Arch Mason, if thoroughly imbued with
the zeal which the contemplation of the fatherless innocents is calculated to
inspire, may kindle a similar zeal in the Lodge of which he is a member.
This cause is worthy of the best efforts of every Lodge and Chapter, and every
Mason.
" Pure religion, and undefiled, is this, To visit the fatherless and widows
in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world."—James i—27.
This is not, nor was it intended to be, a full and adequate definition of reli-
gion. Religion may be considered, not only with reference to the conduct,
but with reference to the intellectual nature, and to the emotional nature of
man. A system of dogmatic Theology, however symmetrical and true, can-
not, alone, entitle him who believes it to be called religious; for only his in-
tellectual nature is involved, and " faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone."—James ii—17. But such faith, accompanied by works, is not religion,
whole and entire; for in these there is no religation, or rebinding, of man to
God. The vitalizing principle of religion is that which controls the emotional
man; it is charity, or love; love of God, manifested in love for all mankind."
"Faith works by love, and purifies the heart," and the certain result is
" works of faith and labors of love."
I am led to tfiese reflections by remarks with which I have met in the pro-
ceedings of various Grand Chapters; remarks calculated to injure Masonry
by attributing to it all the progress iu enlightenment and virtue which glim-
mer through the moral darkness of the times. 1 wish, therefore, to define the
extent to which Masonry and Religion are coincident, and limit the assump-
tions of the former, so far as the official expression of my opinion can have
that effect, within the bounds of truth.
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The religious man, of whatever creed, may select Masonry as an instru-
nient with which to do some things which practical religion demands. But
Masonry is not Religion. Its religious creed is expressed in a single article
of faith, common to all religions; namely, the existence of God ; so that
it may adopt the language of Pope's Universal Prayer,
Father of all, in every age,
In every clime adored,
By saint, by savage and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord.
With these exceptions, Masonry has nothing in common with Religion,
except works of charity; and while these may educate our youth, and ameli-
orate the condition of our kind, they can never redeem the depraved. Ma-
sonry may teach to subdue the passions, but cannot sanctify them. It may
lead the erring to reformation, hut not to that repentance which needeth not
to be repented of. It may throw restraints around a Brother, yvhich will
cause his actions to pass the square of virtue; but it cannot regenerate his
nature. Masonry has done, is doing, and long may it continue to do, much
good in the world; but hers are ancillary works. She claims for herself no
more than to be the humble handmaiden of Religion. And let not her vota-
ries bring her into disrepute by pretensions which are so obviously unfoun-
ded. By arrogating to Masonry all that is effected by Religion, we will array
against the former all the truly religious, who constitute at present, the best
element of our fraternity.
In the investigation of the questions presented for my consideration, I was
was much embarrassed by the very dim and scanty light cast upon capitular
Masonry by the works devoted to Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, of which
I had obtained all of whose existence I had any knowledge. And on some
points I found but little to guide me in the Constitution of the Grand Chap-
ter, Permanent Rules and Regulations, and By-Laws of Subordinate Chapters.
The valuable Reports of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence were more
helpful; but of these, during the greater part of my term, I possessed only
the most recent. In general, - the opinions contained in them recommended
themselves to my judgment, yet their value to me would have been greatly
enhanced if they had been acted on by the Grand Chapter ; and I respectfully
suggest that they be referred to a special Committee, and that hereafter so
far as they relate to Masonic law and usage, they be carefully considered at
the Convocation next succeeded their publication. Otherwise they carry only
the weight which is due to the opinion of an individual Companion; and
though that individual for years, has been our M.-.E.-. Companion, Vm. S.
Patton, P.'.G.\H.\P.\, whose opinion is so strongly persuasive as to be, to all
who study his reports, prima facie evidence of accuracy, yet they want the
decisive authority which would be derived from the sanction of this Grand
Chapter. Nor are we assured that all who make such reports hereafter will
be so reliable. In this connection I must acknowledge my indebtedness to
our R.*.E.'. Grand King and Grand Lecturer for prompt and efficient counsel
whenever I applied to them.
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1. In response to a letter from the High Priest of a Chapter, inquiring
whether the conduct of Companions who, because a friend was rejected, cast
black balls against a Brother of acknowledged worth would, if persisted in,
subject them to a trial in the Chapter; and in compliance with his request to
write such a letter of advice and instruction to the Chapter as the circum-
stances demanded, I wrote a letter from which the following is extracted :
" The black ball has been called ' the palladium of Masonryand certainly
the Mason's duty, with reference to its use, is one of the most important and
delicate which he has to perform. On it depends the exclusion of unworthy
applicants, who might soon outnumber the worthy, and utterly ruin the fra-
ternity. And by it every Mason is enabled to inflict deep and undeserved
wounds on the meritorious, and to obstruct the healthful growth of the insti-
tution in his vicinity.
" It is deemed of the utmost importance to secure entire freedom in ballot-
ing, by the absence of every influence which can improperly restrain a Com-
panion from expressing his real opinion by his ballot. He ought to vote
conscientiously, in spite of all personal consequences; yet, as Masonry cannot
eradicate the frailties of nature, it is thought more expedient to remove every
temptation by making the ballot secret. The more effectually to guard this
secrecy, it is forbidden, not only to enquire how a Companion voted, and why
he did so; but even to declare one's own affirmative vote, or his motives for
casting it. For by discovering by whom all the white balls were cast, it could
easily be ascertained who cast the negative vote. Thus so long as a Compan-
ion chooses to keep the secret locked up within his own breast, it is impossible,
by any inquiry direct or indirect, to arraign him for abusing the black ball.
" But the secrecy of the ballot being intended as a shield for those who feel
constrained to give negative votes, they are not precluded from avowing their
own votes, or explaining their reasons. When the vote and motives of a
Companion are thus voluntarily divulged, they become subject to criticism,
and, under some circumstances, to censure. His reasons may be good, erro-
neous, or bad. If good, they should be approved; if erroneous, he should be
informed; if bad, and persisted in, he should be punished.
" The bringing of ' private piques and quarrels' into the Lodge * * is
justly considered a Masonic offence.'—(Mackey's Masonic Jurisprudence, 511.)
It must be more so to bring them into the Chapter. To black-ball a candidate
for the Capitular degrees, known to be worthy, is at once to wrong a Master
Mason, and to wrong the Chapter; both of which are unquestionably Masonic
offences. If the Companion so doing makes his confession with a laudable
desire to repair the wrongs, he deserves commendation rather than censure;
but if, after showing the unworthiness of his motives, he should be punished
in proportion to the magnitude of the offence. ' The right of balloting should
be held and considered as a sacred right; but if any member can be found to
wilfully * * injure * * the Lodge, or mar its peace and harmony,
such should be counselled ; and, if need be, tried for unmasonic conduct, and
suspended or expelled.'—(Chase, Digest of Masonic Law, 283.)
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" Among the unworthy motives which sometimes cause Masons to abuse
the black ball, perhaps the most common is resentment occasioned by the rejec-
tion of a friend. It is a motive which has at least one commendable element,
devotion to one's friends; and it is therefore less reprehensible than mere
malevolence towards a Brother Mason. But, while friendship is a Masonic
jewel, it should not be manifested in an illegitimate and unmasonic manner.
Let it go forth in offices of kindness to the friend, but not in acts of unkind-
ness to those who have done no wrong.
" The rejection of a candidate must be attributed to one of three causes ;
first, his actual unworthiness; secondly, an erroneous opinion that he is un-
worthy; or, thirdly, the un worthiness of the negative voter. Masonic char-
ity requires that we should not attribute it to the third cause without good
reasons. If the friend of a Companion is rejected, the latter should remember
that his own judgment is fallible, and may possibly have erred in his estimate
of the candidate. But conceding the worthiness of his friend, it is possible
that some Companion has honestly erred in a less favorable estimate of him.
But if it were certain that some one has maliciously cast a black ball, that
does not justify the friend of the rejected candidate in casting a black ball
against a worthy Brother. In the first place, revenge is, at best, a very un-
worthy passion, and one which should never warp a Mason in the discharge
of a Masonic duty, or the exercise of a Masonic privilege. In the second
place, the blow of vengeance does not fall upon the offending party, but upon
the applicant, who was certainly innocent of black-balling the previous appli-
cant, and upon the Chapter, only one of whose members, perhaps has offended.
And in the third place, to reject a worthy Brother because another has been
maliciously rejected, is to imitate the unworthy Companion who has aroused
resentment, and render one's self as unworthy as he. Shall an honorable man
avenge himself on baseness, by rendering himself base ! Shall we emulate
the example which we despise! That be far from every Royal Arch Ma-
son!"
I have since been told that these remarks had desired effect, and that per-
feet harmony had been restored to the Chapter.
My other decisions, and the reasons for as many as seem doubtful, are sub-
stantially as follows:
2. It has been the practice in some Chapters, before conferring any Capitu-
lar Degree, to require a fee to be paid in advance for that degree. This I
consider, not a culpable disregard, but an erroneous interpretation of the pro-
vision that " no candidate shall receive any degree in Masonry in this Chap-
ter, except he pay for the same in advance in cash."—(By-Laws of Rejection,
§ 4.) This clause, considered by itself, fully sustains the practice alluded to.
But the rules of hermeneutics require that the By-Laws, of which it is part,
should be considered as a whole, and so interpreted as to give meaning
to every part, and preserve consistency in all. It is proper to consider also,
the objects which the Grand Chapter had in view in enacting the By-Laws,
which were, first, to establish uniform laws for the Chapters, and secondly,
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to remedy the confusion which had previously arisen from the many unneces-
sary differences between the laws of Lodges and of Chapters. "With the
latter object in view the Committee who prepared the By-Laws for Chapters
followed the By-Laws for Lodges as closely as the essential differences between
the bodies would permit. Hence it must be presumed that every deviation is
intentional and necessary. Thus we may derive information alike from the
resemblances and the differences of the codes. Where they harmonize, the
interpretation given to the laws of the Lodge, may be extended, by analogy,
to the laws of the Chapters. But where they differ, we must seek a rational
cause for the discrepancy.
Both the Lodges and Chapters open in the highest degree therein conferred,
for the purpose of balloting on applications for degrees; but in the former,
the ballot is taken "for each degree separately," and ten dollars is " the low-
est rate for conferring either of the degrees while in the latter, the ballot
is taken " for all the degrees at the same time," and forty dollars is the "min-
imum fee for degrees." Thus the Chapter laws departed from the Blue Lodge
laws, in stating one fee for all the degrees, instead of stating the fee for each
degree. What good reason for the departure can be assigned, except that the
one fee for capitular degrees shall be paid in full before any of the degrees
shall be conferred ? If this be not so, by what rule shall Chapters be guided
in fixing the rate for the degrees respectively ? One, by analogy to the prac-
tice of Lodges, may put the same price on each degree; another may require
four, eight, twelve, and sixteen dollars for the degrees respectively; others
may adopt any other rules by which the aggregate of forty dollars for four
degrees may be obtained. This would mar that uniformity which the Grand
Chapter desires to establish in the proceedings of Chapters.
I can see no method by which the By-Laws for Chapters can be made con-
consistent, and their departure from the By-Laws of Lodges be rationally
accounted for, except to conclude that, though both codes provide that " no
candidate shall receive any degree except he pay for the same in advance in
cash in the Lodge there are three fees for as many degrees conferred in the
Lodge, and the payment, like the ballot, is to be " for each degree separately;"
while, in the Chapter there is but one " fee for the degrees conferred," and
the payment, like the ballot, for those degrees, is to be " for all the degrees at
the same time." And such was my decision.
3. In response to sevei'al High Priests, I decided that no Ghapter shall
" confer the Degrees on an applicant after the expiration of six months from
the date of his election, without a second ballot," does not apply when the
applicant has taken one or more of the capitular deegrees.—(Per. Rules and
Reg. § 24.) In this rule the degrees are spoken of in gross, and it seems to be
assumed that they will all be taken as nearly at the same time as possible.
Hence the failure of the candidate to advance after taking one or more of the
degrees, presents a case not contemplated in the rule. In judging of the ap-
plicability of the rule to such a case, we may be guided, to some extent, by
the analogy furnished by the Blue Lodge, for the relation of the Mark Master,
Past Master, and Most Excellent Master to the Chapter, is analagous to that
of the Entered Apprentice and Fellow-Craft of the Blue Lodge.
The By-Laws for Lodges provide that " if a candidate for iniatiation, whose
petition has been acted on favorably, shall fail to come forward within six
months to receive the degree, his election shall be void, and a new petition
and proceedings thereon required." But no such provision exists as to subse-
quent degrees, though a separate election is required for each of them. The
Entered Apprentice is a Brother Mason; and it is supposed that his brethren
generally are more intimately associated with him, and have better opportu-
nities of estimating his character than previous to his initiation. Besides
which, " if there are reasons" for arresting his advancement, " other than
want of proficiency, or, in other words, reasons affecting the moral character
of the Apprentice, then as a Mason, he has a right to a fair trial that he may,
if possible, exculpate himself; or, in the event of his failure to do so, that he
may be placed in such position as will not only prevent his advancement, but
but forbid the exercise of his rights as an Entered Apprentice."—(Simon's
Principles of Masonic Jurisprudence, 173.) These considerations apply with
equal, or greater force to the case of one who has taken some, but not all, of
the Chapter degrees.
4. As a corollary to the foregoing decisions, I decided also that when a
class for exaltation cannot be made up until after the lapse of six months from
the election of one or more of the Most Excellent Masters, it is not necessary
to re-take the ballot before conferring the degree of Royal Arch Mason.
5. As a second corollary, I decided that when a Brother is tardy in seeking
advancement after taking one or more degrees, the Chapter cannot fix a period
within which he must advance, or his election be declared void. Another
reason for this decision is, that such a proceeding would be to some extent
compulsory, and the Brother's advancement must be of his own accord.
6. But I had occasion to decide that the election and inchoate advancement
of a Brother do not give him an indefeasible right to further advancement.
Circumstances may make it proper to re-take the ballot. If, for example, the
delay to seek advancement has been very long, and, in the meantime, the
Brother has been removed from the vicinity of the Chapter, it might be advi-
sable even to refer the case to a Committee of Investigation. Upon these
questions the Chapter, or its High Priest, should exercise a sound discretion,
with a view to the protection of the Chapter, and the Fraternity, against the
advancement of unworthy persons.
7. Nor is it only in cases of delay that the merits of an applicant may be
subjected to further scrutiny. Any member of the Chapter, at any time after
the election of the applicant and before all the degrees have been conferred,
may object to his advancement. In such event a Committee should investi-
gate the objections, and, when they have reported, there should be a ballot,
which must be unanimdus in order to entitle the candidate to advance.
8. It is not necessary that the objecting Companion should sustain his ob-
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jection by legal proof; though, to exonerate himself from the suspicion of
unworthy motives, it is desirable that he should produce satisfactory evidence.
9. It would be very reprehensible in a Chapter to elect an applicant known
to be unworthy; but such action might be counteracted at any time pending
the advancement of the applicant. So, if he was supposed worthy when elec-
ted, but previously existing facts should be discovered, showing him to have
been unworthy; or if he should subsequently be guilty of unmasonic or im-
moral conduct his advancement may be arrested as above stated.
10. Whether continuous affiliation with a Lodge is essential to member-
ship of a Chapter, is a question upon which no direct light is thrown by the
Constitutions, Laws, Rules and Regulations, or Reports of the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence, so far as I have discovered. But extending, by
analogy, principles therein declared, or recognized, I am inclined to think
that so soon as a Chapter receives authentic information that one of its mem-
bers does not affiliate with any Lodge, he should be denied the privileges of
the capitular degrees until affiliation is obtained.
It is required that a petition for the degrees conferred in a Chapter, shall state
the Lodge of which the petitioner is a member.—(By-Laws: "Of Degrees" § 1.)
If he becomes a member of the Chapter, and his connection with his Lodge
should subsequently be terminated by suspension or expulsion, " he is thereby
expelled or suspended from Royal Arch Masonry, so soon as authentic infor-
mation is made of the fact to the Chapter * * * and should he be afterwards
restored to the rights and privileges of a Master Mason," he is thereby restored
to the rights and privileges of Royal Arch Masonry, by virtue of such resto-
ration in the Blue Lodge."—(Per. Rules and Reg. § 7.) Thus, at the com-
mencement of one's membership in a Chapter, he must affiliate with some
Lodge; and that affiliation must not cease by reason of his suspension or ex-
pulsion. From this it seems proper to deduce that affiliation with some Lodge
is indispensable to the enjoyment of the privileges of Royal Arch Masonry,
unless an exception can be shown to exist in the case of Companions dimitted
from their Lodges. The branches may be lopped from a tree without detri-
ment to the root; but when the ax is laid to the root of the tree, the branches
fall and perish. The Blue Lodge is the root of the Masonic tree. A Com-
panion may be suspended or expelled from his Chapter, yet retain membership
of his Lodge until tried and suspended or expelled from it. Or he may dimit
from his Chapter, yet retain membership of his Lodge. But suspension or
expulsion (and why not dimission ?) from his Lodge, severs his connection
with his Chapter.
Having consulted Companion W. D. Ferris, P.\G.\H.\P.\, upon this point,
he replied that the Chapter cannot require its members to affiliate with a
Lodge, adding, "I know of no law in Royal Arch Masonry requiring mem-
bers of Chapters to be members of Blue Lodges, though it is a Masonic duty."
This last remark seems confirmatory of my view ; for,a Chapter should have
power to enforce the performance of every Masonic duty. As the accuracy
of my conclusion, however, seemed somewhat doubtful, I advised that no
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action should be taken, in the case presented, until this Grand Chapter should
decide.
11. Conceding, however, that the non-affiliation of a Companion with a
Blue Lodge does not deprive him of the right of membership in a Chapter, I
decided that where a Royal Arch Mason made simultaneous applications to a
Lodge and a Chapter for membership, and was elected in the latter under the
erroneous impression that he had been also elected in the former, where his
affiliation was arrested by the withdrawal of his petition, in consequence of
unmasonic conduct; the Chapter has power to try and punish him. The fact
that the misconduct occurred in the Lodge does not impair the power of the
Chapter, which may try its members for Masonic offences, whether committed
in the Chapter, in the Lodge, or out of both. In this opinion I have the full
concurrence of Companion Ferris, who says, " If the Lodge within whose
jurisdiction he resides, fails to try him, the Chapter should do so as a matter
of course."
12. In response to another interrogatory I decided that the Committee on
Complaints and Offences, appointed in the Subordinate Chapter, are not re-
quired to take cognizance of offences against the laws of Masonry committed
by the High Priest of their Chapter; but the members of that Committee,
like any other members of the Chapter, may send charges against the High
Priest to the Grand High Priest, whose duty it is to appoint a Committee of
Past High Priests to investigate the charges and report to him.
18. It became my painful duty to decide that, under Article 54 of the Per-
manent Rules and Regulations, a Master Mason who has lost his arm since he
was raised, is not eligible to the Chapter degrees. The physical disability
alluded to in that section must have been incurred since the Brother was
raised, unless he was raised in violation of Masonic law. which could not have
been contemplated by the framers of the rule. In this opinion I was con-
firmed by that of the Excellent Grand King, to whom the case was first pre-
sented and who referred it to me with an expression of his own views. His
letter was received and answered the night previous to my departure for San
Francisco. On my return, after an absence of a month, I was farther con-
firmed by finding that the Grand Chapter of Alabama, in December 1868,
decided, " that a candidate who loses a limb after receiving a part of the
degrees, cannot receive- the restand the Grand High Priest of Georgia, in
April 1868, reported his decision " that a candidate maimed after he receives
a part of the degrees, to the extent that he cannot be taught all the mysteries
of the Art, cannot be advanced." Past Grand High Priest, W. D. Ferris, has
called my attention to the report of a Committee of this Body which was
received and concurred in, and which recommended that the Article, now
numbered 54, but then 52, should be stricken from the Permanent Rules and
Regulations.—(Proceedings 1867, page 14.) It was accordingly omitted in the
Proceedings of 1867, but reinserted in those of 1869, by an error of the com-
positor who set up the Rules and Regulations, during the illness of Grand
Secretary, as the latter informs me. As the time for your Convocation was so
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near at hand, I concluded to take no further action on the case, hut refer the
subject to you.
My thanks are due to the R.-.E.*. Grand Secretary for his promptness in
sending to me a copy of the proceedings of your last communication, and of
the Annual Communications from 1846 to 1855 inclusive. I have found in
these much to enlighten me as to the laws and principles of Capitular
Masonry.
Some suggestions have been made to me, by my Companions of more
experience than I possess, which are at least worthy of your consideration.
The first is, that the Constitution be so amended as to require that the Grand
Chapter shall hereafter elect only the Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand
High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary,
and Grand Lecturer; and that all the other officers be appointed by the
Grand Council. The second is, that the elective officers be paid only their
actual expenses in attending the Grand Chapter, and that miliage and per
diem be abolished. It is urged that these measures will save both time and
money. It may be objected, however, that the second one might prevent the
attendance of worthy Companions unable to defray their own expenses, and
not chancing to be delegates to the Grand Lodge.
I have been pained to observe, for the last year a gradual decadence of the
fervency and zeal which should actuate all Royal Arch Masons. Indeed, for
one or two years a like warmness has been indicated by the failure of many
Chaptei-s to pay their dues and make their returns to the Grand Chapter,
by which they lose their right to representation here. Since my accession to
office, petitions and letters of inquiry have gradually become less frequent,
and for the last four months have almost entirely ceased. This has greatly
lightened the burdens of my office, yet I deeply deplore the apathy which it
indicates. There is, indeed, much in the condition of our State to palliate a
relaxation of Masonic effort; for " if any one provide not for his own, and
especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse
than an infidel." But it is to be feared that the proper line of demarkation
between a commendable attention to one's own affairs, and that avidity of
lucre which has become the ruling passion of the time, is not always observed.
The most active business men, unless wholly given up to greed for gain, can
find sufficient time for Masonic duties and for devotional exercises. All
demands upon the time and attention which preclude one from practical hen-
evolence, and a proper acknowldgement of Divine goodness, " cometh
of evil."
Companions, let not us be forgetful of these high and holy duties, bnt unite
with one voice, and with one heart in ascribing praises and blessing to Him
who is exalted above all blesisng and praise; before whom all nations are less
than nothing and vanity; and yet, who is a God gracious and full of compas-
sion, and humbleth Himself to behold the things in Heaven and in the earth.
Let us offer to Him the sacrifice of thanksgiving for the great goodness which
he has bestowed on us, according to His mercies, and the multitude of His
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loving kindnesses. Let us beseech him to have respect to us, his servants,
and guide our present Convocation -with His counsel; that we may be perfectly
joined together, having one mind and one heart; loving one another, not in
word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth; that he may open unto us
His good treasure, that we, having sufficiency in all things may abound in
every good work; that we may not be slothful, but do with our might what
our hands find to do; that we may fear him forever for our good; and love the
Lord our God; that we may obey his voice and cleave unto Him; that He hide
His face from our sins, and blot out all our misdeeds; and in the sanctuary
which his hands have established, give us, at last, an inheritance incorrupti-
ble, undeflled and that fadeth not away.
On motion, the Address of the M.\E.\ Grand High Priest was
referred to Companions George T. Stainback, W. S. Patton, and
W. H. Hardy, as a Special Committee, to divide and apportion the
same among the appropriate Committees.
The M.*.E.\ Grand High Priest then appointed the following
Committees:
On Masonic Law—Companions J. M. Howry, Giles M. Hillyer and Wm.
S. Patton.
On Complaints and Appeals—Companions Wm. A. Champlain, Tho. N.
Martin and P. P. Bowen.
On Dispensations and Charters—Campanions J. 0. Lusher, D. Mitchell and
PI. C. Robinson.
On Unfinished Business—Companions John A. Galbreath, John Riley and
S. N. Ely"
On Finance—Companions J. W. Winn, Jno. T. Buck and J. M. Lewis.
On Visiting Companions—D. Mitchell and J. Jeff Cooper.
On Death of G. .II. .P.-. Fee—Companions Patton, Palmer and Delap.
On Death of Companions Fatheree and Perkins—Companions Lusher,
Barry and Trice.
On the Bepresenlative System—Companions Ferris, Martin and Champlin.
The Grand Secretary submitted his annual Peport and Account
Current as follows, which was received and referred to the Com-
mittee on Einance :
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned begs leave to submit his Annual Report, and Account
Current for the past Masonic year.
On the 10th day of February, 1869, a few days after the close of the Grand
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Chapter, he mailed to the address of the various Grand Officers, and to the
Secretaies of the various Subordinate Chapters in Mississippi, the Proceedings
of this Grand Chapter at the Grand Annual Convocation, held January 16th,
17th and 18th, and soon thereafter, the volume containing the Annual Pro-
ceedings, returns of Subordinate Chapters, &c., complete. Copies were also
promptly forwarded to each of the various Grand Chapters, and copies of the
1st volume of the Reprint of the Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Mis-
sissippi, from its organization, in May, 1864, to 1855.
On the 20th day of September, he forwarded notifications of the meeting of
the Grand Chapter to be held in Jackson, in January, 1870, on the adjourn-
ment of the Grand Lodge, together with blanks for making out the returns to
this Grand Body. In consequence of the uncertain state of the postal service,
many packages failed to reach their destination. Wherever he has been
advised of the same, duplicate copies have been promptly forwarded.
On the 26th day of March last, he received a communication from our M.-.
E.\ Companion J. M. Howry, notifying of the sudden death of M.\E.*.G.\H.\
Priest George D. Fee, which melancholly event occurred on Wednesday
night March 3d. Your Grand Secretary immediately forwarded a circular to
each of the Grand Officers, and to each of the Secretaries of the Subordinate
Chapters of Mississippi, and notifying that M.-.E.-. Companion Robt. B.
Mayes of Yazoo City, thereby became acting M.\E.\ Grand High Priest
of Mississippi.
During the past year two dispensations for the formation of new Chapters
have by command of the M.-.E.*. Grand High Priest been issued, to-wit:
To a legal number of Companions for " Attala Chapter," to be held at
Liberty Chappel, Attala county.
Also to a legal number of Companions for the formation of " Coffeeville
Chapter," at Coffeeville, Yallobusha county.
Since the adjournment of the last Convocation of this M.\E.\ Grand Chap-
ter, returns and partial dues have been received from various Subordinate
Chapters. In some instances the delegates did not attend, but sent up
returns, and deducted mileage and per diem—others arrived after the Grand
Chapter had adjourned, were not in attendance during the session, and yet
claimed mileage and per diem. This your Grand Secretary had no power or
authority to allow, and it was not done. He respectfully submits the matter
for your consideration.
During the past year, your Grand Secretary has, from his love of the
Order, spent many hours corresponding with, and endeavoring to resuscitate
and revive dormant Chapters. In a very few cases he has been successful;
but in many cases no response has been received. Permanent Rule No. 50
says; "Hereafter, every Chapter failing to be represented, make Returns, and
pay its dues to the Grand Chapter, for two years in succession, shall forfeit
its Charter.
That the Grand Chapter may the more readily arrive at a full knowledge
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of the present status of the Subordinate Chapters in this jurisdiction who
come under the provisions of this rule, the following table is appended:
Mt. Salus Chapter, No. 58, no returns since 1859.
Garrott No. 62, no returns since 1860.
John Hebron No. 7'1, no returns since 1860.
Walnut Grove No. 75, no returns since 1860.
Decatur No. 31, no returns since 1863.
Carthage No. 46, no returns since 1866.
Zenith No. 54, no returns since 1866.
Stonewall No. 87, no returns since 1866.
Wilson No. 5, no returns since 1867.
Lexington No. 9, no returns since 1867.
Marshall No. 40, no returns since 1867.
Euclid No. 67, no returns since 1867.
Monticello No. 92, no returns since 1867.
H. Gunning No. 84, returns for 1868, but made no returns for 1867.
Your Grand Secretary has no authority to take action in the matter, and
respectfully submits it for such action as you may deem proper.
There are balances on the Ledger from various Chapters, amounting to
some $800, but little of which it is supposed can be collected, as most of the
Chapters have ceased to work.
GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Oscar T. Keeeer, Grand Secretary,
In account with Grand Chapter of Mississippi :
1869. Db.
January 16. Clinton Chapter, No. 2 $ 33 00
" Vicksburg " " 3 101 00
" Columbus " " 4 57 00
" . Jackson " " 6 62 00
" Magnolia " " 7 34 50
" Yazoo " " 8 30 00
Canton " " 10 44 50
Macon " " 11 28 00
DeWitt Clinton "' 12 29 00
" Euphemia " " 13 29 00
" Fayette " " 14 59 80
" Carrollton " " 15 48 00
" W. H.Wilkinson "16 6100
" Gallatin " " 17 76 00
Shields " " 18 60 00
" Yernon " "19 19 00
" Kosciusko " " 20 52 00
Raymond " "22 '■ 46 00
" Houston " " 23 87 30
• ' Meridian " " 25 23 05
«• Okolona " " 27 36 25
Walker " " 28 22 00
" Washington " " 29 48 20
« Shongalo " " 30 47 00
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GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT— Continued.
January 16. Emory Chapter, No. 32 27 00
" Lafayette " " 33 60 00
" Neshoba " 26 00
" Charles Scott " "35 21 00
" Louisville " " 36 34
" Union " " 37 28 00
" Amite " " 42 37 00
" Tallahatchie " " 44 31 00
" Enterprise " " 45 29 00
" "Verona " " 47 28 00
" Ripley " "48 31 00
New Albany « " 49 160 00
Mt. Carmel » " 50 32 00
Patton " " 52 28 00
" Bethesda " " 55 29 00
" "Wright " " 56 26 00
" Baldwyn " " 57 34 00
" Shoeboota " " 59 23 00
" Panola " " 60 22 60
" Eureka " "61 61 00
" G.W.Perkins" " 63 39 00
" Dover " " 64 22 00
" Chickasaw " " 65 70 00
" Jacinto " " 66 37 00
" Brandon " " 69 45 00
" Scooba " " 70 39 00
DentH.Miles" " 72 22 00
" W. D. Ferris " " 74 70 00
" Corinth " " 76 38 00
" Crystal Springs " 77 76 00
" Winona " " 78 39 00
" Tampico " " 79 21 00
" Brookhaven " " 80 17 00
" S.H.Johnson" " 81 33 00
" Starkville " " 82 32 00
" Summerville " " 83 58 00
" H. Gunning " " 84 30 00
" Salem " " 85 144 00
" • Meadville " " 86 40 00
" Westville " " 88 39 00
" Cato " " 89 32 00
" Summit " " 90 25 00
Centre Ridge " " 93 40 00
Durant " "94 31 00
" West Point " " 95 22 00
" McConnico " " 96 47 00
" R. W. Paine " " 97 16 00
" McDonald " " 98 32 00
" Attala " (U. D.) 90 00
" Coffeeville " {U. D.) 90 00
$3,257 70
1870. Cb.
January 19. Grand Treasurer $3,257 70
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The Grand Treasurer submitted his Annual Beport, which was
referred to the Committee on Finance.
GRAND TREASURER'S REPORT.
A. P. Barky, Grand Treasurer,
In account with Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
1869. Dr.
January 19. To Cash from Grand Secretary $1,750 00
Jan. 20,1870. " " " " 1,507 70—$3,257 70
1869. Cr.
January 19. By Cash balance due Grand Treasurer as per last Report.. .$ 176 45
" " paid Carkeet 14 00
" " " Pay Roll 1692 10
June 1. " " Carkeet 25 00
" " Additional Pay Roll 134 60
Jan. 20,1870. " " on draft to W. S. Patton 40 00
" " Postage account 54 91
" " Printing Proceedings 844 63
" " " " 387 68 •
Commission on $3,192 92 at 2)4 per cent 79 82—$3,449 19
due Grand Treasurer this day $191 48
January 20, 1870.
M.'.EGrand R.-.A.'. Chapter of Mississippi:
I herewith respectfully submit the above account with accompanying4 vouch-
ers, showing a correct statement of your funds in my hands for the current
year. A. P. BARRY, Grand Treasurer.
On motion of Companion A. P. Barry, the election of Officers
for the ensuing year, was made the special order for to-morrow at
10 o'clock, A. M.
On motion of Companion Giles M. Hillyer, it was
Resolved, That Companion W. A. Champlin, the last elected High Priest of
Zenith Chapter, No. 54, be and he is hereby authorized to call a meeting of
said Chapter at either Pass Christian or Shieldsboro, and at such meeting said
Chapter may elect and install officers for the current year, and at said meeting
the members present may and shall locate said Chapter by a majority of all
the members present at either of the above-named places, and give due notice
thereof to the Grand Secretary.
Companion Stainback offered the following, which was made the
special order of the day for 10 o'clock, to-morrow morning :
Resolved, That the next Grand Annual Convocation of the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of Mississippi, shall commence on the 4th Monday in January,
1871.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence presented their Be-
port, which was read and adopted. (See Appendix.)
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Companion Stainback submitted the following, which was adop-
ted:
Whereas, Companion B. W. Collier, a citizen of Oxford, Miss., claims
that he was, some years since, a member of Royal Arch Chapter, No. —, in
the State of Virginia, that he was one year the elected High Priest of said
Chapter, and served as such, that he was dimitted from said Chapter some
years since, and his dimit has been lost, and the said Chapter has ceased to
exist; the Companions of Lafayette Chapter, No. 83, know him to be a Royal
Arch Mason, he being vouched for by Companion members of said Chapter;
and said Collier having presented his application in Lafayette Chapter, No. 33,
therefore
Resolved, That Lafayette Chapter, No. 33, be authorised to investigate the
application of Companion B. W. Collier for membership, and admit him, if
they deem proper to do so.
Companion Arnold submitted the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the name of Jacinto Chapter, No. 66, be changed to Rienzi
Chapter, No. 66.
On motion of Companion A. P. Barry, it was
Resolved, That Companion A. M. Hicks, of Dover Chapter, No. 64, be ad-
mitted as repseseutative of said Chapter, and that said Chapter shall be allowed
thirty days to make returns and pay dues to this Grand Chapter; also, that
this Grand Chapter request the Grand Lecturer to visit said Chapter at an
early day and call a meeting, that they may may elect officers; and that he
examine the records and finances of the same.
Companion A. P. Barry submitted the following, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Dispensations and Charters:
Whereas, Many Chapters under this jurisdiction have not met or made
returns to this Grand Chapter since the close of the war; therefore be it
Resolved, by this Grand Chapter, That all such Chapters as shall go to work
and come up to this Grand Chapter, with returns and dnes for this year, shall
be recognized as legal Chapters, and exempt from all former dues.
Companion P. P. Bowen submitted the following, which was
adopted:
Whereas, The preparation of the Report of the Committee on Foreign
Correspondence is attended with considerable expense to the Chairman of that
Committee; therefore be it
Resolved, That the sum of one hundred dollars be paid to Companion Pat-
ton, as Chairman of that Committee.
On motion of Companion William Johnson, it was
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Resolved, That Eureka Chapter, No. 61, be allowed thirty days to make her
returns and pay dues to this Grand Chapter, and that Companion D. Mitchell
be allowed to represent said Chapter at this Grand Communication.
The Grand Chapter was then called from labor to refreshment
until to-morrow at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Friday, Jan. 21, 1870—9 A. M.
The Grand Chapter was called from refreshment to labor.
Leave of absence was granted to Companions L. M. Lawshe, of
McConnico Chapter, No. 96, C. W. Westmoreland, Starkville, No.
82, and G. T. Stainback, Columbus, No. 4.
Companion Galbreath, on behalf the Committee on Unfinished
Business, submitted the following, which was received and adopted:
To the M. E. Q. Ii. A. Chapter of the State of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Unfinished Businoss, beg leave to report that they find
the proposed amendment of Articles 4th and 5th of this Constitution, the only
unfinished business. Respectfully submitted,
John A. Galbreath,
John Riley,
S. N. Ely.
Companion B. P. Bowen submitted the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the High Priests of all delinquent Chapters whose charters
have not been declared forfeited, may represent such Chapters in this Grand
Chapter at this Communication, but shall not be entitled to any per diem or
mileage.
The Grand Chapter then proceeded to the proposed amendments
to the Constitution submitted at the session in January 1869,
as follows:
1. Amend Article 4 of the Constitution as follows: Strike out the words
" and when thereto called by the Subordinate Chapters, he shall visit them
and give the like lectures and instructions," and insert in lieu thereof, the
following: " and it shall be his duty to visit, either in person or by his Dep-
uties, all the Subordinate Chapters in this jurisdiction, and place them in
possession of the. adopted work."
2. Amend Constitution, by striking out Article 5, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: " The Grand Lecturer shall receive for his services
such compensation as the Grand Chapter at each Grand Convocation may
determine."
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And on a vote being taken, the Constitution was declared as
so amended.
On motion of Companion "William D. Ferris, is was
Resolved, That the officers of the Grand Chapter who are not representatives
of Subordinate Chapters, be allowed the same mileage and per diem as
representatives. ^
The special order of the day, being action on Companion Stain-
back's resolution as to the time of meeting of the Grand Chapter
was then considered.
Companion Richard Cooper offered the following substitute,
which was adopted.
Resolved, That the netft Grand Annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter
be held at the Masonic Hall, in Vicksburg, immediately on the closing of
Grand Lodge.
The Committee on Charters and Dispensations, submitted the
following, which was adopted:
To the M.-.E.-.G.-.R.-.A.- Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Chapters under Dispensations, have had under consid-
eration, the applications of Coffeeville R.\A.\ Chapter U. D., Toomsuba R.\
A.'. Chapter U. D., and Attala R.*.A.\ Chapter U. D., for charters, and res-
pectfully report: That they have examined the minutes presented, and find
that Coffeeville Chapter and Toomsuba Chapter have kept their minutes
correctly, and show that their work has been done in proper style and form,
and recommend that they be granted charters. In the case of Attala Chap-
ter every thing is correct except that the Dispensation does not accompany
the application. If the Dispensation be forwarded to the Grand Secretary,
your Committee recommend that a charter issue to applicant.
Thos. S. Gathright,
J. H. Mitchell,
Companion Richard Cooper presented his credentials as Repre-
sentative from the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi, and
was duly recognized as such.
The special order of the day being the election of Grand Officers,
was then taken up, which resulted in the election of the following
Companions:
Robert B. Mayes Yazoo City G.\H.\ Priest.
William A. Champion Pass Christian D.-.G.\H.\ Priest.
R. P. Bowen Chulahoma Grand King.
Morris Cook Gallatin Grand Scribe.
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P. j. Eckles Byhalia Grand Chaplain.
A. P. Barry Martinsville Grand Treasurer.
Oscar T. Keeker Columbus Grand Secretary.
E. W. Upshaw Holly Springs Grand Orator.
E. Geo. DeLap Nathez Grand C.\ of H.\
H. L. Duncan Water Valley Grand P.\S.\
J. Y. Murray Ripley Grand R.\A.\C.\
B. B. Paddock Fayette G.-.M.*. 3 V.-.
W. L. Lowry Morton G.\M.\ 2d V.-.
A. P. Sanders Grenada G.-.M.-. 1st V.-.
W. H. Carkeet Natchez Grand Tyler.
On motion of Companion Giles M. Hillyer, it was
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed to consider during the
present year, the subject of the erection of a Masonic Temple for the State,
with a view to the permanent location of the Grand Masonic Bodies; to
devise the necessary plan if possible ; and to report the result of their labors
to the Grand Chapter at its next Grand Annual Communication; and that
in connection with the same subject, they shall also report upon the feasibil-
ity of providing a Masonic Educational Institution for the State; and should
either plan, or both, be deemed feasible, the said Committee shall also prepare
the proper acts of incorporation, with a view that the same, if adopted, may
be obtained from, the State of Mississippi.
The M.\E.\G.\H.\ Priest appointed Companions Giles M.
Hillyer, William A. Champlin, J. M. Howry, Thomas N. Martin,
and Thomas S. Gathright on said Committee.
Companion Patton, on behalf of the Committee to apportion the
Grand High Priest's Address, made the following report, which
was adopted :
The Select Committee to whom was referred the address of the M.\E.\G.\
High Priest, ask leave to report: That they have carefully examined the same
and apportioned as follows :
So much as refers to the death of Grand High Priest, George D. Fee, be
referred to a Select Committee of three.
So much as refers to Dispensations, to the Committee on Dispensations.
So much as refers to the Representative system, to a Committee of three.
So much as refers to the death of Companions Fatheree and Perkins, be
referred to a Select Committee of .three.
So much as refers to the Orphans' Home, to laws and usages of Capitular
Masonry, the casting the black ball, decisions of the Grand High Priest, in-
stallation, physical disabilities, and Constitution, be referred to the Committee
on Jurisprudence.
All which is respectfully submitted.
Wm. S. Patton, Chairman.
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Companion B. P. Bowen submitted the following, which was
adopted :
To the M.-.E.•. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Whereas, Monticello Royal Arch Chapter, No. 62, having failed to be
represented, make returns, or pay dues to this Grand Chapter for two years
in succession; therefore be it
Resolved, That the charter of said Chapter is forfeited; and the Grand Sec-
retary is hereby required to inform the officers of Monticello Chapter, No. 92,
of the action of this Grand Chapter, and order them to send their charter to
him without delay.
Resolved, 2d, That the Grand Secresary is hereby authorized to issue cer-
tificates to the members whenever they may comply with the requirements of
the Constitution and Regulatious of the Grand Chapter.
On motion of Companion D. Mitchell, it was
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to draw upon the Treas-
ury in favor of Companion Dent H. Miles, in payment of mileage due for the
last Communication of this Grand Chapter.
Companion Bichard Cooper submitted the following, which was
on motion made the special order of the day at 3 o'clock.
Resolved, That the salary of the Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter for
the ensuing Masonic year, be fixed at the sum of two thousand dollars.
Resolved, That for the purpose of providing for the payment of said salary,
each Subordinate Chapter within this Grand Jurisdiction shall pay into this
Grand Chapter the sum of one dollar for each and every member thereof, in
addition to the amount now required by law.
The following proposed amendments to the Constitution of the
Grand Chapter of Mississippi were read, ordered to be spread upon
the minutes, and submitted to the Subordinate Chapters, and come
up for action at the next annual Convocation, to be held in Janu-
ary, 1871 :
Amend Section 1 of Article 2, by striking out the words " together with a
Grand Orator."
Amend Section 1 of Article 2, by adding " and all Past High Priests;
Provided, They are members of Subordinate Chapters within the jurisdiction
of this Grand Chapter."
Amend Section 3 of Article 2, by adding " Provided, That the following
officers shall be appointed by the Grand Council, to-wit: Captain of the Host,
Principal Sojourner, Royal Arch Captain, and the three Grand Masters of
Vails."
Amend Article 7, by inserting in lieu thereof,
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" All amendments to the Constitutton of this Grand Chapter, shall be pro-
posed at a regular Convocation, and if received and agreed to, shall be pub-
lished (and notice sent to each Subordinate Chapter for their considaration,)
for action at the next annual Convocation, before the same shall be fully acted
upon; and this Constitution shall not be altered or amended without the appro-
bation of two-thirds of the members present, and they voting by Chapters.
The Grand Chapter was then called from labor to refreshment,
until 3 o'clock, P. M.
3 o'clock, P. M.
The Grand Chapter was called from refreshment to labor.
The special order of the day was taken up and considered, being
the Pesolutions of Companion Pichard Cooper, relative to Grand
Lecturer and salary.
Companion Cooper moved a division of the question, when
Companion B^wen moved to lay the said Pesolution on the table.
A call was made for a vote by Chapters, which resulted as follows:
Ayes, 89—Captain of Host, T. N. Martin ; Tyler, W. H. Carkeet; Past
Grand High Priests, Patton, and Lusher ; Past Deputy Grand High Priests,
Springer and Bond; Past Grand Kings, Miles, Bowen, Hardeman and Mitch-
ell. Chapters, Nos. 1, 4, 11, 12, 14. 17, 23, 33, 36, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52, 57, 59, 63,
67, 68, 72, 76, 85, 89, 90, 93, 99.
Naxs, 72—Grand High Priest, P. B. Mayes ; Grand King, Geo. R. Pearn;
Principal Sojourner, John Riley; Past Grand Kings, Champlin, Cooper; Past
Grand Scribe, Arnold. Chapters, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, 20, 32, 42, 44, 47,
64, 66, 69, 74, 78, 81, 95, 96.
Companion Thos. N. Martin moved to reconsider the vote taken
this morning, amending Sections 4 and 5 of Article 2 of the Con-
stitution, which was carried.
On motion of Companion George B. Fearn, it was
Resolved, That further consideration of the proposed amendments to the
Constitution be postponed until the next annual Convocation of this Grand
Chapter.
Companion Winn, on behalf of the Finance Committee, made
the following report, which was received and adopted:
To the M.'. E.\ G.\ R;. A.\ Chapter of Mississippi:
Tour Committee to whom was referred the Reports of the Grand Secretary
and Taeasurer, beg leave to report that they have examined the same and
find them correct.
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They would further report, that they have had the subjects brought to the
notice of the Grand Chapter by the report of the Grand Secretary, under
consideration and would report as follows:
That those representatives of Subordinate Chapters who failed to attend
the meeting of the Grand Chapter, but retained the per diem and mileage,
had no right so to do, and that the Grand Secretary was right in refusing to
give their Chapters credit for the amount retained by them. They would
respectfully recommend that mileage be allowed those representatives who
attempted to attend the Grand Chapter, but failed to leach it in time to sit in
the Body, by circumstances beyond their control.
A number of Chapters are reported as having forfeited their charters, but
still retain them in their possession ; it is the opinion of your Committee that
the M.\E.\ Grand High Priest, through the Grand Secretary, should demand
of said Chapters the surrender, to him, of their charters.
Your Committee find in the report of the Grand Treasurer the amount of
$176 45, overpaid by him twelve months ago, which sum has since been in-
creased. They therefore respectfully recommend that the Grand Treasurer
be allowed interest on the said sum of $176 45 for 12 months, at the rate of
10 per cent per annum. J. W. WlNN,
Jno. T. Buck,
J. M. Lewis.
Companion Patton submitted the following report, which, was
received and adopted:
To the M.-.E.-.Q.-.R.-.A.-. Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee to whom was referred that portion of the Grand
High Priest's address which relates to lhe death of G.\H.*.P.\ Geo. D. Fee,
would respectfully ask leave to report the following;
Since last we met as a Grand Body, what mighty changes have been wrought?
The billows of the stormy ocean of life have tossed us in the fury of its wrath.
The frail barques of some have stranded or driven into the whirlpools, and
forever lost to the sight of friends on earth. But cast your eyes to the "East,"
and view the vacant seat of him, who, at the last Convocation of this Grand
Chapter, met with, and gave us the benefit of his intelligent counsel. But he
has finished his labors, good, square and true work, and we trust he has gone
to reap his reward in the presence of the Grand Council above, there to eter-
nally enjoy the fruits of that labor. Under the existing circumstances, we
think it not out of place to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of
our beloved, deceased friend and Companion, Most Excellent Grand High
Priest George D. Fee, whom we all were delighted at our last annual Con-
vocation, to honor as Grand High Priest.
Companion Fee was born in Chester District, South Carolina, on the 14th
day of October, A. D. 1824, and died on the 8d day of March, A. D. 1869 :
aged forty-four years, four months and nineteen days.
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He moved to Mississippi some twenty years ago, and settled in Panola co.,
"from thence to Marshall co., and lastly to Oxford, Lafayette co., where he
lived for the last twelve years, when death, the great leveler, terminated his
earthly existence. He was by profession a merchant. Honest, fair and liberal
in all his dealings, never giving any-one a right to complain or accuse him
of taking advantage. He was foremost in every public patriotic enterprise,
and was the acknowledged leader in all matters pertaining to civil affairs.
He soon became an active Mason, and his delight was to meet and mingle
with the craft.
Our venerable and much beloved brother and Companion, Past Grand Mas-
ter and Past Grand High Priest, James M. Howry, who for many long years
had presided over the Masonic Bodies at Oxford, and had faithfully performed
his duty with honor to himself and full satisfaction to the Brethren; be-
coming enfeebled in health, and feeling the weight of years pressing him
down, (bodily,) thought it advisable to look to the interest of the Fraternity,
and select some suitable member to occupy the East, one that would be accep-
table to the members. The unanimous selection of the different Masonic
Bodies at Oxford, as the voice of one man, cast the mantle on Companion
George D. Fee. He was active, efficient, and always on hand. By his cau-
tious, kind, liberal and charitable disposition, he won the affections of, and
gained a high standing in the Grand Masonic Bodies of his adopted State.
He leaves an affectionate wife, three children, and numerous friends to mourn
his loss, which is greatly felt by all who knew him.
But, Companions, while we drop the tear of sympathy in his remembrance,
let it induce us to draw the veil of charity over any error, if any, he may
have committed, and not withhold from his memory the praise his virtues
may have claimed. Our beloved Companion Fee is gone. Gone to that
bourne from whence no one ever returns. The vacant chair around the social
family circle of beloved ones, and in this Grand Chapter, often cause the
silent tear to course its way down the cheek, and the heart becomes sad and
melancholy. But this, Companions, should not be so. Though he has been
taken from us in the meridian of life, in the midst of his usefulness ; he did
not live in vain; his memory will be handed down and cherished by genera-
tions yet to come, and his deeds as a man and a Mason, will shine with resplen-
dent beauty on history's page, with that freshness which time cannot impair,
and that brightness which passing years cannot dim. Then let us cease to
mourn his loss. His body has been consigned to mother earth, but his spirit
is immortal; and with our spirits, when we too, shall have passed away from
the scenes of earth, it is to be hoped, on that bright resurrection morn, will be
permitted to wing their way into the presence of the Great I AM, and with
God and angels ever dwell. .
We can exclaim with the poet—
" Such graves as his should he pilgrim's shrines,
Shrines to no creed or code confined ;
The Delphian vales, the Palestine,
The Mecca of the mind."
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It is not always by words that the living pay to the dead the sincerest and
most eloquent tribute. The tears of a nation, flowing spontaneously over the
grave of a public benefactor, is a more eloquent testimonial of his worth and
of the affections and veneration of his countrymen, than the most highly-
wrought eulogy of the most gifted tongue. The heart is not necessarily the
fountain of words, but it is always the source of tears, whether of joy, grat-
itude or grief. But sincere, truthful, and eloquent as they are, they leave no
permanent record of the virtues and greatness of him on whose tomb they
were shed. As the dews of heaven falling at night are absorbed by the earth,
or dried up by the morning sun, so will the tears of the people shed for their
benefactor, disappear without leaving a trace to tell to future generations of
the services, sacrifices and virtues of him to whose memory they were a grate-
ful tribute.
But as homage paid to virtue is an incentive to it, it is right and proper
that the memory of our Brother and Companion, George D. Fee, should be
preserved and honored. It is right and j ust that posterity should learn from
us, the cotemporaries of the deceased, that his services as a man and a Mason
were appreciated by his Brethren and Companions. But neither the services
which he rendered, nor the affection of friends or Companions, could turn
aside the missile of death. But we have this consolation, to know that Com-
panion Fee died full of honors and rich in the affections of his Companions.
We learn that death at all times is an instructive monitor as well as a mourn-
ful messenger; but when his fatal shaft hath stricken down one who is near
and dear to us, or the comfort in declining years; how very impressive the
lesson it brings to the heart, that the grave is the common lot of all—the
great leveler of all earthly distinction. But at the same time we are taught
that in one sense the good and noble can never die; for the memory of their
deeds will live through all coming time, in an immortality that blooms beyond
the grave. In the present instance we believe we can justly say :
" Farewell, dear Companion, thou'rt gone from our sight,
God speed thee to Heaven, lost star of the night."
It is difficult for us to feel that we shall see him no more on earth; that we
shall never again greet him as Brother or Companion: gone to that undis-
covered country which returns no intelligence of his safe arrival. The gentle
breeze fans his verdant covering, but he heeds it not; the sunshine and the
storm pass over him but he is not disturbed.
We as Masons this day offer to his memory before the world a monument
of our affections, thereby demonstrating the sincerity of our past esteem for
him, and our steady attachment to the principles of our beloved Order. Unto
the grave his body has been consigned, adding earth to earth, ashes to ashes,
dust to dust, there to remain until the last loud trump shall sound on the
resurrection morn. But we can cheerfully leavfe him in the hands of the
Great I AM, who doeth all things well. To those of the immediate relatives
and friends, who are most heart-stricken at the loss we have all sustained, we
have but little of this world's consolation to offer. We can only sincerely,
deeply and most affectionately sympathise with you in your affliction and
bereavement. But in the spirit of Christianity we would say, that " He who
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," looks down with infinite compassion
upon the widow and the fatherless, in the hour of their desolation. And he
who wept while on earth, will fold the arms of his love and protection around
those who put their trust in Him. Then let us improve the time given us,
that at last/when the " sheeted dead are stirring," when the " great white
throne is set," we shall receive from the Omniscient Judge the welcome invi-
tation, " Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world." As we contemplate the sad event,
the shadows of the past gather over us; the memories of events, years
gone by, crowd upon us, and the shade of our departed Companion seems to
hover about us and wait to receive the spirits of those who were worthy to be
co-laborers with him in the cause of virtue and morality, and share the re-
wards due them.
In the death of such men and Masons, even patriotism itself might pause
for a moment, while friendship sheds a tear of sorrow upon his grave. Here
let all discord die ;
" But search the land of living men,
Where wilt thou find his like again."
We should cherish his recollections for past associations and due self-respect.
" But there are deeds which should not pass away,
And names that must not wither."
Of such deeds the life of Companion Fee affords a bright example. It was
such fame he made for himself during his life which will be reverenced by
future generations, who will be taught to lisp with enthusiasm the many vir-
tues he possessed.
Our hearts are melted with sorrow, because of the thought that he is gone.
Could we have stayed the missile of death, he would not have died, but would
have tarried with us until we had no longer use for Grand Chapters. We
will cherish his memory while we live, as one of our brightest Masonic jewels,
and endeavor to teach those who come after us, the matchless virtues he ex-
hibited. Wm. S. Patton,
E. G. DeLap,
B. T. Palmer,
Committee.
To the Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee to whom wg.s referred that portion of the M.\E.\G.\ High
Priest's address which relates to the death of Past Grand Officers Fatheree
and Perkins, beg leave to offer the following for your considation :
Since we last met, two of our Past Grand Officers have left our ranks, have
been stricken from the roll, have ceased their connection with us, by the com-
pulsory power'of that force alone whose fiat is irresistible, whose command
none can gainsay, and at whose word, prepared or unprepared, we must all
pass from busy life to the dread inaction of the grave.
We are called upon to mourn the loss of two endeared to the heart of every
Mason. P.'.D.".G.\H.\ Priests, John Fatheree and George W. Perkins, have
closed their earthly pilgrimage, and been called to " fhat rest prepared from
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the foundation of the world." In the various departments of Masonry they
were most earnest and zealous members, and as " wise and accomplished Ma-
sons" they were well known in this Most Excellent Grand Chapter.
The fact that they were called by their Companions to honor the station of
Deputy Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi,
affords ample evidence of the high esteem and affectionate regard in which
they were held by those " who remember them in scenes to which the world
was not witness—and where the better feelings of humanity were exhibited
without disguise." Their purity of lile, honesty of purpose, and superior
knowledge, have all been devoted with unsurpassed energy to the cause of
Masonry, and the impress of their character has been left upon its history.
" The memory of their virtues lingers in our remembrance and reflects its
shining lustre beyond the portals of the tomb.
As a proper testimony of respect to the memory of our deceased Right Ex-
cellent Companions, we offer the following Preamble and Resolutions :
Whereas, By the dispensation of an All-wise and inscrutable Providence,
our P.\D.\G.\H.\ Priests, Fatheree and Perkins, have been removed from
their state of labor, trial and suffering, to that Supreme Chapter where the
Divine refreshments are enjoyed; therefore
Resolved, That in the death of our Right Excellent Companions, this Grand
Chapter mourns the loss of two of its members who have long been constant
in their attendance, scrupulous in their observance of the Regulations, and
solicitous to communicate light and instruction.
Resolved, That in the excellence which constitutes the true Masonic Com-
panion, which ennobles man in the various relations of life, our late J?.\D.\
Grand High Priests have shown as eminent exemplars; and that the fecollee-
tion of their Masonic character shall exert a holy influence on their survivors.
Resolved, That a blank page of the printed proceedings of this Grand Chap-
ter be dedicated to their memory.
Fraternally submitted, J. O. Lusher,
A. P. Barrt,
Committee.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to forward a copy of the
foregoing reports of the Committees on the decease of our lamented Com-
panions, George D. Fee, John Fatheree and George W. Perkins, to theii; fam-
ilies, with the seal of the Grand Chapter attached thereto.
On motion of Companion A. P. Barry, it was
Resolved, That all Past Grand Officers, members of this Grand Chapter, and
not Representatives of Subordinate Chapters, be allowed the same compensa-
tion as representatives and officers.
An account in favor of Wm. H. Carkeet,
For coal and drayage $3 00
" servants' hire 4 00
" Gas bill 3 50—110 50
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Was referred to the Finance Committee, who audited the same,
and on motion the account was allowed.
On motion, the sum of Twenty Dollars was allowed to Companion
William H. Carkeet, for services as Grand Tyler, for the present
Convocation.
The M.\E.\ Grand High Priest appointed Companions William
S. Patton, of Meridian, James Wm. Winn, of Enterprise, and
Oscar T. Keeler, of Columbus, as a Committee on Foreign Corres-
pondence, for the ensuing year.
The Grand Chapter was called from labor to refreshment until
o'clock, P. M.
Friday, January 21, 1870—7i P. M.
The Grand Chapter was called from refreshment to labor.
The various Officers elect of the M.\ E.\ Grand P.'. A.-. Chapter
of Mississippi were then duly installed into their respective offices.
No other business appearing, the M.\E.\ Grand Poyal Arch
Chapter of Mississippi was then closed in due and ample form,
after the Throne of Grace had been most fervently addressed by
M.-.Eev. P. J. Eckles, Grand Chaplain.
EOBEET B. MAYES, G.-. H.\ P.-.
Attest: Oscar T. Keeler, Grand Secretary.
I hereby certify that the fore-
going pages contain a true and
perfect record of the Proceedings
of the Grand Eoyal Arch Chap-
ter of Mississippi, at its Grand
Annual Convocation at Jackson,
in January, 1.870.
In Witness Whereof, I have
hereunto attached my Official
Signature and the Seal of the
Grand Chapter, this 5 th day of
February, 1870.
Grand Secretary.
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BETUBNS OF CHAPTEBS.
NATCHEZ CHAPTEE, NO. 1.—61 Membees.
(Chartered September 13, 1822.)
Natchez, Adams Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each mouth.
OFFICERS :
Jacob Peebles H. P.
E. Geo. DeLap K.
A. R. Tyler S.
H. C. Mayer C. of H.
Charles Katze M. 3d V.
Gus. Haase M. 2d V.
C. M. Sawyer M. 1st Y.
Gus. J. Bahin Treasurer.
Samuel Ullman P. S. W. G. Benbrook Secretary.
William Noonan.
. R. A. C. W. H. Carkeet Tyler
MEMBERS:
Giles M. Hillyer, P. H. P. F. F. Fowler, P. H. P.
A. H. Kendrick, P. H. P. C. F. Merrick, P. H. P.
William H. Stewart, P. H. P.
Bahin A.
Forbes William H.
Munce T. Quitman
Baker John C.
Farrar C. F.
Meyer Adolph
Baker Joseph D.
Gay nor James S.
Preston Zenas
Ballard Henry
Grafton Thomas
Profilet J. Quig.
Barker Pierre A.
Hardie James
Ray Henry
Belcher Charles W.
Holt John S.
Scharffe Daniel
Brown George M.
King Q,. J.
Sharp J. K.
Buell K. A.
King J. S.
Silverberg Himan
Charles J. W.
Lee William M.
Smith T. H. L.
Dixon Robert S.
Lewis Gus.
Smythe John
Dixon James
Lengsfield J.
Smythe D. G.
Davis A. Y.
Leonard T. W.
Smokey J. J.
Dicks George J.
Mayer Simon
Stewart Samuel M.
Dicks William R.
Martin Wm. T.
Wade Benjamin
Dix William
Mason Samuel A.
EXALTED, 3:
Dixon James
Farrar C. F.
Silverberg Himan
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REINSTATED, 1 :
Anderson W. H.
DIMITTED, 3:
Anderson W. H. Douglas W. K. Stanton William
DIED, 1:
McDowell John
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
E. Geo. DeLap IT. P. Gus. Haase M. 3d Y.
Robert S. Dixon K. James Dixon M. 2d V.
H. C. Mayer S. Himan Silverberg M. 1st V.
Charles Katze C. of H. Gus. J. Bahin Treasurer.
Samuel Ullman P. S. W. G. Benbrook Secretary.
Alphonse Bahin R. A. C. W. H. Carkeet Tyler.
CLINTON CHAPTEB, No. 2.—31 Members.
(Chartered September 18, 1826.)
Port Gibson, Claiborne Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday night of
each month.
OFFICERS :
H. P. J. O. Ingram M. 3d V
K. John G. Hastings, Jr M. 2d V.
S. Thomas J. Aby M. 1st V.
..C. of H. Win. B. Fulkerson Treasurer.
P. S. Julian L. Foote Secretary.
.. R. A. C. George W. Naasson Tyler.
James A. Gage
L. T. Newman
Charles McDougall.
James Wylie
C. G. Chappel
C. H. Barrot
Andrews J. W.
Barrett Joseph E.
Bethea Philip
Gordon R. F.
Hall William E.
McPherson J. V.
MEMBERS:
Hughes Wm. P.
Jones John G.
Jones J. A. B.
Lewis A. J.
McCaleb Wm. C.
EXALTED, 3 :
Sims Wm. McD.
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Jones John G.
DIMITTED, 1 :
McPherson J. Y.
Sprott W. D.
Sims Wm. McD.
Yaughn J. H.
Williams L. P.
Vaughn J. H.
McLaren L.
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OFFICERS FOR
James A. Gage H. P.
Philip Bethea K.
Wm. B. Fulkerson S.
James Wylie C. of H.
J. A. B. Jones P. S.
C. H. Barrot R. A. C.
E YEAR 1870 :
J. 0. Ingram M. 3d V.
L. T. Newman M. 2d V.
J. G. Hastings, Jr M. 1st Y.
John G. Jones Treasurer.
Julian L. Foote Secretary.
George W. Naason Tyler.
YICKSBUEG CHAPTER, No. 3.-76 Members.
(Chartered September 17, 1841.
ViCKSBURGr, "Warren Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W.A. Fairchild ..H. P.
J. W. Powell K.
F. A. Scanlan S.
W. L. Conkley C. of H.
T. J. Baker P. S.
Jacob Rothschild R. A. C.
T. J. Finney M. 3d Y.
Alex. Kuhn M. 2d V.
A. J. Dirr M. 1st Y.
J. D. Miles Treasurer.
W. W. Allein Secretary.
F. Wood Tyler.
MEMBERS:
B. Springer, P. H. P. E. Grammer, P. H. P.
T. J. Harper, P. H. P. E. T. Henry, P. H. P.
Adler Jacob
Hackett Thomas
Pohl Julius
Allen John
Herrick H. J.
Piazza Frank
Bodenheim M.
Hornthal L.
Richardson R.
Butts E. S.
Jacquith A. L.
Rigby D.
Bazinski Jos.
Johnson W. C.
Rigby Thomas
Bender W. G.
Keene D. W.
Rice David
Borden H.
Keiser Fred
Stranss J.
Brown M.
Kershaw Thomas
Schlenker J.
Buckner C. B.
Lowenburg L. M.
Stein S.
Campbell Donald
Lord W. W.
Spengler Philip
Chamberlain W. M.
Levi Nathan
Stites Girard
Cox William
Lewis Simon
Tappan Amos
Denio H.
McGarr E. J.
Theobold G. P.
Dixon M. H.
McCray W. Y.
Thomas Charles E.
830
Eisleffel Charles
Flanagan John
Forney John E.
French Uriah
Goodrum H. H.
Grammer J. S.
Murphy John
Murray William
Moody D. N.
Mathews Oliver
O'Reilley H. E.
Paxton A. M.
Tinella Theo.
Wallein E. W.
Wilson W. D.
Weil L.
Winstin A.
Youug S. H.
Campbell Donald
Denio H.
Levi Nathan
Mathews Oliver
EXALTED, 12
Murray William
O'Reilley H. E.
Piazza Frank
Rice David
Shlenker Jacob
Stein S.
Tinella Theo.
Thomas C. E.
AFFILIATED, 2 :
Chamberlain W. M. Lewis Simon
REINSTATED, 2:
Jaquith A. L. Sites Girrard
DIMITTED, 7:
Chew W. R.
Harris J. W. M.
Brooke Walker
Hubbard H. H.
Lum W. S.
Walton C. A.
DIED, 3 :
Hill H. W.
Moseley A. W.
D. S.
Sloan W. B.
Blanton O. M.
Branch H. T.
Clague William
Davis T. C.
SUSPENDED, 13 :
For non-payment of dues:
Goodrum W. S.
Green Wash E.
Hammett Henry
Holmes Robert
Waterberry C. N.
Jones Benja.
Kline N. E.
Scott E. M.
Turley F. R.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
W. A. Fairchild H. P.
H. Denio K.
W. L. Conkley S.
H. E. O'Reilley C. of H.
David Rice P. S.
J. Strauss R. A. C.
William Murray M. 3d V.
D.Campbell M. 2d Y.
S. Stein M. 1st Y.
A. Kuhn Treasurer.
C. E. Thomas Secretary.
F. Wood, P.H.P Tyler.
331
COLUMBUS CHAPTER No. 4.-46 Memeeks.
(Chartered September 13, 1844.)
Columbus, Lowndes Co.—Regular meetings 2d Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
George T. Stainback H. P.
Thomas E. Cannon K.
Robert F. Matthews .. . S.
Ira M. Boswell C. of H.
N. E. Goodwin P. S.
L. L. Goodrich,
Barclay A. H.
Brown George C.
Brown Stephen A.
Cady William
Christian Thomas
Cook Wm. Henry
Curtis James H.
Eggleston E. C.
Frazee George
Humphries Abram S.
Humphries W, W., Sr.
Kemp Edward F.
Baskervill Charles
Cook Dennis
.. R. A. C.
R. L. Morris M. 3d V
Henry E. Cox M. 2d V.
William A. Moore M. 1st V.
Gid. Warren Cox Treasurer.
N. Reynolds Secretary.
Isaac M. Knapp Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Halbert Arthur C.
Harvey Joseph E.
Keeler Oscar T.
Kidd Alfred W.
Krecker John P.
Kemp Edward F.
Lanier Robert E.
Leigh Joseph E.
Meek Samuel M.
Mullin John N.
Munger Sylvester C.
Williams Jones L.
EXALTED, 3 :
Munger Sylvester C.
REINSTATED, 1:
Tolson John W.
DIMITTED, 5 :
Miller James
Spillman William
DIED, 2:
Myrick G. T.
McCabe F. M.
Odeneal Milton
Oxford Allen C.
Poleman Alexander
Pro well James W.
Saville Alfred
Shirley Gabriel
Symons William T.
Tucker L. M.
Whitfield James
Poleman Alexander
Tolson John W.
Barry Richard
Bestor Daniel P.
SUSPENDED, 1 :—For non-payment of dues
Feemster Alexander W.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
George T. Stainback..
Ira M. Boswell
N. E. Goodwin
L. L. Goodrich
Nelson Reynolds
William A. Moore...
H. P. Alexander Poleman M. 3d V.
1. . K. Sylvester C. Munger M. 2d V.
S. R. L. Morris M. 1st V.
C. of H. Gid. Warren Cox Treasurer.
P. S. L. M. Tucker Secretary.
.... R. A. C. Edward F. Kemp Tyler.
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WILSON CHAPTEE, No. 5.-49 Members.
(Chartered September 13, 1844.)
Holly Springs, Marshall Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Tuesday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Edward Lea
E. W. Upshaw ...
W. Caldwell
James T. Fant...
S. Weiner
W. L. Bledsoe
.... H. P. C. Barrett M. 3d V.
K. J. J. Gately M. 2d "V.
S. H. Falconer M. 1st V.
,. C. of H. W. M. Compton .... .Treasurer.
P. S. Willis H. Bishop Secretary.
.. R. A. C. N. B. Munn Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Anderson J. H.
Glover R. M.
McRaven J. S.
Armstead John
Gregg Thomas
McGoWan Robert
Abston B. L.
Gregg Stephen
Manvel T. J.
Barrington A. M.
Harrall J. J.
Mickle B.
Clayton W. W.
Jones W. L.
Read Clement
Clark William
Julian Calvin
Ross U. H.
Cunning-ham A.
Levi I. C.
Stith R. S.
Carey S. E.
McKissack A. C.
AYallace W. W.
Ferrell F. M.
Megginson H. P.
Walter H. W.
Farrington J. M.
McCarroll J. R.
West R. B.
Falconer T. A.
McGuirk John
Willis P. A.
Frank Samuel
McClatchey H.
Winborne H.
Wilkerson E. J.
EXALTED, 2:
Clayton W. W.
Ferrell F. M.
REINSTATED, 1:
Megginson' H. P.
DIED, 1:
Brown John
SUSPENDED, 2 :
For non-payment of dnes :
Hulbut J. C.
McCrockc}* II. A.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1809:
E. W. Upshaw H. P.
R. S. Stith K.
T. J. Manuel S.
James T. Fant C. of H.
Samuel Weiner P. S.
H. Falconer R. A. C.
C. Barrett M. 3d Y.
R. B. West M. 2d V.
W. Caldwell M. 1st V.
Clement Read Treasurer.
Willis H. Bishop Secretary.
Neill B. Munn Tyler.
333
WILSON CHAPTER, No. 5.-48 Members.
(Chartered September 13, 1844.)
Holey Springs, Marshall Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Tuesday of each month.
OFFICERS:
E. W. Upshaw H. P.
R. S. Stith K.
T. J. Manuel S.
James T. Fant C. of H.
Samuel Weiner P. S.
H. Falconer R. A. C.
C. Barrett M. 3d V.
R. B. West M. 2d V.
W. Caldwell M. 1st V.
Clement Read Treasurer.
Willis H. Bishop Secretary.
Neill B. Munn Tyler.
Anderson J. H.
Armstead John
Bledsoe W. L.
Barrington A. M.
Clayton W. W.
Clark William
W. M. Compton -
Cunningham A.
Carey S. E.
Ferrell F. M.
Farrington J. M.
Falconer T. A.
MEMBERS:
Frank Samuel
Glover R. M.
Gately J. J.
Gregg Thomas
Gregg Stephen
Jones W. L.
Julian Calvin
Levi I. C.
Lea Edward
Mathews B. D.
McRaven J. S.
McGowan Robert
McKissack A. C.
Megginson H. P.
McCarroll J. R.
McGuirk John
McClatchey H.
Norfleet J. P.
Ross U. H.
Wallace W. W.
Walter H. W.
Willis P. A.
Winborne H.
WilkersonE. J.
AFFILIATED, 2 :
Mathews B. D. Norfleet J. P.
DIMITTED, 1:
Mickle B.
DIED, 2:
Abston B. L. Harrall J. J.
OFFICERS FOR
E. W. Upshaw H. P.
B. D. Mathews K.
J- P. Norfleet S.
Howard Falconer C. of H.
H. Winborne P. S.
R. S. Stith R. A. C.
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HE YEAR 1870:
Clement Read M. 3d V.
William M. Compton M. 2d Y.
J. J. Gately M. 1st Y.
W. H. Ross Treasurer.
Willis H. Bishop Secretary.
N. B. Munn Tyler.
334
JACKSON CHAPTER, No. 6.-49 Members.
(Chartered September 13, 1844.)
Jackson, Hinds Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
John T. Buck
John Nelson
William B. Taylor..
R. D. Hardy
William French
William H. Johnson.
OFFICERS:
... H. P. Robert Bradley M. 3d V.
K. Henry C. Tapley M. 2d V.
S. J.L.Power M. 1st Y.
C. of H. H. M. Taylor Treasurer.
.. .. P. S. Henry Strauss Secretary.
. R. A. C.' A. Robbins Tyler.
Ashe Matt F.
Baley S. P.
Bloom Elias
Brown William J.
Burnett John W.
Christman W. D.
Crane W. C.
Comfort B. F.
Davidson Robert M.
Echols John H.
Evans Williams
Home J. A.
MEMBERS:
Hilzheim Hyman
Harrington J. F.
Herrod A. J.
Humphries Benj. G.
Hobbs Plowell
Johnson Christopher
Knapp C. S.
Levi Henry
Lemmon George
Lewis William B.
Ligon B. T.
Martz John
Zhenders S.
Moore Carter H.
Mizell A.
McGill R. F.
McDonnell Charles
Palmer Thomas
Porter D. P.
Re is Jacob
Schwartz Solomon
Strauss Isydore
Steinberg Edward
Ware W. L.
Yerger James R.
Strauss Isodore
EXALTED, 3 :
Ligon B. T.
AFFILIATED, 1
Davidson R. M.
Steinberg Edward
REINSTATED, 1
Mizell A.
Barrows D. N.
DIMITTED, 4:
Niedermier Charles
Sizer J. S.
Reinheimer John W.
SUSPENDED, 2:
For non-payment of dues :
Smythe George A. Putnam Samuel
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OFFICERS FOR
John T. Buck H. P.
John Nelson K.
J. F. Harrington S.
R. D. Hardy 0. of H.
James R. Yerger P. S.
Isydore Strauss R. A. C.
[E YEAR 1870:
D. P. Porter M. 3d V.
PI. C. Tapley M. 2d Y.
Henry Strauss M. 1st Y.
H. M. Taylor Treasurer.
Edward Steinberg Secretary.
Henry Levi Tyler.
MAGNOLIA CHAPTER, No. 7.—30 Membeks.
(Chartered January 13, 1847.)
Brownsville, Hinds Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Winthrop S. Elkins H. P.
J. J. Birdsong K.
J. D. McConnell '.... S.
Theo. Lamb C. of H.
M. T. Anderson P. S.
Munro Hamberlin R. A. C.
Wilson H. Trotter M. 3d V.
John A. Glover M. 2d V.
John G. Sparrow M. 1st Y.
J. George IPulmn Treasurer.
Jonathan B. Robertson Secretary.
John Lorance Tyler.
Cates A. B.
Casper Hezzie
Cavalier John
Cobb James T.
England Trent C.
Farr George W.
Cobb James T.
MEMBERS:
Finley J. W.
Gold James J.
Hall Green H.
Klengman William
Mellon T. A.
McClatchy Wm. T.
EXALTED, 3 :
McClatchy William T.
REINSTATED, 2:
McDowell John H.
Roberts Charlie
Sandidge Hastings T.
Taylor Tom
Trotter B. W.
Wells Benjamin R.
Roberts Charlie
Cavalier John
DIED, 2:
Hardy D. G.
McDowell John H.
Farr James Wilson
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAY 1870:
Winthrop S. Elkins H. P.
Jefferson J. Birdsong K.
John D. McConnell S.
Theo. Lamb .C. of H.
M. T. Anderson P. S.
John G. Sparrow R. A. C.
Wilson H. Trotter M. 3d V.
John A. Glover M. 2d V.
John H. McDowell M. 1st V.
George J. Hulm Treasurer.
Jonathan B. Robertson Secretary.
John Lorance Tyler.
336
YAZOO CHAPTER, No. 8.-29 Members,
(Chartered January 13, 1846.)
Yazoo City, Yazoo Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday of each month,
. OFFICERS:
Henry B. Kidd H. P.
Malatha A. Jenkins K.
John O. Hunter S.
JohnT. Heth C. of H.
Robert B. Mayes P. S.
Robert C. Shepherd R. A. C.
(Dead) M. 3d V.
J. O. Mobley M. 2d V.
W. C. Delesdernier M. 1st V.
Henry C. Tyler Treasurer.
W. C. "Williams Secretarn.
Peter Lander Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Collins A. J.
Dunn Richard L.
Epperson Wm. S.
Friley Martin
Garey Francis
Harrison Hiram
Dunn Richard L.
Hunter Isaac H.
Kellogg Seth H.
Massey Simon T.
Monger E. H.
Hosenthal Abe
Ratcliffe J. N.
EXALTED, 3
Schaefer Emile
Russell J. T.
Schaefer Charles
Straine Elbert F.
Swaine Charles
White Harmon
Young John C.
Monger E. H.
Boyd C. W.
Battaile F. W.
REINSTATED, 1:
Straine E. F.
DIED, 2:
Wilson S. H.
SUSPENDED, 4:
For non-payment of dues :
Bowman Robert Taylor J. D.
Wilson J. H.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
Henry B. Kidd H. P.
John O. Hunter K.
John T. Russell S.
R. C. Shepherd C. of H.
Robert B. Mayes P. S.
Chas. Schaefer R. A. C.
Richard L. Dunn M. 3d V.
J. O. Mobley M. 2d V.
W. G. Delesdernier M. 1st V.
Henry C. Tyler Treasurer.
W. C. Williams Secretary.
Peter Lander Tyler.
337
LEXINGTON CHAPTER, No. 9.—20 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1847.)
Lexington, Holmes Co.—Regular meetings, 2cl Thursday of each month.
OFFICERS:
John C. Birkhead H. P. F. A. Howell M. 3d V.
Cass Oltenburg K. Jacob Southeimer M. 2d Y.
Biyant M. Sheehy S. Walter D. Johnson M. 1st Y.
(Dead) C. of H. Moses Levy Treasurer.
John M. Sargent P. S. George W. Cole Secretary.
Joseph Marlow R. A. C. Solomon Southeimer Tyler.
Alexander P. M. M.
Cole William F.
Dyson William H.
MEMBERS:
Green Alfred M.
Grace James W.
Harrington Wm. C.
Mercer Fleet C.
McMillan Wm. A.
Wright Thomas S.
REINSTATED, 2 :
Grace James W. Reed James II.
DIMITTED, 1:
Reed James H.
DIED, 1 :
Kelly Lawrence J.
SUSPENDED, 1:
For non-payment of dues :
Anderson Thad. C.
OFFICERS FOR
John C. Birkhead H. P.
William A. McMillan K.
Bryant M. Sheehy S.
Cass Oltenburg C. of H.
George W. Cole P. S.
William F. Cole R. A. C.
IE YEAR 1870 :
P. M. M. Alexander M. 3d V.
Thomas S. Wright M. 3d Y.
Walter D. Johnson M. 1st V.
Moses Levy Treasurer.
Joseph Marlow Secretary.
Solomon Southeimer Tyler.
338
CANTON CHAPTER, No. 10.—53 Membeks.
(Chartered January 13, 1847.)
Canton, Madison Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday of each month.
John T. Cameron H. P.
A. M. Gurley K.
George R. Fearn S.
William J. Cameron C. of H.
J. M. Lewis P. S.
Charles B. Galloway R. A. C.
Kinsman C. Divine M. 3d V".
Albert H. Cage M. 2d V.
A. Karpe M. 1st V.
Archy Macfarlane Treasurer.
John W. Yeargain Secretary.
Felix M. Baldwin Tyler.
Adams C.
Archer J. N.
Bailey William S.
Baughn James W.
Bloomfield M.
Burns David E.
Cameron John C.
Cameron Malcolm
Cassell William H.
Dancy William E.
Davis Jos. R.
Davis R. M.
Dawson John
Dew T. T.
Baughn James W.
Bloomfield M.
MEMBERS:
Dinfcins Claude H.
Drane T. J.
Gross Charles L.
Gilmer Charles L.
Handy John
Hart Joseph
Landers Dwight C.
Meek James L.
Montfort John IL.
Montgomery John Q.
Moorman George
McKie M. J.
Priestley William
Priestly Thomas J.
EXALTED, 6 :
Gross Charles L.
Hart Joseph
DIMITTED, 1 :
Sims J. R.
Powell Jesse R.
Richards Joshua J.
.Shipp Samuel S.
Saunders Richard C.
Shackelford Chas. C.
Tichenor George
Thompson Noah H.
Vincent William
Wallace Wm. P.
Wang Gus
Williams W. J.
Wood Charles W.
Witherspoon Sam'l C.
Shipp Samuel S.
Witherspoon Sam'l C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
James M. Lewis H. P.
George R. Fearn K.
A. M. Gurley S.
James W. Baughn C. of H.
John W. Yeargain P. S.
A. Karpe R. A. C.
Dwight C. Landers M. 3d V.
Joseph Hart M. 2d V.
Samuel S. Shipp M. 1st V.
M. Bloomfield Treasurer.
Charles L. Gross Secretary.
Samuel C. Witherspoon Tyler.
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MACON CHAPTER, No. 11.—26 Membebs.
(Chartered January 13, 1847.)
Macon, Noxubee Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday of each month.
OFFICERS:
J. H. Mitchell H. P.
M. B. Edwards K.
J. C. Williams S.
C. M. Boyce C. of H.
Jacob Holberg P. S.
F. E. Carleton R. A. C.
W. F. Eiland M. 3d V
Charles A. Baker M. 2d V.
William Graham M. 1st V.
T. M. Sargent Treasurer.
R. E. Y. Yates Secretary.
L. Holberg Tyier.
MEMBERS:
Ames C. B.
Blythe Jesse
Cochran J. M.
Cos-burn E. H.
J. J. Beauchamp, P. H.
Clement G. W.
Daves E. P.
Dismukes Elisha
Dillard G. M.
Sherrod Randal
Harris H. C.
Haynes W. N.
Moreton Jesse
Pierce Jacob
REINSTATED, 1 :
Williams Charles
DIMITTED, 2:
Rowland A. A. Williams Charles
DIED, 1:
Poindexter James
EXPELLED, 1 :
Pitts John A.
OFFICERS FOR
J. H. Mitchell H. P.
J. C. Williams ' K.
William Graham S.
Louis Holberg C. of H.
J. J. Beauchamp P. S.
M. B. Edwards R. A. C.
TE YEAR 1870 :
C. A. Baker M. 3d \ .
Jacob Holberg M. 2d V.
F. E. Carleton M. 1st V.
W. F. Eiland • • • Treasurer.
R. E. V. Yates Secretary.
T. M. Sargent Tyler.
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DE WITT CLINTON CHAPTEB, No. 12.—27 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1847.) .
Grenada, Yallobusha Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Thursday of each month.
OFFICERS :
A. P. Saunders ..
C. T. Wood
W. B. May
Julius G. Gibbs..
O. B. Rollins
Robert Highgate.
Bowles R. S.
Chamberlain W. C.
Coe J. B.
Eblin James
Gage J. J.
Bowles R. S.
Gage J. J.
.... H. P. Terrill Rose M. 3d V.
K. R. Coffman M. 2d Y.
S. J. B. Heath M. 1st V.
. C. of H. Jacob Poitevent Treasurer.
P. S. S. S. Angevine Secretary.
. R. A. C. James M. Hunter Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Hardeman Thomas
Hardeman C. L.
Hall James W.
Hall W. W.
Hughes E. W.
REINSTATED, 7:
Hamilton E. E.
Hughes E. W.
Scruggs Albert M.
Martin F. A.
Moore John
Payne John S.
Sims James
Wile Mayer
Jones R. W.
Milton John L.
Hamilton E. E.
Jones R. W.
Baker J. J.
DIMITTED, 7:
Lake Albert C.
Milton John L.
Wilson L. R.
DIED, 1;
Rosser Daniel
SUSPENDED, 3 :
For non-payment of dues :
Richardson E. M.
Scruggs Albert M.
Stokes John E.
For unmasonic conduct—[by Blue Lodge.]
Penn Creed
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
R. Coffman H. P.
Thomas Hardeman K.
W. B. May S.
Julius G. Gibbs C. of H.
E. W. Hughes P. S.
C. L. Hardeman R. A. C.
Terrill Rose M. 3d Y.
O. B. Rollins .M. 2d V.
J. B. Heath M. 1st V.
Jacob Poitevent Treasurer.
Robert Highgate Secretary.
A. P. Saunders Tyler.
341
EUPHEMIA CHAPTER, No. 13.—27 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1848.)
Aberdeen, Monroe Co.—Regular meetings "Wednesday after the 1st Sat-
urday of each month.
OFFICERS:
R. B. Brannin H. P.
J. M. Greene K.
W. L. Battle S.
W. S. Vestal.' C. of H.
J. W. Walker P. S.
Jacob Gattman R. A. C.
C. Love M. 3d V.
Sidney Randle M. 2d V.
G. W. Cook M. 1st V.
H. D. Spratt Treasurer.
Marks Weiler Secretary.
A. R.Webb Tyler.
MEMBERS:
John W. Timberlake, P. H. P.
Beckham S. G. Hunt Thomas H. Sadler S. A. M.
Candidus P. C. Lowe J. T. Sale John B.
Cunningham W. Moore J. T. Stegall S. D.
Dalton S. A. McKinney J. G. Thompson J. A.
Holloway Ira P. Oldshue James
DIMITTED, 1:
Boyd A. H.
DIED, 1:
Pendleton J. G.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
R. B. Brannin
J. M. Greene ..
.H. P.
. ...K.
W. S. Vestal C. of H.
J. W. Walker P. S.
C. Love R. A. C.
G. W. Cook M. 3d V.
Jacob Gattman M. 2d V.
Sidney Randle M. 1st V.
H. D. Spratt Treasurer.
Marks Weiler Secretary.
A. R. Webb Tyler.
PAYETTE CHAPTER, No. 14.—33 Members.
(Chartered January 12, 1848.)
Fayette, Jefferson Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Thursday of each month.
OFFICERS:
William Thompson H. P.
Napoleon L. Guice K.
Ely R. Jones S.
Simon Lehman C. of H.
B. B. Paddock P. S.
F. Krauss R. A. C.
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Thomas Davenport M. 3d V.
Henry B. McClure M. 2d V.
E. Scharff M. 1st V.
Morris Rubel Treasurer.
Henry Key Secretary.
James McClure Tyler.
342
Bullen S. D.
Bullen W. M.
Burcli J. W.
Brown T. C.
Campbell R. W.
Darken A. J.
Davenport Robert
Campbell C. W.
MEMBERS:
Dixon M. C.
Ducker Jobn
Fleming Jobn B.
Gilbert S. P.
Glenn W. F.
Harper W. L.
Key T. J.
REINSTATED, 4:
Guice J. G.
Scott A. J.
Moore J. W.
Powell J. J.
Ritcbie J. M.
Scott J. W.
Scott A. J.
Shackelford G. W.
Trimble M. W.
Moore J. W.
Campbell C. W.
Guice J. G.
Coleman J. W.
DIMITTED, 5:
Harwood F. B.
Jones.J. G.
SUSPENDED, 3 :
For non-payment of dues :
Guice E. J.
Jobnson W. B.
Stampley C. Z.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
B. B. Paddock H. P.
M. Eisiman K.
R. W. Campbell S.
William Thompson C. of H.
Thomas J. Key P. S.
Thomas Davenport R. A. C.
F. Krauss M. 3d V.
N. L. Guice M. 2d Y.
James M. Lowe M. 1st Y.
Morris Rubel Treasurer.
Henry Key Secretary.
McClure Tyler.
CARROLLTON CHAPTER, No. 15.—41 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1849.)
Carrollton, Carroll Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
A. M. Nelson H. P.
W. M. Stansbury K.
William Ray .. S.
Samuel Moore C. of H.
Samuel Hart P. S.
J. A. J. Askew R. A. C.
B. R. Mayes M. 3d V.
Jonathan Durdin M. 2d V.
T. J. Johnson M. 1st V.
O. L. Kimbrough Treasurer.
Benjamin Roach Secretary.
Peter W. Johnston Tyler.
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Bingham R. L.
Curtis W. H.
Clark N. A.
Catron M. S.
Eskridge W. C.
Ettenger Robert
Ettenger Jas. B.
Fox C. S.
Gillespie W. A.
MEMBERS:
William Cothran, P. G. H.
Holt B.
Hill Charles
Johnson A. J.
Kimbrough T. T.
Liddell M. M.
Lipsey W. F.
Lott Aaron
Marshall J. P.
Money Pearson
Thompson Stephen
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Gillespie W. A.
REINSTATED, 1:
Stoddard A. A.
P.
Mathews T. H.
McCaskill Peter
McLeod Daniel
Shackelford J. R.
Smith G. N.
Smith A. G.
Stoddard A. A.
Stanford J. T.
Tusten John L.
Bruton B. F.
DIMITTED, 3:
Kimbrough John W.
Moore Elijah
OFFICERS FOR -THE YEAR 1870 :
A. M. Nelson H. P.
W. M. Stansbury K.
William Ray S.
Samuel Moore C. of H.
Samuel Hart P. S.
J. A. J. Askew R. A. C.
B. R. Mayes M. 3d Y.
Jonathan Durdin M. 2d V.
T. J. Johnson M. 1st V.
O. L. Kimbrough Treasurer.
Benjamin Roach Secretary.
Peter W. Johnston .. Tyler.
GALLATIN CHAPTEE, No. 17.—28 Members.
(Chartered January 15, 1850.)
martinsville, Copiah Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each month.
M. Cook H. P.
George Rea K.
A. P. Barry S.
William J. Rea C. of H.
A. L. Potter P. S.
Samuel Wilson R. A. C.
OFFICERS:
J. H. McElwee M. 3d V.
B. F. Martin M. 2d V.
G. D. Lowe M. 1st V.
Tom N. Rea Treasurer.
(Dead) Secretary.
J. P. Rembert Tyler.
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Alford H. G.
Allison A. L.
Beacham S. P.
Birdsong L. F.
Crawford W. M.
Coor D. K.
Alford H. Gr.
Howard J. D.
Green C. J.
Bondurant W. H.
MEMBERS:
Coor R. K.
Haley W. M.
Hester Josiah
Howard J. D.
Howard M. J.
Jones J. B.
REINSTATED, 6:
Martin J. C.
Poole W. P.
DIMITTED, 4 :
Martin J. C.
Williams A. L.
DIED, 1:
Strahan William
EXPELLED, 1 :
Deason William M.
SUSPENDED, 4 :
For non-payment of dues
Carpenter E. W.
Robinson John J.
Johnson S. H.
Lambright W. T.
Poole W. P.
Starnes L. S.
Weeks W. C.
Stewart J. H.
Williams A. L.
Stewart J. H.
Hanslow H.
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870
A. P. Barry H. P.
George Rea K.
M. Cook S.
Josiah Hester: C. of H.
M.J. Howard P. S.
Samuel Wilson R. A. C.
J. H. McElwee M. 3d V.
J. D. Howard M. 2d V.
G. D. Lowe M. 1st V.
Tho. M. Read Treasurer.
W. J. Rea Secretary.
(Not a member) Tyler.
KOSCIUSKO CHAPTEK, No. 20.—51 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1849.
Kosciusko, Attala Co.—Regular meetings, Monday night on or before the
Full Moon of each month.
OFFICERS:
H. P.
John Riley
Robert B. Webb K.
D. L. Smythe S.
M. A. Clark C. of H.
John C. Lucas P. S.
William E. Meek R. A. C.
William G. Aston M. 3d V.
S.J. Durham.. M. 2d V.
James N. Taylor M. 1st V.
M. Roby Treasurer.
C. F. Oldecop Secretary.
John M. Charpings Tyler.
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MEMBERS:
Alexander J. H.
Glazier Louis
Rimmer S. P.
Allen William
Gregory M. H.
Rimmer William F.
Bullock Richard
Gilleland J. H.
Roberts John I.
Burnley H. T.
Hanna N. T.
Sallis Sames G.
Boyd A. J.
Hanna George J.
Scarborough I. W.
Carr David
Henry Richard
Scarborough J. W.
Chesnut Jacob
Herring Isaac A.
Simon L.
Chesnut James
Irving John P.
Shrock J. K.
Coffey Joseph K.
Jamison Henry
Tarbert T. A.
Dobbs C. H.
Jennings F. H.
Terry L. S.
Dodd William
Keeth Asa M.
Thompson Wm. B.
Dotson A. F.
Oldham S. T.
Young Samuel
Fletcher L. D.
Rimmer James D.
Zollicoffer F.
REINSTATED, 7:
Anderson James M.
Chesnut Jacob
Keeth Asa M.
Burnley H. T.
Irving John P.
Terry L. S.
Zollicoffer F.
DIMITTED, 9:
Anderson James M.
Davis Alex M.
Morman Benj. F.
Cole James W.
Dotson Garner M.
Richardson John T.
Cottrell Wm. M.
Durham S.
Wasson W. J.
DIED, 1:
Mabry Alexander
SUSPENDED, 2:
For non-payment of dues :
Stewart R. C. "White Stokely
OFFICERS FOR
Daniel L. Smythe H. P.
S. T. Oldham. K.
James H. Alexander S.
M. A. Clark C. pf H.
I. A. Herring P. S.
J. M. Charpings R. A. C.
THE YEAR 1870:
L. S. Terry M. 3d V.
John C. Lucas M. 2d Y.
James D. Rimmer M. 1st Y.
James N. Taylor Treasurer.
Samuel Young Secretary.
William G. Aston Tyler.
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QUITMAN CHAPTEE, NO. 21.—19 Members.
(Chartered January 15, 1850.)
Hernando, De Soto Co.—Regular meetings, 4th "Wednesday of each month.
Joseph O. Lusher...
Reuben T. Sanders.
Andrew W. Smith..
John W. Hanes
Lemuel H. Hall....
William A. Boon ...
Caffey Thomas Y.
Dodds Isaac C.
OFFICERS:
... H. P. Joseph B. Sanders M. 3d. V.
K. . D. M. Slocumb M. 2d V.
S. C.P.Oakley M. 1st Y.
. C. of H. Robert Temple Treasurer.
... . P. S. Robert F. Cook Secretary.
. R. A. C. James D. Nichols Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Doggett Richard E.
Morgan John B.
Wollard Seth
Moseley John T.
Oliver James S.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
Joseph O. Lusher H. P. Joseph B. Sanders M. 3d V.
Reuben T. Sanders K. D. M. Slocumb M. 2d V.
A. W. Smith S. C. P. Oakley M. 1st Y.
John W. Hanes. C. of H. Robert Temple Treasurer.
L. H.Hall P. S. Robert F. Cook Secretary.
William A. Boon R. A. C. James D. Nichols Tyler.
HOUSTON CHAPTEE, No. 23.-43 Members.
(Chartered January 15, 1850.)
Houston, Chickasaw Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Thomas N. Martin. * H. P. B. F. Fitzpatrick M. 3d Y.
Littleton Hill K. F. M. James M. 2d V.
John Smith S. J. R. Mcintosh M. 1st V.
W. W. Wood.. .>. C. of H. D. K. Woodall Treasurer.
R. P. Mitchell P. S. J. A. Purkey Secretary.
J. L. S. Hill R. A. C. P. C. Steger Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Asley D. C. Dominick R. N. Flynn Z. K.
Barton William Doss James T. Gray C. C.
Barton Absalom Ellis William Griffin J. T.
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Harlan William T.
Harrill Warren
Hargrove B. F.
Hague Thomas
Martin James
Miller James E.
Myers Simon
Gray C. C.
Owen Benjamin F.
Pearsall Thomas H.
Porter L. A.
Park A. A.
Paulk Isaac
Smith J. D.
Smith J. R.
Woodall J. M.
REINSTATED, 2:
DIMITTED, 1:
Young Thomas J.
DIED, 1:
McGarrity J. M.
Taft C. E.
Thompson R. W.
Walker William L.
White Allen
Williams Samuel G.
Wood F. G.
Wood A. G.
Smith J. R.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
Thomas N. Martin PI. P.
Littleton Hill K.
Isaac Paulk S.
W. W. Wood C. of H.
R. P. Mitchell P. S.
James E. Miller R. A. C.
A. A. Park M. 3d Y.
J. R. Smith M. 2d Y.
William Hill M. 1st V.
D. K. Woodall Treasurer.
J. A. Purkey Secretary.
P. C. Steger Tyler.
WAYNE CHAPTER, NO. 24, EOR 1868.—16 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1851.)
Shubuta, Clark Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Monday night of each month.
OFFICERS:
James A. Heard - H. P. Angus McDonald M. 3d V.
John W. Collins K. Solomon Meyer M. 2d Y.
John M. Flood S. Thomas G. Sullivan M. 1st Y.
David R. Red C. of H. Morris Greenhood Treasurer.
Peter Parker P. S. Darius S. Welch Secretary.
Jesse W. Lankford R. A. C. Robert Collins Tyler.
MEMBERS :
Bandy George C. Brown John W. Goodwin Charles F.
Harvely John B.
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AFFILIATED, 1 :
Brown John W.
REINSTATED, 1 :
Bandy George 0.
DIMITTED, 1:
Boyce Robert P.
SUSPENDED, 6:
For non-payment of dues :
Cherry William H. Groves William Taylor Angus
Crosby James A. Jones Samuel Turner James
OFFICERS FOR
John M. Brown H. P.
Clement L. Watson K.
Solomon Myer S.
Jesse W. Lankford C. of H.
Peter Parker P. S.
John M. Floyd R. A. C.
EIE YEAR 1869 :
Robert Collins M. 3d V.
Angus McDonald M. 2d Y.
James Leggett M. 1st V.
Morris Greenhood Treasurer.
Darius S. Welch Secretary.
Thomas G. Sullivan Tyler.
WAYNE CHAPTER, NO. 24, EOR 1869.—20 Members.
(Chartered. January 14, 1851.)
Shubuta, Clark Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Monday night of each month.
OFFICERS:
John M. Brown H. P. Robert M. Collins M. 3d V.
Clement L. Watson K. Angus McDonald M. 2d V.
Solomon Myer S. James Leggett M. 1st V.
W. Lankford C. of H. Morris Greenhood Treasurer.
Peter Parker P. S. Darius S. Welch Secretary.
John M. Floyd R. A. C. Thomas G. Sullivan Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Bandy George C. Harvely John B. Turner James
Goodwin Charles L. Leggett James Watson Clement L.
Heard James A. Red David R.
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AFFILIATED, 2:
Leggett James Watson Clement L.
REINSTATED, 1:
Turner James
DIMITTED, 1:
Collins John W.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
Clement L. Watson H. P.
Solomon Myer K.
James Turner S.
Peter Parker C. of H.
David R. Red P. S.
Jesse W. Lankford R. A. C.
George C. Bandy M. 3d V.
Morris Greenhood M. 2d Y.
James Leggett M. 1st V.
Robert Collins Treasurer.
Darius S. Welch Secretary.
Thomas G. Sullivan Tyler.
OKOLONA CHAPTER, No. 27.-26 Membees.
(Chartered January 14, 1851.)
Okolona, Chickasaw Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Friday of each month.
John S. Cain
H. L. Hill
A. D. Brooks
W. A. Bodenhamer.
Austin Pollard
John McCurley
OFFICERS:
H. P. J. H. Mauldin M. 3d V.
K. (Dead) M. 3d V.
S. W. H. D. Crawford M. 1st Y.
.. C. of H. W. G. Arnold Treasurer.
P. S. Amzi Babbitt Secretary.
. . R. A. C. S. W. Townsend Tyler.
Betts James A.
Buchanan W. M.
Buckingham E. B.
Buford A.
Gray H. H.
Buchanan W. M.
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MEMBERS:
Joseph Bretney, P. H. P.
Knox W. E.
Loughridge J. A.
Miller J. W.
Moore C. J.
Noe J. R.
EXALTED, 3 :
Moore C. J.
Penny William, Jr.
Rogers J. A.
Simpson C. N.
Tucker J. H.
Wren J. R-
Tucker J. H.
850
Bearden W. S.
Bearden W. S,
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Loughridge J. A.
REINSTATED, 3:
Knox W. E.
DIMITTED, 3:
Gewin P. T.
DIED, 1.:
Shearer Thomas B.
SUSPENDED, 3:
For non-payment of dues:
Miller J. W.
Gordon James
Buckingham W. W. Elliott W. F.
Lain John
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
John S. Cain
Amzi Babbitt
H. L. Hill
C. N. Simpson
J. A. Loughridge
John McCurley
H. P. S. W. Townsend M. 1st Y.
K. J. H. Tucker M. 2d V.
.. S. W. M. Buchanan M. 3d V.
C. of H. W. G. Arnold Treasurer.
P. S. W. A. Bodenhamer Secretary.
R. A. C. J. H. Mauldin Tyler.
SHONGALO CHAPTER, No. 30.—38 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1851.)
Vaiden, Carroll Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Turner C. Everett H. P.
S.C. Bains ^ K.
J. L. Anderson S.
J. A. Applewhite C. of H.
T. C. Harris P. S.
H. P. Turner R. A. C.
S. Lichtenstein M. 3d Y
B. J.Kopperl M. 2d V.
E. L.Wood M. 1st V.
S. L. Hirsh Treasurer.
S. Weiner Secretary.
S. N. Ely Tyler.
Allen Richard S.
Adair Daniel
Applewhite James
MEMBERS:
Fullilove T. J.
Harris J. T.
Haslett J. A. H.
Ship J. M.
Ship T. C.
Sanderson A. J.
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Blackman Zack
Blackman Henry
Brantly W. F.
Brantly A. H.
Coliron D. H.
ForcKheimer Ben.
Jernigan G. W.
Appplewhite J. R.
Dunn J. B.
Griffin Allen
Humphries D. W.
Jernigan G. W.
Kenedy T. B.
Meyers W.
Philips W. W.
Poindexter J. T,
EXALTED, 3 :
Wilshire A.
DIMITTED, 3:
Carter John PI.
DIED, 1:
Soher Solomon
SUSPENDED, 6:
For non-payment of dues:
Hatcher J. W.
Hawkins Frank
Sproles S. It.
Whittle W. E.
Wood J. S.
Wilson It. C.
Wilshire A.
Wilson It. C.
Marshal E. J.
Kelly Wiley
Wimberly Luke
Turner C. Everett H. P.
S. C. Bains K.
J. L. Anderson S.
J. A. Applewhite C. of H.
T. C. Harris P. S.
T. B. Kenedy It. A. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
S. Lichtenstein M. 3d W
S. R. Sproles M. 2d Y.
G. W. Jernigan M. 1st Y.
R. C. Wilson Treasurer.
S. N. Ely Secretary.
Daniel Adair Tyler.
EMOEY CHAPTEE, No. 32.—30 Membeks.
(Chartered January 13, 1852.)
Black Hawk, Carroll Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Joseph R. Young H. P.
R. C. Jenkins K.
R. D. Meek S.
S. A. Eggleston - C. of H.
H. M. Hamilton P. S.
C. J. Coleman M. 3d V.
J. M. Johnson M. 2d V.
William H. Johnson M. 1st V.
H. T. Hampton Treasurer.
Henry Gilliam Secretary.
David Kyle.
R. A. C. J. M. Hill Tyler.
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Anderson William
Bennett 0. W.
Cade William R.
Cook A. D. -
Hamilton John A.
Hicks B. M.
Hicks B. M.
MEMBERS:
McRae John W.
King Y. 0.
Kitrell B. F.
Porter John H.
Reeves Andrew J.
Reid H. J.
EXALTED, 3
King V. 0.
Streater James T.
Stoops J. R.
Towns J. C.
Threadgill T. S.
Wade H. S.
Wallace William J.
Kitrell B. F.
Bennett C. W.
Long H. W.
AFFILIATED, 3
Reid H. J.
DIMITTED, 4:
Lowry William J.
Wilson A. A.
Streater James T.
Raley Abram
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
R. D. Meek H. P.
R. C. Jenkins K.
C. J. Coleman S.
J. M. Johnson C. of H.
B. F. Kitrell P. S.
David Kyle R. A. C.
H. J. Reid M. 3d V.
H. S. Wade M. 2d V.
T. S. Threadgill M. 1st V.
J. C. Towns Treasurer.
Henry Gilliam Secretary.
Andrew J. Reeves Tyler.
LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No. 33.-52 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1852.)
Oxford, Lafayette Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Thursday of each month.
OFFICERS:
(Dead) H. P.
C. H. Bell K.
William L. Lyles S.
D. M. Smith C. of H.
William Delay P. S.
J. H. McKie R. A. C.
P. J. Slate M. 3d V.
George W. Smith M. 2d V.
J. H. Howry M. 1st V.
Thomas L. Harris Treasurer.
J. D. Delbridge Secretary.
J. B. Surprise Tyler.
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MEMBERS:
Jamfes M. Howry, P. H. P.
Avent W. E.
Carter Ed.
Graham A. M.
Able Josiah
Chandler J. T.
Hudgins J. C.
Bimheim Julius
Dooley J. M.
Houston B. F.
Burney ¥m. S.
Delbridge G. W.
Isom N. A.
Burney S. G.
Duncan Isaac A.
Jones D. W.
Burney J. R.
Ferrill F. M.
Kindle J. L.
Knight M. G.
Neilson W. S.
Thompson Jacob
McCutcheon P. H.
Rascoe H. E.
Thompson C. M.
McMaham W. W.
Sanders A. H.
Thacker R. B.
Matthews E. M.
Sartorious M.
White J. H.
Marshall W. M.
Smith "W. H.
Worley Henry
Morris W. B.
Thompson "William
Webster Robert
Myer Charles
Thompson John
Wyatt W. W.
EXALTED, 6 :
Birnheim Julius
Houston B. F.
Sartorious M.
Graham A. M.
Marshall W. M.
Thompson C. M.
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Duncan J. A.
REINSTATED, 1 :
Denton A. S.
DIMITTED, 3:
Denton A. S.
Eades J. E.
Owens A. F.
DIED, 2:
Fee George D. (P.G.H.P.) Sheego
g James G.
SUSPENDED, 5 :
For non-payment of dues :
Hollowell W. F.
Ragland S. E.
Webster Charles
Lumbric J. P.
Webster William
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OFFICERS FOR
C. H. Bell H. P.
William Delay K.
William L. Lyles S.
D. M. Smith C. of H.
James M. Howry P. S.
J. H. McKie R. A. C.
HE YEAR 1870:
P. J. Slate M. 3d V,
George W. Smith M. 2d V.
J. H.Howry M. 1st Y.
Thomas L. Harris Treasurer.
J. W. McPherson Secretary.
John B. Surprise Tyler.
NESHOBA CHAPTER, No. 34.—80 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1852.)
Laurel Hill, Neshoba Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Saturday of each month.
E. L. Lewis ....
William J. Seale.
S. Sharp
L. C. Franklin ..
M. B. Kirk
S. E. Steel
Booth Zack
Booth D. D.
Deskin J. G.
Dowd W. C.
Frasier W. P.
Germany J. M.
Gamblin E. D.
OFFICERS:
H. P. William A. Burnside M. 3d Y.
K. John McMichael . M. 2d Y.
S. James Watkins M. 1st Y.
. C. of H. Samuel Williams Treasurer.
.. .. P. S. James S. Lewis Secretary.
. R. A. C. John M. McMillan Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Greer H. C.
Gamblin E. D.
Hays G. J.
Holland Charles
McBeth John C.
McDonald Hugh
EXALTED, 3:
Holland Charles
REINSTATED, 1:
Pace J. R.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
McKay Archy
Face J. R.
Reagan J. W.
Richmond Thos. B.
Richmond W. D.
Simmons J. E.
Simmons J. E.
E. L. Lewis H. P.
Hugh McDonald K.
Archy McKay S.
W. P. Frasier C. of H.
John McMichael M. 3d V.
James Watkins M. 2d V.
Charles Holland M: 1st V.
John M. McMillan Treasurer.
E. D. Gamblin P. S. James S. Lewis Secretary.
S. E. Steel R. A. C. J. M. Germany Tyler.
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CHAELES SCOTT CHAPTEE, No. 35.—19 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1852.)
Pleasant Hill, (Olive Branch P. O.) DeSoto Co.—Regular meetings, 1st
Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
William H. McCargp H. P.
James Jenkins K.
Jacob Joyner S.
Rice L. Parkinson C. of H.
James M. Blassengame P. S.
William Crite R. A. C.
Bridgeforth Thos
Black Pleasant
Black Pleasant
William H. McCargo H. P.
Benjamin F. Griffin K.
Jerome B. Stamps S.
John T. Smith C. of H.
Pleasant M. Black p. S.
Thomas O. Bridgeforth R. A. C.
.M. 3d V.
.M. 2d V.
. M. 1st V.
Treasurer.
Secretary.
Tyler.
Absalom G.
John T.
roy Charles W.
Jacob Joyner M. 3d V.
Charles W. Willroy M. 2d Y.
Rice L. Parkinson M. 1st V.
James Jenkins Treasurer.
Absalom G. Perry Secretary.
James Humphreys Tyler.
MEMBERS:
. O. Griffin Benjamin F. Perr;
[. Humphreys James Smit
Willroy Charles W.
EXALTED, 3:
L Humphreys James Will
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Griffin Benjamin F.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
John McLane
Alferd Cole
Benjamin Steuart
George P. Lane ..
Jerome B. Stamps
Jacob J. Duhoise.
LOUISVILLE CHAPTEE, No. 36, EOE 1868.—35 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1852.)
Louisville, Winston Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday night of each month.
OFFICERS:
J. W. Patty H. P.
William Barnes K.
Jas. D. Davis S.
Lewis Liebenfield C. of H.
C. H. Cagle P. S.
J. S. Reid R. A. C.
B. B. Lindsey M. 3d \ .
C. Y. Thompson M. 2d V.
William H. Fox M. 1st V.
T. J. Patty Treasurer.
Geo. Y. Woodward Secretary.
H. C. Edwards Tyler.
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MEMBERS:
Alexander J. G.
Burroughs A.
Brown R. D.
Black B. M.
Edwards M. L.
Foster E.
Foster John G.
Fulton G. W.
Harper "William
Hendricks H. J. D.
Holmes John C.
Hyde E. D.
Kennedy John
Kilpatrick D. D.
Metts M. A.
McKinley J. D.
Shaw James P.
Sullivan Rufus
Speakes J. L.
Webb William H.
Whitten S. R.
Wood Henry
Woodward Nathaniel
REINSTATED, 1:
Ball J. L.
Ball J. L.
DIMITTED, 2:
Nichols D. C.
Meek W. H.
SUSPENDED, 3:
For non-payment of dues:
McQueen Hugh Tucker Ira
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1869 :
J. W. Patty H. P.
James D. Davis K.
C. H. Cagle S.
L. Liebenfeld C. of H.
William Barnes P. S.
J. S. Reid R. A. C.
A. Burroughs M. 3d V.
W. H. Fox M. 2d V.
M. A. Metts M. 1st "V.
B. B. Lindsey Treasurer.
Geo. Y. Woodward Secretary.
H. C. Edwards Tyler.
LOUISVILLE CHAPTER, No. 36, EOR 1869—30 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1852.)
Louisville, Winston Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday nightof each month.
OFFICERS:
John W. Patty H. P.
James D. Davis K.
C. H. Cagle S.
L. Liebenfeld C. of H.
William Barnes P. S.
Joseph S. Reid R. A. C.
A. Burroughs M. 3d V.
William H. Fox M. 2d V.
M. A. Metts M. 1st V.
B. B. Lindsey Treasurer.
Geo. Y. Woodward Secretary.
H. C. Edwards Tyler.
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Alexander James G.
Black B. M.
Brown R. D.
Fulton George W.
Gillis A.
Harper William
Covington J. B.
Clayton Robert
Cockburn P. B.
Copp Jacob
Coward J. C.
Dotson W. R.
Edwards M. L.
Fulcher J. H.
MEMBERS:
Hendricks H. J. D.
Holmes Jobn C.
Kennedy John
McQueen Hugh
Patty T. J.
Poteet J. B.
DIED, 1:
Rainey W. R.
SUSPENDED, 24:
For non-payment of dues :
Fancher W. H.
Gage John J.
Hudson William G.
Holmes Thomas F.
Huffman D. A.
Hyde E. D.
Kilpatrick D D.
Loyd L. L.
Speakes J. L.
Shaw James P.
Sullivan Rufus
Tucker Ira
Thompson C. Y.
Wood Henry
Montgomery Thos. P.
Miller S. J.
McMakin A.
Webb A.
Whitten S. R.
White R. M.
Williams D. D.
Westerfield C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
E. Foster H. P.
W. H. Fox K.
C. H. Cagle S.
L. Liebenfeld C. of H.
James D. Davis P. S.
William Barnes R. A. C.
Nathaniel Woodward M. 3d Y.
J. C. Foster M. 2d Y.
M. A. Metts M. 1st V.
B. B. Lindsey Treasurer.
Geo. Y. Woodward Secretary.
H. C. Edwards Tyler.
AMITE CHAPTER, No. 42.—85 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.)
Liberty, Amite Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Benjamin F. Johns .. H. P.
Elias Safford K.
Samuel B. Webb S.
Charles E. Davis C. of H.
Charles Carroll P. S.
David Wilson R. A. C.
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Charles P. Neilson M. 3d V.
Thomas Reed M. 2d V.
John G. Morgan M. 1st
Charles Carroll Treasurer.
E. H. Davis Secretary.
David Jewett Tyler.
358
Anderson W. P.
Aumack J. R.
Bates Marshall P.
Butler Z. P.
Cerf Josiah
Davis William L.
Day William H.
MEMBERS:
Faust P. P.
Gardner Sylvester
Germany Charles C.
Gillespie M. B.
Hinson James
Jagers J. E.
Jenkins J. A.
Davidson William D. Lea Wilford Z.
McCrane H. M.
Nunnery John H,
Ratcliff H. H.
Swearingen Yan F.
Tarver E. L.
Tebow John
Weathersby W. M.
Wren F. C.
DIED, 1:
McKnight Hamilton
SUSPENDED, 1 :
For non-payment of dues :
MeGehee William C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
Charles P. Neilson H. P.
Charles E. Davis K.
John Tebow S.
Benjamin F. Johns C. of H.
Charles Carroll P. S.
David Wilson R. A. C.
Elias Safford M. 3d Y.
William L. Davis M. 2d V.
M. B. Gillespie '. .M. 1st V.
Charles Carroll Treasurer.
E. M. Davis Secretary.
David Jewett Tyler.
TALLAHATCHIE CHAPTEE, No. 44.—87 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.)
Charleston, Tallahatchie Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. H. Fitzgerald H. P. J. D. Steele M. 3d V.
J. S. Bailey K. R. Quarles M 2d V.
J. W. Erwin S. R. K. Stevens M. 1st V.
C. J. F. Merriwether C. of H, G. B. Roberson Treasurer.
S. C. Barnes P. S. J. M. R. Simmons Secretary.
J. W. Buckley R. A. C. W. R. Erwin Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Ball A. Julian J. A. Richards D. A.
Barnes S. Lester Benj. F. Rhen J. P.
Bellamy J. W. Lilly B. F. A. Robeson W. H.
359
Boisclair T. W.
Crofford J. A.
Dame J. H.
Finlcy W. W.
Holshouser M. F.
Martin W. C.
Murphy "A.. G.
Owens W. A.
Rice O. P.
Rainwater J. A.
Young J. F. M.
Ross J. A.
Tanner J. W.
Walton T. P.
Wilkerson F. A.
Wright James C.
Bellamy J. W.
EXALTED, 3:
Roberson W. H.
Walton T. P.
Bell J.
Brown A. R.
Carr H. E.
Dogan J. H.
Eskridge W. S.
DIMITTED, 3:
Langly A. J.
SUSPENDED, 11:
For non-payment of dues :
Finlay H. H.
Harper J. N.
Horton D. H.
Kerr J. D.
Walker H. W.
Lester W. J.
Marcus J. W.
Stewart T. J.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
W. H. Fitzgerald H. P.
G. B. Roberson K.
M. F. Holshouser S.
S. C. Barnes C. of H.
C. J. F. Merriwether P. S.
R. Quarles R. A. C.
T. P. Walton M. 3d V.
J. P. Wren M. 2d V.
W. H. Roberson M. 1st Y.
J. W. Buckley Treasurer.
J. W. Bellamy Secretary.
W. R. Erwin Tyler.
ENTEEPEISE CHAPTER No. 45.-29 Members.
(Chartered Julyl3, 1853.)
Enterprise, Clark Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Thursday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Horace Harding, P.H.P H. P.
George W. Holden K.
Samuel Ballard S.
Stephen W. Lee C. of H.
j. W. Winn, P.H.P P. S.
Frank S. Pickel R. A. C.
J. M. Hand, P.H.P M. 3d V.
Joseph L. George M. 2d V.
A. G. Levy M. 1st V.
Charles Kramer Treasurer.
Charles F. Mayerhoff Secretary.
Thomas H. Wilson Tyler.
360
Andrews Julius A.
Brown L. B.
Buntyn James M.
Corbitt Cornelius
Davis William P.
Easterling Bennett
Andrews Julius A.
MEMBERS:
Flowers William K.
Hand Enoch E.
Hurst Jacob
Kamper John
Lee Lee
McMillan Alexander
EXALTED, 3:
Buntyn James M.
REINSTATED, 1:
Dyess John J.
DIMITTED, 2:
Morrow L. H.
Oliphant Sam R.
Shaw Gustavus M.
Woods James
Woolverton Asher V.
Kamper John
Dyess John J.
Hiller J. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
J. M. Hand, P.H.P...
Gustavus M. Shaw
J. W. Winn, P.H.P...
S. W. Lee
J. A. Andrews
F. S. Pickel
H. P. W. K. Flowers M. 3d Y.
K. John Kamper M. 2d V.
S. James Wood M. 1st V.
.. C. of H. Charles Kramer Treasurer.
P. S. Abraham G. Levy Secretary.
.. R. A. C. Thomas H. Wilson Tyler.
CARTHAGE CHAPTER, No. 46, FOR 1867.—14 Membees.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.)
Caethage, Leake Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday of each month.
OFFICERS:
John A. Hanson H. P.
K.
>■. S.
W. M. Cotton C. of H.
G. T. Allen P. S.
J. D. Eads R. A. C.
T. C. Rogess M. 3d Y.
Jonathan Beard ..M. 2d Y.
J. H. Hamilton M. 1st V..
J. D. Eads Treasurer.
J. Wilder Secretary.
J. D. Summers Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Mays H. H.
Tucker L.
Smythe J. S.
361
Bennett Elias
Boyd J. T.
Hall William M.
Johnson Samuel
SUSPENDED, 13: s
For non-payment of dues :
Mann William B.
McDuff R. F.
McMurtry Wm.
Parrott A. J.
Williams John
Plunkett J. L.
Richmond Samual
Triplett W. H.
Watkins J. E.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1868:
William M. Cotton H. P.
J. D. Eads K.
T. C. Rogers S.
Jonathan Beard C. of H.
G. T. Allen M. 3d V.
D. J. Summers M. 2d Y.
M. 1st V.
J. D. Eads Treasurer.
John A. Hanson P. S. J. Wilder Secretary.
H. H. Mays R. A. C. L. Tucker Tyler.
CAETHAGE CHAPTEE, NO. 46, FOE 1868.—14 MEMBERS.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.)
Carthage, Leake Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday of each month.
OFFICERS:
William M. Cotton H. P. H. H. Mays M. 3d V.
J. D. Eads K. G.T.Allen... M. 2d Y.
T. C. Rogers S. D. J. Summers M. 1st V.
John A. Hanson C. of H. J. D. Eads Treasurer.
Jonathan Beard P. S. J. Wilder Secretary.
J. S. Smythe R. A. C. L. Tucker Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Davis O. H. P. Hamilton J. H. Rushing W. S.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1869 :
William M. Cotton H. P. H. H. Mays M. 3d V.
J. D. Eads K. G. T. Allen M. 2d V.
T. C. Rogers S. D. J. Summers M. 1st V.
John A. Hanson r C. of H. Treasurer.
Jonathan Beard P. S. J. W. Wilder Secretary.
R. A. C. L. Tucker Tyler.
362
CARTHAGE CHAPTER, NO. 46, FOR 1869.—14 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.)
Carthage, Leake Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Monday of each month.
OFFICERS:
William M. Cotton .H. P.
J. D. Eads K.
T. C. Rogers S.
John A. Hanson C. of H.
Jonathan Beard P. S.
J. S. Smythe R. A. C.
Davis O. H. P.
William M. Cotton H. P.
J. D. Eads K.
T. C. Rogers S.
John A. Hanson :.... C. of H.
Jonathan Beard P. S.
R. A. C.
H. H. Mays M. 3d V.
G. T. Allen M. 2d V.
D. J. Summers M. 1st V.
Treasurer.
J. Wilder Secretary.
L. Tucker Tyler.
ing W. S.
H. H. Mays .M. 3d V.
G. T. Allen M. 2d Y.
D. J. Summers M. 1st V.
Treasurer.
J. W. Wilder Secretary,
L. Tucker Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Hamilton J. H. Rusl
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
VERONA CHAPTER, NO. 47.—21 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.
Verona, Lee Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Wednesday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Hiram Hood H. P.
R. C. Cunningham K.
J. S. Cobb S.
J. O. Carroll C. of H.
R. L. Trice P. S.
James R. Johnson R. A. C.
John H. Garmon M. 3d Y.
Sal. Dixon ... M. 2d V.
Hugh C. Wilson M. 1st V.
B. S. Trice Treasurer.
A. H. Raymond Secretary.
Marion Forbes Tyler.
Burton James M.
Clark R. C.
Davis Jasper N.
MEMBERS:
Edwards G. W.
McGaughv B. R.
Porter H. L.
Scales P. A.
Trice James M.
Whitlow B. F.
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Bromley James M.
Davis Jasper N.
Bromley James M.
Evans Jeptha
Caruth A. L.
Cunningham ¥m. R.
REINSTATED, 5:
Edwards G. W.
Evans Jeptha
DIMITTED, 6:
Logan James M.
McGaughy J. S.
SUSPENDED, 7:
For non-payment of dues :
Gullet T. F.
Hood William
Ward W. C.
Logan James M.
Sampson Thomas 0.
Thoinason A.
Russell G. D.
Stephenson F. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
R. C. Cunningham H. P.
P. A. Scales K.
J..S. Cobb S.
B. R. McGaughy ,\ C. of H.
R. L. Trice P. S.
James R. Johnson R. A. C.
J. H. Gannon M. 3d Y.
Sal. Dixon . M. 2d V.
H. C. Wilson M. 1st Y.
B. S. Trice... Treasurer.
A. H. Raymond Secretary.
Marion Forbes Tyler.
EIPLEY CHAPTEE, No. 48.-39 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1850.)
Ripley Tippah Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Wednesday of each month.
J. E. Rogers, P.H.P..
A. L. P. Yarian
C. P. Miller, P.H.P ...
J. C. Spight
J. H. Buchanan
S. R. Spight
Cox E. A.
Crook J. A.
Dickson B. W.
Fife J. A.
Hill R. J-
OFFICERS:
.... H. P. J. Y. Murry M. 3d V.
K. C. G. Haynes M. 2d V.
S. A. C. Rucker, P.H.P M. 1st V.
. C. of H. W. D. Carter Treasurer.
P. S. H. T. Counsell Secretary.
. R. A. C. E. F. Jordan Tyler.
MEMBERS:
McCarley Mose
McCowan L. S.
Martin J. T.
Peeler J. P.
Pearce Joseph
Stubbs H. A.
Smith B. B., Jr.
Wilson A. H.
White Samuel
Walker J. M.
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Kelly J. 0.
Luter J. W.
Laird J. S.
Lowry M. P.
Cook J. A.
Fife J. A.
Kimbrouali J. A.
Rucker C. C.
Rutherford B. B.
Rutherford W. O.
Robinson W. W.
EXALTED, 9 :
Luter J. W.
Martin J. T.
McCowan L. S.
DIMITTED, 1 :
Kimbrough J. A.
Wells H. F.
Webb H. T.
Wilson J. W.
Young W. T.
Robinson W. W.
Wilson A. H.
Wilson J. W.
J. E. Rogers H. P.
J. H. Buchanan K.
J. P. Peeler S.
J. C. Spight C. of H.
A. C. Rucker P. S.
J. Y. Murry R. A. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
J. T.Martin M. 3d Y.
S. R. Spight M. 2d V.
J. A. Crook M. 1st V.
W. D. Carter Treasurer.
W. W. Robinson Secretary.
E. F. Jordan " Tyler.
NEW ALBANY CHAPTER, No. 49.—50 Members.
(Chartered January 13, 1853.)
New Albany, Pontotoc Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Friday of each month.
Charles T. Bond
George W. Dorsey...
Joseph A. Bobbins...
William C. Gillen...
James B. Reaves^...'.
Madison Orr
Bacon Waddy A.
Berry Micajah F.
Buchanon John W.
Butler John B.
Clary Elisha C.
Davis Jo. Jeff.
Dean Willis
OFFICERS:
H. P. James H. Williamson „ .. .M. 3d V.
K. Adlai Beard .*.... M. 2d V.
S. Nimrod A. Wilkins M. 1st V.
. C. of H. Elijah M. Coker Treasurer.
P. S. Joel A. Hearne Secretary.
. R. A. C. Jefferson Orr Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Driver Giles L.
Duff Jo. Porter
Ellis Wiley Martin
Foster Booker
Ferguson Ancel H.
Ford J. R.
Graham Joseph F.
Harris William H.
Harris Press. R.
Huston William J.
Heard Stephen
Hill James Atwood
Hogg Elnathan D.
McAllister Ben. C. £
365
Mayes Norbin Jones
Martin Major W.
Mitchel Charles G-.
Pennebaker Wyand
Reynolds William L.
Robinson J. Harry
Swindoll Wm. C., Jr.
Stewart David D.
Sandford William B.
Swofford J. S.
Turner Russel J.
Tyer Shadrach S.
Tyer Durant L.
Tally William C.
Wade T. A. J.
Watson Nat. S.
West William
DIMITTED, 2:
Armour J. B. , Smith Isaiah W.
EXPELLED, 1 :
By action of Rockyford Lodge, No. 185 :
Smith James F.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
Charles T. Bond H. P.
N. J. Mayes K.
Joseph A. Robbins S.
William C. Gillen C. of H.
James B. Reaves P. S.
Madison Orr R. A. C.
James H. Williamson M. 3d V.
Adlai Beard M. 2d V.
Nimrod A. Wilkins M. 1st Y.
Elijah M. Coker Treasurer.
Joel A. Hearne Secretary.
Jefferson Orr Tyler.
MOUNT CAEMEL CHAPTEB, No. 50.—32 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1854.)
Mount Carmee, Covington Co.—Regular meetings, Thursday before the
1st Saturday of each month.
, OFFICERS:
Nathan Barnes H. P.
Hambric Hooker K.
James A. Bass S.
Archy Fairly C. of H.
William W. Robeson P. S.
John L. Beavers R. A. C.
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Isaac M. Applewhite M. 3d V.
E. T. Hudnel M. 2d Y.
John Buckhalter M. 1st V.
Louis W. Grey Treasurer.
Henry P. Lewis Secretary.
Jerry Bass Tyler.
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Banks M. L.
Barnes Harris
Barnes Calvin
Berry Richard T.
Buckley Nathan S.
David Oliver H.
Fairly Peter
Ford Calvin
Lee Benj. B. W.
McLeod Hugh A.
Durr Emanuel A.
MEMBERS:
Freeman John C.
Ford Calvin
Hollander Jacob
Hooker William R.
Lee Benj. B. W.
Mathason Neal
Mclnnis John N.
EXALTED, 3 :
O'Rork Michael
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Barnes Calvin
REINSTATED, 4:
Mclnnis John N.
Williams William A.
DIMITTED, 3:
Simmons E. W.
DIED, 1:
Barnes Williams
SUSPENDED, 3:
For non-payment of dues:
Eaton Jasper W.
Price Wilson
O'Rork Michael
Rutledge William
Strahan William L.
Williams Isaac
Williams William A.
Simmons E. W.
Smith W. G. W.
Smith W. G. W.
Fortenbury Jesse W.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
Nathan Barnes H. P.
Hambric Hooker K.
Wilson Price S.
John N. Mclnnis C. of H.
James A. Bass P. S.
Isaac Williams R. A. C.
John C. Freeman M. 3d V.
Archy Fairly M. 2d Y.
William R. Hooker M. 1st Y.
Louis W. Grey Treasurer.
Henry P. Lewis Secretary.
Jerry Bass Tyler.
367
GEO. WASHINGTON CHAPTER, No. 51.—44 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1854.)
Chulahoma, Marshall Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
B. N. Alexander..
P. H. Jenkins
E. W. Bloodworth
R. P. Bo-wen
J. W. Stephenson
William McKie..
H. P. George W. McKie M. 3d V.
K. David Lawman M. 2d V.
S. Nich. J. Wilson M. 1st Y.
C. of H. C. S. Bowen Treasurer.
P. S. J. H. Alexander Secretary.
R. A. C. D. M. Davis Tyler.
Alexander H. L.
Brooks Jos. H.
Bowen R. T.
Collins J. D.
Coyle S. D.
Cooper J. C.
Cooper William R.
Coleman J. G.
Coleman J. S.
Dotson Isaac
Falkner Calvin
Collins J. D.
Gant W. H.
MEMBERS:
Gordon J. D.
Gordon A. M.
Gant W. H.
Hamilton Albert
Haynes William
Hyer W. F.
Harris C. B.
Jeffries W. A.
Mabry J. L.
Mims D. H.
Moore W. R.
REINSTATED, 6:
Gordon A. M.
Hyer W. F.
DIMITTED, 1:
Wilson George A.
DIED, 1:
Parker Henry
SUSPENDED, 1 :
For non-payment of dues :
McKie B. F.
McGowan J. L.
Pryor S. H.
Read R. A.
Rogers W. K.
Smith C. J.
Smith Joe H.
Stephenson C. C
Still J. H.
Wilson J. L.
Young W. H.
Mims D. H.
Wilson George A.
B. N. Alexander H. P.
P. H. Jenkins K.
E. W. Bloodworth S.
R. P. Bowen .' C. of H.
J. W. Stephenson P. S.
William McKie.,
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
George W. McKie M. 3d Y.
David Lawman M. 2d V.
N. J. Wilson M. 1st V.
C. S. Bowen Treasurer.
J. H. Alexander Secretary.
D. M. Davis Tyler.
.... R. A. C.
368
PATTON CHAPTER, No. 52.-33 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1854.)
Lauderdale Station, Lauderdale Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Saturday
of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. R. McKinley M. 3d Y.
S. P. Kennedy M. 2d V.
R. B. Wilder...v M. 1st Y.
C. G-. Miller -..Treasurer.
William S. Patton H. P.
R. McKinley K.
J. L. Simmons S.
J. Gr. McArthur C. of H.
J. C. Porter . P. S.
J. L. Nunnery R. A. C.
Armstrong T. Y.
Brown Wesley
Babbett J. Gr.
Belk L. D.
Cocke E. A. R.
Cole W. L.
Crawley James M.
Belk L. D.
J. M. Bates Secretary.
E. W. Smithwick Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Crawley J. W.
Cullum P. P.
Day W. C.
Dove John
Farris R. E.
Furguson S. H.
Moore Elias
REINSTATED, 4:
Cole W. L.
Perkins W. R.
Moore William
McCarty James
McCullough A. D.
Palmer E. J.
Peace Daniel W.
Perkins W. R.
Smith Reuben
Faulkner Gr. J.
Calvert Adam
Faulkner Gr. J.
DIMITTED, 5:
Henderson M. R.
Lowenstein J.
Yaretzky H.
DIED, 1:
Woods W. C.
SUSPENDED, 1 :
For unmasonic conduct.—[By Patton Lodge, No. 129.]
Miller R. W.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
R. McKinley H. P.
J. C. Porter K.
J. Gr. McArthur S.
J. M. Bates C. of H.
J. L. Simmons P. S.
Wesley Brown R. A. C.
J. L. Nunnery M. 3d V.
W. R. Perkins M. 2d V.
R. B. Wilder M. 1st V.
C. G-. Miller; Treasurer.
W. R. McKinley Secretary.
E. W. Smithwick Tyler.
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PALO ALTO CHAPTER, No. 53.-37 Mekbebs.
(Chartered January 14, 1854. j
Palo Alto, Chickasaw Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday (at 2 o'clock
P. M.) of each month.
OFFICERS:
Daniel B. Hill H. P.
James B. Watkins K.
John K. Allen S.
James P. Deanes C. of H.
"William P. Malone P. S.
Samuel A. Deanes R. A. C.
J. J. McPherson M. 3d V.
C. J. TWnsend M. 2d V.
John Wbite M. 1st V.
James S. Williams Treasurer.
William H. Hill Secretary.
John L. Armistead Tyler.
Coopwood Wm. C.
Ivy H. M.
Ivy Sterling G.
MEMBERS:
Medlock Absalom
Miller John C.
McVey W. C.
AFFILIATED, 1 :
St. Clair Clifton
Robertson David
St. Clair Clifton
DIED, 1:
Hynche Henry
SUSPENDED, 1:
For non-payment of dues :
Ivy Calvin
OFFICERS FOR
William C. Coopwood H. P.
David Robertson K.
Henry M. Ivy S.
Daniel B. Hill C. of H.
Samuel A. Deanes P. S.
John L. Armistead R. A. C.
TEAR 1870:
John White M. 3d V.
Jcmes B. Watkins M. 2d V.
Sterling G. Ivy M. 1st V.
James P. Deanes Treasurer.
William H. Hill Secretary.
Absalom Medlock Tyler.
370
BETHESDA CHAPTER, No. 55.-29 Members.
(Chartered January 12, 1854.)
Palmer's Spring, (Kosciusko P. 0.) Attala Co.—Regular meetings, 1st
Saturday of each month.
H. F. Moore
J. N. Richburg..
J. W. Armstrong.
J. R. Grier
A. W. Mitchell..
F. M. Richburg..
Armstrong S. C.
Arterbury J. F. M.
Ayres Lansford
Bell Matthew
Gunter George W.
Hudson T. A,
Hudson T. A.
OFFICERS:
H. P. D. N. Stucky M. 3d V.
K. R.N.Smith M. 2d Y,
S. W. N. Stucky M. 1st Y.
. C. of H. J. H. Evans Treasurer.
.. .. P. S. C. W. Clark Secretary.
, R. A. C. S. J. Leinbach Tyler.
Moore W. W.
McAfee Robert G.
Noah A. G.
Roseman Thomas S.
Skinner W. F.
Skinner W. F.
Little William B.
Love David
MEMBERS:
Hudson N. G.
Humphryes Geo. U.
Humphryes John G.
Leinbach S.
May field Person
Mitchell Samuel
EXALTED, 3:
Humphryes Geo. IT.
DIMITTED, 1 :
Green William
DIED, 1:
Mimms Sebron S.
SUSPENDED, 7:
For non-payment of dues :
Marsailles J. E. Palmer H. D.
McGee Joseph T. Wingo W. P.
Wallace James
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
J. R. Grier H. P.
S. W. Land K.
J. H. Evans S.
A. W. Mitchel C. of H.
F. A. Hudson P. S.
J. W. Gilbert R. A. C.
H. M. Moore M. 3d Y.
J. N. Richburg M. 2d V.
W. N. Stucky M. lstW.
O. W. Clark Treasurer.
W. F. Skinner Secretary.
S. J. Leinbach,
Tyler.
WEIGHT CHAPTEE, No. 56.-24 Members.
(Chartered January 12, 1855.)
Independence, De Soto Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. J. Laycock
. H. P. W. R. P. Jones M. 3d V.
Josiah Dailey K.
J. A. Harrison S.
J. P. McCracken C. of H.
B. R. Chambliss P. S.
J. A. Harris R. A. C.
J. C. Graham M. 2d V.
Evin Perry M. 1st V.
Robert Jamison Treasurer.
J. W. Bowden Secretary.
W. F. Walker Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Allen D. W. Eason W. Pitt
Callicott C. G. Joiner Joel
Caradine A. Key Sampson
Cathey A. Leonard Thomas
DIMITTED, 1:
Kennemar Jacob
SUSPENDED, 1:
For unmasonic conduct:
Campbell Cornelius
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
H. P.
K.
Perry D. J.
Peterson M. B.
Russwurm W. A.
Wallace A. J.
B. R. Chambliss.
J. W. Bowden..
J. A. Harrison..
J. P. McCracken.
A. J. Wallace...
J. C. Graham ...
. C. of H.
.... P. S.
.R. A. C.
J. A. Harris M. 3d Y.
W. R. P. Jones M. 2d Y.
Evin Perry M. 1st Y.
Robert Jamison Treasurer.
Joel Joiner Secretary.
W. F.Walker Tyler.
BALDWYN CHAPTEE, NO. 57.-32 Members.
(Chartered January 12, 1855.
Baldwyn, Lee Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. R. H. Moseley H. P.
A. J. Taylor K.
W. J. Walden S.
J. H. Kennedy C. of H.
A. G. Crockett P. S.
L. L. Harwell R. A. C.
J. G. Cole M. 3d V.
J. Stephenson M. 2d V.
W. Wilson M. 1st V.
J. R. Bristo Treasurer.
D. M. Crockett Secretary.
T. W. Butler Tyler.
372
MEMBERS:
Andrews J. J.
Clary Jacob
Houston T. W.
Johnson David
Knott J. H.
Lynn W.
McWhorter W. D.
Oliver J. C.
Pannell W.
Parker T.
Price J. L.
Prather L. C.
Reeves W. S.
Robinson J. P.
Savery P. M.
Stephenson J. H. P.
Stubbs F. H.
Stubbs B. W.
Stubbs T. B.
Williams B. B.
McWhorter W. D.
Prather L. C.
Price J. L.
EXALTED,
Reeves W. J.
Robinson J. P.
Savery P. M.
Walker W. C.
Walker F. C.
Walker James
Hodges D.
Walker A,
DIMITTED, 5:
Walker W. C.
Walker J.
Walker H. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
W. R.H.Moseley H. P.
A. J. Taylor K.
J. H. Stephenson S.
J. H. Kennedy C. of H.
J. G. Cole M. 3d V.
J. L. Price M. 2d V.
D. M. Crockett M. 1st V.
J. R. Bristow Treasurer.
P. M. Savery P. S. L. C. Prather Secretary.
A. G. Crockett
,. R. A. C. L. L. Harwell Tyler.
SHTJBUTA CHAPTER, No. 59.-28 Membees.
(Chartered January 12, 1855.)
De SOTO, Clark Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
M. B. Knight . H. P.
Abel Boy kin K.
R. I. McLeod S.
J. S. Bass C. of H.
T. C. Bethea P. S.
John W. Weems R. A. C.
R. D. Weems M. 3d Y.
G. W. Ferrell M. 2d V.
A. J. Garrant M. 1st Y.
J. B. Gordon Treasurer.
John S. Dabbs Secretary.
S. Scarborough Tyler.
373
Barber J. H.
Boykin J. AY.
Davis R. AY.
Garrard J. A.
Gordon Sampson
Barber J. H.
Boykin J. AY.
MEMBERS:
Hailes Elias
Henry AV. AY.
McCarty Berry
Sumrall Jacob
Sanders Jere.
Yarborougb G. AY.
REINSTATED, 7:
Davis R. AY.
Sanders Jere.
Terrall S. H.
Stovall C. A.
Shanks AY. F.
Tardy A. B.
Terrall S. H.
Tobias T.
Shanks AY. F.
Stovall C. A.
Hailes John T.
Knight G. A.
DIMITTED, I
Sheppard G. AY.
Stovall C. A.
Yarborough J. S.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
M. B. Knight H. P.
R. D. AYeems K.
J. B. Gordon S.
A. Boykin. C. of H.
R. I. McLeod P. S.
G. AY. Ferrell M. 3d Y.
G. AY. Yarborough M. 2d V.
J. S. Bass M. 1st Y.
S. Scarborough Treasurer.
John S. Dabbs Secretary.
J. AY. AYeems R. A. C. T. C. Bethea Tyler.
PANOLA CHAPTEB, No. 60.—51 Members.
(Chartered January 12, 1855.)
panola, Panola Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Thursday of each month.
Garland G. Nelson ...
A. R. McAYilliams ...
S. Henry Simmons...
John C. Harrison
AYilliam M. Marshall.
Joseph J. AYaldrip
Boyles Felix J.
Boyles John M.
Bowers D. H.
47
OFFICERS:
.... H. P. John AY. Darby M. 3d Y.
K. Moses Newton Phillips M. 2d V.
S. Robert S. Abernathy M. 1st V.
. C. of H. B. L. Ballard Treasurer.
P. S. AYilliam E. Farmer Secretary.
. R. A. C. A. J. Browder Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Butts David
Byers Joseph J.
Cooper John A.
Deaton George AY.
Dickins Ed. V.
Dugger AYilliam
374
Essary James E.
Finch. Green
Floyd William J.
Golf David J.
Harris Jamas 0.
Harris Hiram W.
Harris William S.
Hubbard Peter
Hubbard Trus
Johnson William B.
Deaton Thomas
Markham J. W.
Kinchloe David A.
Kuykendall John A.
Kyle R. Mc.
Lester Simon P.
Lester William S.
Love George G.
Martin Samuel
Miller Calvin
Mills William S.
Moore Franklin
DIMITTED, 5:
Owen William J.
Raitkin G. T.
Moore Robert H.
Perry Pierce W.
Randolph M. M.
Sorsby S. F.
Stone William E.
Taylor James R.
Whitten Daniel M.
Wright Jesse C.
Wright Joseph J.
Wright John M.
Rhodes Jacob
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870 :
Franklin Moore H. P.
A. R. Mc Williams K.
A. J. Browder S.
Moses N. Phillips C. of H.
William M. Marshall P. S.
R. M. Kyle R. A. C.
Garland G. Nelson M. 3d V.
John M. Boyles . M. 2d V.
Green Finch M. 1st Y.
David Butts Treasurer.
John C. Harrison Secretary.
William E. Farmer Tyler.
EUKEKA CHAPTER, No. 61.— 46 Members.
(Chartered January 15, 1856.)
Goodman, Holmes"Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
D. Mitchell, P.H.P.
John Falls, P.H.P.
M. L. McGuire
J. J. Pickens
M. L. Harman
James H. Douglas.,
Arnold S. A.
Ashford J. P.
Ashley C. M.
Ashley J. C.
OFFICERS:
. .. H. P. B. L. Nor veil M. 3d V.
K. R. G. Childress M. 2d V.
S. A. G. Knapp M. 1st V.
. C. of H. John T. Shines Treasurer.
P. S. J. B. Doty Secretary.
. R. A. C. R. J. Moody Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Ball J. M.
Buster J.
Byrd B. F.
Campbell R. R.
Costeloe James
Cain John G.
Doty A. G.
Feild W. B.
875
Gould John
Hart Daniel
Henley W. S.
Lipsey L. B.
Myers G. W.
McMillan J. F.
McCleskey J. C.
Magruder W. H.
Mitchell J. W.
Pankey M. C.
Pepper D. G.
Pope W. A.
Smith S. W.
Smith Redick
Zigler L. J.
Swain W. R.
Tackett John
Tackett 0. H. P.
Taggart John W.
Taylor W. J.
Taylor B. L.
Wellons B. H.
Ashford J. P.
Ashley C. M.
Ashley J. C.
EXALTED, 9 :
Ball J. M.
Buster J. H.
Costeloe James
AFFILIATED, 1
Henley W. S.
REINSTATED, 1
Zigler L. J.
Doty A. G.
Hanks Anthony
Pankey M. C.
Hanks Anthony
DIMITTED, 3:
Lomax A. Ship J. M.
Allman John
Burwell W. B.
Bristow J. R.
Cooper R. F.
Dotson W. H.
Harding A. H.
Holt W. J.
SUSPENDED, 22:
For non-payment of dues:
Jordan B. C.
Little S. H.
Lipsey L. G.
Loving Bailey
May W. P.
Middleton Ed.
Morrow John
Watson Joseph H.
McConnell James A.
Parker P. A.
Roberts B. P.
Sample John A.
Tackett J. P.
Wade Elijah
Ward T. M.
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870:
W. B. Field H. P.
A. J. Knapp K.
J. W. Mitchell S.
S. W. Smith C. of H.
R. G. Childress i.. M. 3d V.
M. C. Pankey M. 2d V.
W. S. Henley M. 1st V.
John W. Taggart Treasurer.
M. L. Harman P. S. A. G. Doty Secretary.
C. M. Ashley R. A. C. R. J. Moody Tyler.
376
G. W. PERKINS CHAPTER, No. 63.-27 Members.
(Chartered January 11, 1858.)
Hoen Lake, DeSoto Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS :
Edwin R. Grill H. P.
William J. Bynum K.
William L. Lundny, Sr S.
James Turner C. of H.
Samuel L. Raines P. S.
Watson D. Davis R. A. C.
J. H. McLendon H. P.
J. W. Powell K.
Hugh Logan S.
R. A. Nichols C. of H.
W. A. Womack .. P. S.
James Griffith R. A. C.
John W. Rutland M. 3d V.
Felix Davis M. 2d V.
E. A. Edmonson M. 1st V.
Lewis C. Taylor Treasurer.
James A. Smith Secretary.
R. C. Lea Tyler.
V.
y.
y.
er.
H. H. Brinker M. 3d V.
J. O. McMullen M. 2d V.
S. W. England M. 1st V.
J. B. E. Caradine Treasurer.
R. W. Barton Secretary.
S. H. Paden Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Adams A. H.
Bell A. F.
Boldin E.
Clements John C.
Elmore W. G.
Jarratt A. L.
Fletcher F. M.
Gabbert L. G.
Gwynn W. B.
Harris Robert P.
Irwin Silas D.
DIMITTED, 4:
Lester Stephen J.
Upsliaw Thomas L.
Nesbit Edward S.
Peebles Berlin
Robinson Sherwood S.
Robinson John L.
Robinson J.
Manning T. P.
DIED, 2:
Perkins G. W. (P.G.H.P.) Bell Samuel
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870 :
Samuel L. Raines H. P.
William L. Lunday, Sr K.
John W. Rutland S.
Watson D. Davis C. of H.
James Turner P. S.
W. G. Elmore R. A. C.
Berlin Peebles M. 3d
John C. Clements M. 2d
R. C. Lea M. 1st
Felix Davis Treasur
James A. Smith Secretai
EdwardS. Nesbit Tyl
CHICKASAW CHAPTER, NO. 65.-27 Members.
(Chartered January 11, 1858.)
Sparta, Chickasaw Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
377
MEMBEES:
Avant H. C.
Davis J. E.
Hasting A. P.
Jennings George L.
Jennings John L.
Eobuck E. M.
Paden F. E.
Paden John M.
Ponder Hugh
Eobuck F. M.
Eobuck George N.
EXALTED, 8:
Eobuck George N.
Thomas John S.
"Woolard James M.
Womack M. S.
Watkins W. T.
Windham E. J.
Windham E. J.
DIED, 1:
Thompson James W.
SUSPENDED, 1:
For non-payment of dues :
LanhanTJohn W.
OFFICEES FOE THE YEAE 1870:
J. H. McLendon H. P.
George N. Eobuck K.
E. A. Nichols S.
James Griffith C. of H.
F. M. Eobuck P. S.
A. P. Hasting E. A. C.
S. W. England M. 3d V.
J. M. Paden M. 2d Y.
J. E. Davis M. 1st V.
J. B. E. Caradine Treasurer.
E. J. Windham Secretary.
S. H. Paden Tyler.
RIENZI CHAPTER, NO. 66.-36 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1859.)
Eienzi, Tishomingo Co.—Eegular meetings, 1st Thursday of each,month.
OFFICEES:
John F. Arnold H. P.
John C. Johnson K.
John G. Barton S.
Benjamin F. Williams C. of H.
John W. Stevens, Jr P. S.
J. W. Morris E. A. C.
O. D. Pitzgerald M. 3d V.
William H. H. Boone M. 2d V.
Henry H. Isom M. 1st V.
William Gilmer Treasurer.
Eobert Henderson Secretary.
Jesse Johnsey Tyler.
378
Adair William T.
Anderson Joe M.
Britton J. S.
Blythe William C.
Carmack {I. W. '
Cathey Andrew
Davenport Robert
Feemster M, B.
Jumper S. J.
Choate A. H.
MEMBERS:
Gray J. P.
Jumper S. J.
Reynolds A. E.
Sorell E. F.
Scally Pryor
Smith Pat
Stevens John W., Sr.
Taylor William A.
EXALTED, 3:
Scally Pryor
DIMITTED, 4:
Lowrey J. G.
Wallace William F.
Taylor Williams
Williams William
Wade T. J.
Wilson John
Whitehirst T. J.
Whiteside H. S.
Whiteside I. N.
Williams 0. W.
Smith Pat
Shelton David
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870:
John F. Arnold H. P.
John G. Barton * K.
Jesse Johnsey S.
B. F. Williams C. of H.
John W. Stevens, Jr P. S.
B. C. Stanley R. A. C.
John W. Stevens, Sr M. 3d V.
William Williams M. 2d Y.
William H. H. Boone M. 1st V.
E. F. Sorell Treasurer.
Robert Henderson Secretary.
John 0. Johnson Tyler.
EUCLID CHAPTEK, No. 67, POR 1868.—32 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1859.)
Cockrum's, De Soto Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. P. Bowen H. P.
A. F. Powers K.
S. O. B. Crockett S.
J. D. Miller C. of H.
G. H. Anderson P. S.
S. C. Powers R. A. C.
John Riley M. 3d. Y.
J. R. Crumpler M. 2d Y.
J. W. McCall M. 1st V.
Nathan Ingram Treasurer.
J. W. Lide Secretary.
J. R. Hollaway ! Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Anderson James C. Harwell A. M. Pullium J. T.
Bowen Charles W. Ingram J. J. Phillips C.
Bowen William P. Irwin P. H. Peterson M. B.
379
Collins Jared
Culberson James C.
Greer J. L.
Hope William K.
Edwards J. G.
Bernard W.
Dunnivant J.
J. D. Miller
A. F. Powers
G. H. Anderson..
J. W. Lide
S. O. B. Crockett.
J. G. Edwards ...
Jean J. H.
Lea Ransom
Manes H. B.
McCall J. W.
EXALTED, 3:
Harwell A. M.
REINSTATED, 1:
Hoshall E. P.
DIMITTED, 1:
Hoshall E. P.
DIED, 1:
Brown Levi T.
SUSPENDED, 6:
For non-payment of dues :
Gary H.
Nelson William
Robinson William
Stevens O. H. P.
Thomas John
Thomas John
Parsons W. L.
Still J. H.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1869:
H. P. J. R. Hollaway M. 3d V.
K. J. R. Crumpler M. 2d V.
S. John Riley , M. 1st V.
C. of H. Nathan Ingram Treasurer.
P. S. C. W. Mobley Secretary.
R. A. C. S. C. Powers Tyler.
EUCLID CHAPTER, No. 67, FOR 1869.—82 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1859.)
Cockrum's, De Soto Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS :
J. D. Miller H. P.
A. F. Poweas . K.
G. H. Anderson S.
J. W. Lide C. of H.
S. O. B. Crockett P. S.
J. G. Edwards R. A. C.
J. R. Hollaway M. 3d V.
J. R. Crumpler M. 2d Y.
John Riley M. 1st Y.
Nathan Ingram Treasurer.
C. W. Mobley Secretary.
S. C. Powers Tyler.
380
Bo wen William P.
Collins Jared
Culberson James C.
Greer J. L.
Hope William K.
Harwell A. M.
Ingram J. J.
MEMBERS:
Irwin P. H.
Jean J. H.
Lee Ransom
Lee R. E.
Manes H. B.
Martin B. F.
McCall J. W.
Peterson M. B.
Phillips C.
Pullium J. T.
Robinson William
Summers P.
Thomas John
Langston J. C.
EXALTED, 3:
Martin B. F.
Summers P.
DIMITTED, 1:
Anderson James
DIED, 1:
Bowen C. W.
OFFICERS FOR
S. 0. B.Crockett H. P.
J. C. Langston K.
H. B. Manes S.
G. H. Anderson C. of H.
S. C. Powers P. S.
J. R. Hollaway R. A. C.
YEAR 1870:
Phillip Summers M. 3d V.
J. G. Edwards M. 2d Y.
John Thomas M. 1st V.
J. W. McCall Treasurer.
J. W. Lide Secretary.
R. E. Lee Tyler.
BYHALIA CHAPTER, No. 68.-62 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1859.)
Byhalia, Marshall Co.—Regular meetings, Saturday the 4th Monday of
each month.
OFFICERS:
P. J. Eckles H. P.
J. B. Owings K.
Anderson Arnold S.
John F. Thornton C. of H.
John A. Gwin M. 3d V.
Phillip T. Raiford M. 2d V.
Thomas W. Alexander M. 1st V.
Wilson Durrum Treasurer.
James L. Harris P. S. Jonathan B. Allen Secretary.
Benjamin W. Sigman R. A. C. B. R. Neblett Tyler.
381
Alexander Elias
Boyce James M.
Ford Miles H.
Hewett "William K.
Henry Frame W.
MEMBERS:
Harris Wm. H. G-.
Ingram S. P.
Jarmin Leonidas
Moss John
Neblett Robert A.
Scruggs Anthony I).
Walton Lucius A.
Wilson Nathan'l L.
Wright James W.
Blackburn W. S.
Boyce James M.
REINSTATED, 6:
Ingram S. P.
Jermin Leonidas
Webber Thomas B.
Wright J. W.
DIMITTED, 1:
Blackburn W. S.
DIED, 1:
Webber Thomas B.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
P. J. Eckles H. P.
J. B. Owings K.
Anderson Arnold S.
John F. Thornton C. of H.
James L. Harris P. S.
Benjamin W. Sigman R. A. C.
John A. Gwin M. 3d Y.
Phillip T. Raiford M. 2d V.'
Thomas W. Alexander M. 1st V.
Wilson Durrum Treasurer.
Jonathan B. Allen Secretary.
B. R. Neblett Tyler.
BEA.NDON CHAPTEE, No. 69.—41 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1859.)
Brandon, Rankin Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Friday before the full moon
of each month.
OFFICERS:
H. P. John A. Ray M. 3d V.
K. John W. Patton M. 2d Y.
S. W. M. Smith M. 1st V.
.. C. of H. T. H. Johnson Treasurer.
P. S. (Dead) Secretary.
.. R. A. C. Richard Shields Tyler.
Richard Cooper
J. F. Bennett
A. J. Frantz
Henry Kernaghan.
J. L. Hargroves
S. R. Collier
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382
Atkinson Henry
Baker James
Bennett Joseph
Brinkley E. H.
Chisholm Alexander
Cole H. S.
De Castro J. O.
Giles John B.
Griffin L. L.
Hancock J. L.
Giles John P.
Atkinson Henry
Bennett Joseph
Cooper W. H.
Cooper W. II.
Miley James
MEMBERS:
Hoskins Henry
King Hyram
Kaufman Benjamin
Lindsay J. B.
Long W. B.
Mayers E. G.
Meadows C. H.
Moore W. A.
McMaster J. W.
Peacher W. A.
EXALTED, 3 :
Kaufman Benjamin
REINSTATED, 8:
Runge L. A.
Seymour J. E.
Stevens J. R.
DIMITTED, 3:
Neely Austin
DIED, 2:
Pickering W. L.
Runge L. A.
Seymour J. P-
Stevens J. R.
Tennen H. P-
Ware James
Wallace J. C.
W eile David
White T. S.
Ware James
Wallace J. C.
Wilev James R.
Sims C. C.
Williams E. G.
EXPELLED, 1 :
Myers Alving G.
Alford Cincinnatus
Autley J. S.
Cocke J. T. B.
Cole J. D. B.
SUSPENDED, 12 :
For non-payment of dues:
Harris T. D.
Lamb B. F. H.
Langford G. N.
Lumbard E. G.
Marshall James
McLaurin John
Starr J. B.
Taylor Wesley
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
H. S. Cole H. P.
James Ware K.
Thomas H. Johnson S.
W. L. Pickering C. of H.
John W. Patton P. S.
Benj. Kaufman R. A. C.
Henry Atkinson M. 3d Y.
J. F. Bennett M. 2d Y.
L. A. Runge M. 1st Y.
John A. Ray Treasurer.
S. R. Collier Secretary.
Richard Shields Tyler.
383
SCOOBA CHAPTER, No. 70.—25 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1859.)
Scooba, Kemper Co.—Regular meetings, let Saturday of each month.
Henry C. Robinson,
B. A. Calhoun
J. C. Carmathan....
J. W. Hardin
W. H. Lipscomb...
J. T. Webb
Avery J. C.
Dillard Ed.
Dillard George
Dunlap James R.
OFFICERS:
. .. H. P. Ed. A. Jackson M. 3d V.
K. John C. Dale M. 2d V.
...... S. A. Emmet Jackson M. 1st Y.
C. of H. O. Y. Neely Treasurer.
P. S. John C. Hardin Secretary.
. R. A. C. J. Y. Lipscomb Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Garner R. A.
Hadley O. F.
Greenwood D. C.
Robinson John
Rambo J. M.
DIMITTED, 2:
Little W. W.
McElvain B. H.
Nelson E. H.
Nicholson F. G.
Crawford M. D.
Mulholland J.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
Henry C. Robinson H. P.
B. A. Calhoun K
J. C. Carnathan S.
J. W. Hardin C. of H.
W. H. Lipscomb P. S.
J. T. Webb R. A. C.
Ed. A. Jackson M. 3d Y.
E. H. Nelson M. 2d V.
A. E. Jackson M. 1st V.
O. Y. Neely Treasui-er.
J. C. Hardin Secretary.
J. Y. Lipscomb Tyler.
DENT H. MILES CHAPTER, No. 72—20 Members.
(Chartered January 10, 1800.)
SatARTIA, Yazoo Co.-—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
J. S. Stampley H. P.
Asa Sibley K.
S. H. Childress S.
James H. Martin C. of H.
Thomas R. Holloman P. S.
Joseph W. Lear R. A. C.
William W. Wiles M. 3d V.
William A. Mansfield M. 2d V.
R. G. Johnson M. 1st V.
Turner Lumbley Treasurer.
Dent H. Miles Secretary.
John Potter Tyler.
384
Bradshaw J. N.
Bell J. R.
Gibbs W. D.
MEMBERS:
Hornthal Julius
Holloman J. B.
Jones J. W.
DIMITTED, 1:
Langsford Charles W.
McCutchen J. H.
Stampley John
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870 :
W. D. Gibbs H. P.
William A. Mansfield K.
S. H. Childress S.
James H. Martin C. of H.
T. R. Holloman P. S.
Joseph W. Lear R. A. C.
J. S. Stampley M. 3d V.
John Stampley M. 2d V.
William W. Wiles M. 1st V.
Turner Lumbley Treasurer.
Dent H. Miles Secretary.
John Potter Tyler.
WARD CHAPTER, No. 73.-38 Members.
(Chartered January 11, 1-860.)
Senatobia, De Soto Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
M. D. Johnson H. P.
John Carlock K.
J. M. Yeatch S.
L. W. Pearce C. of H.
R. Stewart P. S.
H. L. Anthony R. A. C.
M. L. Benge M. 3d Y.
G. B. Wright M. 2d Y.
J. S. Jones M. 1st V.
A. J. Howard Treasurer.
J. M. Williams Secretary.
A. H. Tooms Tyler.
Bailey T. A.
Benton J. W.
Bowndes W. H.
Carter R. J.
Cole W. T.
Emery W. A.
Evans Jeptha
Gilmore W. W.
Hood C. B.
MEMBERS:
Hudson A. T.
Linley J. M.
Logan James M.
Larrimore S. M.
Matthews J. E.
Ruffin James
Smith H. J.
Saunders D. H. A.
Sage A. P.
Townsend E. C.
Underwood L. P.
Waddell V. B.
West O. F.
Williams N. M.
White R. P.
White J. T.
Woolfork J. E.
3fe5
Bailey T. A.
Benton J. W.
Bounds W. H.
Carter R. J.
Smith H. J.
Hudson A. T.
Larriinore S. M.
Anthony II. L.
Benge M. L.
Cole W. T.
Barbee J. W.
Dement J. T.
Durden C.
EXALTED, 21:
Williams N. M.
Underwood L. P.
Waddell V. B.
Linley J. M.
West O. F.
Townsend E. C.
Gilmore W. W.
AFFILIATED, 10
Evans Jeptha
Jones J. S.
Logan James M.
Wright G. B.
DIMITTED, 0:
Fitzgerald W.
Ruffin J. D.
DIED, 2:
Woolfork J. E.
Sage A. P.
Saunders D. H. A.
Emery W. A.
White J. T.
White R. P.
Hood C. B.
Matthews J. E.
Ruffin James
Tooms A. H.
Ruffin William
Spivey J. H.
Haynes G. O.
SUSPENDED, 1:
For unmasonic conduct:
Raiford W. B.
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870:
M. D. Johnson H. P.'
M. L. Benge K.
J. M. Veatch S.
L. W. Pearce C. of H.
J. E. Matthews P. S.
H. L. Anthony R. A. C.
W. W. Gilmore M. 3d V.
J. W. Benton M. 2d V.
J. E. Woolfork. M. 1st Y.
J. S. Jones Treasurer.
J. M. Williams Secretary.
E. C. Townsend Tyler.
W. D. FEEEISS CHAPTEE, No. 74.-44 Membeks.
(Chartered January 15, 1861.)
Benton, Yazoo Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. D. Ferriss, P.G.H.P H. P.
H. Yandell K.
W. F. Watlington S.
G. M. Powell C. of H.
J. F. Green P. S.
J. A. Sconyers R. A. C.
B. A. Griffin M. 3d V.
J. Blalock M. 2d V.
R. P. Frasier M. 1st V.
W. H. Stubblefield Treasurer.
W. J. Watlington Secretary.
(Not a member) Tyler.
386
Alsop T. B.
Beall F. M.
Berry E.
Bunch D.
Blalock A.
Brister T. M.
Brister A. T.
Brister S. H.
Brister W. T.
Carson A. T.
Day W. C.
MEMBERS:
Dixon S. Z.
Elliott J. H.
Frasier J. H.
Hewett William
Hendricks W. A.
Hendricks John F.
Heard W. F.
Henderson C. R.
Ledbetter R.
Lomax A. A.
Moore E. A.
McCutchen W. R.
Pepper Z.
Penny J. W.
Purvis J. A.
Rickets J. W.
Simms J. J.
Smith J. W. C.
Stricklin W. A.
Stubblefield D.
Warren R.
Fraiser J. H.
EXALTED, 3:
McCutchen W. R.
Purvis J. A.
Lomax A. A.
AFFILIATED. 3
Smith J. W. C.
Stricklin W. A.
REINSTATED, 1:
Hendricks J. F.
Beall J. R.
DIMITTED,
Frost W. D.
Williams J. F.
Berry W. H.
Blalock A. R.
Day R.
Daniels J. C.
Davenport J.
Deason J. L.
Dixop C. M.
SUSPENDED, 20:
For non-payment of dues :
Ellison T. P.
Ellison C. M.
Ewing William
King W. P.
Mills J. M.
Peasler T. H.
Pepper J. J.
Pepper J. H.
Pepper S. J,
Smith W. Z.
Smith J. M.
Vauglian H.
Williams B. F.
OFFICERS FOR
W. D. Ferriss, P.G.H.P H. P.
H. Yandell K.
J. H. Elliott S.
J. A. Sconyers C. of H.
D. Bunch P. S.
W. A. Hendricks R. A. C.
YEAR 1870 :
J. W. Rickets M. 3d V.
J. A. Purvis M. 2d Y.
W. F. Watlington M. 1st V.
W. R. McCutchen Treasurer.
W. J. Watlington Secretary.
(Not a member) Tyler.
387
COEINTH CHAPTEE, No. 76.-36 Members.
(Chartered January 18, 18G7.)
Corinth, Tishomingo Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Thursday of each month.
L. M. New....
James McAmis.
W. B. Pannell.
A. W. Wills...
D. Baum
M. Davis
OFFICERS:
.... H. P. J. W. Dorsey M. 3d V.
K. J.W.Butler M. 2d Y.
S. C.P.Elgin M. 1st V.
.. C. of H. T. D. Duncan Treasurer.
P. S. C. P. Sawyers Secretary.
.. R. A. C. John Butler Tyler.
Baker W. Y.
Bradley E. H.
Bradley J. H.
Butler John W.
Davis D.
Fleming R. J.
Freeman J. T.
Gillenwaters E. C.
Bradley J. H.
Bradley E. H.
Davis D.
B. H.
MEMBERS:
Hardwick J. V.
Irions Thomas
James D. L.
Lowery J. G.
Malone D. L.
Murray F. R.
Mitchell T.
McMasters W. D.
EXALTED, 9 :
Hardwick J. Y.
Malone D. L.
Richey R. W.
AFFILIATED, 2
REINSTATED, 1
Irions Thomas
Richey R. W.
Small J. E.
Shloss Samuel
Stine J. M.
Thompson L. B.
Whitfield F. E.
Wood W. E.
Young T. P.
Shloss Samuel
Stine J. M.
Wood W. E.
Loweiy J. G.
Cathey John A.
DIMITTED, 4:
Davis Milton
Stewart I. N.
Estes B. H.
Fowler J. P.
Gillham W. H.
SUSPENDED, 6:
For non-payment of dues:
Kilpatrick W. H. Milligan H. V.
Malone B. H.
Wofford J. L.
888
OFFICERS FOR
L. M. New H. P.
E. C. Gillenwaters K.
T. P. Young S.
J. W. Dorsey C. of H.
D. L. Malone P. S.
R. W. Richey R. A. C.
YEAR 1870 :
W. E. Wood M. 3d V.
L. B. Thompson M. 2d Y.
J. H. Bradley M. 1st V.
T. D. Duncan Treasurer.
C. F. Sawyers Secretary.
John Butler. Tyler.
CEYSTAL SPRINGS CHAPTER, NO. 77.-46 Members.
(Chartered January 29, 1864.
Crystal Springs, Copiah Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Friday of each month.
J. M. K. Alford ..
R. W. Brown....
E. W. Corley
H. R. Smith
E. N. Sumrall....
J: W. Bailey
Alford J. C.
Alford J. T.
Andre A. F.
Barnes W. P.
Bridges James
Catchings J. B.
Coalson V. L.
Clatworthy C. C.
Clement G. W.
Clement O. D.
Didlake J. W.
Coalson V. L.
OFFICERS:
H. P. J. D. Carmack M. 3d V.
K. J.N.Wilson M. 2d V.
S. J. B. Field M. 1st Y.
. C. of H. M. W. Eagan Treasurer.
P. S. J. F. Alford Secretary.
. .R. A. C. T. J. Carmack Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Holliday 0. P.
Hunter A.
Kcethley W. M.
Lack G. W.
Matheny William
Massey J. W.
Mcintosh Alex.
Mcintosh J. H.
Mathis J. W.
Osburn O.
Parsons J. H.
Young J. W.
EXALTED, 3 :
Lack G. W.
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Williams A. L.
REINSTATED, 1:
Massey J. W.
Renno S.
Robinson S. D.
Scott T. M.
Smith J. C.
Smith C. R.
Spencer T. J.
Sturgess A. J.
Welch D. P.
Willing W. J.
Williams A. L.
Wolfe A. T.
Parsons J. H.
389
Freeman E. R.
Field H. H.
Alsop W. S.
Berkson T.
Clatworthy C. C.
Corley Seth
Dodds J. C.
Grey W. T.
DIMITTED, 6:
Mullins S. G.
Sandifer J. W.
DIED, 1:
Fatheree John (P.D.G.H.P.)
SUSPENDED, 17:
For non-payment of dues :
Haley J. O.
Hood W. M.
Lowe A. B.
Rawls D. L.
Rhymus L. J.
Sandifer W. T.
Shirley J. J.
Shirley R. A.
Smith W. R.
Terry John
Tower I. N.
Watkins W. A.
"Wilson J. N.
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870 :
R. W. Brown H. P.
H. R. Smith K.
O. Osburn S.
J. M. K. Alford C. of H.
E. N. Simrall P. S.
J. W. Mathis R. A. C.
T. J. Cammack M. 3d V.
J. W. Didlake M. 2d V.
J. B. Field M. 1st V.
M. W. Eagan Treasurer.
S. D. Robinson Secretary.
J. W. Railey Tyler.
WINONA CHAPTEK, No. 78.—44 Members.
(Chartered January
Winona, Carroll Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
E. Huntley H. P.
A. H. Booth K.
W. W. Marshall S.
G. A. Spivey C. of H.
R. D. Palmer P. S.
E. N. Hammond R. A. C.
H. F. McWilliams M. 3d V.
A. C. Stovall M. 2d Y.
A. M. Rafter M. 1st V.
O. J. Moore Treasurer.
J. J. Campbell Secretary.
W. J. Nugent Tyler.
Arnold C. A.
Allen M. H.
Bledsoe Green
49
MEMBERS:
*
Everett G. C.
Gary W. W.
Gee W. J.
Lake G. P.
May J. W.
Oliver J. Y.
390
Booth J. W.
Brown T. P.
Cain J. T.
Collins Jailies
Collins J. F.
Curtis Isaac H.
Doyle Jessfi M.
Eskridge B. R.
Arnold C. A.
Allen M. H.
Cain J. T.
CoBins J. F.
Bledsoe Green
Burton J. R.
Gairy A. W.
Gooch A. R.
Gooch F. J.
Harvey J. T.
Harvey R.
Hamer W. T.
Hudgins W. H.
Hurt W. A.
Killingsworth John
EXALTED, 6:
Brown T. P.
Eskridge B. R.
REINSTATED, 30 r
Burton J. R.
Everett G. C.
Gairy W. W.
Hurt W. A.
DIMITTED, 3:
McCarroll M. H.
DIED, 3:
Harvey G. W.
Peery W. B^
Pyron A. P.
Shrvock F. M.
Stovall W. L.
Watson J. R.
Williams Richard
Young D. L.
Pyron J. A.
Shryock F. M.
Hamer W. F.
Harvey George W'
Hudgins H. H.
Vaughn Aug*.
Williams H. H.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
E. Huntley H. P.
E. N. Hammond K.
J. W. May S.
G. A. Spivey C. of H.
R. D. Palmer P. S.
C. A. Arnold R. A. C.
F. M. Shryock M. 3d V.
A. C. Stovall M. 2d V.
R. Williams M. 1st V.
W. W. Marshall Treasurer.
J. J. Campbell Secretary.
W. J. Nugent Tyler.
BBOOKHAVEN CHAPTER, No. 80.—24 Members.
(Chartered January 26, 1865.)
Brookhavem, Lawrence Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Thursday of each month.
T. F. Rawls
John W. Martin..
H. P.
K.
M. J. Whitworth S%
J. A. Hoskins C. of H.
E. E. Seavey P. S.
W. J. Driver R. A. C.
E. Pfeifer M. 3d V.
S. H. Whitworth M. 2d V.
Charles Henck M. 1st V.
H. C. Hoskins Treasurer.
A. E. Moreton Secretary.
E. Knapp Tyler.
391
MEMBERS:
Albritton James
«Cox A. O.
Blue Luther
Bowen R. J.
East T. W.
Ford W. Gr.
Fleeman P. R.
Harvey C. K.
Hobson William
Hooker J. M.
Oliver J. W.
White L. H.
AFFILIATED, 1:
Fleeman P. R.
Albritton James
Bowen R. J.
Cox A. 0.
REINSTATED,
East T. W.
Harvey C. K.
Hobson William
Oliver J. W.
White L. H.
Cook M. V.
DIED, 2:
Sellers A. V.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
T. F. Rawls H. P.
J. A. Hoskins. K.
E. E. Seavey S.
P. R. Fleeman C. of H.
E. Pfeifer P. S.
H. C. Hoskins R. A. C.
S. H. Whitworth M. 3d V.
R. J. Bowen M. 2d Y.
M. J. Whitworth M. 1st Y.
J. W. Martin Treasurer.
A. E. Moreton Secretary.
E. Knapp Tyler.
S. H. JOHNSON CHAPTER, No. 81.—25 Members.
(Chartered January 26, 1865.)
Hazlehurst, Copiah Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
John A. Hull H. P.
M. J. Massengill K.
John Ricker S.
D. B. Low C. of H.
John W. Anderson P. S.
John C.Pitts R. A. C.
Charner Price M. 3d. V.
R. D. Middleton M. 2d V.
J. R. Fortenberry M. 1st V.
Joseph Price Treasurer.
W. W. Miller Secretary.
Bud Higdon Tyler.
392
Beasley M.
Faler Martin
Groom J. R.
Harris B.
Hie-way F. E.
MEMBERS:
Harris A. J.
Kilcrease G. W.
Middleton J. B.
Morrison George
Wilson W. J.
SUSPENDED, 2:
For non-payment of dues:
Norman M. G.
Page A.
Purnall G. W.
Rumsey T. J.
Ray C. A.
OFFICERS FOR THE TEAR 1870:
John W. Anderson H. P.
J. R. Fortenberry K.
R. D. Middleton S.
D. B. Low C. of H.
W. J. Wilson P. S.
John C. Pitts R. A. C.
Joseph Price M. 3d V.
G. W. Kilcrease M. 2d V.
John Richer M. 1st V.
J. R. Groom , Treasurer.
W. W. Miller Secretary.
(Not a member) Tyler.
STARKVILLE CHAPTER, No. 82.-39 Members.
(Chartered January 26, 1865.)
Starkville, Oktibbeha Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
William H. Gunn H. P.
Thomas G. Sellers K.
William C. Bishop S.
Louis Marten C. of H.
Charles R. Montgomery P. S.
William H. Cross M. 3d V.
John W. Caldwell M. 2d V.
Cicero A. Hogan M. 1st Y.
Charles F. Miller Treasurer.
Henry A. McCreight Secretary.
Frank H. Duquercron R. A. C. Middleton E. Owens Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Brooks J. Martin
Bell James W.
Carpenter W. Horace
Ellis Robert U.
Fort Louis A.
Fondren Herod
Friday Lemuel D.
Gay John H.
Glenn William H.
Ham James R.
Henry John
Lampkin Robert A.
Long James B.
Montgomery Wm. T.
Montgomery David F.
Mcllwain James
Randolph Joseph T.
Rosenfield Leopold
Saunders William E.
Steele James H.
Terry Charles N.
Valentine Paul
Valentine Britton
Westmoreland C. W.
Wilder Rufus A.
W oodward Joseph W.
Yeasrer William F.
393
Bell James W.
Glenn William H.
Ham James R.
Henry John
Long James B.
Embry Joseph H.
Gaston Ebenezer
Griffith James C.
EXALTED, 3:
Rosenfield Leopold
AEEILIATED, 1:
Brooks J. Martin
REINSTATED, 12:
Lampkin Robert A.
Montgomery Wm. T.
Montgomery David F.
Saunders William E.
DIMITTED, 1 :
Sikes Robert
SUSPENDED, 8:
For non-payment of dues :
Hale William A. Jordan Charles R.
Herron Edward Parker Lucius 0.
Hutchinson J. L. C.
Westmoreland C. W.
Terry Charles N.
Valentine Paul
Wilder Rufus A.
Yearger William F.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
Charles N. Terry H. P.
William H. Gunn K.
Frank H. Duquercron S.
Leopold Rosenfield C. of H.
William E. Saunders P. S.
Middleton E. Owens R. A. C.
Clough W. Westmoreland.. M. 3d V.
Louis Marten M. 2d V.
Thomas G. Sellers M. 1st V.
Henry A. McCreight Treasurer.
William C. Bishop Secretary.
William F. Yeager Tyler.
SALEM CHAPTER, NO. 85.-63 Members.
(Chartered January 26, 1865.)
Union Church, Jefferson Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
John A. Galbreath H. P.
William G. Millsaps K.
Lewis Cato S.
James F. Cato C. of H.
Andrew R. Lum P. S.
N. R. C. Watson R. A. C.
Thomas J. McMillan M. 3d V.
Hezekiah Short M. 2d V.
James H. Freeman M. 1st V.
David G. Clark Treasurer.
John B. Bow en Secretary.
James N. Clark Tyler.
394
Applewhite Davis
Armstrong George C.
Bailey Elijah F.
Bethea R. 0.
Bowen Henry P.
Bowen William H.
Bridges John D.
Buie Robert
Buie Joseph P.
Cato Henry
Cato Joseph W.
Cato Sterling
Clark John H.
Clarke William H.
Cleland Thomas H.
Cobb Augustus
Emory John J.
Flowers Ephraim
MEMBERS:
Erwin C. C.
Fairley Daniel P.
Flowers Ephraim
Furniss Thomas J.
Galbreath Malcom A.
Godbold Levy R.
Codbold Thomas B.
Godbold Thomas W.
Godbold Charles M.
Ha vis William N.
Herring F. F.
Herring Thomas 0.
Jones Benj. F.
Kelly Middleton
Linton Zedus
Maddox William N.
Miller Elijah
AFFILIATED, 2 :
DIED, 1:
McClure James
Moore A. J.
Mullins Thomas J.
McCormick John S.
McLeod William A.
McLeod John J., Sr.
Nevils John R.
Nevils Martin
Newman J. P.
Scott R. K.
Smith William J.
Sibley A. R.
Tucker E. T.
Warren Daniel
Warren Joseph J.
Watson Wm. A.
Whistine Geo. W.
Woods Clarke M.
Sibley R. A.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
John A. Galbreath H. P.
A. R. Sibley K.
Lewis Cato S.
F. F. Herring C. of H.
N. R. C.Watson P. S.
A. R. Lum R. A. C.
J. F. Cato M. 3d Y.
William H. Clark M. 2d V.
E. T. Tucker M. 1st Y.
Hezekiah Short Treasurer.
C. M. Gordon Secretary.
James N. Clark Tyler.
MEADVILLE CHAPTER, No. 86, EOR 1868.—24 Members.
(Chartered January 26, 1865.)
Meadville, Franklin Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
John D. Willis H. P.
Albert Q. Porter K.
William M. Porter S.
Nathan Bunckley C. of H.
William G. Smith P. S.
M. W. Nevils R. A. C.
Thomas J. Scott M. 3d V.
W. S. Hickingbottom M. 2d V.
John W. Herring M. 1st V.
Thomas Havis Treasurer.
Fielding J. Whitley Secretary.
Hardy H. Mager Tyler.
395
Brown Elijah W.
Buie Daniel A.
Byrd Cornelius
Castley William
MEMBERS:
Clay John M.
Flood Lawrence
Hutchins James W.
Herring Samuel C.
SUSPENDED, 1 :
For non-payment of dues :
Cassidy W. S.
Montgomery S. S.
McDaniel James H.
Rowland Solomon B.
Scott James M.
OFFICERS FOR
John D. Willis H. P.
Albert Q,. Porter K.
William M. Porter S.
Nathan Bunckley C. of H.
William G. Smith P. S.
M. W. Nevils R. A. C.
IE TEAR 1869:
Thomas J. Scott M. 3d V.
W. S. Hickingbottom M. 2d V.
John W. Herring M. 1st V.
Thomas Havis Treasurer.
Fielding J. Whitley Secretary.
Hardy H. Mager Tyler.
MEADYTLLE CHAPTER, No. 86, EOR 1869.—16 Membeks.
(Chartered January 26, 1865.)
Meadville, Franklin Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
John D. Willis H. P.
Albert Q. Porter K.
William M. Porter S.
Nathan Bunckley C. of H.
William G. Smith P. S.
M. W. Nevils R. A. C.
Thomas J. Scott M. 3d V.
W. S. Hickingbottom M. 2d V.
John W. Herring M. 1st V.
Thomas Havis Treasurer.
Fielding J. Whitley Secretary.
Hardy H. Mager Tyler.
Brown Elijah W.
Castley W. C.
Clay John M.
MEMBERS:
Byrd Cornelius
McDaniel James H.
SUSPENDED, 7 :
For non-payment of dues :
Herring S. C.
Flood Lawrence
Scott James M.
Montgomery S. S.
Hutchins James W.
Rowland S. B.
396
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
John D. Willis H. P.
William M. Porter K.
Albert Q,. Porter ... S.
Nathan Bunckley C. of H.
William G-. Smith P. S.
S. F. Williams R. A. C.
Thomas J, Scott M. 3d V.
Daniel A. Buie M. 2d Y.
John W. Herring M. 1st V.
Hardy H. Mager Treasurer.
Fielding J. Whitley Secretary.
S. S. Montgomery Tyler.
STONEWALL CHAPTEE, No. 87, EOE 1866.—81 Members
(Chartered January 18, 1866.)
Sylvarena, Smith Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
R. F. Barnes H. P.
•Chambers McAdory K.
Samuel Keown S.
Felix Barnes C. of H.
Joseph E. Hennington P. S.
Hardy L. Flowers R. A. C.
H. J. Agee M. 3d V.
Allen McKenzy M. 2d Y.
J. J. Scarborough M. 1st V.
Edwin B. Peacock Treasurer.
John T. Lyles Secretary.
W. T. Smyth Tyler.
Barnes W. G-.
Blanchard Robert
Carr George W.
Carr William C.
Carroway A.
Collins Gideon S.
Gallivant John D.
Barnes William P.
MEMBERS:
Copeland C.
Ellis Jesse
Gallivant John D.
Gowan J. G.
Gordan Wayne
Hardy James
Young J. M.
EXALTED, 3 :
Gowan Wayne
DIMITTED, 4
Barnes Willis
Welsh Darius S.
Keown R. L.
McCoughn J. J.
Nunn S. A.
Selby S. E.
Smythe George W.
Weems Samuel S.
Smythe George W.
Covington J. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1867 :
R. F. Barnes H. P.
H. L. Flowers K.
Jesse Ellis S.
John T. Lyles C. of H.
J. E. Hennington P. S.
Wayne Gowan R. A. C.
H. J. Agee M. 3d V.
A. McKinzey M. 2d V.
John D. Gallivant M. 1st V.'
E. B. Peacock Treasurer.
S. A. Nunn Secretary.
G. W. Smythe Tyler.
397
CATO CHAPTER, No. 89.-26 Membehs.
(Chartered January 18, 1866.)
Cato, Rankin Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
F. M. Martin H. P. John Colquhoun M. 3d V.
Alexander Murry M. 2d V.
L. J. Coleman K.
John Morrison S.
S. L. Tucker C. of H.
O. L. Corley P. S.
Esau Bass
Barnett. J. M.
Barnett W. H.
Colquhoun Archy
Clark T. C.
Dent F. H. O.
. R. A. C.
C. H. Baker M. 1st V.
Daniel Morrison Treasurer.
Sol. Dobson Secretary.
E. Floyd Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Dent U. P. Norman C. R.
Daniel A. L. Overby P. H.
Franklin J. T. Rainwater J. P.
Gidden Daniel • Russell John
Manning W. L.
' AFFILIATED, 1 : .
Barnett W. H.
SUSPENDED, 1:
For non-payment of dues:
Carlyle J. C.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
John Russell H. P.
John Colquhoun K.
O. L. Corley S.
P. H. Overby C. of H.
T. C. Clark P. S.
Esau Bass '.. R. A. C.
W. L. Manning M. 3d Y.
Archy Colquhoun M. 2d Y.
S. H. Mangum M. 1st Y.
S. L. Tucker Treasurer.
U. P. Dent Secretary.
E. Floyd Tyler.
SUMMIT CHAPTER, No. 90.—34 Members.
(Chartered January 18, 1866.)
SUMMIT, Pike Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
G. T. Gracey.... H. P.
Sol. Hyman K.
N. Williams S.
J. Moyse C. of H.
H. Hiller M. 3d V.
P. C. Quin M. 2d V.
Jehu May M. 1st V.
Benjamin Hilborn Treasurer.
Ed. H. Mogan P. S. George C. Taylor.
Samuel Hyman
50
. Secretary.
,.. R. A. C. John Williams Tyler.
898
A. A. Boyd
Cain W. F.
Godbold G. P.
Hart J. M.
Hart Jacob
Haynes Bythell
Huffman Geo. W.
Boyd A. A.
Lyster Charles H.
Cain W. F.
MEMBERS:
Lampkin John T.
Lyster Charles H.
Marsalis P. L.
May G. B.
McDowell W. F.
Norman H.
Nicholson G.
Wolf L.
EXALTED, 6:
Marsalis P. L.
McDowell W. F.
AFFILIATED, 1 :
Stockdale Thomas R.
REINSTATED, 3:
Prewett A. H.
DIMITTED, 1 :
Marshall L. L.
Prewet A. H.
Parsons J. G.
Quin K. M.
Quin D. H.
Stockdale Thos. R.
Tyler W. Thad.
Wolf S.
Parsons J. G.
Tyler W. Thad.
Quin H. M.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
G. T. Gracey H. P.
Jacob Hart K.
H. Hiller S.
J. Moyse C. of H.
Ed. H. Mogan P. S.
Samuel Hyman R. A. C.
G. B.May M. 3d Y.
P. C. Quin M. 2d Y.
W. Thad. Tyler M. 1st V.
Benjamin Hilborn Treasurer.
George C. Taylor Secretary.
Charles H. Lyster Tyler.
CENTEE EIDGE CHAPTEE, NO. 98.—17 MEMBERS.
(Chartered January 17, 1867.)
Centre Ridge, (Lauderdale Springs P. 0.) Lauderdale Co.—Regular
meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
T. C. Murphy H. P.
G. J. Fortner K.
James Nethery • S.
G. C. Gilbert C. of H.
J. S. Ross P. S.
E. E. Spinks R. A. C.
D. Butcher M. 3d V.
A. Lilly M. 2d V.
R. G. Betsell M. 1st V.
N. Grace Treasurer.
R. Fowler Secretary.
William Stephens Tyler.
399
MEMBERS:
Barefield Alfred Dean William Welsch George L.
Brittain John R. Kessee W. P.
AFFILIATED, 2 :
Fowler R. Fortner G. J.
DIED, 2:
Edmunds R. J. Rush Terrill H.
SUSPENDED, 1:
For non-payment of dues :
Cullum John A.
DUBANT CHAPTEE, No. 94.-32 Members.
(Chartered January 17, 1867.)
Durant, Holmes Co.—Regular meetings, 2d Saturday of each month.
T. C. Parrish
Charles T. Murphy.
J. S. Weatherby....
F. M. Glass
J. Jeff. Cooper
J. W. Allen
Crowder C. A.
Ellmore W. A.
Godfrey W. W.
Gulledge Joel
Hays James
Heflin J. R.
"Herbert J. S.
Hays James
OFFICERS:
... H. P. B. W. Moore M. 3d V.
K. S. W. Weatherby M. 2d V.
S. J.W.Elliott M. 1st V.
C. of H. James Moorhead Treasurer.
P. S. John Murphy Secretary.
R. A. C. J. W. Cook Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Joice William
Murphy B. M.
Red S. W.
Sanders W. B.
Shepherd M. C.
Smith Nicholas
Sproles C. C.
EXALTED, 3 :
Heflin J. R.
DIMITTED, 1:
McGee R. H.
Sproles John W.
Sproles S. M.
Stroud B. M.
Stroud W. P.
Weems S. W.
Weston C. H.
Smith Nicholas
400
OFFICERS FOR
Charles T. Murphy .. H. P.
S. W. Red K.
R. M. Murphy S.
J. Jeff. Cooper C. of H.
F. M. Glass P. S.
C, H. Weston .R. A. C.
YEAR 1870:
B. W. Moore M. 3d V.
J. R. Heflin M. 2d Y.
James Hays M. 1st V.
J. S. Weatherby Treasurer.
John Murphy Secretary.
J. W. Cook Tyler.
WEST POINT CHAPTER, NO. 95.-26 Members.
(Chartered January 18, 1867.)
West Point, Lowndes Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Friday of each month.
OFFICERS:
James H. Shipman H. P.
William F. Franks K.
Henry Anderson S.
James A. Cox C. of H.
David W. Storey P. S.
Thomas D. Williamson R. A. C.
Baber George T.
Baptist John G.
Cannon Robert I
Dancer J. P.
Dugan Pierce B.
Baber George T.
Dancer J. P.
Benjamin T. Palmer H. P.
William F. Franks K.
Henry W. Henley S.
James H. Shipman C. of H.
Robert L. Cannon P. S.
Jerry Troy R. A. C.
Henry W. Henley M. 3d V.
Burrell A. Duncan M. 2d V.
Benjamin F. Capshaw M. 1st Y.
P. H. White Treasurer.
James S. Carothers Secretary.
John D. Travis Tyler.
ason William W.
*e Cannon P.
ey William B.
Jerry
fe Cannon P.
Abner C. Echols..
David W. Storey..
P. H. White
James S. Carothers
John D. Travis
MEMBERS:
Echols Abner C.
Ellis John B.
Harris Finis E.
Harris Robert S.
Palmer Benjamin T.
AFFILIATED, 5 :
Dugan Pierce B.
Echols Abner C.
Robir
Sheik
Troy
DIMITTED, 1:
Westbrook James H.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870 :
..M. 3d V.
..M. 2d V.
.M. 1st Y.
Treasurer.
. Secretary.
.... Tyler.
401
McCONNICO CHAPTEE, No. 96.-29 Members.
(Chartered January 23, 1868.)
Water Valeey, Yallabusha Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Thursday of each
month.
OFFICERS:
Henry Gibbon H. P.
M. D. L. Stephens K.
John H. Wilson S.
Lewis M. Lawshe C. of H.
Thomas W. Whitsey P. S.
B. R. Harding R. A. C.
George W. Smith M. 3d V.
F. H. Green M. 2d Y.
William Simmons M. 1st V.
Andrew J. McConnico Treasurer.
Henry L. Duncan Secretary.
John C. Butler Tyler.
Barr Benjamin
Bew W. E.
Campbell A. S.
Carr B. H.
Davidson Ed. C.
Fulson J. K.
MEMBERS:
Guntharp A. L.
Huleyhan Francis
Kennedy P. C.
Marble Lewis
Martin Robert
Rogers Daniel F.
Rogers David W.
Smith John E.
Sthreshley W. H.
Taliaferro William
Woods Pinkney D.
AFFILIATED, 1:
Sthreshley W. H.
Guntharp A. L.
DIMITTED,
Haile James D.
Kennedy J. A. P.
OFFICERS FOR
M. D. L. Stephens H. P.
John H. Wilson K.
L. M. Lawshe S.
P. C. Kennedy C. of H.
Thomas W. Whitsey P. S.
Henry L. Duncan R. A. C.
IE YEAR 1870 :
F. H. Green M. 3d V.
B. R. Harding M. 2d Y.
William Simmons M. 1st V.
Andrew J. McConnico Treasurer.
W. H. Sthreshley Secretary.
F. Huleyhan Tyler.
402
R. W. PAYNE CHAPTER, No. 97.—17 Members.
(Chartered January 23, 1868.)
Morton, Scott Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Thursday of each month.
OFFICERS:
Andrew J. Windham H. P.
William L. Lowry K.
Lebeus H. Jones S.
Adolphus P. Sims C. of H.
L. R. Moore P. S.
Thomas F. Pettus R. A. C.
H. H. Moore M. 3d Y.
Marcus Myers M. 2d Y.
(Dead) M. 1st Y.
James D. Finch Treasurer.
Arthur M. Record Secretary.
Wash. Jennings Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Dudley S. D.
Flanegan W. J.
Dudley S. D.
Mangham Frank J.
McBride W. P.
EXALTED, 3:
McBride W. P.
Owens J. R.
Switser A. A.
Switser A. A.
DIED, 1:
Kitchings John W.
SUSPENDED, 1:
For non-payment of dues :
Evans Henry
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
Thomas F. Pettus H. P. J. R. Owen.
A. P. Sims K.
L. H. Jones S.
L. R. Moore C. of H.
H. H. Moore P. S.
W. J. Flanegan R. A. C.
.M. 3d Y.
S. D. Dudley M. 2d Y.
W. P. McBride M. 1st V.
J. D. Finch Treasurer.
W. L. Lowry Secretary.
W. Jennings Tyler.
McDONALD CHAPTER, No. 98.-28 Members.
(Chartered January 24, 1868.)
McDonald's Store, Tippah Co.—(Saulsbury, Tenn., P. O.)—Regular meet-
ings, 3d Wednesday of each month.
OFFICERS:
R. L. Bouton H. P.
J. M. McDonald K.
H. F. Lipford S.
B. Bright C. of H.
A.J. Jordan P. S.
J. J. Brown R. A. C.
S. D. Bookout M. 3d V.
J. R. Roberts M. 2d V.
M. J. Cox M. 1st V.
J. A. Prescott Treasurer.
A. Gr. Parrott Secretary.
J. A. Cox Tyler.
403
Ayres A. M.
Bouton N. W.
Campbell W. A.
Cossett L. P.
Dickerson G. N.
MEMBERS:
Freeman Alfred
Glenn Lewis
Godsey J. H.
Harris C. L.
Hicks J. J.
Wright D. B.
Kimbrough B. T.
Pegram W. G.
Sharp R. J.
Spencer H. G.
Wingett J. P.
Bouton N. W.
Cossett L. P.
EXALTED, 6 :
Dickerson G. N.
Glenn Lewis
DIMITTED, 1:
Freeman Alfred
Kimbrough B. T.
Wright D. B.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
R. L. Bouton H. P.
J. M. McDonald K.
G. N. Dickerson S.
B. Bright C. of H.
A. J. Jordan P. S.
S. D. Bookout M. 3d V.
M. J. Cox M. 2d V.
J. A. Cox \.M. 1st V.
J. A. Prescott Treasurer.
N. W. Bouton Secretary.
J. J. Brown R. A. C. J. R. Roberts Tyler.
TOOMSUBA CHAPTEE, No. 99.—16 Members.
(Chartered January 21, 1870.)
TOOMSUBA, Lauderdale Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday of each month
J. R. McLaurin..
M. Riffle
W. Y. H. White.
J. Calhoun
J. G. Knox
W. C. Day
Bancroft George
Cameron H. D.
Bancroft George
Cameron H. D.
OFFICERS:
... H. P. J. P. Welch M. 3d V.
...... K. W. H. Moody M. 2d V.
... .. S. Thomas Graham M. 1st V.
, C. of H. Treasurer.
....P. S. Nelson Wood Secretary.
. R. A. C. Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Kelly Duncan
Rogers Robert
EXALTED, 6
Kelly Duncan
Rogers Robert
Wilson J. T.
Wilson J. G.
Wilson J. T.
Wilson J. G.
404
COFFEEVILLE CHAPTER, No. 101.—24 Members.
(Chartered January 21, 1370.)
Coffeeville, Yallobusha Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Tuesday of each month.
OFFICERS:
R. S. Thomas H. P M. 8d Y.
J. H. Kennedy K M. 2d V.
Henderson Ray S. M. 1st V.
C. of H Treasurer.
..." P. S. Secretary.
R. A. C Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Brannon W. L. Kennedy J. A. P. Strouse Samuel
Bondurant Geo. P. Molton J. J. Tempel F. P.
Eskridge J. L. Murphree C. J. W. Williams S. T.
Gunthorpe A. L. Perkins E. O. Williams B. E.
Haile J. D. Perkins R. W. Wells B. C.
Hooper W. B. Ross S. M. Willie S. M.
Jones R. W. Smith E. W. York W. D.
EXALTED, 15:
Brannon W. L. Murphree C. J. W. Tempel F. P.
Bondurant G. P. Perkins E. O. Wells B. C.
Eskridge J. L. Perkins R. W. Williams S. T.
Hooper W. B. Ross S. M. Williams B. E.
Melton J. J. Smith E. W. York W. D.
405
MARSHALL CHAPTER, No. 40, FOR 1868.—18 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1852.)
North Mt. Pleasant, Marshall Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday of
each month.
OFFICERS:
R. H. Cleere H. P.
F. M. Monk K.
Benjamin Norris S.
W. W. Walker C. of H.
Irven West P. S.
Jacob Albright R. A. C.
D. Curie M. 3d V.
J. R. Walker M. 2d V.
A. L. Pearson M. 1st V.
Drury Smith Treasurer.
W. W. Walkup Secretary.
W. G. W. Jowers Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Banks T. R.
Bates James
Coopwood W. J.
Gatewood T. B.
Morton T. H. P.
Roach E.
SUSPENDED, 9
For non-payment of
Crawford J. Ivy Wm. Gossett T. A.
Kilpatrick E.
Crawfdrd W. J.
Gossett Allen
Moore J. L.
Warren John C.
Walker J. R.
McNabb Carson
Sale J. D.
Teel J. E.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR
R. H. Cleere H. P.
W. J. Coopwood K.
J. West S.
W. W. Walker C. of H.
Jackson Steele P. S.
E. Cannon M. 3d Y.
E. Roach M. 2d Y.
J. R. Walker M. 1st V.
Drury Smith Treasurer.
B. Norris Secretary.
Jacob Albright..
R. A. C. W. G. W. Jowers Tyler.
MARSHALL CHAPTER, NO. 40, FOR 1869.—14 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1852.)
North Mt. Pleasant, Marshall Co.—Regular meetings, 1st Saturday
of each month.
OFFICERS:
R. H. Cleere H. P. E.Cannon M. 3d V.
W. J. Coopwood K. E. Roach M. 2d V.
I "West S. J. R. Walker M. 1st V.
W. W. Walker C. of H. Drury Smith Treasurer.
Jackson Steele P. S. B. Norris Secretary.
Jacob Albright R. A. C. W. G. W. Jowers Tyler.
51
406
MEMBERS:
Bowling G. W. Curie D. E. Morton T. H. P.
Wade R. A.
DIMITTED, 1:
Banks T. R.
SUSPENDED, 1 :
For non-payment of dues :
Hampton John
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
J. C. Warren H. P.
B. Norris K.
T. B. Gatewood S.
W. W. Walker C. of H.
E. Roach P. S.
Jacob Albright R. A. C.
A. L. Pearson M. 3d Y.
J. R. Walker M. 2d Y.
D. E. Curie M. 1st V.
Drury Smith Treasurer^
W. J. Coop wood Secretary.
I. West Tyjer.
DOYER CHAPTER, No. 64.—20 Members.
(Chartered January 14, 1865.)
Dover, Yazoo Co.—Regular meetings, 4th Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
V. H. Fugate H. P.
James T. Jorden K.
W. M. Moore S.
W. A. Prestridge C. of H.
A. M. Hicks P. S.
B. L. Sandidge R. A. C.
S. D. Robertson M. 3d V.
J. M. Kirk M. 2d Y.
W. S. N. Strickland M. 1st Y.
Treasurer.
A. E. Russell Secretary.
J. H. Ferris Tyler.
Bowman Claiborn
Brumfield T.
Chetham John
Briggs Jacob P.
MEMBERS:
Chetham N. P.
Collins W. H.
J. Q.
DIMITTED, 2:
Sartley W. F.
Willborn A. C.
Wilkerson V. A.
Burrus James H.
407
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
A. M. Hicks H. P.
B. L. Sandidge K.
J. S. B. Collins S.
W. A. Prestridge C. of H.
J. T. Jorden P. S.
T. Brumfield R. A. C.
W. P. Chetham M. 3d Y.
W. H. Collins M. 2d Y.
J. W. Kirk M. 1st V.
John A. Chetham Treasurer.
L. Rice Secretary.
J. H. Ferris Tyler.
HUNTSYILLE CHAPTER, NO. 91.-25 Members.
(Chartered January 18, 1867.)
Huntsville, Choctaw Co.—Regular meetings, 3d Saturday of each month.
OFFICERS:
W. C. Staples H. P.
John Crowder K.
J. H. Gresham S.
J. J. Hunt C. of H.
D. M. Simmins P. S.
W. P. Thompson R. A. C.
W. L. D. White M. 3d V.
J. L. Mc Atee M. 2d V.
J. F. Wilson M. 1st Y.
W. B. Hall Treasurer.
John S. Holloway Secretary.
J. W. Bramlet Tyler.
MEMBERS:
Atkins S. J.
Bowles J. B.
Bufkins F. M.
Bradford G. S.
Cook J. N.
Ellis J. H.
England J. M.
Dashner G. H.
Williams R. A.
Fancher H. H.
McCafferty T.
Powers J. L.
Simpson W. E.
England J. M.
REINSTATED, 2:
Williams R. A.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
W. L. White H. P.
W. B. Hall K.
D. M. Simmons S.
W. C. Staples C. of H.
G. H. Dashner M. 3d V.
J. H. Ellis M. 2d V.
J. L. McAtee M. 1st V.
J. J. Hunt Treasurer.
J. Crowder P. S. J. S. Holloway Secretary.
J. H. Gresham R. A. C. J. W. Bramlet Tyler.
408
ATTALA CHAPTER, No. —.—17 Members.
(Chartered January 21, 1870.)
Liberty Chapel, (Kosciusko P. O.) Attala Co.
OFFICERS:
S. C. Conly H. P.
John A. Wasson K.
W. W. Adams S.
Jo. M. Thompson C. of H.
M. D. Wasson M. 3d V.
James T. Mathis M. 2d V.
B. F. Norman M. 1st V.
J. W. Cple Treasurer.
James G. Riley P. S. W. J. Wasson Secretary.
E. E. A. P. Lucas R. A. C. G. W. Harrisson Tyler.
Harris C. G.
Thread way Elijah
Harrisson G. W.
Harris C. G.
MEMBERS:
Sweatt W. T.
Wasson N. C.
Thread way Elijah
Sweatt W. T.
Wasson James A.
Wasson James A.
Wasson N. C.
S. C. Conly
C. G. Harris
J. W. Cole
W. W. Adams
J. M. Thompson...
J. G. Riley
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1870:
M. D.
H. P. M. D. Wasson M. 3d Y.
K. Elijah Treadway M. 2d Y.
S. W. T. Sweatt M. 1st V.
.... C. of H. James A. Wasson Treasurer.
P. S. W. J. Wasson Secretary.
R. A. C. G. W. Harrisson Tyler.
LIST OF GRAND CHAPTERS,
WITH THE ADDRESSES OP THEIR GRAND SECRETARIES.
GRAND CHAPTER. GRAND SECRETARY. ADDRESS.
Alabama Daniel Sayre Montgomery.
Arkansas Luke E. Barber Little Rock.
California Lawrence C. Owen San Francisco.
Canada Thomas Bird Harris Hamilton, C. W.
Connecticut Joseph K. Wheeler Hartford.
Delaware Alfred T. A. Torbert Milford.
District of Columbia Noble D. Larner Washington.
Florida Edward Bradford, Jr Tallahassee.
Georgia Benjamin B. Russell Augusta.
Illinois Harmon G. Reynolds Springfield.
Indiana John M. Bramwell Indianapolis.
Iowa .William B. Langridge Muscatine.
Ireland Charles Walmsley Dublin.
Kansas E. T. Carr Leavenworth.
Kentucky Philip Swigert Frankfort.
Louisiana James C. Batehelor, M. D .New Orleans.
Maine Ira Berry Portland.
Missouri Geo. Frank Gouley St. Louis.
Massachusetts Thomas Waterman Boston.
Maryland W. A. Wentz Baltimore.
Michigan J. Eastman Johnson Centerville.
Minnesota W. S. Combs... St. Paul.
Mississippi J. L. Power Jackson.
Nebraska R. W. Furnas Brownsville.
New Hampshire Horace Chase Hopkinton.
New Jersey John Woolverton, M. D Trenton.
New York Christopher G. Fox Buffalo.
North Carolina Thomas B. Carr, M. D .Wilmington.
Ohio .John D. Caldwell Cincinnati.
Oregon Charles M. Cartwright Salem.
Pennsylvania John Thompson .Philadelphia.
Rhode Island G. H. Burnham Providence.
South Caronina Ebenezer Thayer Charleston.
Tennessee John Frizzed .Nashville.
Texas Robert Brewster Houston.
"Vermont John B. Hollenbeck Burlington.
Virginia John Dove, M. D Richmond.
Wisconsin William T. Palmer Milwaukee.
West Virginia T. H. Logan Wheeling.
General Grand Chapter U. S John D. Caldwell .Cincinnati, Ohio,
STATISTICAL TABLE,
Giving the Name, Number, Post Office and County, of each Subordinate
Chapter within the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi: also
the number Exalted, Affiliated, Reinstated, Dimitted, Died, Suspended,
and Expelled, durihg the year 1869 :
NAMES AND NUMBERS OF
CHAPTERS.
Natchez
No. 1
Clinton
" 2
Vicksburg
" 3
Columbus
" 4
Wilson
" 5
Jackson
" 6
Magnolia
" 8
Lexington
" 9
Canton
" 10
Macon
" 11
DeWitt Clinton..
" 12
Euphemia
" 13
Fayette
" 14
Carrollton
" 15
Gallatin
" 17
Kosciusko
" 20
Quitman
" 21
Houston
" 23
Wayne
" 24
Okolona
" 27
Shongalo
" 30
Emory
" 32
LaFayette
" 33
Neshoba
" 34
Charles Scott....
" 35
Louisville
" 36
Marshall
" 40
Amite
" 42
Tallahatchie
" 44
Enterprise
" 45
Carthage
" 46
Verona
" 47
Ripley
" 48
New Albany
" 49
Mt. Carmel
" 50
Geo. Washington
" 51
Patton
" 52
Palo Alto
" 53
Bethesda
" 55
Wright
" 56
Baldwyn
" 57
Shubuta
" 59
Panola
" 60
Eureka
" 61
G. W. Perkins...
" 63
Dover
" 64
Chickasaw
" 65
Rienzi
" 66
Euclid
" 67
Byhalia
" 68
Brandon
" 69
Scooba
" 70
DentH. Miles...
" 72
POST OFEICE.
Natehez
Port Gibson
Vicksburg
Columbus
Holly Springs
J ackson
Brownsville
Yazoo City
Lexington
Canton
Macon
Grenada
Aberdeen
Fayette
Carrollton
Martinsville
Kosciusko
Hernando
Houston
Shubuta
Okolona
Yaiden
Black Hawk
Oxford
Laurel Hill
Olive Branch
Louisville
North Mt. Pleasant
Liberty
Charleston
Enterprise
Carthage
Verona....
Ripley
New Albany
Mt. Carmel
Tullahoma
Lauderdale Station
Palo Alto
Kosciusko
Independence
Baldwyn
De Soto
Panola..
Goodman
Horn Lake
Dover
Sparta
Rienzi
Cockrum's
Byhalia
Brandon
Scooba
Satartia
COUNTY.
Exalted.
Affiliated.
p
1
CD
| Dimitted.
| Died.
| Suspen'd.
| Expelled.
Members.
Adams
3
1
3
1
61
31
76
46
48
49
Claiborne
3
1
1
Warren
12
2
*2
T
3
12
Lowndes
3
i
5
2
1
Marshall
1
1
2
Hinds
3
i
"i
2
4
2
Hinds
3
2
Y azoo
3
1
2
2
4
on
Holmes
"i
1
2
1
i
00
Madison
6
53
Noxubee
I
i
Yallobusha ....
7
7
3
27
07
Monroe
f
y
Jefferson
A
5
3
id I
Carroll
i
Tt
1
0
3
41
Copiah
4
i
i
4
Attala
9
2
51
19
43
OA
De Soto
'
Chickasaw
2
i
i
3
i
Clarx
2
i
3
Chickasaw
Carroll
3
3
i
i
i
3
26
Carroll
3
3
4
6
38
30
LaFayette
Neshoba
6
3
1
i
i
3
2
5
ou
52
30
De Soto
3
i
ov
19
Winston
1
24
Marshall
1
1
1A
Amite
JL
* *
14
QC
Tallahatchie...
Clark
3
3
"i
3
11
oO
37
Leake
2
29
1A
Lee
c
14
21
Tippah
9
o
i
Pontotoc
Covington.
3
I
2
'i
l
l
50
Marshall
4
3
i
32
44
Lauderdale ....
g
Chickasaw
I
5
33
Attala
3
i
1
37
De Soto
I
29
Lee
9
1
24
Clark
?
5
5
32
28
Holmes
De Soto
9
l
i
5
3
22
51
46
Yazoo
4
2
2
27
Chickasaw
3
* *
20
Tishomingo
De Soto
Marshall
3
4
27
36
3
1
1
32
Rankin
3
6
1
1
62
Kemper
Yazoo
8
3
2
1
2
i2
41
25
20
411
STATISTICAL TABLE—continued.
Ward No.
W. D. Ferris "
Corinth "
Crystal Springs.. "
Winona "
Brookhaven "
S. H. Johnson... "
Starkville "
Salem "
Meadville "
Stonewall "
Cato "
Summit "
Huntsville "
Centre Ridge "
Durant "
West Point "
McConnico "
R. W. Payne "
McDonald "
Toomsuha "
Coffee ville '
Attala "
POST OFFICE.
Senatobia
Benton
Corinth
Crystal Springs
Winona
Brookhaven
811 Hazlehurst
82 Starkville
851 Union Church
Meadville
Sylvarena
Cato
Summit
Huntsville
Lauderdale Station
Durant
West Point
Water Valley
Morton
(Saulsbury, Tenn.)..
Toomsuha
Coffeeville
Kosciusko
101
COUNTY.
| Exaited. |
| Affiliated.
1 Reinst'd. j
1 Dimitted.j
| Died. |
1 Suspen'd. |
| Expelled.)
| Members.!
De Soto
21
10
3
6
2
j
38
Yazoo
3
1
3
20
44
Tishomingo
Copiah
9
3
2
1
1
1
4
6
'i
6
17
36
46
i Carroll
6
10
3
3
44
| Lawrence
1 Copiah
i
8
2
"2
8
24
25
[Oktibbeha .....
' Jefferson
3 j
1
2
12
1
i
39
63
1 Franklin
" 7
16
Smith
3
1 .
4
31
26
Eankin
1
! i
1
pike
6
1
3
i
34
25
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1
2
Lauderdale
Holmes
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2
1
2
1
17
32
Lowndes
5
i
26
29
17
Yallobusha
Scott
Tippah
i
3
3
1
1
1
6
1
28
16
24
6
Y allobusha
15
6
1 Attala
17
2565
201
47
1131
156
49
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Chapters making Returns 70
Exalted 201
Affiliated 47
Reinstated 131
Dimitted 136
Died 49
Suspended 203
Expelled 4
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APPENDIX.
Report on Foreign Correspondence.
ALABAMA—1868.
We have before us the printed Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Alabama, -which held
its Forty-second Annual Grand Convocation in the City of Montgomery, A. I). 1868, A. L.
5868, A. I. 2398—M.\ E.\ PELEG BROWN, Grand High Priest, presiding. Fifty-three
Subordinate Chapters were represented.
The Grand High Priest, in his annual address, says: " At our last Annual Convocation
it was your choice to honor me with the position I now occupy; and when I looked around
and saw so many whose talents better qualified them to discharge the various duties that
must necessarily devolve upon me as your chief, I accepted the trust and entered upon the
discharge of those duties with some misgivings of my ability; but with a full determination
to perform to the best of my ability, so far as circumstances would permit, to promote the
interest and welfare of the Craft." We know Companion Brown, and so far as ability is
concerned, he may have equals, but few, if anv, can surpass him.
He says: " The time of our earthly pilgrimage, eaeh one of us, is slowly but surely pass-
ing away. Many who were wont to meet with us here, have ceased their labors on earth
forever. Scarcely had we closed our labors at our last Annual Convocation and returned to
our homes, whqp we were greeted with the sad announcement that one who was then with
us, and took an active part in our deliberations, has finished his earthly pilgrimage and gone
to everlasting rest. James L. Pbice, P.'. D.-. G.-. High Priest, is numbered with the dead
—one whom we all knew well, and those who knew him best can best realize our loss." He
is opposed to the use of substitutes, the Grand Chapter has also placed its veto upon it.
He says: " It is not in accordance with Chapter usages to confer the degrees on Ministers
of the Gospel free of charge; the Constitution requires that the fee shall always accompany
the petition and no credit given." In all this we fully agree with the Grand High Priest.
Many questions were asked him during the year, to all of which we think the proper an-
swers were given. The address is good throughout; we can endorse every word.
The report of the Grand Secretary and Treasurer shows a balance on hand of $1,627 65.
A communication from Companion J. J. Dement, High Priest of Eunomia C7iapter, No.
5, in relation to the sad afflictions of Past Grand High Priest, James Penn, was received.
By resolution, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars was donated for the use and benefit of Com-
panion Penn. A righteous donation ; no one afflicted as,Companion Penn, is more deserving.
The Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence, report that a candidate elected to receive the
Chapter degrees and who has been advanced, and afterwards lost an arm, would render it
impossible for the candidate to receive the degrees properly. That corresponds with the law
and custom of Mississippi. The Committee on the Grand High Priest's address, recommend
the establishment of a Council of High Priests, to confer the Order of High Priesthood upon
the several High Priests of that jurisdiction; but that the Council be separate and distinct
from the Grand Chapter.
"We think that is as it should be. Keep them separate. But would it not have been more
in true Masonic order to have met as a Convention of High Priests, organized and estab-
lished the Council of High Priests, after the Grand Chapter had been called off, and not
have the proceedings mixed up with the Grand Chapter proceedings ?
Past G.'. High Priest Norris was presented with a Masonic jewel. Appropriate addresses
made on the occasion.
APPENDIX.
The report of the Committee on Correspondence, presented by Companion P. J. Pillans,
shows the examination of sixteen Grand Chapters, including Mississippi. A gentle hint is
given to some of the officers of the Grand Chapter of Georgia, for having the addition of 32
to their names—thinks he is ashamed of the proper rank in our Chapters. The Committee
takes to task the Grand High Priest of Kentucky, for urging the Grand Chapter to prohibit
dispensations for emergent cases, and granting them himself. The Committee says: " If he
thought, as he says, that ' these dispensations to confer degrees out of time, and without
due inquiry into the character of the applicant, is somewhat calculated to lower the stand-
ard of Royal Arch Masonry,' why should he have granted them ? Or, if emergencies might
arise when the exercise of this great prerogative would be just and proper, why prohibit
its exercise To us it appears that the Grand Chapter makes its selection for the elevated
position of G.-. H.\ Priest, having in viewthe capacity, flrmness.and discretion, so impera-
tively demanded, but hardly expects a total disregard of all these qualities at any time,
much less does it expect him to use his power, and lend his authority for any act which is
' calculated to lower the standard of Royal Arch Masonry.' While we think that these cases
of emergency may arise, and also that they should be examined and criticised with suspi-
cion, yet we are unwilling to clip the prerogative of the G.-. H.\ Priest. We would rather
take lessons from the past, and exercise greater care in the selection of our rulers."
We think the Alabama Committee is right in their remarks. We have a rule laid down
governing cases of emergency, which is this, in substance : If an individual is suddenly
called from home to visit a foreign country, or about to engage in war, then the case may be
considered emergent. Even then, we think the greater caution should be used on the part
of the Lodge or Chapter. Eor the simple reason if the applicant for years has lived under
the drippings of a Masonic institution, perhaps until he has grown gray, and the thought
never entered his brain to attach himself to it, but all of a sudden he has discovered that he
has been living in sin and wickedness, and that he must become a Mason! For what 1 Be-
cause he has to go to the army, or on a long journey to receive a legacy, or some other
business in which he alone is interested, and when he gets beyond the sound of his Lodge
he could not make any body believe he was a Mason. He returns home, his face is never
seen inside the Lodge or Chapter Hall, he is cold and careless until he gets in distress; then
he is the most zealous Mason ever seen. Why, yes, he will come up like a good fellow, ac-
knowledge his negligence, that he has abused his privileges, and intends to do better in
future. Away with such sudden conversions, and skin-deep repentances. They are not worth
the room they occasionally occupy in the Hall.
Of Mississippi, they say: " We regret that we do pot find the proceedings of our Grand
Chapter before the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and are at a loss to account for
their absence when our neighbor is so near and so accessible. The report is a pleasant and
able one, and breathes of love." We can assure the Committee that no one regrets the
absence of the Alabama proceedings more that we do.. It is like home folks when we get
among, or correspond with them—an old-fashion family chat. We know many of the old
stand-bys of Masonry in Alabama. We were made from the ground to the Council in your
State, several times a member of your Grand bodies, and if no providential hindrance, will
visit your Grand body next December. The whole report suits us, and would be read with
interest had we time and space to copy it entire.
In conclusion, they say: "And now, Companions, we' have finished this, our journey
through other jurisdictions. It has been one of pleasure, for wherever we went we felt sure
that we would meet with friendly greetings, and such has been our experience. But at
times we have been seriously grieved, for we have seen our Companions sometimes straitened
for means, and mourning over the distresses surrounding them; and again we have met
many green mounds where the grass is fresh with with the watering of tears. Monuments
to the loved and lost, mile-stones in life's journey, on which the inscription " passing away,"
admonishes us "to work while it is yet day, for the night cometh when no man can work."
From the records of most of our sister-jurisdictions we gather the names of those who have
gone to swell the innumerable multitude which throng the silent halls of the great neerop-
olis. Their foot-prints are fast being covered by the drifting dust, and the place which knew
them will know them no more forever."
APPENDIX.
Ill
There were represented 53 Chapters ; 2,523 members reported. Exalted during the year,
177; rejected, 14; dimitted, 194; died, 56; suspended for unmasonic conduct, 7; expelled, 4;
suspended for non-payment of dues, 214; reinstated, 35. The number of Subordinate Chap-
ters runs up to 95,—25 of which have forfeited their charters, leaving now on the roll 70.
Companion Pelf.g Brown was re-elected Grand High Piiest, and of course Companion
Daniel Sayre was re-elected Grand Secretary.
Foreign Correspondence—Palmer J. Pillans, of Mobile.
The stated Convocations of the Grand Chapter are held m the City of Montgomery, on
Tuesday after the first Monday in December of each and every year.
It is our good fortune to receive the proceedings of the last Grand Convocation of the G.-.
Chapter of Canada, which was held in the City of Kingston, on the. 10th day of August, A.
D. 1869.
The Grand Chapter was presided over by
M.\ E.\ Companion m ""r ■ " - " - ^ ™ -
Present, other Grand Officers, Grand Superintendents, Past Grand Officers, and a Consti-
tutional number of Representatives from Subordinate Chapters.
The address of the G.\ Z.\ is well written and to the point. He says : " Surely we have
reason to congratulate each other on the steady progression of our ancient and loved Order,
and the further development of its various excellent attributes; and, provided we are our-
selves true to its principles, just as surely have we the precious right to believe that Free-
masonry will be blessed by the Great Architect of the Universe, to the furtherance of His
divine will, the carrying out of His omnipotent pleasure, the satisfaction of our own hearts,
and the welfare of our fellow-creatures."
Five Dispensations were granted by him, one of which is located in Goldenville, Nova
Scotia. He says : " I hope we shall become finally one Sovereign Body, ruling over Capit-
ular Masonry throughout this Dominion. Nevertheless we must not shut our eyes to the
fact, that as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have each its Grand Lodge, so the Companions
there may deem it more advantageous to establish their own Grand Chapters, and, if so, we
must be prepared to give them our cordial recognition; extend at once the right hand of
fellowship, and aid and assist them by every means in our power."
This, Companions, is the true spirit of Masonry ; and we know our Canadian Companions
will carfy it out to the letter. The G.-. Z.\ says: " There is one more subject I think of,
before concluding, and I am sure you will all agree with me that it is one calling for con-
gratulation. I allude to the gratifying fact of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
having become a Freemason. I believe I speak your sentiments, when I say in a few sin-
cere words, that we have a right to feel a pardonable pride, and a loyal pleasure in having
ennolled on the long list Members of our Institution, the Heir to the Throne of the British
Empire, and the son of our beloved and most estimable and good Queen ; whom may God
preserve!" So mote it be', we say.
Canada is divided into eight Masonic Districts; and instead of District Deputies, a Grand
Superintendent for each, attends to the Masonic interest and reports to the Grand Chapter.
The report of the G.-. S.'. E.\ and Grand Treasurer, shows a balance on hand of $977 87.
The report on Foreign Correspondence, from the gifted pen of Companion Henry Robert-
son, acknowledges the receipt of the proceedings of twenty-six Grand Chapters of the United
States, and also the General Grand Chapter, and the Grand Chapter of Scotland. The report
is well written, and covers fifty pages of the printed proceedings. He says of Mississippi :
" Tidings from the South," and quotes from P.-. G.\ H.\ P.-. Ferris's address in relation to
using the name of Christ in Chapter prayers.
CANADA—1869.
On the Throne.
IV
APPENDIX.
He further says: "We are unable to give the proper credit for the very excellent report
on Foreign Correspondence, as no name is appended to it. The author is evidently very
modest, but we should like to make his acquaintance."
Thank you for the compliment, my beloved Companion. I hope the day may not be far
distant when we shall meet face to face, and at the touch of hands, the warm Masonic greet-
ings, like the electric spark, may pass throughout the entire frame and a thrill of joy and
gladness spring up in our hearts that will never be forgotten. Our General Grand Chapter
of the United States meets in the City of Baltimore in September, 1871. A cordial invita-
tion to meet us there.
My Companion Bobertson did me the honor of copying at least one page from my report:
not that I deserve any honors, but I must confess to have my reports thus noticed, and that
by one beyond the limits of the United States, a well of joy springs up in my bosom and
prompts me to a double diligence. The Companion says, as no name was appended to the
former report, he could not give the proper credit. Hope, Companion, you may live long to
enjoy your position as reporter for your Grand Chapter, that you may in due time receive
this, our report duly signed.
It was resolved, that the next Convocation of the Grand Chapter be held at the City of
Quebec. The returns from thirty-four Chapters show one thousand four hundred and three
members.
M.-. E.-. Companion T. Douglas Harington, re-electedG.-. Z.\
B.\ E.\ Thos. Bird Harris, re-elected G.\ Scribe E.
DELAWARE—1869.
We have before us a neat pamphlet of twenty-three pages, containing the proceedings
of a Convention of Royal Arch Masons, held at Dover, January 20, A. D. 1869, A. I. 2399.
The four Chapters located in Delaware, were working under the jurisdiction of the Gen-
eral Grand Chapter of the United States, and by request of ^aid Chapters. The General
Grand High Priest, Companion James M. Austin, issued his order for the Convention.
Most Excellent Companion James M. Austin, General Grand High Priest, being present,
called the Convention to order, and proceeded to organize a Grand Chapter for the State.
A resolution was passed, to elect Grand Officers, which resulted as follows:
Companion Daniel C. Goodwin, Grand High Priest.
Companion Alfred T. A. Torbebt, Grand Secretary.
All other officers appointed by the Grand High Priest. The High Priests of Subordinate
Chapters also appoint from Captain of Host down to Sentinel or Tyler. Four Subordinate
Chapters, with a membership of one hundred and thirty-two.
The proceedings contain a Constitution similar to the Grand Chapter of Mississippi- They
differ from us in this particular. Under the head of Charges and Trials, they say: " Charges
with distinct specifications of the offence charged, may be preferred in open Chapter; and it
shall be the duty of the acting High Priest (except in case of non-payment of dues,)' to
appoint three disinterested Companions, as Commissioners to try the accused upon said
charges and specifications, and report their proceedings thereon to the Chapter with all con-
venient speed, together with their conclusions and recommendations thereon for the action
of the Chapter. The decision of the Chapter shall be final, unless an appeal be taken, &c."
Why say the Commissioners shall try the accused, and then say the action of the Chapter
must be had ? Again, under the head of Witnesses and Expense of Trial, the Constitution
says: " The High Priest of any Chapter may summon witnesses in any case provided for in
the preceding section, and the expense which may be incurred by Commissioners appointed
under the provision of the above section, shall be borne by one or both of the parties, as the
Commissioners may determine; and the amount of such expenses and their decision as to
who shall be chargeable with the same, shall be set forth in their report, and payment may
be enforced in the same manner as Chapter or Grand Chapter dues." This is the first time
we ever heard of a money transaction in trials. It may be right, but is certainly something
new to Mississippians.
APPENDIX.
V
We "hope to hear often from our young sister, Delaware; hope she may live long, and like
a tree by the river's side, may she spread her brandies throughout the State, is the desire
of your Companion Patten.
FLORIDA—1868.
It is with pleasure that we hail the proceedings from the land of magnolias. We are
always pleased with their proceedings, but at the same time have to regret that Mississippi
failed to make its appearance before the Florida Committee. We cannot tell the cause :
we think it very neat, and bearing on its face "Tidings from the South," it is certainly not
afraid to visit Florida! We fear there has been some foul play on the road " Keeler" direc-
ted it. Now we would say to our Florida Companions that we are satisfied our Keeler
started it and gave good directions. He is not a leaky vessel, though a little gas may occa-
sionally escape; nevertheless, he is always in time, and never forgets or neglects his sister
Grand Chapters.
The Grand Chapter held its Annual Convocation in the City of Tallahassee, on the 13th
day of January, 1868—D.-. G.-. High Priest, WiiAiam Morrill, presiding as Grand High
Priest. Present, other Grand Officers, and a due representation of Subordinate Chapters.
The Grand High Priest, in the opening of his address, says: " Again are we, through the
mercy of our Grand High Priest above, allowed the exalted privilege of greeting each other
at this our lovely Convocation. There is not a heart so obdurate as not to appreciate this
inestimable mercy derived from so holy a source, and knowing that it is from the Father of
Light, "with whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning," we all in a measure,
feel the impulses arise in our pent up bosoms, forcing the conviction that our walk and con-
versation has not been altogether as it should have been. Some possibly have not been as
faithful in cultivating those traits and virtues that are so characteristic of the good and
genuine Mason, and that our holy institution recommends to all its members. Some of us
perchance, are in the same line of unmasonic living that we would condemn in others, and
which it is a shame for us to name—conduct which blights our joys in our meditating hours
and makes us blush in our Convocation seasons."
This is good advice, not only to Florida, but to the Companions throughout the world
advice that all should well digest, and let the practical results be seen day by day, that we
as Masons walk according to the precepts taught by our order, and not err, and by our con-
duct teach others so to do. He pays a handsome tribute to the memory of P.-. G.\ H.\ P.-
Thomas Brown. His address is appropriate throughout.
The report of the Grand Treasurer and Secretary, shows a balance on hand of six hundred
and eighty-two dollars. An order was passed, that the report on Foreign Correspondence
be printed during the recess of the Grand Chapter, and laid before the Grand Body on the
first day of each Annual Convocation. We highly approve of the measure.
Sixteen Subordinate Chapters made returns, showing a membership of 440 members last
year, 94 exaltations, 21 admissions, 2 reinstatements, 23 withdrawals, 8 deaths, 14 suspen-
sions, 2 expulsions, and 510 members.
Companion James Ellexwood was elected Grand High Priest.
Companion Hugh A. Corley re-elected Grand Secretary.
No report on Foreign Correspondence. This accounts for Mississippi not being noticed.
We were led into the error by looking over the report in the latter part of the proceedings,
which proved to be the report of the Grand Council. However, the Committee tor the G.\
Council will please apply our remarks to the G.\ Chapter, to the G.\ Council.
FLORIDA—1869.
The M.-. E.-. G.\ Chapter of Florida, convened in the City cf Tallahassa, on the 11th day
of January, A. D. 1899, A. I. 2399.
E.-. G.-. S.'., M. M. T. Huchinsox as G.\ H.\ P.-., presiding.
Other Grand and pro tern officers, and the Representatives of ten Subordinates present.
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Chapters not making returns to the present G.\ Convocation, were allowed further time,
and the officers present permitted to take their seats as members. The address of the G.'
H.\ P.*. is short, but very appropriate. He says:
" The eyes of the world are ever open aud our actions are watched. We should be cau-
tious how we conduct ourselves, so as not to bring reproach upon our beloved Order. H<
should keep in remembrance that we have taken upon ourselves vows, which should evei
remind us of our duty to God and to each other.
, We should ever remember that although man may not know, and see all our acts, yet
that All-Seeing Eye, whom the Sun and Moon obey, watches and knows all that we do, and
will reward us according to our works. We should therefore, endeavor to square our lives
so as to be enabled to present to the Grand Overseer such work as will be accepted."
This is good, wholesome Masonic advice, and can cheerfully recommend it to the Craft
generally. And if we, as Royal Arch Masons, will but follow it; Royal Arch Masonry this
day would be far beyond the reach of the vulgar. The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That all chapters within this jurisdiction, which resume work, and show evi-
dence thereof, at the next Convocation of this G.\ C.\ shall be exempt from the payment of
all dues, prior to the 24th of December, A. D., 1868, otherwise their Charters shall be forfeited.
This we think a good rule, for we know that many Chapters, composed of good and true
Masons, by unforeseen circumstances, have become embarrassed, and unable to meet the
demands due the G.\ Chapter, who are willing to work and promote the cause of R.\ A.-.
Masonry, bnt cannot pay their dues, we would recommend the same to our Grand Chapter.
A page is set apart'in the memory of M.\ E.\ Thomas Haywood, JPast Grand High
Priest, died, A. D. 1868.
The report on correspondence, from the pen of Companion D. C. Dawkins, takes up thirty-
three pages of the printed proceedings, and is well written, reviewing the doings of thirty-
two G.\ Chapters, and also the proceedings of the G.\ G.\ Chapter of the United States.
Companion Dawkins, in the outset, complains that he cannot bestow that time and labor,
in reviewing the different Grand Chapters, his report is such as would do credit to any G.\
Chapter, and Florida may well be proud of him. He devotes three pages to Mississippi.
He says: " The address of M.\ E.'. Wm. S. Patten, (should be Patton,) is a good Masonic
document, and overlaid with true •' fervency and zeal," he then makes his extracts from our
address, as G.\ H.-. Priest, for which we feel that Masonic pride, which is unutterable. He
says: The address of M.\ E.\ Wm. D. Ferris, G.\ H.\ P.-., is in good tone, and full of
interest. In 1864 this G.\ C.\ paged a resolution, purporting to sever connection with the
G.\ G.\ C.\, which the M.\ E.\ decided, is now void. Poor Secesh! Solemn strikes the
funeral chime J There is much spilt milk to some of us; but it won't do to look back."
That is true Companion, if we have committed an error, let us acknowledge the error, and
endeavor to learn wisdom from the past.
The Committee say : " The G.\ G.\ Chapter, at its recent Convocation in St. Louis, has
most cordially and fraternally invited the Grand Chapter to affiliate therewith, upon equal
terms and conditions with other constituted G.-. C.\, thereby conceding our unquestionable
regularity and respectability, which will more fully appear by reference to the proceedings
of the G.\ G.\ C.\, and Circular sent out." The Committee say: "Your Committee recom-
mend the acceptance of that invitation in that fraternal spirit, in which it is sell-evidently
tendered, and this recommendation is founded upon the motive and principle, that the more
united, the more useful is R.\ A.-, or any other branch of Masonry."
The G.*. C.\ adopted the following resolution, which we heartily concur in:
Resolved, That this Grand Chapter accept such invitation in a true Masonic spirit, and
will hereafter bear allegiance and support to the said G.\ G.\ Chapter.
This is as it should be, and we recommend to the G.*. G.\ Chapter to do her duty as a
General Grand Body , and it will be supported.
Membership of Florida, 445, exaltations, 45, admissions, 2, re-enstatements, 3, with-
drawals, 24, suspensions, 1*1, present membership, 492—showing an increase from last year
of 47. Amount of dues, $537,00 .
Companion D. C. Dawkins, elected G.\ H.\ P.-.
Companion Ed. Bradford, re-elected Grand Secretary.
On motion, which was adopted, that the M.-. E.\ G.-. H.\ P.*. ask the G.\ G.\ H.\ P.*.
for dispensation, to hold the next G.*. A.*. C.\ at Jacksonville, Florida.
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GEORGIA—1868.
Tlie Grand Chapter of Georgia held its Annual Convocation in the City of Augusta, on
the 29th day of April, A. D. 1868, A. I. 2398—M.\ E.\ Samuel Lawrence, G.\ H.\ Priest,
presiding. Other Grand Officers, and the representatives from forty chartered Chapters, and
two under Dispentation, were present.
The address of the Grand High Priest is full of good, wholesome Masonic teachings, not
only to the Royal Arch Masons of Georgia, but to the Craft throughout the world. He says:
" Again permitted to assemble in annual Convocation around our sacred altar, our ascrip-
tion of thanksgiving and praise are due Him, Exalted Companions, who is " above the
Heavens and His glory above the Earth," for His care and protection over us during the
past year. In the heart of each of us, as well instructed Royal Arch Masons, the incense
of prayer and thanksgiving, and praise should burn day and night, and forever ascend
before him; but here, in our assembled Convocation, catching the glow one from the other,
the united flame should soar higher and higher unto Him, who, above all the fullness of the
majesty of His power and His glory, is known chiefly unto the children of men for His
mercies—whose anger is but for a season, but whose " mercy endureth forever." According
to the heartiness of this ouij tribute will we go from strength to strength; and unto the
God of gods appear every one of us in Zion." Hallowed ought these re-unions to be to the
Royal Craftsmen; for they are the occasion of the reviving of the Faith, the renewing of
the Hope, and the reluming the Light which will make the wilderness of the world to bios-
som like the rose. Here like the eagle in the eyrie, rejoicing from the strain of past flights,
looking down on the jangling scenes below, and up to the Great Fountain of Light, we may
renew our strength to battle with the world, and renerve the wing of soul for higher and
still higher flights, till it reaches its last height and proper resting place, its only home, the
bosom of its God."
He further says : " As your selected watchman on the tower, I have to report that no note
of discord in this jurisdiction has reached my ear during the past year."
He granted two Dispensations for new Chapters during the year. He decides that the
absence for two years, or longer, of Ministers of the Gospel, members of a Chapter whose
By-Laws relieve such of dues, though it is a custom in such Chapter to strike from the roll
the names of members after two years for non-payment of dues, does not affect his right to
Dimit, when applied for. He also decides that Companion Royal Arch Masons, unaffiliated
with a Symbolic Lodge, are under the disabilities of unaffiliated Masons in such, though
they do not necessarily lose their standing in the Chapter. Nor will the fact of their being
Past Masters, actual or by grade, relieve them. His decision as to mutilated Master Masons
since being made Masons, so as to prevent them from being taught, and teaching all the
mysteries of the Art, is sufficient to withhold from him the higher degrees. His argument
in favor of his views, cannot be controverted. He says: " The reason for the law lies in the
Symbolism of the Order. Many suppose—misled by the designation of the three first De-
grees as Symbolic, and the Chapter Degrees as Capitulary—that Symbolic teaching is con-
fined to the former. But this is a mistake. Symbolic teaching is peculiar and inseparable
from the Mysteries in every Rite, and in all Degrees. In what is known as Ancient Craft
Masonry, by some called the York Rite, the candidate himself is made a living symbol of a
great truth. And this he continues to be, from the time he is entered amid darkness and
doubt, and as he passes on through trial and through peril, over rough and rugged ways,
until triumphing over all obstacles, he basks in the light of the Omnific World which blazes
from under the Holy Royal Arch. Again, under the similitude of a rough stone taken from
the quarry, and gradually wrought into fitness for the use of the builder, he is depicted as
a living stone, to be worked and polished, and finished into fitness for a Spiritual Temple.
Think ye that the Master Builders of that Ancient Temple of Solomon would have placed
in its walls a stone, however perfect it had been at the quarry, if it had been broken in the
transportation, or by accident at any time .' I trow not. If we would preserve the simili-
tude, then neither can we, engaged in the building of a Temple more glorious than that,
continue the use of defective material, let the defect appear when it will. Freemasonry is
one of the activities of life, and as such requires of all her children that they be workers.
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No drones in the hive are countenanced. With what consistency, then, can we introduce a
work on material, which from very defect of qualification must be drones, and nothing else."
He concludes this portion of his address by saying: " To such, then, as feel aggrieved under
this mistaken view, I would say, in the words of the Divine Master himself, " Friend, I do
thee no wrong; didst- thou not agree with me for a penny 1"
We wish we had time and space to copy the address entire. We must ask pardon of our
Companion Lawrence for extracting so largely; hope he will excuse us, it was so good we
could not help it.
Companion J. Emmett Blackshear presented the Report on Foreign Correspondence, em-
bracing twenty-five Grand Chapters, covering forty eight pages of the printed proceedings.
He takes up the Grand Chapters in alphabetical order, gives each its just dues, whether
merit or demerit, which we approve of, for in this manner only can the different Grand
bodies (through their Committees) learn the standing of the Craft in other jurisdictions.
He speaks favorably of our previous Teport.
Samuel Lawrence re-elected M.-. E.-. Grand High Priest.
Benj. B. Russell, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Georgia has fifty-four working Chapters, and twenty-three hundred and fifty members.
Exalted the present year, one hundred and thirty.
We regret that Georgia still uses'substitutes.
IOWA—1868.
We have before us the proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Iowa, a pamphlet of about
sixty pages, gotten up in good style. The Convocation was held at Desmoines, on the 16th
day of October, A. D. 1868, A. I. 2398—Companion J. W. Stattebtbwaite, Grand King,
presiding as Grand High Priest. Present, other Grand and Past Grand Officers, the repre-
sentatives of twenty-eight chartered Chapters, and delegates from five Chapters Under Dis~
pensation.
The address of the Grand High Priest, generally local, and adapted to his jurisdiction.
The Grand Secretary in his report, brings to the notice of the Grand Chapter, the im-
provement in the returns of Subordinates. He says: " The Secretaries appear to appreciate
the duties and responsibilities of their important office, and consider the making of returns
to be, as it is, one of the most important of their various duties." He recommends that the
returns be foi-warded to the Grand c ecretary by the first of October, and asks that a resolu-
tion be adopted, making it the duty of Subordinate Secretaries to do so. He does not ask
that the dues be sent at that time, as they can be better paid by the representative at the
Grand Chapter, subject to correction. Your Committee believe the suggestion to be a good
one, and would recommend Mississippi to take the matter under consideration. He also
asks the usual permission to have the proceedings of sister Grand Chapters bound for preser-
vation. This we would also recommend to our Grand Chapter. We atone time were in
possession of nearly all the proceedings of other Grand Chapters; but the fate of war de-
prived us of them,—but we know the deficiency will with pleasure be supplied by our sisters
when asked for.
We are pleased to see that Iowa agrees with us in prohibiting the use of substitutes. The
following question was submitted: " Is a Mark Master Mason made in England eligible to
the balance of the Chapter degrees in a Chapter under the jurisdiction of this Grand Chap-
ter!" We can answer for Mississippi. In all such cases, the party must first be healed,
then he is eligible. Your Committee cannot but notice the report of the Committee of Ju-
risprudence, on the duties of the Deputy Grand High.Priest, and must ask the indulgence
of this Grand Chapter to hear it. It is something novel that we had never thought of, but
are highly pleased with the idea, and hope it may interest this Body. They agree with us
in the absence of the Grand High Priest, the duties devolve upon the Deputy. They say:
" For this among other reasons; the Priesthood was alone confined to the tribe of Levi, and
no one not of that tribe was permitted to aspire to or assume the duties and responsibilities
of the High Priesteood under any pretense whatever. Not even the King under the Mosaic
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law, although clotbed with absolute power over his subjects, was allowed to meddle with
the duties ot the Priesthood or even to touch the vestments thereof, without incurring the
displeasure of the Almighty. Even the Ark of the Covenant was not allowed to be borne
or touched by any except by those of the tribe of Levi, and Uzza, for his temerity in putting
forth his hand to steady the Ark, was struck dead; and Korah, Dathan and Abiram, for
their presumption in assuming the prerogatives of the Priestly office, met with a similar
fate. With these views, your Committee believe that the Deputy Grand High Priest, being
an appointment from the Grand Council for a specific object, and not the King, should pre-
side in the absence of the Grand High Priest."
We see that the Committee also decided, that after being formally healed, a Mark Master
may receive the remaining Chapter degrees.
The Einanee Committee report the amount of funds on hand $2,478 71.
We also notice a resolution, that the Grand Chapter appoint a Committee, with full power
to receive any communication from the Grand Council, tending to restore the Council degrees
to the Grand Chapter and its Subordinates, to take exclusive control of said degrees. That
said Committee to act in conjunction with a similar Committee on part of the Grand Coun-
cil, in arranging and completing such transfer, and to provide for their communication in
the Chapter upon a correct basis.
We have given our views upon this subject in our report to the Grand Council. And with-
out reiterating what we then said, we will only add, that we greatly fear if the transfer
should be made, that it may prove detrimental to Council Masonry in other jurisdictions.
Consider the matter well, Companions; read the resolutions and edicts of sister jurisdictions;
let us complete a thorough organization of Cryptic Masonry throughout the Union,—a
platform that all may stand upon and act in conjunction.
The proceedings show Tables of Balances, Directory of Chapters, Synopsis ot the Returns
of Subordinates, Officers of the Grand Chapter from its organizatibn, Deaths, Dropped from
the Boll, Suspensions and Expulsions; also, the proceedings of the Order of High Priest-
hood, list of its officers, and the names of all that have been annointed.
There are 38 Chapters chartered, 8 Under Dispensation; Exalted, 242; Admitted, 17; Di-
mitted, 79; Died, 9; Suspended, 7 ; Expelled, 1. Number of members, 1502. Two Chap-
ters making no returns.
M.\ E.\ P. C. Wright, elected Grand High Priest.
Companion W. B. Langridge, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Companions Langridge, Luse, and Griffith, Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
The next Grand Chapter will be held at Mt. Pleasant, Oct. 20, A. D. 18G9.
KANSAS—1867.
We have before us the proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Kansas for 1867, held in the
City of Leavenworth, October 16th, A. D. 1867, A. I. 2397—M.\ E.\ R. R. Rees, Grand High
Priest, presiding. Present—other Grand Officers, and the representatives of six chartered
Chapters and three Under Dispensation.
The address of the Grand High Priest opens with this beautiful language: " Withdrawn
for a time from the outer world, its busy scenes and crowding incidents, we meet to hold
communion, and to reason with each other. 'Tis sweet to know, that from the toils and
cares of life, we can for awhile retire and with congenial spirits mingle in the work of love,
in confidence that He, who sits upon the great white throne, will smile on all our labors, in
the cause of light, and love, and truth; then let us in submission bow to Him and offer up
our adoration to the Great High Priest, who rules and guides the Universe. 'Tis pleasant
here to meet again, and to congratulate each other that life, health, strength, are still
vouchsafed." With brotherly feelings, and appropriate language, he mentions the death of
Companions Jacob Saqui and Theo. G. Harris. He says :
" One by one the loved ones fade,
And pass beyond our sight,
The grave, the coffin and the spade,
Tells mournfully our flight."
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" How forcibly are we reminded that on. the grave's cold confines, are the clods now crutn
bling 'neath our feet."
Three Dispensations for new Chapters were granted by him during the year. He says :
" Harmony prevails throughout the jurisdiction; that it has been a source of pleasure to
receive congratulations from abroad; for everywhere the kindly hand of fellowship has been
extended from north and south, from east and west, the greetings of our elder sisters come
like summer showers to add fresh verdure to our growth." His views expressed in regard to
the Past Master's degree, and also the General Grand Chapter—is just what we think of the
subjects. We congratulate our young sister in the selection of her Grand High Priest;
hope he may long live to counsel and advise with the Craft, and when the rugged ways of
life shall have been passed, may his work be true, good, and square.
Companion E. T. Carr reports on Correspondence, sixteen Grand Chapters, Mississippi
included. He speaks in high terms of the address of the Grand High Priest for 1867, and
also the report on Correspondence. The proceedings show that there are ten Subordinate
Chapters. Seventy-five exaltations during the year, one suspension, five deaths, and the
membership of the State to be three hundred and fifteen.
Companion It. R. Rees, re-elected Grand High Priest.
Companion E. T. Carr, re-elected Grand Secretary.
KENTUCKY—1869.
The Grand Chapter of Kentucky held its Annual Convocation in the City of Louisville,
October 18th, A. D. 1869—M.-. E.\ Rich'd G. Hawkins, Grand High Priest, presiding.
Present, other Grand Officers and Past Grand Officers, together with the Representatives of
eighty Subordinates, and. Delegates from four Under Dispensation.
The address of the Grand High Priest is local but full of good Masonic doctrine. The G.\
Treasurer's report shows a balance on hand of $1,303 38, and the resources of the Grand
Chapter, including the balance on hand, to be $11,853 38.
Companion Henderson, from the Committee on Correspondence, made his report on the
proceedings of twenty-nine Grand Chapters, Mississippi noticed among the number. He
copies nearly one page from our Correspondence in regard to the Constitution and By-Laws
of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky. We hope our remarks did not mar the feelings of any
Kentucky Companion.
The proceedings show one hundred and three chartered Chapters, and four Under Dispen-
sation. Amount paid $2,503 50; 3,472 Companions, 366 exaltations, 39 admitted, 136 dimit-
ted, 29 rejected, 68 suspended, 9 expelled, 8 restored, 37 dead.
M.\ E.\ Edward B. Jones was elected Grand High Priest.
Companion Philip Swigert, re-elected Grand Secretary.
LOUISIANA—1869.
We are in receipt of the proceedings of the M.\ E.\ G.\ Chapter of Louisiana, which con-
vened in the City of New Orleans on the 9th day of February, A. D. 1869, A. I. 2399.
Samual M. Todd M.\ E.\ G.\ H.\ Priest presiding.
All other G.\ Officers present; several P.-. Grand Officers, and the representatives of
twenty Subordinate Chapters. The address of the G.\ H.\ Priest, is generally local in its
character. He speaks very affectionately, and in high Masonc terms of P.*. G.-. H.\ P.'.
Henry Regenburg, and P.-. H.\ P.-. Wm. P. Coleman, who died during the past Masonic
year. He says in his concluding remarks, "Let us who survive make due record of the
lives and services of our departed Companions, and express in an appropriate manner our
sorrow for their loss." He speaks in glowing terms of his visit to the Trienial Convocation
of the G.\ G.\ Chapter at St. Louis in September, 1868. He says: " We of Louisiana owe
them, (the brethren of St. Louis,) a debt of gratitude for kind attention shown us, which we
hope to have an opportunity of repaying in part on some future occasion, it may be when
the General Grand Bodies shall honor New Orleans with their presence."
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He says: "I have stated that Masonry in its every branch and rite in this State is work-
ing harmoniously and in perfect accord, but I must not omit to state that we are cursed
now, as we have been in former years, with the presence in our midst of a clandestine and
spurious body calling its self the " Supreme Council of the A. and A. S. Rite of the Sover-
eign and Indipendent State of Louisiana," of which one Chassaignac is Chief, and which
consists of a few white men and a number of negroes. This body of itself insignificant and
of but little weight or influence, has acquired some importance from the recognition and
countenance lately extended to it by the Grand Orient of Trance. There is but little doubt
of the action of the Grand Lodge with regard to this infringement of its jurisdiction, and it
is eminently proper that this body should also take prompt action in accordance therewith."
We find in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, that prompt action was taken in the
premises.
Grand Master Swasey handled the spurious, clandestine got-up-body, with gloves off.
He says: "It has become my painful duty to bring to your notice the action of the Grand
Orient of France, with whom we have for many years been upon the most friendly and
brotherly terms of esteem and regard. The Grand Orient of France has aided and assisted
this Grand Lodge in times of trouble and anxiety, by her firm adherence to constitutional
law and Masonic justice. In the month of December, I received from the office of the
Grand Orient, through the post office, an official bulletin containing a decree which cer-
tainly surprised me. It has, with a strange perversion, and unaccountable want of consis-
tency, recognized a clandestine body in this city, calling itself the Supreme Council of the
Sovereign and Independent State of Louisiana, a body which has been declared by herself
totally unworthy, and which has been repudiated by a large portion of the Masonic world,
and even the few prominent and respectable men who once sided with them, have long
since deserted and repudiated them, and so low has it sunk in respectability that its G.*.
H.\ P.-. aud founder has severed his connection, and no longer acknowledges them in their
attempts at demoralization.
It is now composed of a few designing men, and a mass of ignorant and degraded people,
for whom they care not, except the use they make of them to gratify their own bad pur-
poses. The decree of the Grand Orient is followed by a report from a committee, which
seems to have prompted its action. The report is a strange jumble of misrepresentations
and makes but one correct statement, and that is the disgraceful history of the body which
she now recognizes." The following resolutions we find in the proceedings, submitted by
the committee on Foreign Correspondence:
Resolved, That all Masonic correspondence and fraternal relations between the G.\ L.\
,of Louisiana, and the Grand Orient of France, cease and be discontinued, and no Mason
owing allegiance to that Grand Body, be recognized as such in this jurisdiction.
Resolved, That a duly authenticated copy of the above report and resolution be trans-
mitted to the Grand Orient of France, and to all regular constituted American and Euro-
pean Grand Lodges.
We omitted to state above, that the Committee made a full report of the whole matter.
We find the following resolution:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the G.*. C.\ of Louisiana, the organization known as the
G.\ G.-. C.\ of R.\ A.-. Masons of the U. S. A., has become useless, may become dangerous,
and ought to cease to exist. That our representatives, at the next G.\ Convocation of said
G.\ G.\ C.\, be, and they are hereby instructed, to propose and advocate the adoption of
resolutions providing for the total extinction of said G.-. G.\ C.\, and in the event of the
non passage of such resolutions, then that our said representatives request the release of
this G.\ C.\ from all her obligations to and connection with said G.\ G.\ Chapter.
We must acknowledge that we were somewhat astonished to find the above resolution
coming from Louisiana, after reading the glowing description given by the G.\ H.\ Priest,
of the entertainment, hospitality; and harmonious feelings that prevailed. Let the G.\
G.\ Chapter continue so far as Mississippi is concerned.
The Committee on correspondence, signed by Companions Homer, Leake, and Whitaker,
had before them the proceedings of thirty G.\ Chapters, and also that of the G.\ G.\
Chapter. Mississippi included in the report. The report is good; fifty pages of closely
printed matter. They copy the remarKs of Companion P.-. G.\ H.-. Priest Fenis, in regard
to the right of a Christian Minister to use the name of Jesus Christ in Chapter prayer, &c.
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Of the report on Foreign correspondence, they say: " Is from the pen of the G.". H.'.
Priest, which fact we only learned by accident, for as it is unsigned, we were at first inclined
to think a report not worth acknowledging by its author, not worth reviewal by us; but in
glancing through it, we find the statement of its authorship coupled with another, to the
effect that the Companion "is a very modest man." We will not say more than that we
are glad that we concluded, on second thought, to read tho document, and will give one or
two specimens for others to judge of; and first, this paragraph from the opening, which we
will not encumber our report with, as we fear we have been too tedious, aud will be weari-
some to the readers. Suffice it to say, we truly appreciate the Companions remarks, and
consider ourself highly complimented, rather flattered, and hope the Committee will not be
disappointed in finding our name to this report.
Samtjep M. Todd, re-elected G.\ H.\ Priest.
Jas. C. BAchelob, M. D., re-elected G.\ Secretary.
Foreign Correspondence, Companions Homer, Leake and Whitaker. The next G. A.
Convocation will be held in the City of New Orleans, on the 13fch day of February, 1870.
MAINE—1869.
The Grand Chapter of Maine was held in the City of Portland, May the 4th, A. D. 1869,
A. I. 2399.
M.\ E.\ Jas. M. Labrabee Grand High Priest, presiding.
Present, a full corps of other Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers, permanent members,
and the representatives from thirty Subordinates, and delegates from two under dispensa-
tion. It appears from the records, that every Chapter in the State was represented; which
seldom occurs in Grand Bodies. The Grand High Priest's address is of a local character,
well written, and may serve in many respects for other localities.
He commences by saying: "We have assembled once more in solemn convocation, within
the vails of our most sacred tabernacle, to give each other greeting, and to encourage one
another in our journey along the rough and rugged path of life, to review1 the past, and,
correcting its errors, to draw our designs and lay our plans for Masonic work and useful-
ness in the royal art, and I trust, stimulate each other in our endeavors to promote the
peace and harmony of the Order." He decides, when the High Priest, King and Scribe, of
any Subordinate Chapter, are absent, no Companion is competent to open the Chapter,
unless commissioned by one of the three officers of the Chapter, or one of the first four
officers of the Grand Chapter.
We hold a different opinion to that of the Grand High Priest.
We think that any Past High Priest, member of the Chapter, in good standing, by con-
sent of the members, may open the Chapter.
We will not stop to aigue the question at this time, but will do so at some future time, if
the Companions of Maine desire it. His other questions we fully concur in. He says:
"The angel of death his entered our ranks, and taken two of the fathers of the Grand
Chapter. M." E.\ Samuel Fressenden, Past Deputy Grand High Priest, a venerable and
honored citizen, a worthy Mason of " Auld lang syne," and M.\ E.\ John Williams, a
Mason of about fifty years standing, a Past Grand High Priest of this Grand Chapter,
highly esteemed as a man and Mason, have passed away. The Deputy Grand High Priest,
Grand King and Grand Scribe, each made their annual reports. The Treasurers report
shows the amount of funds and property, $3,080,50, and a full set of regalia and jewels for
the Grand Officers. We are pleased to find in the Grand Secretary's report, more treasures
were found among the rubbish, that escaped the conflagration in 1866, than they had
reason to calculate on.
Companion A. M. Burton presented his report on Returns, giving each Chapter seperately,
which in the aggregate amounts to 345 exaltations, whole number of members 2553—46 non-
affilliates, 28 rejections, 1 suspension, 45 demits, 24 deaths.
The Committee on jurisprudence, reports the following resolutions, which were adopted.
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Rtsolre.d, That the candidates, who are actual Past Masters, must nevertheless take the
Past Master Degree in the Chapter.
Resolved, That the use of " substitutes" in conferring the Royal Arch Degree, is strictly
prohibited; and if any violation of this regulation shall come to the knowledge of the Grand
High Priest, it shall be his duty to discipline the offending Chapter.
We hold the above resolutions to be right and proper, and strictly in accordanoe with
Masonic law and custom, and hope ere long, every Grand Chapter will have a statute to
that effeet.
Companion Drummond presented report of the Committee on Correspondence, reviewing
the proceedings of thirty-four Grand Chapters, and the General Grand Chapter of the
United States.
In his notice of Arkansas; he quotes the remarks of Companion Williams, in reply to
what we said in a former report, in regard to the Grand Chapter of Arkansas, receiving the
petition of candidates and conferring degrees. He says: "As the practice of this Grand
Chapter, of electing candidates and conferring the degrees upon them, has been criticised,
we copy his reply—and the more cheerfully, as we hold that his position is correct."
Copying in full from Companion Williams, he drops the subject, without g-iving any of
our reasons for objecting to Grand Chapters receiving the petitions of candidates, and con-
ferring degrees; thus leaving us before the Masonic world as having proved nothing that
sustain our position. But we suppose Companion Drummond did not set out to advocate
our doctrine, and as lawyers don't take any particular pains to argue against themselves,
or advocate the opposite side, we suppose he leaves that for us to do. If he Will read our
answer to Companion Williams, which we hope he will, we think he will be convinced we
are right. Or if in his next report, he will argue the question, give his views fully, we will
meet him in our next, and if he can convince us that we are in error, we will acknowledge
the fact. But until we are convinced, we will always approve the receiving of petitions of
candidates, and conferring the degrees on them by the Grand Chapters.
He quotes a portion of Companion Past Grand High Priest Lusher's address; and the
resolutions passed by our Grand Chapter in relation to case reported by Past Grand High
Priest Fems, from Vicksburg Chapter. He says: " Companion Wm. 8. Patton presented
the Report on Correspondence—to which there is but one drawback; it is printed in so fine
type that it Is almost invisible after sunset."
Will Companion Heeler, our Grand Secretary, make a note of that, and use larger type,
recollect Companion Heeler, that Maine is a long way off to the Eastward, and the sun does
not rise until a late hour in the day, and in cloudy, bad weather, sometimes, (it is said,) has
to be assisted by prising with a crowbar.
But the light that shines in old Maine is effulgent, casting its rays even to the Pacific,
and as it passes the sparsely regions of Mississippi, the sound of the Drummond is heard, a
thrill of joy and gladness, (like the electric fluid,) prevades the entire brotherhood. Com-
panion Drummond quotes our remarks on the General Grand Chapter; and says he gives us
his hand on it. Thank you, Companion.
In conclusion, speaking of our last report, he says; " It seems that the Companion pre-
pared the report of last year, which was credited to Companion Hillyer. All we have to
say in excuse, is that it didn't have the Companions mark upon it, nor did we recognize the
mark that was upon it, but finding it too valuable to be thrown over among the rubbish, we
presented it for the inspection of our Companion in Maine! "Au revoir!" We thank
you, Companion, for the compliment, hoping you and I may yet meet, face to face, greet
each other at the next Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Chapter, and fully
understand each others mark.
Companion Jos. Peabson, was elected Grand High Priest.
- Companion Iba Bebby, re-eleeted Grand Secretary.
Companion Josiah H. Dbummond, Chairman of Committee on Correspondence.
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MASSACHUSETTS—1868.
The stated Convocation of the Grand Chapter was held in the City of Boston, on the 10th
day of March, A. D. 1868, A. I. 2398
M.\ E.\ Richard Briggs, Grand High Priest, presiding.
A full attendance of other Grand Officers, permanent members, and the Representatives
from twenty-two Subordinate Chapters. Companion Chapman presented the following
Report which was adopted: " That the Ritual of the degree of Past Master shall be con-
ferred to the ceremonies of introduction, election obligation, installation, and lecture, to be
conferred without any intermission or interruption in the order of process.
And in the Royal Arch Degree, the living arch shall be not less than three and one half
feet in height, and remain stationary while being used; and in the remaining ceremonies,
the candidates for exaltation shall be under the exclusive control of the proper officers, and
without interference by any other person."
This is as it should be, and we hope our Massachusetts Companions will adhere strictly to
the rule.
And we will urge the necessity before our Grand Chapter, to adopt a similar one.
Stated Convocation, June 9th, 1868.
M.\ E.\ Richard Briggs, Grand High Priest, presiding.
Other Grand Officers, and the representatives of sixteen Subordinates. A communication
was reeeived from King Solomon's Chapter, asking that the Convocations of said Chapter be
holden alternately six months at Ware and Barre. The request granted.
It was voted. " That the delegates from this Grand Chapter, at the next triennial meet-
ing of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, be requested to use their most
earnest efforts to obtain a disolution of said General Grand Chapter; and, failing to obtain
such a disolution, to seek a peaceable withdrawal therefrom, agreeable to the obligations of
Royal Arch Masons."
Annual Convocation, Oct. 13th 1868.
M.\ E.\ Richard Briggs, Grand High Priest, presiding.
A full attendance of other Grand Officers and permanent members. Twenty-one Subor-
dinate Chapters represented. M.\ E.\ Chas. A. Welch made in behaif of the officers
who attended the last Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Chapter, made an
elaborate report, which was read and ordered to be placed on the record. We find upon
record, that the Secretary of the Convention of High Priests, reports to the Grand Secretary
the names of all High Priests that have been consecrated to the Order of High Priesthood.
This we approve of, and think it should be universally adopted: and further, we hold
that no High Priest should be permitted to receive the Order of High Priesthood, until he
was enabled to prove to the satisfaction of the Council assembled, that he was competent to
discharge the duties of High Priest. The report of the Finance Committee shows a balance
in the Treasurers hands, of $1,168:96 other property of the Grand Chapter, increase the
amouut to $,468.96.
The election of Grand Officers resulted in the choice of M.\ E.\ Henry Chickeng, as
Grand High Priest, and the re-election of E.\ Thos. Waterman, Grand Secretary.
Stated Convocation, December 8th, 1868.
M.\ E.\ Henry Chickering, Grand High Priest, presiding.
Present, other Grand Officers, permanent members, and the Representatives of twenty-
six Subordinate Chapters. M.\ E.\ James Kimball, submitted suitable resolutions on the
death of M.\ E.\ Companion Dr. Jonathan G. Johnson, Past Grand King, which was
unanimously adopted. Several charitable donations were made to wives, and daughters of
deceased companions. The report on Correspondence, from the pen of the gifted Companion
Henry Chickering, examining the proceedings of nineteen Grand Chapters, covering sixty-
four pages of the printed proceedings, shows that he did not neglect to perform the arduous
duty placed upon him by his Grand Chapter.
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We exceedingly regret that the name of our Mississippi could not be found among the
number. His report is written in that chaste Masonic language, which should characterize
all Masonic documents. He speaks out boldly, rewarding all work brought up, provided
it can stand the test of the overseers square, if not, no wages will he allow.
He gives the statistics of the different Grand Chapters, showing 1543 Subordinate Chap-
ters, 81890 members, 12732 exaltations, 1117 admissions 2522 dimitted, 76 expulsions, 298
suspensions, 805 deaths, 476 rejections. Forty-one Subordinote Chapters made returns to
the last Convocation. Showing the exaltations during the past Masonic year to be 619.
Total membersnip 5005. One Chapter returns 400 members.
A table showing the names of the Past Grand High Priests, Past Deputy Grand High
Priests, Past Grand Kings, and Past Grand Scribes, from the year 1798, to 1867, which we
consider an important item in the history of Royal Arch Masonry, and that it would be to
the interest of every Grand Chapter to follow the example.
We fully concur with our Companion Chickering, in his concluding remarks, he says:
" We wish to suggest tb at their reports, (Grand Chapter proceedings,) in the future be put
into the hands of the Committee as fast as received, that they may be reviewed at leisure,
thus affording real pleasure to the reviewer, rather than make it such a labor, as it must be,
when done under a pressure of time, amid the cares of business which hardly admit of an
hour's interruption. By this course, also, the Committee would be enabled to know what
proceedings were lacking, in time to open correspondence with the sister Grand Chapter, or
their officers, and procure them, which we would recommend that he should do in all cases
where he has not received them up to a certain time." We know the difficulty, and have
felt the smart, in waiting until the meeting of the Grand Chapter, to get posession of the
returns, before we could make a report; then a hurried glance at the different Grand Chap-
ter retnrns, is all that can be had, and the cause is bound to suffer in our hands, for lack of
time.
Companion Henry Chickering, re-elected Grand High Priest.
Companion Thos. Waterman, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Rev. John W. Dadum, Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
MICHIGAN.
The Twentieth Annual Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Michigan, was
held in the City of Detroit, on the 11th day of January, A. D. 1867—M.\ E.\ Geo. C. Munro,
Grand High Priest, presiding. A majority of all the Chapters present.
The Grand High Priest read his annual address.
The Committee on Correspondence reported on thirty-three Grand Chapters, Mississippi
included. The Committee say: " A report on Foreign Correspondence is presented by the
Committee, reviewing the affairs of fifteen Grrand Chapters, ours not included."
We would say to the Committee, if they will but take the trouble to examine the Grand
Chapter Reports of Mississippi, at page 272, we think they will find that Michigan was not
overlooked.
NEBRASKA—1868.
The M.\ E.\ Grand Chapter of Nebraska convened in the City of Bellevue on the 23d
day of June, A. D. 1868, A. I. 2398.—M.-. E.\ Daniel H. Wheeler, Deputy Grand High
Priest, presiding. Present—other Grand Officers and a constitutional number of Represen-
tatives from Subordinates.
The Grand High Priest in the commencement of his his address, says : " Through Divine
permission, and while the world has been steadily and with all the energy of the nineteenth
century, pursuing the varied objects which enlist the devotees of sects, human ambition and
pecuniary gain; while those who live exclusively for their personal aggrandizement, and
ignore the happiness and welfare of mankind, in general, and have been pursuing the
scheme which point to places and stations of honor among their fellow men, we of the holy
Royal Arch have been silently, though with effect, (I think,) in this jurisdiction, laboring to
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preserve and to disseminate those sacred principles of truth which constitutes the basis and
sum of all true honor and all genuine greatness; those moral and catholic excellencies;
those religious and social perfections which, when cultivated in accordance with the teach-
lags of our sacred Order, our ancient landmarks, hy the assistance of our greater lights,
surely return a reward, a complete recompense, constitutes a sums of pleasure far more
precious than gold, eminently richer than gems, and surely directs its possessors to pre-
eminent seats of honor, far more elevated than the world can hestow; even within the
sanetum sanctorum, where the Supreme Architect of the Universe forever reigns, forever
dwells, and to freely inhale that pure incense which daily ascends from its holy altar.
He says, " Royal Arch Masonry is advancing, thousands have been led by paths they have
not known, to the fountain of Masonic light, which crowns our royal attainment. He urges
a rigid test of the overseers square, that only ' true' work be received, than to be forced
to heave it over among the rubbish as unfit for a place in the edifice." He says, " When
morality ceases to be a guiding star, truth the beacon light, and charity the test, by which
we measure the faults of our Companions, her office as a benefactor also eeases, and thus
may the finger of contempt be righteously pointed to our blind and shameful devotions."
He is severe on the profane, the slanderer, the tipler, and all immorality among Royal
Arch Masons.
The address is short, only occupies two pages of the printed proceedings; but on the two
pages, he says more to the purpose, and for the good of Royal Arch Masonry, than we fre-
quently find in a volume. "We fully concur in all he said and recommend it to the craft
generally. The report of the Grand Treasurer and Secretary shows the amount on hand
to be four hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy-seven eents.
In defining the mode of creating new chapters, the latter clause of the 2d section of Arti-
cle 4 of the Constitution reads thus -. " Said petition shall also he accompanied by thedimits
of the petitioners." *
Section 6 of the same Article says: " The applicants for a dispensation to organize a new
chapter shall not be required to file their dimits."
We don't exactly understand how to harmonize the two clauses; unless it is necessary for
the dimitted Companion to present to the Grand Chapter or Grand High Priest his dimit,
that they may be satisfied he is dimitted, and in good standing.
Then let him pocket his dimit and return to the new chapter as one of the- petitioners;
but in fact a dimitted Companion, not a member of any chapter, no one having control
over him except the chapter in whose jurisdiction he resides. How is it, Companions of
Nebraska, please explain l
The laws governing such eases in our jurisdiction says the dimits of every petitioner shall,
accompany the petition and be filed with it by the Grand Secretary.
Otherwise the dimitted Companions may he returned as members of two or more chapters
at the same time. One may return him in good standing, the other may return him suspen-
ded or expelled. We think it best to file the dimits with the petition and let the returns
show how and hy whom the new chapter was formed. Then if the Companion desires to ,
return to his original Chapter; if no objection, he can obtain a dimit from the new Chapter
and rejoin the old.
The Constitution requires six months residence within the jurisdiction of a Chapter
before a petition will be entertained, and that no petition shall be received until the appli-
cant has been a Master Mason six months, and made suitable proficiency, except by
Dispensation of the Grand High Priest. This is as it should be. Royal Arch Masonry has
been too often imposed upon by men not proficient in the lower Degrees; and to-day,
throughout the United States, are not able to work their way in a Lodge of Entered
Apprentices.
The Constitution requires only a two-thirds vote from other Subordinate Chapters, to
authorize the conferring the Chapter Degrees by another Chapter. This we think should
require a unanimous vote.
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The 8th By-Law says: " The work on one or more of the Chapter Degrees shall be
exemplified at each Grand Chapter. "We hope our young sister does not jiermit the confer-
ring of Degrees by the Grand Chapter,'but only permits it to be done through the Grand
Officers in a Subordinate Chapter.
One of the standing Resolutions requires that any one residing within the jurisdiction of
a Subordinate Chapter, representing himself to be a Royal Arch Mason, and does not affil-
liate or visit the same for twelve months, shall be summoned to appear before the Grand
Council for the purpose of proving himself as a Royal Arch Mason, and if he fails or refuses
to obey the summons, he shall be reported to the Grand Chapter as an imposter, and shall
not thereafter be recognized as a Royal Arch Mason. This we think a good rule ; it is
frequently the case, especially in communtiies where persons are promiscuously thrown
together from different sections, that we find men professing to be Royal Arch Masons, they
pay no dues, nor do we ever see them in or about a Chapter, unless they call for charity, or
desire.the Companions to aid them in some way, and which they never think of after they
leave the Chapter. "We are in favor of the Resolution, and hope every Grand Chapter will
adopt similar ones.
M.\ E.\ Daniel H. Wheelek, was elected Grand High Priest.
M.\ E.\ J. N. Wise, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Three chartered Chapters, 1 under Dispensation, 17 Exaltations, 1 Admitted, 10 Dimitted,
2 died, total number of Royal Arch Masons 183.
A Resolution was passed, that the next Grand Chapter be held in the City of Nebraska
on the 25th October, 1869. '
NEW YORK—1869.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of New York held its Seventy-second Grand Annual Con-
vocation, in ahe City of Albany, February 2d, A. D. 1869, A. I. 2399—M.-. E.\ Seymouk H.
Stone, Grand High Priest, presiding. Present, other Grand Officers, eight Past Grand High
Priests, one Past Grand King, one Past Grand Scribe, one Past Grand Secretary, and the
Representatives of one hundred and thirty-five Subordinates.
A resolution was adopted, admitting all Royal Arch Masons in good standing, as visitors
during the session, except during the annual election.
The Grand High Priest, in his address, says : "We meet to-day with our official ranks
unbroken—another proof of the superintending care which has been over us during the
vicissitudes of another year. Complete harmony and unprecedented prosperity have char-
acterized Royal Arch Masonry in this jurisdiction since last we met. Sixteen new Chapters
have been organized by dispensation during the past year, and ask for warrants at this
Convocation; and although a larger number than has been organized in any one year during
the history of this Grand Chapter, I know of no reason why a warrant should not be granted
in each case. The growth seems natural, vigorous and healthy."
He decides that a High Priest may remove from office his appointees. Also, an applica-
tion to be restored to the privileges and rights of Royal Arch Masonry must be accompanied
by satisfactory evidence that the applicant is in good standing as a Master Mason. He also
decides that an expelled member restored to the rights and privileges of Royal Arch Ma-
sonry can only be declared by the Grand Chapter, or a majority vote of the Chapter pro-
nouncing the sentence ; but membership in a Chapter can only be regained by petition and
unanimous ballot.
Your Committee fully agree with the High Priest of New York in his decisions, with one
slight exception. It seems to us if the Constitution which requires two-thirds to expel,
(Mississippi Constitution) it certainly would require the same number of votes to restore to
the rights and privileges. As to membership, it must be by petition and a unanimous
ballot. His rules for petitions for Dispensations of new Chapters are very good where there
are none better. But we much prefer the rule adopted by the Grand Chapter of Mississippi,
which requires not less than nine Royal Arch Masons in good standing, the dimit of each to
accompany the petition, the petition to be recommended by the two nearest Chapters; the
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officers to govern the new Chapter to be examined in open Chapter, and vouched for by the
examining officers, as being well skilled in the work and lectures adopted by the Grand
Chapter.
The Grand High Priest takes a very sensible view in regard to the resolution passed at
the last session, inquiring what legislation, if any, was necessary, to merge the degrees of
Eoyal, Select, and Super-Excellent Master, with the work of the Grand Council. As elx-
officio Chairman of the Committee, he says: " I have to report that in our opinion the
initial step in such legislation should be taken by the Grand Council of Eoyal and Select
Masters of the State of New York, who are now, and have long been, the acknowledged-
custodians of the work of said degrees, and have thus far manifested no desire to be relieved
from their responsibilities. Should they at any future time offer to surrender their trust, in
our opinion it would be necessary, before said degrees could be merged with our work, to
amend the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter, which now declares that the Mark,
Past, Most Excellent and Eoyal Arch are the only degrees recognized by it, to be conferred
in Chapters under its jurisdiction. In view of these improbable contingencies, the subject
loses its interest, and the Committee ask to be relieved from its future consideration."
His argument, to us is conclusive, and ought to be satisfactory to every rational mind.
And we think that hereafter when this question is brought up in any Grand Chapter, the
Grand High Priest or presiding officer should rule it out of order, and every thinking mem-
ber would support his ruling. "We are truly glad New York has taken the stand, and hope
the remarks of the Grand High Priest will in the future be fully sustained. He as all others
who were present at the Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Chapter held at St.
Louis, speaks in glowing terms. He says: " Those who were present at its last Convoca-
tion, and witnessed the truly fraternal greetings, the cordial intercourse and perfect harmony
of action which characterized the proceedings of the representatives from all sections of the
land, who there met for the first time since separated by war, know the utter fallacy and
groundlessness of such a charge—that the G.\ G.*. Chapter is a useless body."
In conclusion he says : " Finally, Companions, in surrendering my official trust,' and
resuming a place upon the floor of the Grand Chapter, permit me to express the hope that,
for years to come, when the frosts of age shall have wrought their inevitable changes, our
relations may still continue to be of such a nature that I may inherit a portion of that fra-
ternal regard and kindly consideration which we now so gladly accord to worthies of " Auld
Lang Syne," a few of whom still linger around our altar."
The Grand Secretary's report shows a remainder of $11,373.
It seems that the Grand Chapter of New York has taken under her special care and keep-
ing, the Order of High Priesthood. The printed proceedings say: " Labor was then sus-
pended in Grand Chapter and a Council of High Priests was duly opened—the Grand High
Priest presiding. The following named Companions being duly qualified, were anointed,
consecrated and solemnly set apart to the office of High Priest, in due and ancient form."
# * *■ * «rphe Council of High Priests was declared closed, and labor was resumed in
Grand Chapter."
"We have just congratulated the Grand High Priest and Grand Chapter in refusing to
legislate, or take under their fostering care the Council degrees, for the reason given by the
Grand High Priest, that the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter did not recognize
any degree save the Mark, Past, Most Excellent and Eoyal Arch." If that is true, which
no one will deny, how can the Grand Chapter of New York suspend labor and open, some-
thing—say a Council of High Priests to do work, resume labor in Grand Chapter and proceed
to business. We know it is customary to open Chapters, transact such business as may
come before it, then suspend labor and open a Mark, Past, or Most Excellent Master's Lodge,
confer degrees in either Lodge that may require, and when through, close and resume labor
in the Chapter. We have been taught (perhaps incorrectly so,) that the Order of High
Priesthood was separate and distinct from the Grand Chapters, that none could participate
or take part in the work except High Priests or Past High Priests, that have been duly
qualified, anointed, and set apart to said office. Now it is not reasonable to suppose that all .
the delegates, or representatives to any Grand Chapter are High Priests or P... H.\ Priests!
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May not a King, Scribe or Proxy be a representative? Never having filled the office of High
Priest, they could not be present. It is true a request could be made for all that were not
consecrated and sfet apart as High Priests, to retire. Retire from what, or where ? from the
Grand Chapter ? Who has the right to order or request the representatives of the Sub«r-
dinate Chapters to neglect their business and protract the meeting of the Grand Chapter
from day to day ? Meetings, or Councils of High Priests are generally held after the close
of Grand Chapters, so that the work of the Grand Chapter may not be impeded. The Grand
Chapter of New York may not claim jurisdiction over the Order of High Priesthood, but
suspending labor and opening a Council of High Priests has a little squinting in that direc-
tion, taking things in their natural course. Light is all we want, Companions.
Appropriate resolutions were adopted and memorial pages were set apart to the memory
of M.\ E.\ Benjamin Enos, Past Grand High Priest, and R.*. E.\ Augustus Willard, Past
Grand King.
A resolution was passed, ordering the printing of five hundred copies of the Transactions
of the Grand Chapter, from its organization in 1798 to 1868. A good idea: the money of a
Grand Body could not be better expended. The Chairman of the Committee on Correspon-
dence for Mississippi would feel himself honored by the receipt of a copy.
The question was asked, or propounded, " The petition of a candidate for the degrees
having been rejected, the Chapter grants permission to another Chapter to receive a petition
from the same candidate, and it is again rejected by the second Chapter—which Chapter has
jurisdiction over the petitianer?" The Grand High Priest decided that the second Chapter
had jurisdiciion.
If the candidate lived or remained within the jurisdiction, or lived nearer the first Chap-
ter, according to the ruling of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, it would still hold juris-
diction over him.
The Committee on Jurisprudence recommended the adoption of the following resolutions,
which were presented by the Committee on Correspondence:
Resolved, That no Companion being a member of a Chapter shall be suspended for non-
payment of dues, until he has been duly summoned to show cause why he has not paid
them; and, in the absence of reasonable excuse, charges are to be preferred, and trial had
in case of willful neglect." Adopted.
We think the same should be adopted by Mississippi. The law now is, if the dues are not
paid before the returns are sent to the Grand Chapter, the defaulting member stands sus-
pended (or rather under the head of deprivation of membership,) until his dues are paid,
which restores him to membership, (if no other charge,) without further action. The sec-
ond and third resolutions were recommitted to the Committee, with instructions to prepare
an amendment to the Constitution. Your Committee believe the resolutions should be
considered by the Grand Chapter of Mississippi, and we copy that you may have the full
benefit:
Resolved, That hereafter, this Grand Chapter will not demand of any Companion Royal
Arch Mason of the age of years and over, any annual dues, and that this Grand Chapter
recommends to its Subordinates to release said members from annual dues, unless they
voluntarily pay them; and that such release of Grand and Subordinate Chapter dues shall
not affect the standing of said members in all the rights and privileges pertaining to mem-
bership.
We suppose the New York Committee intended the blank years in the resolution to cor-
respond with the time or number of years he had been a Royal Arch Mason.
Resolved, That any indigent, worthy Companion being a member of any Chapter under the
jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter, whom the Chapter of which he is a member shall release
from annual dues, this Grand Chapter will not exact annual dues for such Companion.
The Committee then say by way of illustration : " A wealthy gentleman donated a beau-
tiful church to a community, but suffering severe reverses subsequently, he was refused a
seat in the church by the trustees, on the ground that he could not pay the pew rent; we
hope the Masonic Fraternity will do better."
We cheerfully recommend the above to the serious consideration of our Grand Chapter.
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The Committee on Finance and Accounts submitted their report, and the recommendations
were adopted. The following sums to be appropriated, viz: $725 85 for stationery and
printing; $9 for photographs of Companions ^French and Boyd; $100 each to the Grand
High Priest and Deputy ; $250 to the Chairman of Committee on Correspondence; $100 to
Grand Chaplain ; $900 to Grand Lecturer; $1,000 to Grand Secretary; $65 for postage; $30
to Grand Tyler; $100 for use of room for G.\ Chapter; $250 to widow of Companion "Wads-
worth; $25 to widow of Companion Truesdale; $200 to Companion Dickerman, services in
settlement of accounts of late Treasurer; $500 to Grand Treasurer ; $50 to Committee on
Salem Town monument. In all over thirty-four hundred dollars.
[Resolutions were offered, fixing the salaries of Grand Lecturer and Grand Secretary at
$1,500 each, Adopted.
The reports show the receipts of the Grand Chapter to be $13,570 50; expenditures to be
$10,815 49.
The report on Correspondence by Companions White, Hoffman, and Wade, takes up
twenty-six pages of the printed proceedings, well gotten up, reviewing the proceedings of
thirty-one Grand Chapters and also the General Grand Chapter. Mississippi is favorably
noticed. They copy a portion of P.'. G.\ H.\ Priest Ferris's address.
They say: " Tour Committee have not reported this matter verbatim, for the reason that
the objection was evidently a hasty impulse, and no doubt regretted upon subsequent reflec-
tion, and should teach us the value of charity." They say: " The report on Masonic Cor-
respondence, although not signed, is, we suppose, from the pen of M.\ E.\ Companion W.
S. Patton." The Committee quote some half page of our last report in regard to the Grand
Chapter of Arkansas, receiving petitions and conferring the degrees on candidates. The
Committee say: " Companion Patton puts this question: "Are these parties members of
any regular Chapter, or can they be unless they are healed ?" The New York Committee
answer the question and say : " We would say, yes, if the consent of the Subordinates had
previously been given to the Grand Chapter for the purpose of exemplification." We will
have to take issue with you, Companions. Although we look to the Empire State as the
Grand East of Masonic light, you must bear with us of the back-woods; if we differ, it is
an honest difference, and light is what we want. As we said in our report on Arkansas, in
formation of Grand Chapters, certain rights were conceded to the Subordinates; and among
those rights, that of receiving petitions of candidates and conferring degrees. We are well
aware that degrees are frequently conferred during the Convocation of Grand Bodies. But
how, and in what manner ? Not by the Grand Chapter; but to exemplify the work, that
all may see and hear, the Subordinate Chapter invites the Grand Officers to visit and do the
work in the Subordinate Chapter. If the candidate lives beyond the jurisdiction of tHe
Subordinate that confers the degrees, is legally made, and if the Chapter under whose im-
mediate jurisdiction he lives had previously given consent, he can if he choose dimit and
return to the Chapter near him. But never can we consent to yield our right to the Grand
Chapter to receive petitions of candidates and confer the degrees.
We have said something in regard to the Order of High Priesthood, which if we had read
through the report on Correspondence, perhaps we should have said but little—seeing that
the subject has been thoroughly canvassed by other jurisdictions much abler, and better
calculated to do so than Mississippi. However, we see that the majority agree with us.
We ask pardon of our New York Companions for drawing so liberally on them, but knowing
them as well as we do, that they are a whole-souled, generous set of Companions, is our
excuse for intruding.
Companion John W. Simons, elected Grand High Priest.
Companion Christopher G. Fox, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Suppose Companions White, Hoffman and Wade were re-appointed Committee on Foreign
Correspondence.
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SOUTH CAROLINA—1869.
The Annual Grand Convocation was held in the City of Charleston, February 9th, A. D.
1869, A. I. 2399—Companion Robert Stewarr Bruns, M.\ E.-. Grand High Priest, presi-
•ding. Present, other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and the Representatives of twenty-
three Subordinate Chapters,
The address of the Grand High Priest is eloquent, and filled with good Masonic advice and
teachings, such as all Companions should take as their rule and guide through life. We
cheerfully recommend it to the perusal of every Companion.
He says: "We have great reason to xojoice, that so much has been bestowed upon us,
even though so much, which we might crave, hath been denied. We have gone through
great trials, but we have survived them. We are still troubled with inauspicious clouds
that obscure our zenith; but we know, and feel, that the sun still shines to warm and to
fructify, for us, all the productions of earth. After the clouds, the sun 3 Let us hail his
Eye of shining through the impending clouds which seem to me to be breaking away on
every hand. Not that there is yet a perfect day for us; we are still required to bend in
humility, but with hope—to struggle with care, for the better strengthening of that moral
muscle, upon the due exercise of which all human hopes must depend i and, keeping ever
in mind the grand examples of the great men who have gone before us, so work, with such
zeal, and faith, and energy, for the realization of each precious providence, as will show us
to be worthy of that Divine favor which can alone guarantee our full recuperation, recom-
pense and repose." We would be pleased to make further extracts, but our limited space
forbids.
The report of Companion Thayer, Grand Secretary, is an able document, gotten up with
that skill and ability that characterizes the man of learning and goodness of heart. We
sincerely wish we could give the entire report. We must copy a little of the gem. He says:
*' Masonry has a sublime, august and beneficent mission to fulfil. Originating in the remo-
test antiquity, ever raising its voice and exerting its heaven-born energies in the promotion
of the glory of Jehovah, and the true welfare of man, it has survived, and will continue to
survive, empires, states and kingdoms. Nor will its glorious work cease until the trumpet
of the Arch Angel, sounding through earth, sea and air, shall awaken sleeping humanity,
summoning all mankind to the great Judgment, causing the buried dead of ages to burst
the cerements of the tomb, and descending into mighty Ocean's very lowest caverns, shall
rouse myriads sleeping there for centuries , and opening their ears sealed with death's icy
signet, before impervious to the orchestral music of briny monsters, rivalling the roar of ten
thousand most crashing thunders, they shall suddenly assume their former incarnations,
and emerge, to form a portion of the world's congregated multitudes. The great assize
completed, the good rewarded, and the vicious punished, then shall be fulfilled what was
beheld in Apocalyptic vision—"a new Heaven and a new Earth." Then will its holy mission
cease, for then, and not till then, there will not be found a worthy distressed Brother to be
relieved, a weeping widow to be comforted, nor a desolate orphan to be fed, clothed and
educated."
We see in the printed proceedings, that the Grand Chapter of South Carolina has a very
summary way of electing its officers. A resolution is passed that some Companion be au-
thorized to cast the unanimous vote of the Grand Chapter for some named Companion for
Grand High Priest, which was done. Then a resolution authorizing the Grand High Priest
elect, to cast the unanimous vote for Companions named for other offices. This, we suppose,
will all do very well where it is agreeable; but we must confess we are in favor of the good
old Mississippi plan of cast your own votes, Companions."
The Treasurer's report shows a balance on hand of $618 88, and the Grand Chapter free
from debt. Would that Mississippi could say as much.
We find the following resolution :
Resolved, That hereafter the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence be sub-
mitted to the Grand Chapter without reading.
The report on Foreign Correspondence, by Companion James Birnie, covers fifty-five pages
of the printed proceedings. The proceedings of sixteen Grand Chapters, together with the
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General Grand Chapter, and the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland, •were
reported on and closely scrutinized. We have to regret that our Mississippi was not among
the number. We don't know where nor to whom to charge the blame. We know it can't
be charged to our Grand Secretary, for he is always in time, and ever prompt. We hope all
our proceedings may reach the South Carolina Committee by the next Grand Convocation.
Thirty-four Chapters, 127 exaltations, 8 admitted, 27 dimissions, 25 suspensions, 6 deaths,
776 members.
Companion Robert Stewart Bruns was re-elected Grand High Priest.
Companion Ebenezer Thaver, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Committee on Foreign Correspondence—Companions Montgomery Moses, James Birnie
and James A. Bradley.
The next Annual Convocation will be held in the City of Charleston, February 15, 1870.
TEXAS—1868.
It is with pleasure we lay before the Grand Chapter the doings of the Grand Chapter of
Texas, which held its nineteenth Annual Convocation in the City of Houston, on the 8th
day of June, A. D. 1868, A. I. 2402.
We are at a loss to know how our Texas Companions count, or make the date A. I. 2402*
We have been taught that Poyal Arch Masons date from the year the Second Temple was
commenced by Zerubbabel, Anno Inventonis. That being the case, Royal Arch Masons add
five hundred and thirty years to the vulgar era, will be as follows: 1868 added to 530=2398.
Two thousand three hundred and ninety-eight is our calculation. Will our Texas Compan-
ion please inform us how he gets two thousand four hundred and two 1 Nothing personal,
Companion, we may be wrong ourselves.
M.\ B.-. F. B. Sexton, Grand High Priest, presiding.
Present, other Grand Officers, Grand Visitors, Past Grand Officers, and the Bepresenta-
tives of thirty-five Subordinates. The M.-. E.\ Grand High Priest in his opening address,
says: " The year that has passed since we closed our last Grand Annual Convocation, is one
of sad memories. But little has occurred in the history of Masonry or the country in
which we live, especially calculated to cheer or encourage us in the weary pilgrimage of
life." Speaking of the epidemic that swept through many of the towns on the Gulf shore>
and some of the interior villages. The city of Galveston seems to be the great sufferer
while the epidemic prevailed, the teachings of our beloved Order was hourly in the perform-
ance of her holy mission, of visiting the sick, relieving the distresses and burying the dead.
He mentions the death of Past Grand High Priest Henry R. Cartwell, and pays a handsome
tribute to his memory.
He admonishes the High Priests of Subordinate Chapters, that it is their especial duty to
" correct the vices, purify the morals, and promote the happiness" of the Companions, and
not suffer them to fall under the temptations. He advises the Companions generally, tells
them the duties and obligations they are under to each other, and in his closing remarks
says: " Above all, my Companions, let us live prepared for the summons of death, which
no man can escape. We know not when the inexorable messenger may call for us, but we
do know that our future hippiness or misery is to be determined by the work we do in the
body. It is our work by which we will be tried. Let us present such work as will pass the
test of the Grand Overseer's square, as will secure for us admission into the realms of celes-
tial light and glory where the ' Supreme Grand High Priest of the Universe forever
reigns." We deeply sympathize with our Texas Companions in the heavy afflictions that
scourged their land, and the many valuable Companions that were called from time to
eternity. Though they may have fallen in the spring or meridian of life, it is to be hoped
they did not live in vain; their spirits are immortal, and with our spirits, when we too,
shall have passed away from the scenes of earth, it is to be hoped, on that bright resurrecion
morn, will be permitted to wing their way to the climes above into the presence of the
Great I AM, and with God and angels ever dwell.
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The Grand Treasurer's report shows the receipts of $2,939 98, and paid out $2,890 89,
leaving a balance on hand of $49 09.
The Grand Secretary's report corresponds.
The Grand Treasurer has to enter into bond with good securities in the sum of $10, 000,
and the Grand Secretary $5,000. The Grand High Priest appoints three Companions as
Grand Visitors. Their duty is the same as our Grand Lecturer. The report on Foreign
Correspondence takes up twenty-one pages, and was presented by Companion A. S. Rich-
ardson. He reviews twenty-five Grand Chapters including Mississippi of which they say:
" Tidings from the South," calls us to hear what the Companions of Mississippi have to
report, for the good of Capitular Masonry within that jurisdiction. That there was much
to do, is evinced by the fact that much has been done, during the past year, to make glad the
waste places desolated by the grim-visage of war. That much remains to be done, is dis-
closed by the designs laid down for the Work of the Craft during the ensuing year."
Yes, Companions, much has been done, and we now feel that we are on rising grounds.
The golden^hain of Brotherly love ever should bind the entire Craft—a chain whose links
should not become worn or broken by time, but which every wave of adversity brightens
and strengthens. In the hands of those who have its best interest at heart, it is a beacon
light upon a hill, to direct the benighted, give confidence to the weary, and which estab-
lishes the pleasing fact, that we are not Only Masons by name bnt in practice throughout
the world. They pay us as a Committee a handsome compliment by saying: " Companion
W. S. Patton reviews, with great ability, the .proceedings of fifteen Grand Chapters, and
as M.\ E.". Grand High Priest, closes his annual address with the following' eloquent aspera-
tion: " May the Grand Chapter of my native Mississippi flourish in renewed youth,
usefulness and strength; long may it continue to teach and cultivate the great truths
contained in the Sacred Book of the Law; and finally, when the rough and rugged ways on
earth shall have ended, may we have our work well done; and when the great throne is
set, and our Supreme High Priest shall take His seat to preside in the Council of that
Grand Convocation above, and all the nations shall be assembled to be judged by that holy
law, may we be in possession of the "signet of truth," and be admitted within the white
veil of the holy sanctuary where incense burns continually, into the presence of the Grand
Council, and find our names recorded in the book of eternal life.
To odr Companions of Texas and throughout tlie world, we would say: as the murmuring
brooks that course their way from the mountain side, soon unite and mingle their waters
and loose themselves in the ocean, so may we, in the performance of our various duties, be
lost to all personal considerations in recognizing that moral obligation which unites us into,
a common brotherhood.
The report is well written, the extracts good, and to the point, and may Companion
Richardson's days of usefulness be extended to a good old age, that we may year by year be
edified by the perusal of his reports. The 6 Section of Article 1, says " This Grand Chapter
shall not proceed to the election of officers, or to transact any business, unless there shall be
a sufficient number at all times, to constitute a quorum for the transaction of busines."
The Grand High Priest., Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand
Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected by ballot, other Grand Officers to be appointed by
the Grand High Priest."
"We find a resolution which says : "That no Dispensation shall be granted for a new Chap-
ter within twenty-five miles of one previously existing."
We think it a good rule.
Also, a resolution requiring the Grand Secretary to communicate to all the Subordinate
Chapters in the State, all suspensions, rejections, and expulsions, at least once every three
months.
We approve of this resolution.
The Grand Chapter is opposed to Chapter work on the Lord's day, which we also
approve of.
They make it the special duty of the Investigating Committee to examine and to vouch
for the proficiency of the applicant in the lower degrees, as well as of his merits.
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This, we think should he a universal rule, then we would hare bright Masons, " workmen
that we needeth not be ashamed of,"
In our commencement with Texas, we asked the Companion to inform us how he gets
twenty-four hundred and two, when we and others use twenty-three ninety-eight 1 We
follow up the resolutions of the Grand Chapter of Texas, and find the following:
Resolved, That in order to secure uniformity in another important particular, that this
Grand Chapter adopts, and only recognizes, as the date proper to be used in all our docu-
ments, as the year of our Order, Anno Inventionis 2391, or in other words, add 534 years to
the vulgar era.
As we previously said, we may be wrong and you right, hut please tell us how and where
you get the 534 ?
A resolution declares profane swearing, gambling, and the intemperate use of intoxicating
drinks, as a sufficient barrier to the applicant that may be guilty of either, to receiving the"
Chapter Degrees, "he or they being unfit material for the Royal Areh Temple, whose corner
store is Morality, as taught by the Holy Bible, that Great Light in Masonry."
This no one can object to. We know, that in some Chapters it is not a hard matter for
any one to gain admission, profane gambler, or drunkard; but it is not no easy matter to
get rid of them. If they receive them as immoral, profane swearers, drunkards, or gamblers,
knowning them to be such, what right have we, as a Chapter, to expel or suspend them?
None, our eyes were open to the folly committed, and no one to blame but ourselves.
They also agree with us in not conferring the Degrees on none but affiliated masons.
We disagree with our Texas Companions as to the control of the Council degrees known
as the Royal and Select Master's degrees, should only be conferred by virtue of the authority
of a Grand Royal Arch Chapter. The latter clause of the resolution reads thus: " That
this Grand Chaptar does now assert its control and jurisdiction thereof, and prohibits the
conferring the same in this jurisdiction, except in Councils of Royal and Select Masons,
appended to the Subordinate Chapters." Resolution 3d says: " That the degrees of Royal
and Select Master shall hereafter be conferred in Council of the Degrees appended to each
Chapter in this jurisdiction, after exaltation to the Royal Arch Degree, the officers of the
Chapter shall be ex-officio the officers of the Council; and when the said officers have not
taken the Royal and Select Degrees, the Select Masters of the Chapter shall seldct their
presiding officers and proceed with their work." The 5th resolution says: " That the peti-
tion for exaltation shall always include the Council Degrees, and that action thereon shall,
in all respects, be the same as for the other degrees."
The Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter, or Committee on Printing, were required to
have the bonds of the Grand Treasurer and Secretary, together with their securities, printed
with the proceedings.
We know that each State Grand Chapter and Grand Council act for themselves, without
the advice of others. Such being the case, we suppose Texas had the right to take control
of the Council degrees known as the Royal and Select Master's degrees, whether other juris-
dictions recognize the act legal or not. We must confess that we regret the act of the G.\
Chapter and G.\ Council in the transfer they have made; for under existing circumstances,
Mississippi and other Grand Councils cannot recognize Council Masons made under and by
authority of Grand or Subordinate Chapters.
Sixty-one Subordinates made returns. No statistics showing the number of Chapters, or
members. They have a Grand Council of High Priesthood, which is separate and distinct
from the Grand Chapter. In this we fully agree with our Texas Companions.
Companion J. D. Giddings was elected Grand High Priest.
Companion Robert Brewster, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Committee on Poreign Correspondence—P. C. Tucker, W. B. Botts and Robert Brewster.
The next Grand Annual Convocation will be held in the City of Houston, on the Second
Monday in June, 1869.
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TEXAS—1869.
The twentieth annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Texas, was held in the City of
Houston, on the 15th day of June, A. D. 1869, A. I. 2403, according to Texas calculation: but
Mississippi and other Grand Chapters say 2399.
M.\ E.\ J. D. Giddjngs, Grand High Priest, presiding.
Present other Grand Officers, Grand Visitors, and the Representatives of fifteen Subordi-
nates.
A resolution was adopted, inviting all Royal Arch Masons in good standing, to seats in
the Grand Chapter, during the Convocation.
The address of the Grand High Priest, is generally local, good wholesale Masonic doctrine.
He says : " Another year has passed, with its labors, joys and sorrows. Again we meet,
on this, our twentieth annual Convocation, to review the labors of the past year, to correct
our errors, and to take counsel together for the future."
"Neither famine or pestilence, has been suffered to waste our State, and an abundant har-
vest has filled the land with plenty."
He further says: "We now have ninety Chapters, and four under dispensation. A few
have demised, and the sacred fires no longer burn upon their altars. It will be seen that
our numbers are large, but the strength and durability of our temple depends far less upon
numbers, than upon the character and polish of its materials. The overseers have charge
of the work, should be ever vigilant, and none should be permitted to pass of unknown or
doubtful character. The great, and by far too popular vices of drunkedness, profane swearing
and gaming, are still practiced in violation of the repeated edicts of this Grand Body, and
all the sacred lessons, so forcibly and impressively taught from the threshold of Masonry to
the Royal Arch Companions. These things should not be so. Let us admonish and entreat
such in kindness and brotherly love, and restore the erring, and reclaim the wayward if
possible—if not, cut. them off, and cast them out, and cleanse the temple. Let discipline be
promptly and firmly administered without malice, and in the spirit of charity."
In this we fully agree with our Companion, the Grand High Priest. He comes out boldly,
and calls things by their proper names, so that none through ignorance, may fail to under-
stand what he means. One of the first lessons taught in Masonry, to the initiate; that
there are three great duties enjoined upon him, and which Masons ought always to incul-
cate, viz - To God, his neighbor, and to himself. To God, in never mentioning His name,
but with reverential awe, which is from the creature to the Great Creator. To his neighbor)
in acting upon the square, or doing as he would wish to be done by, and to himself, in avoid-
ing all intemperance, and excess; and to always keep within due bounds, and free from all
pollution.
These are sacred duties, binding alike on all Masons, and which every one fully under-
stands, before he takes the first step. And when men who profess to be Masons, so far for-
get the solemn duty enjoined upon them, as to take the name of their Creator in vain, get
drunk, gamble, or commit other offences against the laws of God and man; as the Compan-
ion Grand High Priest has justly said, if he will not heed the admonition of these brothers;
let him be cut off, and the temple kept pure. And as he says in his closing remarks: "May
the fear of God be deeply engraved upon every heart, and holiness to the Lord be inscribed
upon all our actions. Then indeed shall the glory of this latter house be greater than the
former, and an abundant entrance shall be administered unto us in that temple not made
with hands eternal in the heavens."
The Grand Treasurer and Secretary presented their annual reports, which was satisfac-
tory to the Grand Chapter. We find the following resolution adopted.
Resolved That any Companion Royal Arch Mason, who may receive the Royal and Select
Masters' Degrees from the Committee on Work, of this Grand Body, conferred for the pur-
pose of exemplifying the work for the benefit of this Grand Body, during the Grand annual
Convocations of the same, shall be required to pay the stipulated fees for the same, to the
Chanter of which he is a member, and it shall be the duty of the Committee on Work to
report all Council work done by them, to the Chapter of which the recipient is a member.
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It seems from the above, that the Grand Chapter of Texas countenance the conferring of
degrees by that Grand Body. We have, in former reports, given our views as to the powers
of Grand Bodies, meeting with and conferring degrees, which right, we believe belongs
exclusively to the Subordinates. Texas may be right; but suppose it should so happen, (as
nothing is impossible these times,) that the Committee on Work should confer the Royal and
Select degrees on an individual, that his Chapter should think not worthy; what would then
be done1
We don't believe Chapters have any control over Council degrees, but as Texas has taken
charge of them, we only wish to know whether the act of the Committee in the premises
would be binding on the Subordinate Chapter, and force them to take to their bosom, a man
they could not fraternize.
The Grand Visitors made their reports which were satisfactory.
The Finance Committee, report a balance on hand of $904 60.
A resolution was apopted, making the penalty a forfeiture of Charter, if any Subordinate
Chapter should use substitutes in the ceremonies of the Royal Arch degree.
This we hold to be right, and hope every Grand Chapter throughout the United States
wiU speedily adopt a like resolution.
The report on correspondence, by Companions Tucker, Botts, and Brewster, covers thirty-
five pages of the printed proceedings, shows the examination of thirty-two Grand Chapters,
Mississippi among the number. The report is well gotten up, and in that masterly style,
characteristic of the distinguished Committee. They copy a portion of the address of Past
Grand High Priest, J. O. Lusher, and comment as follows: " God speed our Companions
of Mississippi, in their efforts to keep the fires burning upon their altars. May the renewed
flames be more glorious than the first, and may they, who walk the courts of the Taberna-
cle, be as pure as the altar's flames. Companion W. S. Patton made the report on Foreign
Correspondence. He acknowledges the receipt of the proceedings of twenty-seven Grand
Chapters, Texas not included."
The Companion then copies our remarks on the report of the Virginia Committee on Cor-
respondence. It is true, Companions of Texas, you were not noticed in our last report.
We did not receive your proceedings until too late for publication, but we have kept it
secure, and have the pleasure of reporting on 1868 and 1869, which we hope wiil reach you in
due time to give us a benefit in your next.
The constitution of the Grand Chapter rules, and regulations, and resolutions, all of
which were noticed in our report for 1868.
The list of Subordinate Chapters shows that during the past year, there were exalted 232,
affiliated 62, reinstated 30, dimissions 153, suspensions 231, expulsions 8, deaths 67, total num-
ber of members 3218.
M.\ E.\ G. Veal, was elected Grand High Priest.
E.\ R. Bbewstek, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Companions P. C. Tucker, W. B. Botts and Robt. Brewster, Committee on Correspon-
dence.
The next Grand Chapter will be held in the city of Houston, June 13th 1870.
VERMONT—1869.
The M.\ E.\ Grand Chapter of Vermont assembled in the City of Burlington, June 11th,
A. D. 1869—M.\ E.\ Chas. A. Miles, Grand High Priest, presiding. Present, other Grand
and Past Grand Officers, and the Representatives from twenty-three Subordinates.
The Grand High Priest, in his opening, says: " When last we met in the season of " the
sere and yellow leaf," the blasted verdure of the hills and fields had sunk into the bosom of
the parent earth, and all things seemed to tell us of decay and vanity. How changed the
scene; now nature, wreathed in sunny smiles, puts on her gayest dress. The budding for-
est, the green mantled plain, the azure sky and balmy air, speak of joy and hope, of growth
and glad increase. Let us hail the auspicious omen, and trust that Royal Arch Masonry,
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nurtured by our care, may likewise spread forth her verdant shoots, ever flourishing in glo-
rious Summer of success. As the husbandman puts in the seed, expecting a rich return,
and without stint expends his toil, till the abundant harvest comes, so may we ungrudgingly
bestow our efforts in the cause, certain that our labors will be blessed, and in due season will
yield us ample fruit in the increased prosperity of of our Order." Our time and space will
not permit us to record all he says, and the good Masonic counsel urged upon the members^
not only of his own jurisdiction, but applicable to the Royal Craft throughout the Masonic
world. He then says: " Let us turn our„.thoughts back for a moment to that Council of the
olden time, to the majestic three who sat in the inner chamber, behind the incense-burning
altar, and humbly asked that some portion of their wisdom may rest upon and abide with
us this day."
This is the true Masonic spirit that should be nurtured by all Grand Councils of Royal
Arch Masons; to endeavor to imitate our three ancient worthies, and at all times, never
failing to ask counsel of the Grand High Priest above to direct and guide us in the discharge
of every duty. He pays a handsome tribute to the memory of Companions Washburn,
Butler, Day, Stebbins, Taft, Davis, Warren, Ruggles and Lowry. He says: "They have
completed their daily labors in the quarries, and have doubtless ere this been received and
acknowledged in that holy Temple where there is neither day nor night, that is of the pres-
ent time, but everlasting light, infinite brightness, steadfast peace, and secure rest. Being
in possession of the token of an honorable life and the signet of eternal truth, we may trust
that they have safely passed the vails, and now, in the presence of tho Supreme High Priest,
enjoy the reward promised to all labor faithfully in the vineyard." He then takes up each
name separately, and in conclusion, says: " It is not by speaking of these departed Brethren
that we can most nobly honor them, or " sound their praise abroad." No elaborate record
of their virtues, though inscribed on the costliest monumental pile, can be so grateful to
their memory as the manifestation of our appreciation of their virtues by increased efforts
on the part of us, their survivors, to follow in their footsteps and imitate their actions."
He urges upon his Grand Chapter to take into consideration the invitation of P.\ G.\ G.\
High Priest Lewis for all Grand Chapters to " return once more to the roof-tree, and cast
their lots with them in the coming time."
The report on Correspondence, by Comp. Joshua Britton, reviews the doings of twenty-
six Grand Chapters, and the General Grand Chapter. His selections are all carefully and
Masonically guarded, and his views on different subjects are generally in accordance with
ours. Taking it as a whole, we are pleased with it, hoping his Grand Chapter may for years
to come have the benefit of his valuable services. He devotes a page and a half to Missis-
sippi, which such notices always makes us feel like we could devote our whole time to the
good cause. We hope Companion Britton may never have cause to think less of us. Should
circumstances be such that we may not again commune with each other in this capacity, we
trust that when our earthly labors are closed, we may be enabled to present the " true sig-
net," and be welcomed into the presence of the Grand Council on high, and with God and
angels ever dwell.
In conclusion, he says: " This report has been prepared amidst the pressure of other
duties and anxieties, and in concluding it, my fourth and closing one, being about to remove
to another jurisdiction, Wisconsin, I will only add that my fraternal intercourse with you
at our Annual Convocations, and with members of other Bodies, Subordinate and Grand, of
our beloved Order, has afforded me sincere and true gratification and pleasure. It is not
without emotion that the thought is entertained that this is my last opportunity that will be
. enjoyed of communing with other minds in our several jurisdictions, and of being an hum-
ble laborer in your midst; but wherever I may sojourn, an ardent interest in your happiness
and Masonic well-being will be most fondly cherished."
Companion Chas. A. Miles, re-elected Grand High Priest.
Companion John B. Hollenbeck, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Companions Joshua Britton, H. Clarke, and R. W. Clarke, appointed Committee on Cor-
respondence.
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WISCONSIN—1869.
The Grand Chapter of Wisconsin, held its annual Convocation in the city of Milwaukee,
February, 3d. 1869.
M.\ E.\ A. V. H. Carpenter, Grand High Priest presiding.
Other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and the representatives of thirty seven Subordi-
nates and delegate from one under dispensation, were present.
To the honor of the Subordinate Chapter of Wisconsin, all were represented except one.
Wisconsin Chapter No. 7, extended an invitation to the Grand Chapter, to partake of a
collation, in the evening, which was accepted. The address of the Grand High Priest com-
mences thus:
"Standing upon the threshold of our Masonic year, let us return thanks to Him whose
name is held in such sublime reverence by the true Mason, for the preservation of our lives,
for the blessings of health, and the retentions of our senses; and for all the happiness we have
enjoyed, since last we met, and humbly confess our trespasses and omissions, implore His
forgiveness of them. And turning towards the future, let us reverently pray for a continu-
ance of His mercy toward all the creatures of His creation, but especially all those who have
knelt with us around the holy altar of our sacred tabernacle, may He forgive us, as we for-
give our brothers and fellows, preserve us from falling by temptation, and deliver us from the
power of evil; grant that we may discharge our duties, in this earthly tabernacle, as to be
fitted for the rest, promised to all those who love Him to whom our Masonic edifice Is erec-
ted, and keep His commandments: And may the God of our fathers be with, and bless all
who have suffered affliction—with the bereaved widows and orphans of those of our brethren
who have been called hence since our last Convocation, as well as those who have gone before,
and fill our hearts with compassion, and our hands with relief, and our feet with swiftness,
to go on errands of mercy to all who need."
The Grand High Priest says he refused to grant a dispensation to a number of Compan-
ions, to hold a Chapter at a certain place, for the reason he had become convinced that the
welfare of the Companions, and the honor of Capitular, Masonry did not require it, and that
if granted, would weaken other Chapters in the vicinity that were alreadv scant. He says:
" I have since learned that the Companion who was willing to sacrifice himself, by serviug
as High Priest, has only been exalted to the degree of Eoyal Arch Mason, some four months.
Under the circumstances, therefore, I am satisfied that the Order has received no detriment
from his being remanded to the quarries. Some degree of experience, or very extraordinary
natural ability, should distinguish him who would seek the place, or be selected to preside
over, organize and conduct the affairs of a new Chapter. And the Companions who would
seek to set themselves up in the world as a Chapter, and entrust the management of the
affairs to a mere novitiate, must be wanting in reflection, or that degree of good sense,
which should characterize men who have passed through the degrees, to the august one of
Eoyal Arch Mason, and who would form a constituency, no capible Companion would select
to preside over."
This seems to be plain talk, but nevertheless true, every word of it. The Grand High
Priest was right, and we commend him for his Masonic firmness, and we verily believe the
rejected Companions on second sober thought, will thank him, that he had so much brother-
ly feelings for them. Many of us know the difficulties we have labored under, the many
sleepless hours and diligent search for the hidden treasures, concealed from our sight, when
first chosen to preside over Chapters.
And as the Grand High Priest has very justly remarked, not only the one mentioned by
him; but many, who, for years that have attempted to preside over and govern Chapters,
should be "remember the quarries," until they were enabled to produce such work as would
stand the test of the square, then our High Priests would be an ornament to the Order.
The Eite of Memphis catches fits from the Grand High Priest, He says: " This pest,
which has invested some localities of this jurisdicaion, drawing after it some well-
meaning Companions, whose curiosity out weighed their discretion; and others whose ambi-
tion led them to wish to distinguish themselves as the leaders of a new system; and others
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still, "whose speculative instincts saw another chance to make some money out of the breth-
uen, in accordance with their ideas of the meaning of . the term " fraternal relations," which
is, to make all they can out of such relations."
He copies over a page closely printed, (we wish we had space to copy the entire,) giving it
and its adherents a kick and a thrust in every sentence. He says: "I am quite sure
of one thing, and that is, that whoever shall be found wise enough to improve upon the
principles and teachings of Masonry, will be possessed of a soul above mercenary or selfish
considerations, and will be found aiming at preserving the distinctive features of our time-
honored institution, and elevating the standard thereof, in harmony with the grand design
of the founders, rather than by revolutionizing the same in order to found a new system on a
different theory, for the sake of his own glorification, notoriety, or advantage."
" From all such people, good Lord deliver us.".
We say amen to what the Grand High Priest has said.
Under the head of "remarks," the Grand High Priest says: " In respect of attention to the
character of candidates, observance of regulations, proficiency in the work and lectures, and
the ratio of increase in membership, the Subordinate Chapters show good progress. There
are some weak Chapters, such are entitled to, and should receive our fostering care. Having
been invested with their organization by this Grand Body, we should not prove an unnat-
ural parent by neglecting them, or showing harshness toward them. But, hereafter, let us
imitate the idea of a prudent and humanr man, and not increase our family beyond our
capacity to properly support and educate the children."
He says: " Masonry is becoming very popular, and moreover there is a great tendency to
rush through from the " ground floor" to the summit. Rail road, and almost telegraph
speed are demanded, through the different stages. There is great danger in all this, the
" outer door" has been always considered the principal post of danger, and we have been
warned to " guard it well," from time immemorial. But in this fast age, and with the hot*
bed process of growing masons, our inner courts are points of even greater danger, and we
must look to their purity, or all our vigilance at the outer door will not save us. If a scamp
gets past the outer guards into our lines, the safety of the craft requires that he should not
be permitted to stay there. If evils and temptations beset our brethren, and some through
weakness fall, it is our duty to endeavor to remove the cause, and to reclaim the wanderer.
It becomes us, with an anxious care for the welfare and propriety of our institution and its
members, to look these dangers squarely in the face, and not deceive ourselves with any
fancied security, on account of our intimate connection, and mutual obligation to assist each
other. This instead of proving an element of strength, will be the cause of our destruction,
unless mortality and virtue, honesty and sobriety, are the foundation of our ties." We are
not yet half way through the address, and it proves better, and better the farther it goes,
and what shall we do ? we would like very much to copy it entire, but we have drawn so lib*
eral already from Wisconsin, that we fear they may take us for intruders. We will venture
a few more extracts. Speaking of hobnobling over the social glass when two or more cas-
ually meet, he descants freely, and says in his concluding remarks: " Whitewashing is very
useful as an ornamental art, and to obliterate superficial spots, but should never be used to
cover up indications of eternal defect, which, if not remedied, will corrupt the whole system.
He who would remove the mote from his brothers eye, should first pluck the beam from his
own eye, and how can we say to others, be thou pure and temperate, uuless we first become
so ourselves V Or how can we attempt a reformation by purifying our ranks, if a majority
approve this habit ? Were a brother on trial for drunkness, before his Lodge or Chapter,
to turn on his judges, and, in the language of Him who speaks as never man speaks, say :
" Let him among you who is without sin, cast the first stone," what answer could be made •
We must judge with whatever judgment we would be judged by. Our only response could
be: "Go and sin no more," and yet that word would sound strange, unless we were our-
selves free from all approaches to the habit of which he stood arraigned. No man probably
ever became a Mason, who was a drunkard at the time; and it is as much the fault of our
customs and remissness of our duty towards our brethren, that any of them ever became so>
as it is their own. We all have a responsibility for our individual characters, and more or
less for the character of our brethren, so far as it effects the standing of the Order." I must
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be permitted to give his closing remarks, don't be weary, Companions. I am satisfied yot*
will forgive my so long trespassing on the address of Carpenter. I am when heard, you will
be pleased. He says : " I am now about to lay down the trust committeedto my care, and
shall return to the ranks to stand shoulder to shoulder with you, in the work of guarding-
the sacred treasures of our Tabernacle, and to take care that none approach it with unclean
hands, or gain admission with impure hearts; and within its walls, suffer none to utter or
erase a single letter of its legends, or mar or deface a single line of the beautiful tradition,
with which it abounds."
Companion Wm. H. Norris, jr., from the Committee on Correspondence, made his report
on the examination of the reports of twenty-three Grand Chapter, and also the General
Grand Chapter. Mississippi comes in for a small share. He quotes the remarks of Past
Grand High Priest Companion Ferris, in regard to the appeal from Vicksburg Chapter. He
also says: " The pamphlet contains a first rate report of the proceedings of fifteen Grand
Chapters, "Wisconsin excluded. The minutes do not mention it, and it bears no name.
Halfway through it we read that the Grand High Priest of Mississippi, (also Chairman of
Committee on Foreign Correspondence,) is a very modest man." We believe ft, and think
he is Companion Wm. D. Ferris. He disputes the right of the Grand Chapter of Arkansas
to confer Capitular degrees, or more especially, to exalt only two at the same time. As to
his former objection, is " que faceit per alium, facil per se," and if a Grand Chapter may law-
fully " facit per alium," why has ft not inherent original authority to " facit per se." !
We do not wish to extract from Companion Ferris, for we know him to be all right, nor.
do we wish him to have to bear our faults. It is true, the last report on Correspondence,
through accident went out to the world, fathered by no one as to name, but being the regu-
lar reporter for the Grand Chapter of Mississippi, for the last several years we are bound to
claim it as legitimate production, let it be good or bad. Companion Norris says: "If que
facil per alium, facit per se," and if a Grand Chapter may lawfully " facil per alium," why
has it not inherent original authority to " facit per se."?
We don't pretend to be conversant with Latin, French or any other quotations from for-
eign or dead languages, but if we understand Companion Norris to mean: " If what may be
done by authority to another—may be done by the one giving the authority," and if the
Grand Chapter may lawfully " act through another," (or Subordinate,) why has it not inher-
ent original authority to act by or through itself ? Is that your meaning Companion Norris ?
if so, then we say; at the formation of all Grand Chapters, of which we have any knowledge,
the right to receive petitions for degrees, the balloting on such petitions, the conferring
degrees are in every instance some of the reserved rights guaranteed by the Grand Chapter
to the Subordinates, and by them sacredly reserved. All powers not delegated to the
Grand Chapters by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to Subordinates, are sacredly
reserved to the Subordinates. As remarked in a former report on Arkansas, how can one
made or receiving the degrees in a Grand Chapter, say on examination that he was made in
a legally constituted Royal Arch Chapter, working under authority of the Grand Chapter
of Arkansas or any other State. Suppose he visits the State of Wisconsin, and Companion
Norris asks him from what Chapter he hails, and the visitor tells you from the Grand Chap-
ter of Arkansas, you ask him the name and the number of the Subordinate to which he
claims membership? he plainly tells you none; that he was made in and by the Grand
Chapter, and still holds his membership in the Grand Chapter, what would Companion
Norris do in such a case, what report would he make to his Chapter concerning such a visi-
tor? We know Companion Norris to be too good a judge of Masonic law and customs, to
heed any such answers, he would say to the Companion: Friend, I wish to do thee no hurt,
go thy way for this time, and at some convenient season, when thou hast learned more of
the workings of Masonry, we will call on thee, and extend to you the right hand of brother-
ly love and affection.
A resolution was adopted, requiring the Committee on Correspondence, to transmit their
report to the Grand Secretary, before the 31st of December, in each year, who shall cause
the same to be printed for distribution at the meeting of the Grand Chapter. This we think
should be attended to by every Grand Chapter.
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The Committee on jurisprudence recommend that dispensations to form new Chapters be
not granted, unless the three first officers, shall first prove by examination their proficiency
in the work and lectures.
38 Subordinates made returns with membership of 2509 members.
M.*. E.\ A. Y. H. Carpenter, re-elected Grand High Priest.
R.*. E.\ W. T. Palmer, re-elected Grand Secretary.
Committee-on. Correspondence, Companions W. H, Nokris jr, J. Hamilton, and C. P.
Mead.
NEW JERSEY—1869.
The Thirteenth Convocation of the Grand Chapter of New Jersey was held in the City
of Trenton, September 8th, A. D. 1869, A. I. 2399—M.-. E.\ Jesse P. Case, Grand High
Priest, presiding. - Present, other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and the Representatives
of twenty-one Subordinates. It seems from the returns that every Chapter under that
jurisdiction, was duly represented—an occurrence rarely met with in the records of the
meetings of Grand Bodies. All praise is due to R.\ A.-. M.\ of New Jersey.
The address of the Grand High Priest takes up five pages of the printed proceedings. It
is indeed, truly a Masonic document, full of wholesome advice and correct decisions, and we
can cheerfully recommend its teachings to the Royal Craft. In the opening of his address,
he says: " The scythe of time, with its ever glittering blade, has claimed another year.
Its blessings, privileges and pleasures, is the obituary left us. The records of the past,
whatever they may have been, are now matters of history. Of the three stages of time, we
own but one brief moment—the present. The past can never be recalled—the future is un-
known. "We have not an eye like the Infinite, to pierce its dark veil and mystic lore, save
that All-Seeing Eye which has safely conducted us thus far over the rough and rugged road
of life." Again he says: " During the past year I have made the following decisions:
1. It is irregular to expunge from the minutes any that has been before the Chapter.
Such motion becomes the property of the Body, and should not be erased or obliterated.
2. Election of a candidate in a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, is for the capitular de-
grees and membership.
3. A Chapter conferring the degrees on behalf of another Chapter, does not affect the
membership of the candidate; he is a member of the Chapter that elected him.
The above decisions are, we think, right, and in accordance with true Masonic teachings ;
but we would respectfully ask leave to say a few words on expunging. A motion to expunge
from minutes of a preceding meeting of a Chapter, any matter properly recorded, is out of
order, and should be so declared by the presiding officer. If at a subsequent meeting the
members of a Chapter become satisfied they were in error in regard to any matter spread
upon the minutes at a previous meeting, and the good of the Order required it otherwise,
they may by preamble and resolution briug the matter before the Chapter in proper form,
setting forth the page on the minutes; with a full and fair statement of facts, and have the
same recorded at the regular meeting, when the matter was investigated or discussed.
Again the Grand High Priest says: " Although our mystic labors are veiled m signs and
emblems, known only to those who have passed the " veils" and been admitted into the
presence of the " Grand Council," still it is incumbent upon us whose names are inscribed
upon the banner of the Holy Royal Arch, to search our hearts, that nothing impure may
be brought as a sacrifice where incense burns both day and night. Let us draw the veil for
a moment, and search the inner Temple—that spiritual casket—and see that the incense
therein offered is pure ; that no discordant or impure odors may ascend into the presence of
our Great High Priest; let us measure our lives by the teachings laid down in the Book of
the Law, found in the Ark, and accept that as a covenant with our God."
The Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King, and Grand Scribe, each made their report
in the form of an address, highly commendable to them. We think it a good rule to require
each of the above officers to report to the Grand Chapter. In many Grand Chapters, Missis-
sippi not excepted, ^he D.\ G.-. H.\ P.-., G.\ K.\ and G.-. S.\ only fill up the vacant chairs,
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and have nothing- to do unless the G.\ H.-. Priest is absent; then in many instances they
are perfectly ignorant of the general routine of business and have to be prompted, or call
some one qualified to the Chair. Masonry wants laborers in the vineyard, and every Com-
panion elected or appointed to office should be compelled to qualify, and then receive the
wages agreed on, that none may go away dissatified.
The report of the Grand Treasurer and Secretary shows a balance on hand of $1,391 04.
The decisions made by Grand High Priests, on pages 79 and 80, we fully concur in, with
the exception of decisions 15 and 18. Decision 15 says: " A Chapter can receive the propo-
sition of a rejected caudidate without any specified time having to elapse." If an applicant
is rejected at a regular meeting, and is permitted to make application to a subsequent meet-
ing, no Chapter will be safe from imposition. The friends of the rejected party can, under
such a decision, take advantage of the absent members that may object, elect, and confer
the degrees, and receive as a member in good standing, thus creating confusion among the
Craft, and perhaps the Chapter broken up by the act. It is almost a universal rule that a
rejected applicant for the degrees, cannot again apply short of six or twelve months. But
the Chapter may petition the Grand High Priest for special dispensation, and if granted, the
petition may at the next meeting be balloted on.
The 18th decision says: " When a Constitutional number of Companions desire to make
application for dispensation to open and hold a new Chapter, it is unnecessary for them to
dimit from their Chapter for that purpose."
We must beg leave to differ with our Companions of New Jersey on this point. If mem-
bers are permitted to make application at will, for new Chapters, the confusion would be so
great that no Grand Secretary could make out a correct list of Royal Arch Masons of his
jurisdiction. For instance, in Chapter A, nine members petition for a dispensation to open
and hold Cahpter B, nine more of Chapter A ask for and obtain a dispensation to open
Chapter C, and so on, until all the members of Chapter A are exhausted. The returns of
Chapters A, B and C, go up to the Grand Chapter, claiming the same Companions as mem-
bers of the different Chapters, when the returns of the preceding year said they were all
members of Chapter A. Bnd if even half of the chartered Chapters in a State were per-
mitted to let their members form new Chapters without first dimitting, the number of R.\
A.*. Masons would show on the records, five or perhaps twenty times the real number that
it should be. If the Companions desiring a new Chapter are required to dimit, then the
returns to the Grand Chapter will go up correct. How can the Grand High Priest or Grand
Secretary know anything about the petitions for a new Chapter without their dimits. He
may be imposed on by unworthy Companions, suspended or expelled, the dispensation is
granted, they meet and go to work, make Royal Arch Masons in good standing, and the
appointed officers may not be in good standing. We must say, Companions, that we think
the best and surest way to do, is to require each applicant or petitioner to obtain a dimit
from his Chapter, and let the dimits accompany the petition and be filed with the petition
in the Grand Secretary's office, and that will shew regularity in the proceedings, to the G.*.
Chapter. We believe the petitioners are members of the new Chapter; until they again
dimit they are members of the latter.
We hope our New Jersey Companions, or at least Companion Corson, will not think us
dictatorial in this matter, but give his views in full in his next report.
The report on Correspondence, from the nimble and witty pen of Companion Corson, cov-
ers ninety-four pages, embracing the proceedings of thirty-eight Grand Chapters, and the
General Grand Chapter of the United States.
Mississippi takes up five pages of Companion Corson's report. He quotes freely from G.\
High Priest Lusher's address. Of our report on Correspondence, he says: " Companion
Wm. S. Patton presented one of his genial and kind reports on Correspondence, in which
our State receives a very fair share of attention." We are pleased to know he agrees with
our views in reference to the action of the General Grand Chapter, which he copies in full.
He also says our head is entirely level on the opinion given, respecting army Lodges. Speak-
ing of us, Companion Corson says: " This uncircumcised heathen, after quoting our report
of the doing of the Reporters, thus spreads himself." He then quotes from my report about
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the Committee to try him on various charges. At the conclusion, he says: " Well, sooner
than be tried by such a jury, we will acknowledge the crime, throw ourselves on the mercy
of the court, and adopt the child."
In this, old Fel., you have done well. I was fearful that you might prove stubborn, and
we would have to summons you to meet the Committee at the G.\ G.\ Chapter to be held
in Baltimore in 1871, when Old North Carolina would
Send on her famous Carr,
With her best products except the Tar,
And White, from the State of New York,
Would be assisted by Matthews in drawing the cork.
He fully agrees with our notice on the Virginia Correspondence, and says we "hit the
nail directly on the head."
In conclusion he says: " May we not all of us be urged to a more faithful performance of
duty and a greater exercise of that sympathy for suffering which causes the great heart of
humanity to throb with tumultuous joy, and be incited to more constant deeds of charity."
New Jersey has 22 Subordinate Chapters, 1,602 members; and 255 exaltations during the
past Masonic year, 29 suspensions and 15 deaths.
David S. Battie, elected Grand High Priest.
John Woolveeton, re-elected Grand Secretary.
CONCLUSION.
M.\ E.\ G.\ H.\ Pbiest and Companions of the Gband Chapteb :
The work assigned us at your last Grand Convocation is now completed: whether well or
ill done is for you to determine. We have to regret that the reports from some few juris-
dictions have not been received, which leaves out some links in our report; and we fear the
Companions may think they were neglected. It has been our desire, faithfully, to discharge
the trust committed to us, without favor or partiality; and in so doing, may have wounded
the feelings of some Companion. If so, there is no one more ready and willing to repair
the injury than we.
To the Reporters of the different jurisdictions, we can truly say that we derived unfeigned
pleasure in perusing their interesting reports. May our correspondence long continue, in
the unity of love, and the bonds of peace. Firm, and unimpaired by convulsions around
us, is the gladsome cement which unites us—distinct as the billows, but one as the ocean.
History, we learn, explains the future by the lessons of the past. If such is the fact, how
very important for the future, that our reports may be such as will stand the test of the
Overseer's Square. Then may we not doubt that whatever may be the vicissitudes of the
hour, as we now look back the plane of time to our predecessors, and attest the firmness and
stability of our venerable institution, so coming generations yet unbom will gladly, in their
day, learn to contemplate its many virtues, and know of a truth, that it is superior to the
storms which have strewed the land with fallen empires, the sea with scattered navies, and
that it still survives, vital in every function, bright and shining as the morning star, like
" Some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head."
How very important that we keep constantly in view the emphatic interrogation so often
heard, " "What came ye here to doAnd if the principle involved in the true answer of
this question be that on which we, as Reporters shall deliberate and act, each of us will
have the satifaction of knowing that he has faithfully acted his part in extending and per-
petuating the pure tenets of the Order.
We know that we live in a peculiar age—an era marked for tho daily exercise of power by
our fellow-men. Everything with which man is connected, whether it be social, moral or
physical, to a greater or less extent, is under the influence of tho potent and progressive
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power of the age. With what care then should we guard and seek to protect both the teach-
ings and objects of our Order, lest we should admit the spirit of the age into the portals of
the Chapter, and seek out the adoring novelties, only to mar and tamish ohr system, which
has been so long and so successfully preserved through the past. Surrounding creation tells
of the greatness of man by subserving his wants and purposes. For his benefit, day and
nighi visit the world ; the seasons course their regular round; he is permitted to taste the
dainties of festivity, breathe the perfumes of the morning, revel on the charms of melody,
and regale his eye with all the painted beauties of vision. He can commune with his Ma-
ker, and become conversant with the teachings of Heaven. Bui with all, he is a creature
of passion. Uncontrolled, he is more of the fiend than the angel. When aroused to envy
or revenge, he knows no bounds to his passion. Nothing can satiate ravenous appetite.
In his rage, he spares neither sex, age, nor condition. Like a mighty avalanche turned
loose from the mountain side, everything in his way is borne down and crushed. The poor
are trampled under foot, the helpless ground to the dust, and all the refined feelings of
society are outraged. Honesty stands mute before him ; the cry of the poor falls on deaf-
ened ears, the tears of the distressed fall before eyes that never weep, and sympathy's pa-
tlietic appeals are urged before a heart hard as adamant, and cold as the frozen region. We
would ask, who can calm the angry ocean of passion ? Is it Religion ? Her arm is palsied;
for the most horrid butcheries ever witnessed on earth have been perpetrated under her
sacred and holy name. Morality is dumb, philosophy powerless, and la^y hangs its head in
shameful silence.
Masonry alone by her silent but powerful word, can subdue the passions and keep them
in due bounds. It is under her teachings, eternal peace sways an undisturbed sceptre, and
passion lies a conquered, prostrate victim at her feet. Our building is yet perfect, its walls
strong, its pillars upright, its sanctum sanctorum unprofaned; but the Mosque of Omer
stands where the master-piece of our ancient brethren stood, and Tyre and her sister cities
exist but in name. Kingdoms and empires have risen, gained glory, and have fallen again
into ruin and nothingness; new lands have been discovered and peopled, but amid all this
changing scene, our glorious and time-honored Order has stood firmly, and yet stands, a
monument of the otherwise unrelenting past. But think of Jerusalem as was, and as she
is at the present time. Then, the rising sun gilded the lofty pinnacles of the Temple which,
by divine command, was erected upon Mt. Moriah to the Great I AM, and his setting rays
kissed them as he passed down and disappeared behind the western skies. The Priests
swung their censors and chanted the praise of the Most High God, and exhorted the people
to Holiness to the Lord.
The only tangible relic of the glory of the first Temple is our beloved Order. It has stood
the test of time, and quietly overcome the efforts of fanaticism to destroy it, and is yet vigor-
ous, although three thousand years have passed since it first assumed shape and-eomeliness.
It now stands, a glorious monument of the past, and an ornament of the present.
WM. S. PATTON, Chairman.
||n ^emtmbranre
OF
OSCAR T. KEELER,
Secretary of Lowndes Lodge, No. 114, from its organization in 1849 ;
Secretary of Columbus Chapter, No. 4; Recorder of Columbus
Council, No. 3 ; and
Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter and Grand Recorder
of the Grand Council;
Who departed this Life at his residence in Columbus, Miss., March 14, 1870;
Aged 46 years.
A KIND, POLITE, OBLIGING, AND EFFICIENT OFFICER.
THE APPRECIATION BY THE CRAFT OF HIS WORTH AND USEFULNESS
MAY BE ESTIMATED
BY HIS UNINTERRUPTED CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE
FROM HIS FIRST ELECTION
TILL HIS SUMMONS TO THE GRAND LODGE ABOVE.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
TWENTY-THIRD GRAND ANNUAL CONVOCATION
OF THE
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
HELD IX THE
OXTY O F YICKSBURG,
JANUARY 20,'A.\ I.'. 2401, A.\ D.\ 1871.
JACKSON, MISS.:
PRINTED AT THE CLARION BOOK AND JOB OFFICE.
1871.
SPECIAL ORDER.
It is the order of the Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, that the High Priest of
each Chapter within said Jurisdiction, immediately upon the receipt of
these Proceedings, do cause the same to he read in open Chapter, for the in-
formation of all the Companions.
THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION
Of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi will be held at the city of
Holly Springs, on the Thursday preceding the next Annual Communication
of the Grand Lodge, being the 18th day of January, A/. I.*. 2402, A. D.
1872, at 10 o'clock a. M.
J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
OFFICERS FOR 1871
CHAS. T. BOND
J. L. POWER...
W. D. FERRIS..
T. N. MARTIN .
New Albany
Jackson
. Vaughn's Station
. Houston
Grand High Priest.
Grand Secretary.
Grand Lecturer.
Ch'n Com. on Masonic Law.
WM. S. PATTON
Meridian Ch'n Com. on For. Correspondence.
PROCEEDINGS.
At the Twenty-third Grand Annual Convocation of the M. \ E. \
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi, held at the Masonic Hall,
in the city of Vicksburg, commencing^on Friday, the 20th day of Jan-
uary, A. D. 1871, A. I. 2401, at 3 o'clock p. m., there were
Present:
M.\ E.\ ROBERT B. MAYES Grand High Priest.
R.-. E.-. THOS. S. Ga.THRIGHT as Dep. Grand High Priest.
R.-. E.\ RICHARD P. BOWEX . . Grand King.
R.\ E.\ MORRIS COOK Grand Scribe.
M.*. R.\ J» M. LEWIS as Grand Chaplain.
R.\ E.\ A. P. BARRY Grand Treasurer.
R.\ E.\ J. L. POWER as Grand Secretary.
R.\ E.\ JAMES WATTS Grand Orator.
R.*. E.-. E. GEO. DeLAP Grand Captain of Host.
R.\ E.\ JOHN C. BIRKHEAD Grand Principal Sojourner.
R.-. E.-. JOHN Y. MURRY Grand R.-. A.-. Captain.
R.\ E.\ B. B. PADDOCK Grand Master 3d Yail.
R.\ E.\ W. L. LOWRY Grand Master 2d Yail
R.\ E.-. A. P. SANDERS .. , Grand Master 1st Yail.
R.\ E.\ W. II. CARKEET Grand Tyler.
R.-. E.\ WM. D. FERRIS Grand Lecturer.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS.
M.\ E.\ W. S. Patton. . . P. G. H. P. R.\ E.\ Rich'd Cooper P. G. K.
M.\ E.-. J. M. Howry " R.\ E.-. Geo. R. Fearn "
M/.E.\ Wm. D.Ferris. .. " R.-. E.-. D. Mitchell P. G. S.
M.\ E.*. Jos. O. Lusher. . " R.*. E.*. Thos. N. Martin. .. "
R.\ E.-.Chas. T. Bond. P. D.G.IL P R.-.E.*. J.H.Mitchell "
R.-. E.-. Benj. Springer " R.-.E.-. J. A.Galbreath P. G.C.ofH.
R.\ E.\ Dent H. Miles " R.-. E.-. J. J. Birdsong, .P. G. P. S.
R.-. E.-. Thos. Hardeman M,.P. G. K. R.'.E.-.L.Liebenfield P. G. R. A. C.
R.\ E.-. R. P. Bowen u
With E. •. Past High Priest E. T. Henry, and a constitutional number
of the Representatives of Subordinate Chapters.
The Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present—
The M. \ E.". Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi was opened
in Ample Form, with solemn prayer by Acting Grand Chaplain J. M.
Lewis.
The M. *. E.Grand High Priest appointed the following
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Committee on Credentials—Companions J. L. Power, P. M.
Savery, G. A. Spivey—
Who, in due time, presented their report, which, as subsequently
amended from time to time during the Grand Convocation, is as
follows :
To the M.-. E.'. Grand Boyal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials heg leave respectfully to re-
port that they find the following Companions present, entitled to seats in
this M.\ E.\ Grand Body, to wit:
Natchez Chapter, No. 1—E. Geo. DeLap, proxy for H.\ IV.
Clinton, No. 2—John A. B. Jones, proxy forH.*. P.*.
Vicksburg, No. 3—John W. Powell, H.-. P.-.; William L. Coakley, Scribe;
William French, King.
Columbus, No. 4—Nelson Reynolds, King.
Wilson, No. 5—H. H. Field, H.-. P.-.
Jackson, No. 6—John T. Buck, H.-. P.-.
Magnolia, No. 7—J. J. Birdsong, H.\ P.*.
Yazoo, No 8—ft. B. Mayes, proxy for H.v P.*.
Lexington, No. 9—John C. Birkhead, H.. P.*.
Canton, No. 10—J. M. Lewis, H.*. P.*.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—Thomas Hardeman M, H.\ P.-.
Euphemia, No. 13—ft. B. Brannin, H.\ P.*.
Fayette, No. 14—B. B. Paddock, Past H.- P.-.
Carrollton, No. 15—B. R. Mayes, Representative.
Gallatin, No. 17—A. P. Barry, H.\ P.-.; Morris Cook, Scribe.
Kosciusko, No. 20—D. L. Smythe, H.\ P.".
Quitman, No. 21—J. O. Lusher, H.\ P.*.
Houston, No. 23—T. N. Martin, H.*. P.*.
Wayne, No. 24—John F. McCorinick, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Meridian, No. 25—J. T. Taylor, Scribe.
Okolona, No. 27—John S. Cain, H.*. P.-.
Washington, No. 29—Samuel McClellan, H.\ P.*.
Shongalo, No. 30—T. C. Everett, H.\ P.*.
Emory, No. 32—T. C. Parrish, H.*. P.*.
Lafayette, No. 33—James M. Howry, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Neshoba, No. 34—E. L. Lewis, H.\ P.'.
Louisville, No. 30—L. Liebenfield, proxy for H/. P.*.
Union, No. 37—Wm. Beachum, Scribe, and proxy for H.\ P.\
Amite, No. 42—David Wilson, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Tallahatchie, No. 4—W. H. Fitzgerald, H.\ P.\
Ripley, No. 48—J. E. Rogers, H.*. P.*.
New Albany, No. 49—C. T. Bond. H.*. P.\
Mt. Carmel, No. 50—J. A. Bass, proxy for H.\ P.*.
George Washington, No. 51—Samuel H. Pryor, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Patton, No 52—J. C. Porter, proxy for H.\ P/.
Bethesda, No. 55—A. W. Mitchell, H.\ P.*.
Wright, No. 56—B. R. Chambliss, H.\ P.*.
Baldwyn, No. 57—P. M. Savery, K.\ P.*.
Shubuta, No. 59—M. B. Knignt, H.\ P.*.
Panola, No. 60—G. G. Nelson, Hv P.*.
Eureka, No. 61—D. Mitchell, H.*. P.1.
G. W. Perkins, No. 63—J. W. Rutland, H.\ P.'.; W. J. Bynum, proxy
for K.\
Dover, No. 64—Y. H. Fugate, H.*. P.*.
Chickasaw, No. 65—G. N. Robuck, K.\
Rienzi, No. 66—J. W, Stevens, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Rrandon, No. 69—Richard Cooper, H.\ P.*.
Scooba, No. 70—H. C. Robinson, H.\ P.-.
John Hebron, No. 71—D. A. Cameron, H.\ P.*.
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Dent H. Miles, proxy for H.% P.*.
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Ward, No. 73—John S. Jones, Representative.
W. D. Ferris, No. 74—J. H. Elliott, Kino-.
Crystal Springs, No. 77—H. R. Smith, H>. P.*.
Winona, No. 78—G. A. Spivey, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Tampico, No. 79—James B. Cherry, II.\ P.*.
S. H. Johnson, No. 81—J. R. Groome, Scribe.
Starkville, No. 82—F. H. Duquereron, H.-. P.-.
Summerville, No. 83—Thomas S. Gathright, II.*. P.-.
Salem, No. 85—John A. Galbreath, H.\ P.-.
Cato, No. 89—John Russell, H.. P.*.
Summit, No. 90—Bythel Haynes, Representative.
Centre Ridge, No. 93—James Watts, proxy for II.\ P.*.
Durant, No. 94—Charles T. Murphy, H.\ P.-.
West Point, No. 95—W. F. Franks, proxy for H.\ P.\
McConnico, No. 96—L. M. Lawshe, Representative.
Robert W. Paine, No. 97—W. L. Lowrv, Representative.
McDonald, No. 98—N. W. Bouton, proxy for H.-.P.-.; J. M. McDonald,
King.
Attala, No. 100—W. J. Wasson, H.\ P.*.
Coffeeville, No. 101—W. R. Spencer, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Total Chapters represented, 68.
Fraternally submitted,
J. L. POWER,
P. M. S AVERY,
G. A. SP1VEY,
Committee.
The M. *. E. *. Grand High Priest then presented the following An-
nual Address, which was read by Companion T. S. Gathright:
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
To the Mr. E.'. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Companions—While we unite our voices in thanking Him unto whom
belong the issues ot life, for the pieservation of so many of us through the
vicissitudes of another year, it behooves me to be especially grateful that I
have been spared to participate in your annual labors. When we parted,
twelve months ago, many of you were impressed with the belief that you
Avould see my face no more in the flesh. And if I could have yielded to the
lassitude of sickness, it is highly probable that I would have passed beneath
the royal arch which spans the vestibule of the unseen world. But daily
toils, to which my strength seemed inadequate, but which my necessities
exacted, though an apparent evil, proved a real blessing, in restoring me to
the greater blessing of comparative health. Thus, in the dispensation of
our Heavenly Father, it frequently occurs that
" Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face."
If, beneath the primal curse, a merciful Creator had not concealed a bless-
ing, the primal blessing would have been a curse ; for why should man de-
sire to replenish earth with a posterity foredoomed to eat of it all the days
ot their lives, in sorrow and the sweat of the face, if benediction did not fall
on earthly toil and temporal affliction ? Accordingly we find that there is
purgatory virtue in affliction, and that labor gives health to the body, cheer-
fulness to the mind, and zest to repose.
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All conditions in life, whether prosperous or adverse, have peculiar trials,
and those are the most trying which we covet most. While health, riches,
joy, are blessings, and sickness, penury and sorrow are afflictions, all of them
are trials of our faith; but the trial of every form of affliction is easier to
be borne without sin than the trial of its correllative blessing; sickness than
health, poverty than affluence, sorrow than gladness. No one will deny that
it is far better to be the Lazarus of time than the Dives of eternity; but,
lured by the visible enjoyments of property, we forget " how hardly they
that have riches shall enter into the kingdom of God," and labor with inces-
sant care to obstruct our own way with the great impediment of wealth.
" The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown,"
yet no path is trod with such reluctance. A long lease of earthly happiness
inclines us to accept the blessings which bloom along the path of life, as
things of course. It is those who are chosen in the furnace of affliction,
rather than those who bask in the sunshine of prosperity, who learn, in
whatsoever state they be, therewith to be content; and to say, with righteous
Job, who was tried with the extremes of prosperity and adversity: "Shall
we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? " They
learn to accept the chastisements of the Lord as evidences, not of his dis-
pleasure, but his love; for " whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as
a father the son in whom he delighteth." When thus accepted, "the light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding
and eternal weight of glory."
It would be a gross error to suppose that the rich man's access to God's
kingdom is difficult because it is wicked to be wealthy, or that there is any
intrinsic merit in poverty. In the possession of riches lies the temptation,
but not the sin; for it cannot be sinful to seek, accept and enjoy any blessing
which cometh down from the Father of Lights. Great was the opulence of
Job, but he did not make gold his hope. He opened his door to the traveler;
he did not see the poor without clothing; he delivered the fatherless and the
helpless; and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. He was eyes to
the blind, feet to the lame, a father to the poor. In all this he sinned not.
I commend him as an excellent model for every Companion Royal Arch
Mason, for he received and dispensed his wealth as a faithful steward of the
Lord. The sin is not in the use, but in the abuse of temporal prosperity; in an
idolatrous eagerness of pursuit which disregards other and paramount
duties; in consuming God's favors on our own lusts; in failing to commu-
nicate to others as the Lord has prospered us, and to render thanks to Him
from whom come riches and honor.
The cardinal error of the age, great, yet natural in politics, but most un-
natural in religion, consists in giving undue prominence to things which are
material in kind and temporary in duration. Even among those whose office
it is, under God, to bring the blind by a way they knew not, to make darkness
light before them, and crooked things straight, too many are "men of the
world, who have their portion in this life; " whose labors are for the mortal
body, and for fleeting time. A fatuity, which seems like judicial blindness,
substitutes license for liberty, and promotes Utopian schemes of freedom
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that discard the just sobordination which is to true liberty as the soil to the
fruit; and a like fatuity regards poverty, which is, in truth, the lightest
trial of this probationary state, as an unmixed evil. In want, the cord
which binds us to the great Giver seems so short that we can see His hand in
every benefit; but in prosperity our tether is s» long that we lose sight of
the hand that holds it. His gifts appear to be the mere accretions of our
rents or loans, or the just reward of our own vigilance, energy and shrewdness
in speculation. It is a great and important lesson to be " instructed both to
be full and to be hungry; both to abound and to suffer need;" to enjoy
prosperity with gratitude, and endure adversity with resignation; to view
the fortunate without envy, the indigent without contempt; to do good to
all, and Avhatsoever we do, to do all to the glory of God.
So close is the relation between the duties of Masons and the temporal
duties of religion, that those who are most faithful to their religious
profession are ever most true to their Masonic obligations. The vicious ten-
dencies which close our hearts to God, harden them to our fellow-men. Es-
pecially does " covetousness, which is idolatry," at once dethrone God, sub-
stituting self as the centre of the universal circle, and thrust our fellow-men
and fellow-Masons into a circumference too distant for the scope of our con-
tracted sympathies. The insatiate hunger and thirst for corruptible and
corrupting riches, which pervade all classes of our people, have caused the
cooling of Masonic fervency. Let the indigent Mason reflect that poverty
is not earth's greatest ill; the affluent Mason, that wealth is not the greatest
earthly good. Let both, remembering the counsel of our gi'eat Masonic
brother, " gather gear "—
" Not for to hide it in a hedge,
Nor for a brain attendant;
But for the glorious privilege
Of being independent; "
and, permit me to add, for the blessed privilege of relieving distress. For,
to quote from another of Scotland's great intellectual lights, speaking in the
character of an humble Scottish maiden: " When the hour of trouble comes
* * and when the hour of death comes, that comes to high and low
* it is nae what we have done for ourselves, but what Ave have done
for others that Ave think on most pleasantly."
Companions, how Avill our actions, during the last tAvelve months, bear
comparison with the benevolent teachings of our ritual, the several points
of our obligation ? Hoav many acts of generosity, of self-sacrifice, of Ma-
sonic brotherhood and sympathy, have been performed ? Nay, rather, how
many golden opportunities for the exercise 'of Masonic virtue, have we
permitted to pass Avithout improvement? This is a more profitable theme
for meditation; for the review of the small measure of good Avhich Ave per-
form may engender that spirit Avhich says : " God, I thank thee that I am
not as other men; " Avhile the contemplation of our shortcomings may incite
that better spirit AAdiich causes one to smite upon his breast, saying: " God,
be merciful to me a sinner."
What must, Avhat can be done, to revive the spirit of Capitular Masonry in
this Jurisdiction? To this subject I have devoted many hours of painful
thought, and to some of the more experienced Companions I have addressed
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letters, requesting tliem to suggest some method of re-ldndling the fires of
which there seem to remain little more than the cooling embers. The only
thing which might have been done by the Grand High Priest was to visit
the Chapters in person; but this was rendered impossible by the state of
my health and of my private affairs. Something may be hoped from the
Grand Chapter, but the great and effective remedy for the evils which we
deplore, must be applied by the individual Companions. The Grand Chap,
ter may do something for formal Masonry, but it remains for the Compan-
ions to revive the true spirit of Masonry. To all the Royal Arch Masons
within the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter, I say, examine yourselves,
Companions; prove your own selves. Compare your actions with your obli-
gations, and amend what you find amiss. Without this, we may possibly
galvanize Capitular Masonry into a brief semblance of life; but it will be a
body without a soul. With this, ritualistic knowledge will gradually in-
crease; the meetings will acquire new interest; the breath of life will be
breathed into the nostrils of Royal Arch Masonry, and it will become a
living soul.
The action which I recommend to the Grand Chapter is what they have
already done, but what, unfortunately, was immediately undone. I recom-
mend that, by constitutional enactment, it be made the duty of the Grand
Lecturer, either in person or by his Deputies, to visit all the subordinate
Chapters, and put them in possession of the adopted work; and that the
Grand Chapter bestow such compensation for his services as will enable the
Grand Lecturer to perform this duty without the sacrifice of his personal
interests. When every officer thoroughly understands his duty, the work
will, by its intrinsic beauty, attract all the Companions, and ensure a prompt
attendance.
Having endeavored, in the foregoing remarks—I fear at the expense of
your patience—to perform one of the most important, but most neglected,
duties of my official station, that of giving good and wholesome instructions
to the Companions, 1 will proceed to give an account of my few official acts
during the last twelve months.
February 12. I signed and forwarded the Charter of Toombsuba Chapter,
No. 99, and the duplicate Charter of John Hebron Chapter, No. 71, which
were granted at your last Convocation.
March IS. I received a letter from Comp. J. L. Power, announcing the
death of R.-. E.\ Oscar T. Keeler, Grand Secretary, and generous^ offering
to attend, temporarily, to the duties of the office, giving the family of the
deceased the benefit of his salary for the year. Knowing that Comp. Power
was eminently qualified for the position, and that the interests of the Grand
Chapter would not be sacrificed to those of the bereaved family, I appointed
him Grand Secretary ad interim. The names of other Companions were
subsequently suggested to me, any one of whom would, no doubt, have
filled the office well, but none making the liberal offer of Comp. Power.
The promptness and efficiency with which he has performed his arduous
duties leave me no cause to regret his appointment.
June 1. An effort having been made by a person signing himself A.
Smith, of Detroit, Michigan, to palm off a key purporting to teach the true
work, I obtained a copy of the key, and finding, on examination, that it did '
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not teach the work adopted by this Grand Chapter, I issued a circular,
warning the subordinate Chapters against the " Mnemonical Key." I have
since received from the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest of Michigan, a notifica-
tion that Czar Jones, P.\ G.\ H.*. P.*. of the Grand Chapter of Michigan,
was indefinitely suspended from the rights and privileges of Royal Arch
Masonry, for violating an edict against the circulation of Keys.
June 30. On the application of a M.\ E.\ H.\ P.\, representing that lie
could seldom get a meeting of his Chapter, for want of members; that two
Brothers had been prepared for exaltation, and that if a class could be ex-
alted, the difficulty of securing regular meetings would be removed, I
granted a dispensation authorizing a ballot for a third Brother (recom-
mended to me by the Companion making the request, as worthy and well
qualified), without the delay usually required by the By-Laws for the gov-
ernment of subordinate Chapters.
December 8. Two other M.\ E.\ High Priests made similar applications,
which were refused for reasons assigned. In both instances, the applica-
tions were based on some advantage or gratification to accrue to the Broth-
ers to be exalted; not on any benefit to Royal Arch Masonry, or to the par-
ticular Chapters. In reading the addresses of the Grand High Priests of
other Jurisdictions, I notice that dispensations to confer the degrees "out of
time," or as they may well be designated, untimely exaltations, are always
granted, but that an apology is nearly always deemed necessary for such
exercise of power. This circumstance led me to reflect upon the subject,
and to conclude that it is better to seem ungracious in refusing to do what
can never be done without apology. I therefore determined not to grant
such dispensations, unless for the benefit of Chapters. Perhaps it would be
better to refuse in all cases, for it is seldom that ill will result from a little
delay, while it frequently results from too great haste.
I have had quite an extensive correspondence with a Brother who com-
plains that he contracted with a Chapter to pay for his degrees by his abor
for which, besides the degrees, he was to receive a small pecuniary compen-,
sation. He did the work, and received two degrees, but removed before the
other two could be conferred. He obtained a letter, however, requesting
another Chapter to confer the other two degrees; but the Chapter within
whose jurisdiction he removed was not in working order, and he again re-
moved without having been exalted. He complains that his letters to the
officers of the Chapter in which he was advanced and passed, are not an-
swered; that he is unable to get his money, or a certificate which will ena-
ble him to obtain the remaining Capitular degrees. I wrote to the M.\ E...
High Priest of the Chapter complained .of, and received an answer some-
what at variance with the statement of the Brother complaining, and not
knowing how better to dispose of the matter, I promised to refer it to you.
I submit all the documents in my possession, and recommend that they be
referred to a discreet committee, members of one or more neighboring
Chapters.
A letter from a High Priest, which was intended to reach me before the
opening, but was not received until the day after the close of the last Con-
vocation of the Grand Chapter, urged the repeal or modification of the rules
that Chapters shall not call off from day to day, but close the meetings of
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each day, and shall not use substitutes in classes for exaltation. As these
are questions of interest, I deem it proper to state the reasons for this sug-
gestion, and my own opinion with reference thereto, which will be most
briefly done by extracting a portion of my letter, dated January 31,1870:
" The difficulty of getting quorums in country Chapters, with a small and
wideljr dispersed membership, might be obviated by dispensing with the
rule that no Chapter shall be opened, " unless there be present nine regular
Royal Arch Masons;" but you are, very properly, opposed to any infraction
of this rule. The privilege of calling off from day to day would not obviate
the difficulty of getting quorum?, arising from the fact that Companions
'have less time than formerly to bestow on Masonry,' but would increase
the difficulty by making the meetings more frequent. Besides which, if
there be no quorum, how can the Chapter call off? Before doing so, it must
open. A quorum to open and call off is a quorum to dispatch business and
close. If it be difficult to get a quorum to open and call off, why is it less so
to get a quorum to call on and close? Would not Chapters be frequently
unable to close at all, for want of quorums ? And what is the advantage of
calling off? The ordinai*y business of country Chapters can hardly demand
more time than one day; and if they have not time to confer degrees at the
stated meetings, the High Priest, without calling off, may ' call such meet-
ings as may be necessary for conferring degrees.' (Permanent Rules and
Regulations, § 8 )
" You suppose that calling off from day to day is objected to because it
might lead to hasty legislation and the introduction of unworthy material,
by a few members; to which you reply, that it the duty of every Compan-
ion to attend the stated meetings, and prevent hasty action. Do you not
perceive that, if every Companion would perform this duty, the difficulty
of getting quorums would cease ?
" I do not find, in any work on Masonic Law, that any Landmark inhibits
Chapters from calling off from day to day; but Lockwood says: 'A stated
Communication of a Lodge cannot be called off or continued beyond the
day on which the same is held.' (Masonic Law and Practice, p. 49.) For
laying this restriction on Lqdges, I can see no good reason which does not
apply to Chapters.
"A solemn promise is made by every High Priest, before his installation,
'that he will never suffer his Chapter to be opened, unless there be present
nine regular Royal Arch Masons.' Of this you approve. But, in the next'
breath, the High Priest elect promises ' that he will never suffer either more
or less than three brethren to be exalted in his Chapter at one and the same
time.' These promises stand on the same footing in the installation cere-
mony, and harmonize equally with the Royal Arch ritual and lecture, which
impose the like obligations on every Royal Arch Mason. What is there in
'the symbolic and figurative character' of Masonry, which discharges a
Royal Arch Mason from one of these obligations rather than the other? If
any emergency justifies the violation of the second, why may not the first
be disregarded in an equal emergency ? Why not surmount the difficulty of
getting quorums of nine by reducing the quorum to a smaller number, if we
may, with propriety, obviate the difficulty of getting a class of three for ex-
altation, by reducing the class to a smaller number ? And when four or five
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are ready for exaltation, but "two classes cannot be filled, why not form
the class of four or five, if it may be reduced to less than three in any case ?
" Substitutes in exaltation are mere lay figures. When one is employed,
only two brothers are really exalted; when two are employed, there is but
one exaltation. And to me it seems more rational to exalt two, or one, with-
out substitutes, than to evade a Masonic obligation by filling a class with
persons on whom the degree cannot be conferred.
"In fine, I think it obvious that the astriction-of classes for exaltation to
three, like the requirement of nine in opening, is an unwritten Landmark;
and that, if the Grand Chapter had been silent on the subject, no High
Priest could properly permit, no Royal Arch Mason, familiar with the ritual
and lecture, sanction by his presence, the exaltation of a greater or less num-
her than three at one and the same time. The tendency of your arguments,
from the condition of country Chapters, is to prove that Chapters are rnul-
tiplied too rapidly, rather than to establish that the rules relative to classes
for exaltation, and to calling off, should be relaxed for the convenience of
Chapters whose members are few, or neglectful of the stated Communi-
cations."
In response to a letter of inquiry, I decided that a Royal Arch Mason,
whose standing is good, and whose Chapter dues are paid, if suspended by a
Blue Lodge for non-payment of dues, is thereby suspended from Royal Arch
Masonry, so soon as his Chapter receives authentic information of his sus-
pension. Article 7 of the Permanent Rules and Regulations makes no ex-
ception in favor of those whose suspension is for non-payment of dues.
A letter from the M.*. E \ High Priest of Huntsville Chapter, No. 91, in-
formed me that Comp. John S. Holloway, while on his way to the Grand
Chapter, as Representative of Huntsville Chapter, had his leg broken, in
consequence of which the Chapter was not represented, and the returns and
dues were not received. The High Priest, under the impression that the
eharter was forfeited, inquired what steps were necessary in order to restore
the charter, and to whom the returns and dues should be sent. I decided
that a failure to be represented, pay dues and make returns, for less than two
years, did not forfeit the eharter; and instructed him to have the dues and
returns forwarded to Comp. Power, and proceed to labor as usual. I would
suggest that, under the circumstances, Comp. Holloway should be allowed
mileage and per diem, notwithstanding his failure to reach the Grand
Chapter.
I had occasion twice to decide that the rule that " an individual without
the use of hands, arms or feet, is not capable of being instructed in the de-
gree of Royal Arch Mason," having been stricken from the Permanent
Rules and Regulations, by the vote of the Grand Chapter in 1867 (Proceed-
ings. p. 14), the Chapters have the authority of the Grand Chapter for ad-
vancing maimed brothers who ai*e deemed otherwise worthy and well qual-
ified. As to the propriety of conferring the degree in such cases, I expressed
a doubt, in my first letter on this subject. My opinion, however, has grad-
ually undergone a change. We should be careful to prevent those who are
physically disqualified from being made Masons; but when they become
our brothers we should not let a subsequent misfortune debar them from
any Masonic privilege or promotion.
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A Chapter having elected a candidate against whom charges were subse-
quently preferred in his Lodge, for unmasonic conduct, of which he was
guilty (if at all) before his election in the Chapter, but without the knowl-
edge of the Chapter, I decided that the Chapter should postpone conferring
the degrees until his conduct should be investigated by his Lodge. And
that, whatever the result of that investigation, if any member of the Chap-
ter should still object to his advancement, the degrees should be withheld
from him.
A letter from Comp. James Ray, M.\ E.\ High Priest of Gordy R.\ A.\
Chapter, Opelousas, Louisiana, states that Bro. Allen Bridges was exalted
in Paulding, in 1865, and having removed within the jurisdiction of Gordy
Chapter, desired to become a member, but was unable to obtain a demit,
and learned that the Chapter in Paulding had forfeited its charter. I was
asked what course should be pursued; to which I replied, that Paulding
Chapter, Ho. 26, forfeited its charter in 1859, by failing to pay dues. In 1867
it was allowed until April to pay its dues, but failed, to do so, and must
therefore be considered clandestine at the time of the exaltation of Bro.
Bridges. My advice was that he should apply to Gordy Chapter to heal him
by giving him all the obligations in open Chapter, and then admit him to
membership, if found worthy. Owing to the local laws of the jurisdiction
of Louisiana, this course was deemed impracticable, but I could suggest no
other. I submit the case for your consideration, and refer you to the accom-
panying letter from the acting Grand Secretary for further information.
In reply to an inquiry, I decided that the High Priest, King or Scribe,
with the assistance of eight other Companions, of his own or of othei Chap-
ters, may do ail general work—that is, work pertaining to; Capitular Ma-
sonry in general. For example, they may open, confer degrees already
balloted for, and close. But visitors cannot transact any business which is
special to the Chapter; such, for example, as the increase or diminution of
its membership, the exercise of discipline, or the disposition of the Chapter
funds. Such business requires the presence of nine members of the Chapter;
and an election for the degrees, when less than nine members are present, is,
in my judgment, irregular and illegal.
Application having been made for the Capitular degrees, and it appearing
that a member of the Chapter had a difficulty with the candidate, the usual
committee reported that they had arranged the difficulty, and the candidate
was elected. Subsequently-the objection was renewed. I was askedIs
his objection valid ? If not, please send a dispensation to confer the degrees
on the Brother." I decided that it is not competent to the Grand High
Priest to grant a dispensation to confer the Capitular degrees over the objec-
tion of a member of the Chapter.
I also decided that under the By-Law which provides that when members
neglect or refuse to pay dues for twelve months, they shall stand suspended
without action on the part of Chapter; the neglect of the Secretary to make
a record of the suspension does not prevent the operation of the law, but the
delinquent is under suspension.
During my sickness, I received an invitation from Rev. W. W. Lord and
his Vestry, to be present and assist at the laying of the Corner Stone of the
church of the Holy Trinity, in this city, on the 24th of October. Before I
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was sufficiently recovered to make a suitable acknowledgment of this cour-
tesy, the invitation was mislaid, and it was not found until it was too late to
answer it. Hence, I take this method of making amends for an unintentional
appearance of discourtesy.
I have been honored by an appointment to represent the Grand Chapter
of Missouri, near the Grand Chapter of Mississippi, and I herewith submit
my credentials for your consideration. The Representative system com-
mends itself to my judgment, and I find that it is ably advocated in the
addresses of several Grand High Priests. I had set my heart upon the ap-
pointment of representatives near each of the Grand Chapters of other
Jurisdictions, and the reception of representatives from them ; and to this
end I opened a correspondence with several Grand High Priests, and sought
interviews, during a temporary absence from the State, with as many Royal
. Arch Masons as I could find. But circumstances beyond my conti'ol pre-
vented the accomplishment of my purpose. On reflection, I think that it
would be better that my successor should have your authority to proceed in
this matter, and I recommend that he be vested with authority to make ap-
pointments of representatives of this Grand Chapter, and that the Grand
Secretary be authorized to have suitable blanks for that purpose.
A statement, prepared by the Grand Secretary, and which will be sub-
mitted at a proper time, shows that the financial condition of this Grand
Chapter is bad. The suggestions of that prompt and vigilant officer are
worthy of your serious consideration.
The Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Chapter, of the United
States will be held in the city of Baltimore, in September next. As you
will not be in session again before that time, it is desirable that you express>
for the guidance of your representatives, your wishes with reference to the
proposed amendments to the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter.
One of these (or rather several, which concur to one end,) proposes
to omit the degree of Past Master from the number of Capitular de-
grees. Another proposes to make all Past Grand High Priests members of
the General Grand Chapter, This, by mistake, has already been inserted as
a provision of the Constitution of that body; and I regret that it is not,
since, if it were so, I would endeavor to attend the meeting of the General
Grand Chapter.
Companions, at the opening of this Address I returned thanks to Almighty
God for the preservation of so many of us during the last twelve months.
But it has not seemed good to him to preserve all who have heretofore par-
ticipated in your deliberations. I have already alluded to the death of our
R.\ E/. Companion, Oscar T. Keeler, who, for so many successive yeare
was an active and efficient participant of your labors, and who was so often
and so deservedly complimented in the Annual Addresses of successive
Grand Hi^h Priests, for the able manner in which he performed the arduous
and important duties of Grand Secretary. It is my painful duty to announce
that, just one year ago, on the 20th of January, 1870, Companion John W.
Timberlake, Past Grand King, breathed his soul away. This event was
communicated to me by Comp. R. B. Brannin, in a letter which contains a
high encomium upon the fervency and zeal of the deceased Companion.
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I trust that the Grand Chapter will give suitable expression to their senti-
ments toward our departed friends and Companions.
Companions, an apology is due for the perfunctory manner in which, ap-
parently, my Address has been prepared. At the time when my attention
ought to have been turned to this duty, I was harrassed by occurrences of
the most absorbing and distressing kind. It is useless to encumber your
records wilh a detail of private misfortunes, but enough will be stated orally
to answer your charitable consideration ot an Address which was composed
within a few days of your Convocation, and in the midst of various inter-
ruptions and distractions.
R. B. MAYES, Grand High Priest.
On motion of Comp. W. D. Ferris, the Address of the M. \ E. \
Grand High Priest was referred to a select committee, consisting of
Companions T. S. Gathright, J. M. Howry aEd J. M. Lewis, to divide
and apportion the same among the appropriate committees.
The M.'. E. \ Grand High Priest the appointed the following com-
mittees :
On Masonic Law—J. M. Howry, C. T. Bond, Wm.S. Patton.
On Complaints and Appeals—T. N. Martin, J. C. Birkhead, R. P. Bowen.
On Dispensations and Charters—D. Mitchell, John A. Galbreath, J. C.
Porter.
On Subordinate Chapters—H. C. Robinson, James Watts, John Y. Murry.
On Finance—E. Geo. DeLap, John T. Buck, R. B. Brannin.
On Visiting Companions—W. D. Ferris, J. E. Rogers.
Obituaries—E. T. Henry, J. O. Lusher, John S. Cain.
The Grand Secretary submitted the following Report and Financial
Statement, which, on motion of Comp. Howry, were referred to the
Commitee on Finance ; and that portion of the Report relating to sub-
ordinate Chapters, to the Committee on Subordinate Chapters :
GRAND SECRETARY'S REPORT.
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI,)
Office of the Grand Secretary pro tem., 1
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 14,1871. J
To the M.\ E:. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned, by virtue of the following appointment, to wit:
Grand Royal Arch Chapter oe Mississippi,)
Office of the Grand High Priest, }
Yazoo City, March 18, A.*. I.*. 2400, A. D. 1870.)
To whom it may concern, but more especially Comp. J. L. Power:
Know ye, That, reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and in-
tegrity of our Right Excellent Companion, J. L. Power aforesaid, I have
nominated and appointed him to the office of Grand Secretary of the Most
Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, to fill the
vacancy caused by the decease of our Right Excellent Companion, Oscar T.
Keeler.
Given under my hand, the day and date above written.
R. B. MAYES, Grand High Priest,
Entered accordingly upon the duties of said office. Not having the seal of
Grand Chapter, I delayed the forwarding of above to the Chapters, by cir-
cular, until the 12th of May, but forwarded a copy thereof to the printer of
the Proceedings, which were then in press. I also wrote to Bro. J. A. Mar-
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tin, who was in charge of Cornp. lveeler's affairs, at Columbus, to mail the
Proceedings, as soon as printed, to the several subordinate Chapters, and to
the Grand Chapters in correspondence with this Grand Body. This was
promptly done, avoiding the delay and expense of shipping them to my
office at Jackson, to be mailed from that place. Bro. Martin, in this and
other matters pertaining to the affairs of the Grand Secretary's office, has
aided me very materially, and I have thought it proper to make this ac-
knowledgment of his kindness.
A few weeks after my appointment, I visited Columbus, with a view to
taking charge of the effects of the office of Grand Secretary, but on my way
thither was taken seriously ill, and during the ten days of my stay in the
city, way prostrated on a sick bed. It being my first visit to the place, I
supposed, when assigned to my room at the hotel, that I was in a city where
nearly all were strangers to me. But, on next morning, I found myself
surrounded with Companions and brethren anxious to minister to my wants.
Their kindness, their unremitting attention, I shall never forget; and the
Grand Chapter will excuse me, I trust, in taking advantage of this report to
express my gratitude to the noble, the sympathetic, the generous-hearted
Masons of Columbus. If I had not loved the Institution before, such an
exemplification of its teachings was sufficient to seal it forever in my
affections.
In July I renewed my visit, and have had since, in my custody, all the
books, papers and files of the Grand Secretary's office. When the worthy
incumbent of the office was summoned hence, he left his work ready for in-
spection. A new ledger had just been opened, balances from the old ledger
charged thereon, and the dues for 1869 also charged, and credited where
paid. His letter book was written up to the first of March, his last commu-
nication being to the Grand High Priest, in which he seemed to anticipate
the summons that came for him on the 14th of that month. A distin-
guished Companion in the far Morth thus refers to his death: " I was much
shocked in further examining the Proceedings of your Grand Lodge, to
learn of the death of Comp. Keeler. His death is a serious loss, not only to
the Craft in Mississippi, but throughout the country."
I find, from a memorandum book of Comp. Keeler, and from his entries
on the ledger, that he received on account of the last Grand Annual Convo-
cation, the sum of $3,131 70, as will appear by detailed statement herewith,
and that he paid over to the Grand Treasurer, as per receipt of that officer,
herewith filed, the sum of $2,800 00, leaving a balance against Comp. Keeler of
$331 70, which amount he doubtless applied towards the payment of his
salary of 1870. The total salary for the year being $600, there remains due
the sum of $268 30, which sum I respectfully recommend be paid over to
the family of the deceased. I am advised by the Grand Treasurer that his
settlement with Comp. Keeler embraced the salary of the latter for 1869,
and all other claims of the latter to the close of that year.
I am not sufficiently acquainted with the several Chapters to present a de-
tailed statement as to the condition of each, but from the records before me*
and as the result of considerable inquiry, I respectfully submit the
following:
In the last published Proceedings, page 311, will be found a list of Chap-
ters coming under the provisions of Permanent Rule No. 50, which says
that" every Chapter failing to be represented, make returns and pay its dues
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to the Grand Chapter for two years in succession, shall forfeit is charter."
Referring to these Chapters in the order given, I have to report—
Mt. Sains, jSTo. 58—Forfeited charter.
Garrott, No. 62—Forfeited charter.
John Hebron, No. 71—Duplicate charter issued Feb. 9th, 1870. No report
since.
Walnut Grove, No. 75—No returns since organization in 1861. I recom-
mend that charter be declared forfeited.
Decatur, No. 31—No returns since 1863. Chapter has ceased to exist.
Carthage, No. 46—Made returns for 1869, but owes returns and dues for
1867 and 1868, and dues for 1869.
Zenith, No. 54—No report since revival was authorized by last Grand
Convocation.
Stonewall, No. 87—Owes dues for 1867, 1868 and 1869. The returns for
1866 were received in time for last report!
Wilson, No. 5—Paid ledger balance, made returns and paid dues for 1869.
Marshall, No. 40—Made returns for 1868 and 1869, but owes dues for both
years.
Euclid Chapter, No. 69—Paid ledger balance, and made returns for 1869.
Monticello, No. 92—Forfeited charter.
Harvey Gunning, No. 84—Last returns are those for 1868. Owes dues for
1867,1868 and 1869.
In reference to other Chapters in default under the regulations, the follow-
ing statement is submitted:
Wm. H. Wilkinson Chapter, No. 16, Woodville—No returns since 1867.
Dues for 1868 paid. Owes for 1867 and 1869.
Shields, No. IS, Tontotoc—Owes returns and dues for 1869 and 1870, and
and dues for 1865 and 1866. Repeatedly written to, but no response.
Yernon, No. 19—Owes dues for 1869. Cannot hear from the Chapter.
Raymond, No. 22—Owes dues and returns for 1869 and 1870.
Union, No. 37, Richmond, Itawamba county—Owes dues and returns for
1869 and 1870. Heard from 4th inst—made returns to this Convocation.
Patton, No. 52, Lauderdale—Written to Feb. 8th, 1870, and 5th inst. No
response. Owes ledger balance $141 00, and dues for 1870. Returns for 1869
received and published. $127 50 x-eceived this date.
Tampico, No. 79—Owes dues and returns for 1869.
Summerville, No. 83—Owes dues and returns for 1869. (Since re eived.)
Meadville, No. S6—Owes returns for 1869 and 1870, and dues for 1870.
Huntsville, No. 91—Owes dues for 1868, 1869 and 1870, and returns for 1869
and 1870. A letter herewith filed states why the Chapter was not represented
at the last Convocation.
Meridian, No. 25—Owes a ledger balance of $41, and returns and dues for
1869.
Walker, No. 28, Como, Panola county—Owes returns and dues for 1S69.
All the other Chapters seem to make returns and pay dues, and are repre-
sented with promptness and regularity.
The propriety of summary action against defaulting Chapters is respect-
fully suggested, and I recommend that the Grand High Priest be authorized
by a Permanent Regulation, to declare forfeited the charter of any Chapter
failing or refusing to comply with existing regulations. Continued indul-
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gence very often encourages indifference to and disregard of law, which I
think is the case with some of the Chapters referred to above.
There has been but one application for a Dispensation for a new Chapter
received during the year, and that was informal in somany respects I deem.ed
it unnecessary to forward for the considei*ation of the Grand High Priest.
The application was from a number of Companions at Booneville, Tisho-
iningo county, for a Chapter, to be named Champlin Chapter. There were
no accompanying recommendations from other Chapters, no demits, and no
Dispensation fee—of all which the Companions were advised by letter July
13th.
Agreeably to action of last Grand Chapter, a charter was issued to Attala
Chapter, as No. 100, the said Chapter forwarding the Dispensation to Grand
Secretary.
I have the pleasure of stating that the several railroad companies have
kindly agreed to pass Representatives free on return to their homes.
Within the past few days I received from the Excelsior printing office, at
Columbus, the second volume of there-print of Grand Chapter Proceedings,
embracing a period from 1856 to 1867, and making a volume of 350 closely
printed pages—the two volumes, now complete, making an aggregate of
642 pages. In view of the fact that some of the early pamphlet proceedings
of the Grand Chapter are not now obtainable, the reprint becomes a work
of peculiar value, and will, no doubt, be carefully preserved by all into
whose hands it may fall. A very trifling expense would secure the two vol-
umes under one substantial cover.
A letter from Bro. J. A. Martin, proprietor of the Excelsior office, in refer-
ence to the second volume, together with his general account for printing
this, the Proceedings for 1870, and other matters (amounting in all to $2,335
10), are herewith presented. 7
In this connection, it may be proper to lay before the Grand Chapter an
estimate of present liabilities and of expenses for the current year, which is as
follows:
Due Comp. Keeler $ 268 30
J. A. Martin's account, as above 2,335 10
Pay roll, on the basis of last Convocation 2,250 00
Printing Proceedings, Grand Secretary's salary, postage,
stationary, and commissions to Grand Treasurer 1,500 00
Balance due Grand Treasurer, at last Convocation 191 48
$6,544 8S
Reeipts from all sources (estimated) 3,000 00
Deficit $3,544 88
I have received the following sums during the year, and paid the same over
to Grand Treasurer, as per his receipt herewith:
Attala Chapter -$22 00
Dover Chapter, balance 1 20
Chickasaw Chapter, dues 1869.. 33 00
Total
$56 20
All of which is fraternally submitted. j ^ p0WER
Acting Grand Secretary.
GRAND SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT CURRENT.
STATEMENT of Receipts l>y
Comp. OSCAR X. KEELER, late Grand Secretary.
1870.
Natchez, Chapte
Clinton.
Vicksburg,
Columbus,
Wilson,
Jackson,
Magnolia,
1 azoo,
Lexington,
Canton,
Macon,
DeWitt Clinton,
Euphemia,
Fayette,
Carrollton,
Gallatin,
Kosciusko,
Quitman,
Houston,
AVayne,
Okolona,
AYashington,
Shongalo,
Emory,
Latayette,
Neshoba,
Charles Scott,
Louisville,
A^ernon,
Amite,
Tallahatchie,
Enterprise,
Ripley,
New Albany,
Mt. Carmel,
George AVashington
Patton,
Palo Alto,
Bethesda,
AVright,
Baldwyn,
Shubuta,
Panola,
Eureka,
G. AA'". Perkins,
Dover,
Rienzi,
Euclid,
Byhalia,
it
Brandon,
Scooba,
No. 1. .Dues 18G9 $79 00
2..Dues 1869 33 00
3. .Dues 1869 99 00
4. .Dues 1869 52 00
5. .Dues 1$69 48 00
5. .Ledger balance 53 00
6 Dues 1869 55 00
7. .Dues 1869 36 00
8. .Dues 1869 37 oo
9. .Dues 1869 22 00
9. .Ledger balance 21 0o
10. .Dues 1869 65 00
11..Dues 1869 28 00
12. .Dues 1869 27 00
13. .Dues 1869 27 00
14..Dues 1869 33 00
15. .Dues 1869 42 00
17..Dues 1869 38 00
20. .Dues 1869 52 00
21 .Dues 1899 19 00
23. .Dues 1869 41 00
24. .Dues 1868,1869, and balance 41 00
27. .Dues 1S69 34 00
29. .Dues 1809 32 00
30..Dues 1869 44 00
32. .Dues 1869 37 00
33. .Dues 1869 65 00
34. Dues 1869 33 00
35. .Dues 1869 25 00
36. .Dues 1869 32 50
47 .Dues 1869 21 00
42. .Dues 1869 35 00
44. .Dues 1856 43 00
45..Dues 1869 34 00
48. .Dues 1S69 7)7 00
49. .Dues 1869 50 00
50. .Dues 1869 43 00
51. .Dues 1869 52 00
52. .Dues 1859 60 00
53. .Dues 1869 17 00
53. .Ledger balance 44 00
55..Dues 1869 35 00
56..Dues 1869 00
57. .Dues 1869 Q 00
59..Dues 1869 28 00
60..Dues 1869 JJ ()J
60. .Ledger balance 33 40
61. .Dues-1869 64 00
63. .Dues 1969 27 00
04..Dues 1869 18 80
66 .Dues 1869 42 00
67. .Dues 1869 42 00
67. .Ledger balance 90 00
68. .Dues 1869 31 00
68. .Ledger balance 50 00
69. .Dues 1869 53 00
70. .Dues 1869 25 00
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GEJPND SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT CURRENT—Continued.
Dent H. Miles, " 72..Dues 1869 20 00
Ward, " 73. Dues 1869 80 CO
W. D. Ferris, " 74..Dues 1869 51 00
Corinth, « 76..Dues 1869 54 00
Crystal Springs, u 77. Dues 1869 53 00
Winona, k' 78. .Dues 1869 66 00
Brookhaven, k' 80..Dues 1869 33 00
S.H.Johnson, " 81 .Dues 1869 25 00
Starville, " 82..Dues 1869 45 00
Salem, " 85..Dues 1869 22 00
Cato, " 89..Dues 1869 26 00
Summit, " 90..Dues 1869 46 00
Centre Ridge, " 93.. Dues 1869 39 00
Durant, " 94. .Dues 1869 38 00
West Point, " 95 Dues 1869 26 00
McConnico, " 96..Dues 1869 29 00
R. W. Paine, " 97. .Dues 1869 23 00
McDonald, " 98..Dues 1869 40 00
Toomsuba, " 99..Dues 1869 12 00
Coffeeville, " 100. Dues 1869 30 00
Total $3,131 70
CR.
January 22, 1870, Paid A. P. Barry, Grand Treasurer 2,800 00
Balance $ 331 70
M. \ E. \ Comp. J. M. Howry, in presenting his credentials as Rep-
resentative of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Minnesota, submitted
the following remarks:
Most Excellent Gh'and High Priest:
I have the honor to present my credentials as the Representative of the
Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Minnesota, at or near the
Grand Chapter of Mississippi.
It is desired by the Grand Chapter I represent, that a more intimate union
and fraternal intercourse shall exist between the Companions of the two
Jurisdictions, and that Grand Chapter has expressed the opinion that an in-
terchange of courtesies like the present is eminently calculated to promote
the growth of friendship, and unite more closely the bond of love between
the Companions.
In performing this pleasing duty it affords me great pleasure to announce
to the Grand Chapter that peace and harmony prevail among the Compan-
ions of Minnesota. The undersigned has enjoyed the pleasure of a personal
acquaintance with some of the distinguished Masons of that Jurisdiction,
and it affords him great gratification to bear testimony to their enlightened
zeal in the cause ot Capitular Masonry. There is, perhaps, no State in the
Union, of its age, that has made more rapid and subtantial progress in the
Royal Art than Minnesota. May the bond of affection between the two
Jurisdictions remain unbroken as long as the great Father of Waters flows
between them.
J. M. HOWRY, Representative, etc.
On motion of Comp. Patton, Comp. Howry was received as Repre-
sentative of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Minnesota, and the
remarks made by him ordered to be spread upon the record.
M. \ E. *. Comp. William S. Patton presented his credentials as Rep-
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resentative of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State'of Louisi-
ana; and
On motion of Comp. Watts, Comp. Patton was duly received and
accredited as such Representative.
R. \ E. *. Comp. A. P. Barry submitted his Annual Report as Grand
Treasurer, as follows:
A. 1*. liAISRY, Orand Treasurer,
In. account with Grand IS. A. Chapter of Mississippi:
Dr.
Jan. 22,1870. To cash received from G. Sec1y, O.T. Keeler. .$2,800 00
Jan. 19,1871. " " J. L. Power 5G 20
$2,850 20
Cr.
Jan. 22,1870. By balance as per last report $ 191 49
" By interest allowed by Grand Chapter 17 01
" By cash on Pay Roll 1,930 30
14 By cash to W. S. Patton 100 00
25 00
44 " O. T. Keeler, salary 1809 GOO 00
44 44 W. S. Patton 100 00
44 44 W. II. Carkeet 10 50
" 11 50
41 44 J. L. Power 50 20
Commissions on $2,850 20 71 15
$3,119 78
Balance due Grand Treasurer $ 203 58
January 20, 1871.
Mr. Er. Grand Br. Ar. Chapter of Mississippi:
I herewith respectfully submit the above account, with accompanying
vouchers, showing a correct statement of your funds in my hands for the
current year.
A. P. BARRY, Grand Treasurer.
On motion of Comp. Watts, the Report was received, and referred
to Committee on Finance.
The committee appointed to consider the Address of the M. *. E. •.
Grand High Priest, submitted the following report:
To the Mr. Er. Br. Ar. Chapter of Mississippi:
Your committee, to whom was referred the Address of the M.\ E.\ Grand
High Priest for apportionment, ask most respectfully' to report that they
have considered the topics set forth in the Address, and recommend as
follows:
That-so much as refers to conferring degrees in Royal Arch Chapters, and
in reference to the practice of calling off from day to day, and all other
matters of a kindred nature, be referred to the Committee on Masonic Law
and Jurisprudence.
So much as refers to complaints against Chapters, to the Committee on
Subordinate Chapters, except in the case of Salem Chapter.
So much as refers to Grand Lecturer, to a special committee of three.
So much as refers to the High Priest of Huntsville Chapter, to the Com-
mittee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence; and so much as relates to Comp.
Bridges, to same committee.
So much as refers to appointing Representatives near other Grand Chap-
ters, to a special committee of three.
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Your committee cannot close this report without giving expression to their
feelings with reference to the Address as a whole. Your committee earnest-
ly recommend the great moral principles contained in it, and feel grateful
to our M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest for an Address which, for sound and safe
doctrine, great beauty of conception, and elegance of expression, has few
parallels in current Masonic literature.
Yrour committee congratulate the great Masonic family of Mississippi on
the improving health of our M.\ E.*. Grand High Priest, and record a prayer
to the Great Dispenser of events, to spare him to the interests of humanity
for years to come.
. Respectfully submitted.
THOS. S. GATHRIGHT,
J. M. HOWRY,
J. M. LEWIS,
Committee.
On motion of Comp. Savery, the report was received and agreed to.
Comp. William S. Patton presented his Report as Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Correspondence, which was received and ordered
to be published with the Proceedings of this Grand Convocation.
The Committee on Masonic Law submitted the following Report,
which was received and adopted :
To the Mr. E.\ Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Masonic Law respectfully report, that they have had
no questions of Masonic law submitted to them during the last Masonic year,
for their adjudication, and if any had been submitted, your committee were
not aware that any action of the Grand Chapter was taken defining the
duties of said committee.
Your committee, therefore, did not deem it their duty to prepare anything
on the subject of permanent rules or by-laws for the Grand Chapter in addi-
tion to those already existing.
The attention of the Chairman of your committee was called to the sub-
ject of Masonic law by the Most Excellent Grand High Priest, near the end
of the year, but owing to the views which he entertained on the powers of
said committee, no report was furnished to him.
Your committee supposed that their functions and powers ceased with the
action of the Grand Chapter.
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. HOWRY, Chairman.
W. S. PATTOjST.
On motion of Comp. Power, that portion of the Report of Grand
Secretary relating to Subordinate Chapters, was referred to the Commit-
tee on Subordinate Chapters.
On motion of Comp. T. N. Martin, it was
Besolved, That this Grand Chapter will, at 3 o'clock this evening, proceed
to the election of its officers for the ensuing year.
fayette chapter, no. 14.
Comp. B. B. Paddock offered the following, which was adopted :
Whereas, At the election of officers of Fayette Royal Arch Chapter, No.
14 Comn R W. Campbell was elected to the office of M.*. E.-. High Priest,
and Comp. B. B. Paddock, the then High Priest, was elected to the office of
R.-. A.-. C.*., and Comp. J. B. Fleming to the office of Tyler; and
Whereas At the stated meeting for the installation of officers, Compan-
ions Campbell, II.\ P.*. elect, and J. B. Fleming, Tyler elect, not being
clear of the books, were not installed; and whereas, Comp. Paddock
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necessarily held over until his successor was duly installed, consequently the
office of R.\ A.*. Captain was also vacant—therefore,
Be it resolved, That Comp. B B. Paddock, the present High Priest, be au-
thorized to hold an election at a stated meeting of Fayette Boyal Arch Chap-
ter, No. 14, after giving notice of said election to the members of the Chap-
ter, for M.\ E/. H.-. P.*., R.-. A/. C.\, and Tyler, for the ensuing year, and
that they be installed at the same, or any subsequent meeting.
salem chapter, no. 85.
The following Report, from a select committee, was submitted and
adopted:
To the M.'. JE.\ Grand Chapter of the State of Mississippi:
Your committee, to whom was referred so much of the Grand High
Priest's Address as refers to the complaint of H. Brince against Salem Chap-
ter, No. 85, would respectfully report:
That they have carefully considered the statements of H. Brince, as con-
tained in his several letters, to your Grand High Priest, and also the state-
ments of Comp. John A. Galbreath, present High Priest of Salem Chapter,
No. 85, made to your committee. They find much discrepancy in the state-
ments, and can arrive at no definite conclusion as to the actual merits of the
case.
Your committee, however, regret to state that they find the language used
by II. Brince in his several letters to your G.\ H.\ Priest, of a violent charac-
ter, wholly inappropriate when addressed to your Grand High Priest, and
unbecoming his character as a Mason.
Your committee would withhold any expression of opinion as to the in-
debtedness of Salem Chapter, No. 85, to H. Brince; the decisions not being,
as they believe, within their province.
Your committee are of the opinion that the action of the H.\ P.*. of Salem
Chapter, No. 85, in withholding the two last Chapter degrees from H. Brince,
and in withholding from Brince a certificate authorizing said Brince to re-
ceive the aforesaid degrees in any other Chapter, was correct and proper, the
course of H. Brince being such as to deprive him of any right he may have
had to said degrees.
And now, having discharged this duty, they beg to be discharged.
Respectfully submitted.
B. B. PADDOCK,
E. GEO. DeLAP,
J. A. B. JONES,
Committee.
On motion of Comp. A. P. Barry, it was
Resolved, That the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Grand
Chapter be made the special order for 4 o'clock this afternoon.
On motion of Comp. J. M. Howry, it was
Resolved, That the next Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter be
held in the city of Holly Springs, on Thursday preceding the Annual Grand
Communication of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Grand Secretary presented a statement in reference to Walnut
Grove Chapter, No. 75. which Chapter has failed to hold meetings
since 1865; and several Companions thereof desiring to resume work,
upon the payment of all dues, it was, therefore,
Resolved, That Walnut Grove Chapter, No. 75, be allowed to resume work
on the conditions indicated by Grand Secretary.
Sundry resolutions and petitions relative to Subordinate Chapters,
were presented and referred to the Committee on Subordinate Chapters,
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action concerning which will be seen by reference to the Report of said
committee.
Oomp. A. P. Barry offered a resolution providing for an amendment
to the Permanent Rules and Regulations of Grand Chapter, which,
On motion of Comp. D. W. Mitchell, was referred to the Committee
on Masonic Law.
The several amendments to the Constitution, proposed at the last
Grand Convocation, were then taken up, and respectively considered.
The first and second amendments were adopted, as follows :
1st. Amend Section 1 of Article 2, by striking out the words " together
with Grand Orator."
(The said section prescribing who shall be the officers of Grand Chapter.)
2d. Amend section 1 of Article 2, by adding "and all Past High Priests;
Provided, They are members of Subordinate Chapters within the jurisdiction
of this Grand Chapter."
(Thereby giving to Past High Priests a seat in Grand Chapter, as Past Mas-
ters are entitled in Grand Lodge.)
The third proposed amendment Avas rejected, being as follows :
3d. Amend Section 3 of Article 2, by adding, "Provided, That the following
officers shall be appointed by the Grand Council, to wit: Captain of the Host,
Principal Sojourner, Royal Arch Captain, and the three Grand Masters of
Vails."
(The said officers being now electee.)
The fourth proposed amendment was adopted, as follows:
4th. Amend Article 7, by inserting in lieu thereof: "All amendments to
the Constitution of this Grand Chapter, shall be proposed at a regular Con-
vocation, and if received and agreed to, shall be published (and notice sent
to each Subordinate Chapter for their consideration), for action at the next
annual Convocation, before the same shall be fully acted upon; and this
Constitution shall not be altered or amended without the approbation of two-
thirds of the members present, and they voting by Chapters."
The said Article 7, having heretofore read as follows: "All amendments
to the Constitution of this Grand Chapter shall be proposed, and if received
and agreed to, shall be published at least one Annual Convocation before
the same shall be finally acted upon, and the Constitution shall not be
altered or amended without the approbation of two-thirds of the members
present."
The Committee on Finance presented the following report, which
was received and agreed to :
To the M.\ E.'. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the report and accounts
of the R.\ E.\ Grand Secretary and R.-. E.-. Grand Treasurer, respectfully
report that they have examined the same and find them correct.
In regard to that portion of the Grand Secretary's report, relating to the
kindness of the railroad companies in passing delegates at half rates, we
recommend the adoption of the following, viz:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due and hereby ten-
dered to the various railroad companies referred to for their kindness.
"We recommend that the account of the Excelsior Printing Office, amount-
ing to $2,335 10, be allowed, and the Grand Treasurer instructed to pay the
same as soon as possible.
We also recommend that the Grand Treasurer be instructed to pay to the
family of Comp. Keeler the si;m of $230 30, amount of balance due as Grand
Secretary.
In view of the depleted condition of the Grand Treasury, we would re-
commend that the strictest economy be adhered to, but your committee are
unable to devise any means by which the revenue of the Grand Chapter can
be increased without amending the Constitution. Your committee reeom-
mend the adoption of the following: .
Besolved, That the mileage and per diem of delegates to this Grand Con-
vocation be ten cents per mile each way, and four dollars per day.
Respectfully submitted.
E. GEO. DeLAP,
JNO. T. BUCK,
R. B. BRANNIN,
Committee.
On motion of Comp. Power, that portion of the Keport of Finance
Committee relative to amount due Excelsior Printing Office, at Colum-
bus, Miss., was recommitted to said committee, with instructions to de-
vise and report some plan for speedy payment.
On motion of Comp. J. A. Galbreath, it was
Besolved, That.Salem Chapter, No. 85, be allowed until the first day of
March, 1871, to pay its dues to the Grand Chapter.
The Committee on Unfinished Business submitted the following re-
port, which was received and adopted, and the committee discharged.
To the Mr. Er. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to submit the follow-
ing report:
That they find, on page 315, printed proceedings for 1870, the following
amendment to the Constitution, which was by resolution postponed until
this Grand Annual Convocation; that the same, as is printed, be made a
part of this Report. The resolution referred to in this Report is on page
319—offered by Comp. G. R. Fearn.
Respectfully,
J. W. POWELL,
J. A. GALBREATH,
J. E. ROGERS,
Committee.
On motion of Comp. William French, the proposed Constitutional
amendments relative to Grand Lecturer, were made the first special
order after the election of officers.
The Committee on Complaints and Appeals presented the following
report, which was received and adopted:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Complaints and Appeals beg leave to report:
That theji are pleased to be able to represent that no business proper for
their action has come to their hands or knowledge. This, in the opinion of
your committee, is evidence that the Subordinate Chapters, in their dealings
with their members during the past year, have acted fairly and to the satis-
faction of all. This, in the further opinion of your committee, indicates a
valuable improvement in the condition and business of Royal Arch Ma-
sonry within the Jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter.
T. N. MARTIN,
J. C. BIRKHEAD,
R. P. BOWEN,
Committee.
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The Committee on Finance submitted the following supplemental
report, which was received and adopted :
To the Mr. E.'. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Finance Committee, to whom was referred the indebtedness of this
Grand Chapter to Bro. J. A. Martin, of Columbus, have had the subject
under careful consideration, and would recommend the adoption of the
following:
Resolved, That the R.\ E.\ Grand Secretary be instructed to ask from the
several Grand Chapters in this Jurisdiction the loan of such sums as they
may be able to contribute towards the purpose referred to.
Resolved, That Section 1, Article 5, of the Constitution be so amended as
to make the fees for exaltations $5, instead of $2, as it now is.
E. GEO. DeLAP,
J1STO. T. BUCK,
R. B. BRANNTN,
Committee.
The Grand Chapter was then called from labor to refreshment, until
2 o'clock p. m.
Friday, Jan. 19, 1871—2 o'clock p. m.
The Grand Chapter was called from labor to refreshment.
On motion of Comp. P. M. Savery, the following proposed amend-
ments to the Constitution of Grand Chapter were taken from the table :
Resolved, That the salary of the Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter
for the ensuing Masonic year be fixed at the sum of two thousand dollars.
Resolved, That for the purpose of providing for the payment of said sal-
ary, each Subordinate Chapter within this Grand Jurisdiction shall pay into
this Grand Chapter the sum of one dollar for each and every member there-
of, in addition to the amount now required by law.
Comp. James Watts moved to adopt, upon which motion the vote was
taken by Chapters, and decided in the negative.
Comp. J. 'L. Power offered the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Whereas, Article VI of the Constitution of the Grand Chapter fixes the
per diem of Representatives at three dollars; and the Grand Chapter having
adopted the Report of the Finance Committee, providing four dollars per
diem for this Grand Convocation; therefore,
Resolved, That in addition to the Constitutional allowance of per diem,
each Representative at this Grand Convocation .shall be allowed the addi-
tional sum of one dollar per day.
Comp. J. E. Rogers voted in the negative, and desired to have his
vote so recorded.
The special order of the day, being the election of Grand Officers,
was then taken up, which resulted in the election of the following
Companions :
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Charles T. Bond.
Morris Cook —
John Y. Murry. .
E. Geo. DeLap ..
James B. Cherry
A. P. Barry
J. L. Power
H. Denio
A. P. Saunders ..
B. B. Paddock. ..
T. C. Everett ....
John T. Buck
J. M. McDonald .
W. H. Carkeet. ..
.New Albany,
. Gallatin
G.\ H.*. Priest.
D/. G.*. H.\ Priest.
Natchez.
.Tampico
. Grand King.
Grand Scribe.
Martinsville,
.Jackson
Vicksburg .
Grenada,
.Fayette.
Valden.,
Jackson.
. .Grand Chaplain.
.Grand Treasurer.
. .Grand Secretary.
.Grand C.*. of II.\
.... Grand P.\S.\
.Grand R.\ A. C.\
i huu MX,'. a. v>. .
G/i M.\ 3d V.-.
G.\ M.\ 2d V.\
.McDonald's Store
.Natchez
G.\ M/.lst V.*.
Grand Tyler.
The Committee on Masonic Law submitted the following report,
which was received and adopted:
To the M.\ E.'. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, having had under
consideration that portion of the M.*. E.*. G.*. H.\ Priest's Address as relates
to Allen Bridges, recommend that, by consent of this Grand Chapter,
the Chapter in Louisiana, in whose Jurisdiction he resides, has the consent
of this Grand Chapter to heal said Allen Bridges, and, if found worthy, re-
ceive him as a member. And we would further report, that all other R.-.
A.\ Masons made by Paulding Chapter, No. 26, while in a state of suspen-
sion, be held and received as members by Chapters, in whose Jurisdiction
they may reside.
Your committee further recommend that Comp. J. S. Holloway, of Hunts-
ville Chapter, No. 91, who had his leg broke, ^ind failed to meet the Grand
Chapter in 1870, be allowed mileage and per diem, as though he was
present.
Your committee are further of opinion, that no Chapter can be opened or
closed unless there be present nine Royal Arch Masons, nor can any Chapter
elect officers or ballot for candidates unless there be a like number who shall
be members of said Chapter, and that no Chapter can be opened unless one
of the three principal officers is present.
Your committee are of opinion that the existing laws on the subject of phys-
ical disabilities seem to be ample to govern the Subordinate Chapters, and
they do not deem it incumbent on them to recommend" any change. In re-
gard to the point raised by the M.\ E.\ G.\ H.*. Priest in his Address, in
regard to a Master Mason becoming maimed after he became such, your
committee recomme'nd that the existing laws shall govern the Chapters.
On the subject of printed or written rituals, or the use of keys or "nemon-
ics," referred to by the M.\ E.\ G.\ H.*. Priest, your committee cordially
concur in the views expressed by him in his Address, and they cannot con-
demn in too strong language the use of all written matter, which has been
prohibited from time immemorial, in the ritualistic part of the degrees,
always excepting such as is monitorial.
Your committee have considered the question of continuing a regular
meeting of the Subordinate Chapters beyond the day of meeting, and they
are of opinion that if the business coming before the Chapter is not com-
pleted the first day, it may continue in session from day to day until the
regular business is disposed of, and may call from labor to refreshment, or
close each day. Your committee would advise the Chapters to act on all
petitions, and ballot on them the first day of meeting, as this practice will
perhaps secure a more full attendance than on any other day.
Your committee recommend that in the Permanent Rules and Regulation',
section 34, page 157, Proceedings of 1869, all after the words " said court,"
in the 4th line, be stricken out.
The following questions have been submitted to your committee:
"What is the status of a member of a Chapter who demits from a Lodge
and continues non-affiliated ?
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Has a Chapter the right to compel a member to join a Blue Lodge ?
In answer to the first question :
Your committee are of opinion that the Chapter has no jurisdiction over
his relation to the Lodge. He is amenable to the Chapter for unmasonic
conduct.
2. The Chapter has no right to compel to join a Blue Lodge.
Your committee regret that they have been compelled to decide on the
questions submitted to them so hastily, and respectfully suggest that if this
report is agreed to, they propose to correct and remodel the points herein
presented, and embrace them in a report to the next Annual Grand Con-
vocation.
Respectfully submitted.
J. M. HOWRY, Ch'n.
C. T. BOND,
WM. S. PATTON,
Committee.
Comp. B. B. Paddock offered the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the committee appointed by this Grand Chapter to con-
sider the propriety of erecting a Masonic Temple and College, be instructed
to confer with the committees from the other Grand Bodies, to the end that
the joint committees issue a circular letter to the several subordinate bodies
of the State, to ascertain the amount of money that can be raised by each,
and to ascertain the amount of donations that will be made by the different
places desirous of having the Masonic Temple and College located in their
midst.
On motion of Comp. C. T. Bond it wras
Resolved, That the Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi
be instructed not to commission any Companion to teach Royal Arch Ma-
sonry, unless he is satisfied that he is in possession of the Work and Lec-
tures as adopted by the Grand Chapter.
The Committee on Subordinate Chapters presented the following
report, which was received and adopted:
To the Mr. E.'. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Subordinate Chapters beg leave to submit their
report:
They have carefully considered the matters submitted to the committee,
and the applications to them referred.
They find that a number of Chapters have failed to send reports or to pay
dues for several years past. Others have failed for the last two years, and
several ask for time in which to make payment for the past year.
Your committee are of opinion, from all they can learn, that the failure
to make returns to this Grand Chapter have been, in a great many instance
occasioned by the want of meetings of the Subordinate Chapters. These
failures are frequently for want of someone skilled in the Work, to open
the Chapter.
Your committee hope that, after notice to the Subordinate Chapters, they
will settle their indebtedness, and suggest the adoption of the following:
Resolved, That all Subordinate Chapters who are in arrears to the Grand
Chapter for dues to this Grand Chapter be allowed until the next Grand
Annual Convocation, to make settlement with the Grand Secretary.
Resolved That any Chapter failing to make settlement with the Grand
Secretary by the next Grand Annual Convocation, and which shall be two
years in arrears, shall not be permitted to work until such indebtedness shall
have been cancelled.
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Besolved, That the Grand Secretary, as soon after the close of this Grand
Convocation as convenient, shall notify all Chapters in arrears of the art op-
tion of the above resolution, and request a settlement.
Said committee would report that they recommend the following re^olu-
tion, being in accordance with the prayer of petitioners:
Besolved, That Gallatin Chapter, No. 17, and Hazelhurst Chapter, No. H,
be allowed to consolidate said Chapters, as agreed upon by said Chapters;
and when so consolidated, be allowed to elect and instal their officers for the
remainder of the Masonic year.
Besolved, That Gallatin Chapter, No. 17, be authorized to change its place
of meeting from Gallatin to Hazlehurst, in same county.
Your committee would ask the adoption of the following, being prayed
for by the Chapter:
Besolved, That Dent H. Miles Chapter, No. 72, be authorized to change the
time of the stated Convocations from the 2d Saturday of each month to
the first Saturday of each month.
Your committee would state that several Chapters have failed to elect or
install officers for the year, and ask permission to do so. We recommend
the following:
Besolved, That the Chapters that failed to elect and install their officers at
the regular time of election, are authorized to elect and install their officers
the present year, and that they be required to do so, and furnish the names
of the officers elected, with their returns, to the Grand Secretary, in time to
be printed in the proceedings of this Grand Chapter.
We, the committee, further recommend that the prayer of the petitioners
of Walker Royal Arch Chapter, No. 28, be granted, and recommend the
adoption of the following: ♦
Besolved, That Walker Royal Arch Chapter, No. 28, be and is hereby an-
thorized to change the place of meeting from Como, in Panola county, to
.Sardis, in said county.
Your committee further recommend that- the dues of Tampico Chapter,
No. 79, for the year 18G9, be remitted, from the fact that the Representative
of said Chapter failed to reach the Grand Chapter at the meeting of their
Grand Chapter in 1869, and therefore did not receive his mileage and per
diem, which he would have been entitled to.
J. WALKER, for Committee.
On motion of Comp. Watts, it was
Besolved, That the Grand Chapter appropriate and pay to Comp. W. 8.
Patton the sum of one hundred dollars, in consideration of the services ren-
dered as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
On motion of Comp. B. B. Paddock, it was
Besolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter, and of all Royal Arch
Masons within this Jurisdiction, are due and are hereby tendered to E. B.
Mayes, the M.\ E.'. Grand High Priest, for the courteous, dignified and im-
partial manner in which he has presided over the Craft during the past
year.
Comp. E. T. Henry, from Special Committee to prepare an expres-
sion relative to the death of Comp. Oscar T. Keeler, late Grand Secre-
tary, asked leave to prepare the same after the adjournment of the
Grand Chapter, and transmit it to the Grand Secretary, which was
agreed to.
On motion of Comp. A. P. Barry, it was
Besolved, That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Finance Committee,
when they shall have examined and passed upon the vouchers and papers ot
Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, to mark upon them " canceled.1'
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The Grand Chapter was then called from labor to refreshment, until
o'clock p. m.
Friday, Jan. 19, 1871—7^ o'clock p. m.
The Grand Chapter was called from refreshment to labor.
On motion of Comp. DeLap, the sum of ten dollars was allowed the
R.\ E. *. Grand Tyler, for his services.
Comp. Thomas Hardeman M offered the following, and the same was
adopted with a view to its reference to the several Subordinate
Chapters:
Resolved, That the Constitution of the Grand Chapter he amended as
follows:
Strike out the words " annual meeting " wherever they occur, and insert
the words " biennial meeting " in lieu thereof; provided, however, that the
Subordinate Chapters be required to make annual returns and pay dues to
the Grand Secretary, as heretofore.
On motion, Raymond Chapter, No. 22, was allowed sixty days with-
in which to make returns and pay accrued dues to the Grand Chapter.
On motion of Comp. Power, it was
. Resolved, That Subordinate Chapters be required to pay to the Grand
Chapter, on account of each member reinstated, the sum of one dollar for
each year of suspension for non-payment of dues.
Comp. James Watts, in behalf of the committee to prepare an ex-
pression relative to the death of Comp. John W. Timberlake, Past
Grand King, asked leave to present the same to the next Annual Con-
vocation of the Grand Chapter, which was agreed to.
The Committee on Charters and Dispensations submitted the follow-
ing report, which was received and adopted :
The Committee on Charters and Dispensations beg leave to report that no
business having been presented to them for their consideration and action,
consequently have nothing to report for the confirmation of this Grand
Chapter.
D. MITCHELL, for Committee.
The various officers elect of the M. *. E. *. Grand Royal Arch Chapter
of Mississippi were then duly installed into their respective offices:
The M. •. E. *. Grand High Priest announced the following
Standing Committees.
Foreign Correspondence—Wm. S. Patton, Meridian; D. Mitchell,
Goodman; J. L. Power, Jackson.
Masonic Law—T. 1ST. Martin, Houston; Charles T. Murphy, Durant;
James Watts, Centre Ridge.
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No other business appearing, the M. *. E.^. Grand Royal Arch Chap-
ter of Mississippi was then closed, in due and Ample Form, after the
Throne of Grace had been most fervently addressed by M. *. Rev. Jas.
B. Cherry, Grand Chaplain.
CHARLES T. BOND,
Attest: J. L. Powek, Grand High Priest.
Grand Secretary.
I hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a true and perfect
record of the Proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mis-
sissippi, at its Grand Annual Convocation at Vicksburg, in January,
1871.
In Witness Wheeeof, I have
hereunto attached my official
signature and the Seal of the
Grand Chapter, this 5th day of
March, 1871.
Grand
RETURNS OF CHAPTERS.
NATCHEZ CHAPTER, No. 1—Natchez, Adams County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—E. Geo. DeLap, h. p.; R. S. Dixon, k.; H. C. Mayer, s.; Clias.
Katze, c. of h.; Samuel Ullman, p. s- Alphonse Bahin, r. a. c. ; Gus. Haase,
m. 3d v.; Jas. Dixon, m. 2d v.; Himan Silverberg, m. 1st v.; G.J.Bahin, Treas'r;
W. G. Benbrook, Sec'y; W. H. Carkeet, Tyler.
Past High Priests—Giles M. Hillyer, p. g. h. p., A. Kendrick, F. F. Fowler,
C. F. Merrick, W. H. Stewart.
Members—John C. Baker, P. A. Barker, C. W. Belcher, George M. Brown, J.
W. Charles, A. Y. Davis, G. I. Dicks, William Dix, C. F. Farrar, J. S. Gay nor,
Jas. Hardie, John S. Holt, C. H. Kiem, Q. J. King, J. S. King, M. Lemle, Wm. M.
Lee, Gus. Lewis, J. Lengsfield, T. W. Leonard, Simon Mayer, W. T. Martin, S. A.
Mason, T. Q. Munce, Adolph Meyer, Zenas Preston, J. Q. Profilet, G. B. Rocca,
Henry Ray, Daniel Scarffe, J. H. Sharpe, T. H. L. Smith, John Smythe, D. G.
Smythe, J. J. Smokey, Samuel M. Stewart, Benj. Wade. *
Exalted—C. H. Hiem, M. Lemle, G. B. Rocca—3.
Died—William R. Dicks—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. D. Baker, Henry Ballard, K. A.
Buell, W. R. Dix, W. H. Forbes, Thomas Grafton—6.
Officers, 1871:
Robert S. Dixon H. P.
Sam. Ullman K.
G. I. Dicks S.
E. Geo. DeLap C. of H.
H. C. Mayer P. S.
Charles Katze R. A. C.
Himan Silverberg M. 3d V.
W. G. Benbrook M. 2d V.
C. H. Keim M.lstV.
G. J. Bahin Treasurer.
Wm. H. Stewart Secretary.
Wm. H. Carkeet Tyler.
Dues to Grand Chapter $60 00
CLINTON CHAPTER, No. 2—Port Gibson, Claiborne Connly.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—James A. Gage, ii. p.; Philip Bethea, k.; William B. Fulker-
son, s., James Wylie, c. of h.; John A. B. Jones, p. s.; C. H. Barrot, r. a.c.; J. 0.
Ingram, m. 3d v.; L. T. Newman, m. 2d v.; J. G. Hastings, Jr., m. 1st v.; John G.
Jones, Treasurer; J. L. Foote, Secretary; G. W. Naason, Tyler.
Members—J. W. Andrews, Thomas J. Aby, J. E. Barrett, C. G. Chappell. R. F.
Gordon, William E. Hall, William P. Hughes, A. J. Lewis, Charles McDougall,
William C. McCaleb, John V. McPherson, W. D. Sprott; William McD. Sims, J.
H. Vaughan, L. P. Williams—Total, 27.
Oeficers, 1871:
James A. Gage H. P.
Louis T. Newman K.
Philip Bethea S.
James Wylie C. of H.
George W. Naason P. S.
C. H. Barrot R- A.C.
Dues to the Grand Chapter
John G. Hastings, Jr M. 3d V.
J.O.Ingram M. 2d V.
John G. Jones M. 1st V.
William B. Fulkerson Treasurer.
J. L. Foote Secretary.
C. G. Chappel Tyler.
$27 00
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VICKSMURG CIIAPTEK, No. 3—Viclc«fl>nrg, Wsu-reu €o.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—W. A. Fairchild, h. p.; H. Denio, k.; W. L. Coakley, s.; H. E.
O'Reilly, c. of h.; David Rice, p. s., Jacob Strauss, r. a. <\; William Murray,
m. 3d v.; D. Campbell, m. 2d v.; S. Srein, m. 1st v.; Alex Kulin, Treasurer; C.E.
Thomas, Secretary; F. Wood, Tyler.
Past High Priests—E. T. Henry, Thomas J. Harper, B. Springer, E. Oram-
mer.
Members—Jacob Adler, W. W. Allein, John Allen, M. Bodenheim, E. S. Butts,
Thomas J. Baker, M. Brown, T. C. Catchings, W. M. Ckamberlin, W. M. Olagw,
A. J. Dirr, M. H. Dixon, Charles Eisleffel, John Flanagan, J. E. Forney^ U.
French, William French, Thomas J. Finney, H. H. Goodrum, W. L. Goodrmu, K.
Holmes, J. L. Herman, Thomas Hackett, L. Hornthall, H. J. Herrick, A. L. Ja-
quith, W. C. Johnson, B. Jones, D. W. Kune, Fred Kaizer, C. S. Ivnapp, L. M.
Lowenberg, W. W. Lord, N. Levi, Charles Lehman, Simon Lewis, W. Mol). Meg-
get, E. J. McGarr, W. V. McCray, John Murphy, D. N. Moody, J. D. Miles, W. G.
Sloore, 0. Matthews, A. M. Paxton, John W. Powell, Frank Piazza, Julius Fold,
R. Richardson, Thomas Rigby, David Rigby, F. A. Scanlan, J. Shlenker, E. M.
Scott, Philip Spengler, Girard Stites, Amos Tappan, J. F. Templeton, G. P. Tlieo-
bald, Theo. Tonnella, W. D.Wilson, L.Weil, A. Winstin, E. W. Wallein, U. P.
Wilcox, S. II. Young, Joseph Bazinski—Total, 83.
Exalted—T. C. Catchings, J. L. Herman, Charles Lehman, W. McD. Meggett,
J. F. Templeton, U. F. Wilcox—G.
Affiliated—William French, C. S. Knapp, W. G. Moore—3.
Reinstated—William Clague, W. S. Goodrum, B. Jones, R. Holmes, E. M.
Scott, F. R. Turley—6.
Demitted—W. G. Bender, H. Borden—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—C. B. Buckner, Thomas Kershaw—2.
Officers, 1871:
John W. Powell H. P.
William French K.
William Murray M. 3d V.
D. Campbell M. 2d V.
W. McD. Megget M. 1st V.
F. R. Turley... Treasurer.
C. E. Thomas Secretary.
F. Wood, p. h. p Tyler.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $98 00—received $9-5 00
Correction—Companions Jacob Rothschild, William Cox, and J. S. Gram-
mer are not accounted for. Their names added, makes correct total 8G, and dues
$98 00—G. Sec'y.
W. L. Coakley, S.
J. F. Templeton C. of H.
W. M. Chamberlin P. S.
Jacob Strauss R. A. C.
COLUMBUS CBIA5»TEI8, No, 1—Colmmlms, Lowndes €o.
Regular Convocations, 2d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—George T. Stainback, ii. p.; Ira M. Boswell, k.; N. E. Good-
win, s.; L. L. Goodrich, c. of h.; Nelson Reynolds, p. £.; William A. Moore, k. a.
o.; Alexander Poleman, m. 3d v.; S. C. Munger, m. 2d v.; R. L. Morris, m. 1st v.;
Gid Warren Cox, Treasurer; L. M. Tucker, Secretary; Edward F. Kemp, Tyler.
Members—A. H. Barkley, S. A. Brown, William Cacly, Thomas Christian. Jas.
II. Curtis, E. C. Eggleston, George Frazee, A. S. Humphries, W. W. Humphries,
Sr., Joseph E. Harvey, A. W. Kidd, John P. Krecker, R. E. Lanier, Joseph E.
Leigh, B. F. Larrabee, C. Lee Lincoln,J S. M. Meek, John N. Mullin, F. M. Me-
Cabe, James W. Pro-well, D. D. L. Quinn, A. G. Ramsey, Gabriel Shirley, Wm. T.
Symons, Joseph H. Stevens, James Whitfield, Jones L.IVilliams—Total, 38.
Exalted—Joseph H. Stevens, C. Lee Lincoln, A. G. Ramsey—3.
Affiliated—B. F. Larrabee, D. D. L. Quinn—2.
Demitted—William Henry Cook, Stephen S.John—2.
Died—O. T. Keeler, J. M. Knapp—2.
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Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—George C. Brown, Arthur C. Halbert,
G. T. Myrick, Milton Odeneal, A. C. Oxford, Alfred Saville—6.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $48 00—received $45 00
Officers, 1871:
G. T. Stainback H. P.
Nelson Reynolds K.
Alexander Poleman S.
R. L. Morris C. of H.
N. E. Goodwin P. S.
"William A. Moore R. A. C.
Joseph E. Leigh M. 3d V.
S. C. Munger M. 2d V.
C. Lee Lincoln M. 1st Y.
Gid Warren Cox Treasurer.
Joseph H. Stevens Secretary.
Edward F. Kemp Tyler.
Correction—Thomas E. Cannon, Robert F. Matthews, and Henry E. Cox, in
membership last report, are not accounted for. Their names added, makes cor-
rect total 42, and dues $48 00. Stephen J. John, demitted, not being in member-
ship last report, this return should have stated he had since obtained member-
ship in the Chapter.—G. Sec'y.
WILSOA CHAPTER, No. 5—Holly Springs, Marshall Co.
Regular Convocation, 2d Tuesday in each month.
Officers, 1870—E. M. Upshaw, h. p.; B. D. Mathews, k.; J. P. Norfleet, s.; H.
Falconer, c. of h.; H. Winborne, p. s.; R. S. Stith, r. a. c.; C. Reed, m. 3d v.; W.
M. Compton, m. 2d v.; J. J. Gately, m. 1st v.; U. H. Ross, Treasurer; W. H. Bishop,
Secretary; N. B. Munn, Tyler.
Members—L. C. Abbott, J. H. Anderson, J. B. Armstead, W. L. Bledsoe, A. M.
Barrington, H. C.,Corey, W. R. Cox, W. W. Clayton, Wm. Clark, A. Cunning-
ham, S. E. Carey, W. Caldwell, T. M. Ferrell, J. M. Farrington, T. A. Falconer,
S. Frank, J. T. Fant, R. M. Glover, Thos. Gregg, Stephen Gregg, W. L. Jones, C.
Julian, J. C. Levy, Edward Lea, W. E. Miller, J. S. McRaven, R. McGowan, T. J.
Manuel, A. C. McKissack, H. P. Megginson, J. R. McCarrol, J. H. McClauchey,
T. B. Barker, S. Werner, R. B. West, W. W. Wallace, H. W. Waller, P. A. Willis,
E. J. Wilkerson—Total, 51.
Exalted—H. C. Corey, W. R. Cox, W. E. Miller—3.
Affiliated—L. C. Abbott, T. B. Parker—2.
Died—John McGuirk, Columbus Barrett—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $57 00—received $58 00
Officers, 1871:
H. H. Field H. P.
E. W. Upshaw K.
W. L. Bledsoe S.
James T. Fant C. of H.
I. C. Levy P. S.
E. J. Wilkerson R. A. C.
W. E. Miller M. 3d V.
L. C. Abbott M. 2d V.
Clement Read M. 1st V.
J. J. Gately Treasurer.
H. C. Corey Secretary.
T. B. Parker Tyler.
JACKSON CHAPTER, No. 6—Jackson, Hinds County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers 1870—John T. Buck, h. p.; John Nelson, k.; I. F. Harrington, s.; R.
n Hardv c. of h.; Jas. R. Yerger, p. s.: Isydore Strauss, r. a. c.; D. P. Porter,
M 3d v * H C. Taplev, m. 2d v,; Henry Strauss, m. 1st v.; H. M.Taylor, Treas'r;
Edward' Steinberg, Secretary; Henry Levi, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Thomas Palmer.
Mttmbfrs—Matt. F. Ash, S. P. Baley, P. T. Baley, E. Bloom, John W. Burnett1
Wm J Brown, Sr., Wm. Brown, Jr., Harris Baicksdale, W. C. Crane, B. F.
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Comfort, Oliver Clifton, John M. Cain, Robert Bradley, Robert M. Davidson, John
hn H. Echols, Wm. Evans, George S. Green, John A. Galbreath, Jr., William M.
Gillaspie, James A. Horne, A. J. Herrod, B. G, Humphreys, E. F. Hatch, J. A.
Hackett, B. F. Hull, Christopher Johnson, William H. Johnston, George Lemmon,
B. T. Ligon, John Martz, Carter H. Moore, R. F. McGill, Cnarles McDonnell,
Austin Neeley, T. N. Norrell, J. L. Power, A. Robbins, Solomon Schwartz, George
A. Smythe, R. L. .Saunders, W. J. Seaman, Wm. B. Taylor, W. L. Ware, B. H.
Whitfield, George S. Yerger, S. Zehnder—Total, 59.
Exalted—P. T. Baley, Harris Barksdale, Wm. J. Brown, Jr., J. A. Cooper,
John M. Cain, Oliver Clifton, John A. Galbreath, Jr., George S. Green, William
M. Gillaspie, E. F. Hatch. B. F. Hull, J. A. Hackett, J. M. Phillips, R. L. Saun-
ders, W. J. Seaman, F. J. Woodson, B. II. Whitfield, Geo. S. Yerger—18.
Affiliated—Austin Neeley—1.
Reinstated—George A. Smythe—1.
Demitted—J. A. Cooper, William French, C. S. Knapp, William B. Lewis, J.
M. Phillips, Jacob Ries—6.
Died—W. D. Christman—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Heiman Hilzheim, Howell Hobbs, A.
Wizell-4.
Dues to Grand Chapter $95 50—received $94 00
Officers, 1871:
John T. Buck H. P.
Isydore Strauss K.
Oliver Clifton S.
R.D. Hardy C. of H.
J. A. Hackett P. S.
Robert Bradley R. A. C.
John A. Galbreath M. 3d V.
George S. Green M. 3d V.
Henry Strauss M.lstV.
H. M. Taylor Treasurer.
Edward Steinberg Secretary.
J. M. Cain Tyler.
MAGNOEIA, CHAPTER, No. 7—Brownsville, Hinds County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Winthrop S. Elkins, h. p.; J. J. Birdsong, k ; J. D. McConnel,
s.; Theo. Lamb, c. of h.; M. T. Anderson, p. s.; Munro Hamberlin, r. a. c.; Wil-
son H. Trotter, m. 3d v.; J. A. Glover, m. 2d v.; John G. Sparrow, m. 1st v.; G. J.
Hulmn, Treasurer; J. B. Robertson, Secretary; John Lorance, Tyler.
Members—A. B. Cates, Hezzie Casper, John Cavalier, J. T. Cable, T. C. Eng-
land, G. W. Farr, J. W. Finley, J. J. Gold, G. W. Hall, William Klingman, T. A.
Mellon, W. T. McClatchy, J. H. McDowell, Charles Roberts, H. T. Sandidge, Tom
Taylor, B. W. Trotter, B. R. Wells—Total, 30.,
Dues to the Grand Chapter $30 00
Officers, 1871:
J. J. Birdsong H. P.
M. T. Anderson K.
G. J. Hulmn S.
J. G. Sarrow C. of H.
J. H. McDowell P. S.
M. Hamberlin R. A. C.
J. A. Glover M. 3d V.
B. W. Trotter M. 2d V.
W. H. Trotter M.lstV.
W. T. Elkins Treasurer.
J. B. Robertson Secretary.
John Lorance Tyler.
YAZOO CHAPTER, No. 8—Yazoo, Yazoo County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Henry B. Kidd, h. p.; John O. Hunter, k.; Joshua T. Russell,
s.; Robert C. Shepherd, c. of h.; Robert B. Mayes, p. s.; Emile Schaefer, R. A. c.;
Richard L. Dunn, m. 3d v.; J. O. Mobley, m. 2d v.- William G. Delesdernier, M.lst
v.; Henry C. Tyler, Treasurer; W. C. Williams, Secretary; Peter Lander, Tyler.
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Members—Robert Bowman, Andrew J. Collins, Robert E. Craig, Martin Fri-
ley, Francis Garey, Hiram Harrison, Henry Haider, John T. Heth, Isaac H. Hun-
ter, M. A. Jenkins, Seth H. Kellogg, David Dunn, L. McLauren, W. W. Mangum,
J. W. Purvis, Abe Rosenthal, J. N. Ratcliffe, Gustave Stern, Harmon White,
Charles Wesling, John C. Young—Total, 33.
Exalted—Robt. E. Craig, David J. Dunn, Henry Haider, William W. Mangum,
Gustave Stern, Charles Wesling—6.
Affiliated—L. McLauren—1.
Reinstated—Robert Bowman, L. D. Langford, Morris Reiman—3.
Demitted—W. S. Epperson, S. T. Massey, E. H. Monger, L. D. Langford, Mor-
ris Reiman—5.
Died—J. H. Wilson, R. F. Johnson—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—F. M. Battaile, John P. Richards,
Charles Swaine, E. F. Straine, James D. Taylor, Robert Pierce—7.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $45 00—received $44 00
Officers, 1871:
H. B. Kidd H. P.
John 0. Hunter K.
Robert E. Craig S.
JohnT. Heth. C.ofH.
Richard L. Dunn P. S.
William W. Mangum R. A. C.
Charles Wesling M. 3d V.
Henry Haider M. 2d V.
W. G. Delesdernier M. 1st V.
H. C. Tyler Treasurer.
W. C. Williams Secretary.
Peter Lander Tyler.
;LI2XlWGTOW CHAPTER, Wo. 9—ILeximgtoii, Holmes Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—John C. Birkhead, h. p.; William A. McMillian, k.; B. M.
Sheehy, s.; C. Oltenberg, c. of h.; G. W. Cole, p. s.; William F. Cole, R. a. c.; P.
M. M. Alexander, m. 3d v.; T. S. Wright, m. 2d v.; W. D. Johnson, m. 1st v.; M.
Levy, Treasurer; J. Marlow, Secretary; Sol. Southeimer, Tyler.
Members—Robert Baker, T. T. Bates, William H. Dyson, A. M. Green, J. W.
Grace, F. A. Howell, F. C. Mercer, Abram Schield, Jacob Southeimer, N. E.
Whitehead, John M. Sargent—Total, 24.
Fxalted—N. E. Whitehead, Robert Baker, T. T. Bates—3.
Died—William C. Harrington—1.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $30 00
Officers, 1871:
M. Levy M. 3d V.
W.F.Cole M. 2d V.
F. C. Mercer M. 1st V.
J. M. Sargent Treasurer.
J. Marlow Secretary.
B. M. Sheehy Tyler.
John C. Birkhead H. P.
W. A. McMillian K.
N. E. Whitehead S.
C. Oltenberg C. of H.
Robert Baker P. S.
T. T. Bates R. A. C.
CAWTOW CHAPTER, Wo. 10—Canton, Madison County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. M. Lewis, h. p.; George R. Fearn, k.; A. M. Gurley, s.; Jas.
W. Banghn, c. of h.; John W. Yeargen, p. s.; Ansel Karpe, r. a. c.; D. C. Lan-
de'rs, m. 3d v.; Joseph Hart, m. 2d v.; Samuel S. Shipp, m. 1st v.; Morris Bloom-
field' Treasurer; Charles L. Gross, Secretary; Samuel f! Witherspoon, Tyler,
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Members—W. S. Bailey, F. M. Baldwin, Malcolm Cameron, A. H. Cage, John
F. Cameron, W. H. Cassell, L. B. Coffee, John C. Cameron, W. E. Dancey, K. C.
Divine, C. H. Dinkins, George Ernst, C. B. Galloway, Duncan C. Green, John
Handy, T. L. Holliday, M. B. Hesdorffer, Moses Joel, A. Macfarlane, J. H. Mon-
fort, T. J. Priestly, William Priestly, J. R. Powell, J. J. Richards, R. C. Sanders,
W. B. Stinson, V. Werner, W. J. Cameron—Total, 40.
Exalted—T. C. Holliday, W. B. Stinson, D. C. Green, M. B. Hesdorffer, Moses
Joel, George Ernst—6.
Affiliated—Yal. Werner, L. B. Coffee—2.
Demitted—Gus. Wang, T. J. Drane, George H. Tichenor, A. Marshall, A. H.
Bilboe, D. E. Burns (since died), George Moorman—7.
Died—W. J. Williams—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. N. Archer, Jeseph R. Davis, R. M.
Davis, John Dawson, T. T. Dew, C. L. Gilmer, James L. Meek, J. Q. Montgomery,
M. J. McKee, Charles C. Shackelford, Noah H. Thompson, William Vincents, W.
P. Wallace, C. W. Wood, T. J. Smith—15.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $53 00—received $52 00
Officers, 1871:
J. M. Lewis II. P.
J. T. Cameron K.
A. M. Gurley S.
W. J. Cameron C. of H.
J. W. Baughn M. 3d V.
A. Karpe M. 2d V.
S. C. Witherspoon M. 1st V.
M. B. Hesdorffer Treasurer.
C. L. Gross Secretary.
V. Werner....: Tyler.
Note.—Comp. C. Adams is not accounted for. Correct total is 41.—G. Sec't.
J. W. Yeargen P. S.
S. S. Shipp R. A. C.
MACON CHAPTER, No. 11—Macon, Noxubee County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. H. Mitchell, h. p.; J. C. Williams, k.; William Graham, s.;
L. Holbery, c. of h.; J. J. Beauchamp, p. s.; M. B. Edwards r. a. c., C. Baker, m.
3d v.; J. Holbery, m. 2d v.; F. E. Carleton, m. 1st v.; W. F. Eiland, Treasurer; R.
E. V. Yates, Secretary; F. M. Sargent, Tyler.
Members—C. M. Boyce, G. M. Dillard, H. C. Harris, C. B. Ames, G. W. Clem-
ent, E. H. Cogburn, N. M. Gooch—Total, 19.
Reinstated—N. M. Gooch—1.
Died—Randall Sherrod, H. Dent—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Jesse Blythe, E. Dismukes, John
Cochrane, E. P. Davis, Jesse Morton, W. N. Haynes, Jacob H. Pierce—7.
Dues to the Grand Chapter : $19 00—received $18 00
Officers, 1871:
(None elected.)
HeWITT^CLINTON CHAPTER, Wo. 12—Grenada, Grenada
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. Coffman, h. p.; Thomas Hardeman, k.; W. B. May, s.; J.
G. Gibbs, c. of h.; C. W. Hughes, p. s.; E. L. Hardeman, r. a. c.; Terrell Rose, m.
3d v.j O. B. Rollins, M. 2d v.; J. B. Heath, m. 1st v.; Jacob Poitevent, Treasurer;
R. High gate, Secretary; A, P. Sanders, Tyler.
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Members—R. S. Bowles, W. C. Chamberlain, James Eblin, John Moore, James
Hunter, J. S. Payne, Meyer Wile, J. L. Milton, G. W. Williamson, C. C. Glover,
W. H. Meador, J. J. Baker, C. T. Wood, F. A. Martin, S. S. Angevine, W. V. Rich-
ards, H. C. Ward, W. T. Savage, A. J. Baker, J. A. Binford, T. R. Trotter, J. M.
Knox, R. R. Perry, J. B. Crowder—Total, 36.
Exalted—W. V. Richards, H. C. Ward, W. T. Savage, A. J. Baker, J. A. Bin-
ford, T. R. Trotter, J. M. Knox, R. R. Perry, J. B. Crowder—9.
Affiliated—J. L. Milton—1.
Reinstated—C. C. Glover, G. W. Williamson—2.
Died—James Sims—1.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $54 00
Officers, 1871:
Thomas Hardeman H. P.
W. B. May K.
Terrell Ros.e S.
C. L. Hardeman . C. of H.
E. W. Hughes P. S.
R. Highgate R. A. C.
J. M. Knox M. 3d V.
J. B. Crowder M. 2d V.
A. J. Baker M. 1st V.
Jacob Poitevent Treasurer.
S. S. Angevine Secretary.
A. P. Sanders Tyler.
EUPHEMIA CHAPTER, IVo, 13—Aberdeen, Monroe County.
Regular Convocations, on Wednesday after 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. B. Rrannin, h. p. ; J. M. Green, k. ; , s.; W. S.
Vestal, c. of h.; J. W. Walker, p. s.; C. Love, R. a. c.; G.W.Cook, m. 3d v.;
Jacob Gtatman, m. 2d v.; Sidney Randle, m. 1st v.; II. D. Spratt, Treasurer; M.
Weiler, Secretary; A. R. Webb, Tyler.
Members—S. G. Beckham, P. C. Candidus, S. A. Dalton, I. G. Holloway, J. T.
Lowe, S. G. McKinney, James Oldshue, A. S. M. Sadler, S. D. Stegall, John B.
Sale, W. J. Stephenson—Total, 22.
Affiliated—W. J. Stevenson—1.
Demitted—Wright Cunningham, John T. Moore, James A. Thompson—3.
Died—J. W. Timberlake, p. ii. p.—1.
Suspended—Thomas H. Hunt, W. L. Battle—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter ; $22 00—received $21 00
Officers, 1871:
R. B. Brannin H. P.
J. T. Lowe K.
S. A. Dalton iVTu
W. S. Vestal C. of H.
J. W. Walker
C. Love K. A. C.
•G. W.Cook M. 3d V.
Jacob Gattman M. 2d V.
Wm. J. Stevenson M.lstV.
H. D. Spratt Treasurer.
M. Weiler Secretary.
A. R. Webb Tyler.
FAAETTE CHAPTER, TVo. 14—Fayette, Jefferson County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—B. B. Paddock, h. p.; M. Eiseman, k.; R.W.Campbell, s.;
William Thompson, c. of h. ; Thomas J. Key, p. s. ; Thomas Davenport, r. a. c. ;
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P. Krauss, m. 3d v.; N. L. Guice, m. 2d v.: J. M. Lowe, m. 1st v.; M. Rubel,
Treasurer; Henry Key, Secretary; James McClure, Tyler.
Members—Isaac W. Burcb, T. C. Brown, Robert Davenport, John Ducker, John
B. Fleming, S. P. Gilbert, T. J. Moore, J. J. Powell, J. M. Ritchie, A. J. Scott,
S. W. Scott, M. W. Trimble—Total, 22.
Demitted—W. F. Glenn, W. L. Harper—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—S. D. Bullen, W. M. Bullen, A. J. Dar-
den, M. C. Dixon, G. W. Shackelford—5.
Dues to Grand Chapter $29 00—received $24 00
Officers, 1871:
H. P.
M. Eiseman K.
Thomas Davenport S.
William Thompson *. C. of H.
T.J. Key P, S.
R. A. C.
N. L. Guice M. 3d V.
H.)B. McClure M. 2d Y.
James McClure M.lstV.
M. Rubel Treasurer.
Henry Key Secretary.
Tyler.
Corrections—Companions Ely R. Jones, Simon Lehman, Henry B. McClure,
E. Scarif and J. W. Moore are dropped from roll of members for 1870, without ex-
planation. Their names added, makes the correct total 29. T. J. Moore and J.
M. Lowe have been added to roll since last report. Secretary should have stated
how they obtained membership.—G. Sec'y.
CARROLLTO^ CHAPTER, Wo. IS—Carrollton, Carroll Co.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—A.M.Nelson, h. p. ; W. M. Stansbury, k. ; William Ray, s.;
Samuel Moore, c. of h. ; Samuel Hart, p. h. p., p. s.; J. A. J. Askew, r. a. c.; B. R.
Mayes, m. 3d v.; Jonathan Durdin, m. 2d v.; T. J. Johnson, m. 1st v.; 0. L. Kim-
brough, Treasurer; Benjamin Roach, Seeretary; Peter W. Johnston, Tyler.
Past Grand High Priest—William Cothran.
Members—Robert L. Bingham, W. H. Curtis, N. A. Clark, M. S. Catron, G. S.
Fost, B. Holt, Charles Hill, T. T. Kimbrough, M. M. Liddell, Aaron Lott, John P.
Marshall, Pearson Money, T. H. Mathews, Peter McCaskill, Daniel McLeod, J. R.
Shackelford, A. G. Smith, John T. Stanford, Stephen Thompson, John L. Fustin—
Total, 33.
Reinstated—Allen Tye, Thomas D. Smith—2.
Demitted—Allen Tye, T. D. Smith, Robert Ettenger, Jos. B. Ettenger, A. A.
Stoddard, W. A. Gillespie—6.
Suspended—W. F Lipsey, A. J. Johnson, G. N. Smith—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $34 00—received $33 00
Officers, 1871:
J. A. J. Askew H. P.
W. M. Stansbury K.
William Ray S.
Samuel Moore C. of H.
A. M. Nelson P. S.
T. J. Johnson,.., p. h. p., R. A. C.
R. L. Bingham M. 3d V.
Jonathan Durdin M. 2d V.
Aaron Lott M.lstV.
0. L. Kimbrough Treasurer.
Benjamin Roach Secretary.
Peter W. Johnston Tyler.
Correction.—Companion W. C. Eskridge is not accounted for. His name
added, makes the correct total 34.—G. Sec'y.
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GALLATIN CHAPTER, No. 17—Gallatin, Copiah County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—A. P. Barry, n. p.; George Bea, k.; Morris Cook, s.; Josiah
Hester, c. of h. ; M. J. Howard, p. s.; Samuel Wilson, r. a. c.: J. H. McElwee,
m. 3d v.; J. D. Howard, m. 2d v.; G. D. Lowe, m. 1st v.; Thos. M. Rea, Treasurer;
W. J. Rea, Secretary; (not a member,) Tyler.
Members.—H. G. Alford, D. K. Coor, W. M. Haley, S. II. Johnson, W. T. Lam-
bright, B. F. Martin, W. P. Poole, A. L. Potter, J. P. Rembert, J.H. Starnes, S. S.
Starnes, W. C. Weeks—Total, 24.
Reinstated—J. H. Starnes, Andy Ray—2.
Demitted—Andy Ray—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—A. L. Allison, S. P. Beacham, L. F.
Birdsong, W. M. Crawford, R. K. Coor, J. B. Jones—6.
Dues to Grand Chapter $23 00
Officers, 1871:
A. P. Barry H. P.
George Rea K.
Morris Cook S.
Josiah Hester C. of H.
M. J. Howard..; P. S.
Samuel Wilson R. A. C.
J. H. McElwee M. 3d V.
J. D. Howard M. 2d V.
G. D. Lowe M. 1st V.
Thomas M. Rea '.... Treasurer.
W. J. Rea Secretary.
(Not a member) Tyler.
KOSCIUSKO CHAPTER, No. SO—Kosciusko, Attain County.
Regular Convocations, on Monday night on or after Full Moon of each month.
Officers, 1870—D. L. Smythe, h. p. ; S. T. Oldham, k. ; J. H. Alexander, s • M.
A. Clark, c. of h. ; Isaac A. Herring, p. s.; J. M. Charpings, r. a. c. ; David Carr,
m. 3d v.; J. C. Lucas, m. 2d v.; J. D. Rimmer, m. 1st v.; James N. Taylor, Treas'r;
Sam. Young, Secretary; W. G. Aston, Tyler.
Members—Richard Bullock, Benjamin A. Clark, J. K. Coffey, James Chesnut,
A. F. Dotson, William Dodd, Marshall H. Gregory, George W. Galloway, Rica'd
Henry, N. T. Hanna, George J. Hanna, John P. Irving, Henry Jamison, F. H.
Jennings, Asa M. Keeth, Wm. E. Meek, Chas. F. Oldecopp, Stephen P.r Rimmer,
John Riley, William F. Rimmer, Isaac W. Scarborough, John W. Scarborough,
Lazarus Simon, James G. Sallis, Jos. R. Shrock, Reuben C. Stewart, William B.
Thompson, Lamkin S. Terry, Robert B. Webb, Stokely White—Total, 42.
Reinstated—Stokely White, R. C. Stewart, Benj. A. Clark—3
Demitted—Seaborn J. Durham, Louis Glazier, John J. Roberts—3.
Suspended (for non-payment of duos)—Henry T. Burnley, A. J. Boyd, Jacob
Chesnut, L. D. Fletcher, Jas. H. Gilliland, Malachi Roby, T. A. Tarbert, F. Zolli-
coffer—8.
Dues to Grand Chapter $45 00—received $42 00
* John Riley, (elect,) H. P.
M. A. Clark K.
J. H. Alexander S.
Robert B. Webb C. of H.
Isaac A. Herring -...P. b.
David Carr R. A. C.
J. C. Lucas M. 3d V.
J. N.Taylor M.2d V.
Jas. D. Rimmer M.lstV.
D. L. Smythe Treasurer.
Geo. W. Galloway Secretary.
C. F. Oldecopp Tyler.
* Declined to be installed. Comp'n Smythe holds over as H.\ P.*,—G. Sec'y.
Correction—Companions S. J. Durham, William Allen and C. H. Dobbs, in
membership last report, are not accounted for. Their names added, makes cor-
rect total 45. George W. Galloway appears in roll, for first time, without ex-
nlanation. Seven of the fifteen names reported as " Suspended for non-payment
of dues " had been previously so reported, and are hence omitted by—G. Sec'y,
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(tUITMAI* CHAPTER, Wo. 21—Hernando, HeSoto County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1870—j. 0. Lusher, h. p.; R. T. Sanders, k.; A. W. Smith, s.; J. W.
Hanes, c. of h.; L. H. Hall, p. s.; W. A. Boon, r. a. c.; J. B. Sanders, m. 3d v.;
D. M. Slocum, m. 2d v.; C.P.Oakley, m. 1st v.; R. Temple, Treasurer; R. F.
Cook, Secretary; J. D. Nichols, Tyler.
Members—T. Y. Coffey, I. C. Dodds, R. E. Doggett, J. B. Morgan, J. T. Moseley,
J. S. Oliver—Total, 18.
Died—Seth Wollard—1.
Due to Grand Chapter -. $17 00
Officers, 1871:
J. O. Lusher H. P.
R. T. Sanders K.
A. W. Smith S.
J. W. Hanes C. of H.
L. H. Hall P.,S.
W. A. Boon R. A. C.
J. B. Sanders M. 3d V.
D. M. Slocum M. 2d Y.
C. P. Oakley M.lst Y.
R. Temple Treasurer.
R.. E. Cook Secretary.
J. D. Nichols Tyler.
HOUSTON, CHAPTER, Wo. 23—Houston, Chickasaw Co.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—T. N. Martin, h. p.; Littleton Hill, k.; Isaac Paulk, s., W. W.
Wood, c. of h.; R. P. Mitchell, p. s.; James E. Miller, r. a. c.; A. A.Parke, m. 3d
v.; J. R. Smith, m. 2d v.; William Hil!, m. 1st v.; D. K. Woodall, Treasurer; J. A.
Purkey, Secretary; P. C. Steger, Tyler.
Members—D. C. Ausley, Absalom Barton, William Barton, R. N. Dominick,
James T. Doss, William Ellis, B. F. Fitzpatrick, Z. K. Flynn, C. C. Gray, J. T.
Griffin, William T. Harland, Warren Harrill, Thomas Hague, James L. S. Hill,
F. M. James, J. R. Mcintosh, James Martin, B. F. Owen, Thomas U. Pearsall,
L. A. Porter, John D. Smith, John Smith, C. E. Taft, R. W. Thompson, W. L.
Walker, Samuel C. Williams, J. M. Woodall, F. G. Wood, A. G. Wood—Total, 41.
Demitted—B. F. Hargraves, Simon Myers—2.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $42 00—received $41 00
Officers, 1871:
F. M. James M. 3d V.
James E. Miller M. 2d V.
William Ellis M. 1st V.
D. K. Woodall Treasurer.
J. A. Purkey Secretary.
P. C. Steger Tyler.
Note.—Comp. Allen White, not accounted for, is added. Correct total, 42.—
G. Sec'y.
T. N. Martin H. P.
Littleton Hill K.
Isaac Paulk S.
W. W. Wood C. of H.
R. P. Mitehell P. S.
J. M. Woodall R. A. C.
WAYWE CHAPTER, Wo. 24-Shul)uta, Clark County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Monday night in each month.
Officers, 1870—Peter Parker, h. p.; John F. McCormick, k.; Wilson West, s.;
Clement L.Watson, c. of n.; David R. Red, p, s.; Jesse W. Lankford, r. a. c.;
Morris Greenhood, m. 3d v.; Solomon Myer, m. 2d v.; John F. Wilson, m. 1st v.;
James Turner, Treasurer; William J. Minor, Secretary; Thomas G. Sullivan,
Tyler.
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Members—G. C. Bandy, C. F. Goodwin, James A. Heard, James Leget, John
M. Brown, John W. Collins, John M. Flood, Angus McDonald, Darius S. Welch,
Robert Collins—Total, 22.
Exalted—William J. Minor, John F. Wilson, Wilson West—3.
Affiliated—John F. McCormick—9.
Reinstated—James Turner—1.
Demitted—John B. Hawley—1.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $24 00—received $23 00
Officers, 1871:
(None reported.)
MERIDIAN CHAPTER, No. 25—Meridian, Lauderdale Co.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—(Dead) h. p.; Lee Shackelford, k.; J. T. Taylor, s.; A. G.
Friedeitce, c. of h.; R. Y. Chadwick, p. s.; D. Rosenbaum, r. a. c.; D. C. Smith,'
m. 3d v.; J. H. Gibbs, m. 2d v.; James Eakins, m. 1st v.; John Armstrong, Treas-
urer. J. R. Smith, Secretary; James Welch, Tyler.
Members—A. L. Burwell, James Holbrook, W. G. Jones, R. E. Harris, N.
Feibleman, W. C. Ford, B. T. Bush, Thomas Sullivan, C. H. Williams, A. Wolf,
W. H. White, J. W. Young—Total, 24.
Affiliated—N. Feibleman, A. Wolf—2.
Demitted—James Watts, p. h. p., O. P. Thomas—2.
Suspended—G. M. Shedd, S. K. Smith, A. E. Mason, J. Levy, A. J. Puekett, A.
Calvert—6.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $24 00
Officers, 1871:
A. Wolf. H. P.
John Armstrong K.
J. T. Taylor S.
A. G. Friederitce C. of H.
R. Y. Chadwick P. S.
J. H. Gibbs R.A.C.
J.R. Smith M. 3d Y.
A. L. Burwell M. 2d V.
C. H. Williams M. IstV.
D. Rosenbaum Treasurer.
D. C. Smith Secretary.
James Welch Tyler.
OKOLONA CHAPTER, No. 27—Oltolona, Chickasaw Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—John S. Cain, h. p.; Anzi Babbitt, k.; H. L. Hill, s.; Charles
N. Simpson, c. of h.; J. A. Loughridge, p. s.; John McCurley, r. a. c.; S. W.
Townsend, m. 3d v.; J. H. Tucker, m.2d v.; W. M. Buchanan, m. 1st v.; W. G.
Arnold, Treasurer; W. A. Bodenhamer, Secretary; J. H. Mauldin, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Joseph Betmy.
Members—J. D. Blumenthal, A. D. Brooks, W. D. Carr, W. H. D. Crawford, G.
G. Horton, William E. Knox, J. R. Mcintosh, J. W. Miller, C. J. Moore, J. R. Non,
W. M. Penny, A. Pollard, C. Pollard. H. Rafalsky, T. W. Williams, J. R. Wren—
Total, 29.
Exalted—J. D. Blumenthal, G. G. Horton, H. Rafalsky—3.
Affiliated—W. D. Carr, J. R. Mcintosh (4—see Note.)
Demitted—E. B. Buckingham—1.
Expelled—A. J. Williams—1.
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Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—James Betts, A. Buford, H. H. Gray,
J. A. Rodgers—A
Dues to Grand Chapter $35 00
Officers, 1871:
H. P.
K.
Oscar Pollard M. 3d V.
W. M. Buchanan M. 2d V.
H. Rafalsky M. IstV.
William D. Carr Treasurer.
W. A. Bodenhamer Secretary.
J. H. Mauldin Tyler.
Note.—Secretary should have stated how Companions Oscar Pollard and T.
W. Williams obtained membership since last report, in which their names do
not appear. It is presumed they affiliated.—G. Sec'y.
John S. Cain
T. W. Williams
John McCurley S.
Charles N. Simpson C. of H.
Amzi Babbitt P. S.
James R. Non R. A. C.
WASHINGTON CHAPTER, No. 39—Cayuga, Ctica, Post
Office, Hinds County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Samuel McClellan, h. p.; William M. Wells, k.; Joseph Regan,
s.; William D. McClellan, c, of h.; Samuel Hutchins.Jp. s.; C. P. Vaughn, r. a. c.;
William J. Lum, m. 3d v.; Thomas J. Hutchins, m. 2d v.; James E. W. Cook, m. 1st
v.; James May, Treasurer; Hayward Foote, Secretary; William Taylor, Tyler.
Members—William J. Allen, Thomas W. Brown, J. H. Campbell, J. C. Chap-
pell, Samuel E. Dudley, John Fisher, Middleton Ford, S. G. Relker, Jacob Mack,
William McPherson, Jos. Jacobs, D. A. J. Parker, C. R. Regan, Lorenzo White,
Robert White, L. D. Yates—Total, 28.
Exalted—Jos. Jacobs, William McPherson, C. R. Regan, Robert White, Eph-
raim Wills—5.
Affiliated—William J. Allen—1.
Died—Ephraim Wills—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues—D. J. Hartzhog, L, G. Johnston, W. W.
Johnston, H. J. Sarrett, William C. Terrill—5.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $38 00—received $39 00
Officfrs, 1871:
Samuel McClellan H. P.
William M.^Wells K.
Jos. Regan S.
S. G. Relker C. of H.
Samuel Hutchins P. S.
T. J. Hutchins R. A. C.
James E. W. Cook M. 3d V.
James May M. 2d V.
William D. McClellan M.IstV.
James C. Ross Treasurer.
Hayward Foote Secretary.
William Taylor Tyler.
SHONGAE© CHAPTER, No. SO—Vaiden, Carroll County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—T. C. Everett, h. p.; S. C. Bains, k.; J. L. Anderson, s.; J. A.
Applewhite, c. of n.; T. C. Harris, p. s.; T. B. Kenedy, r. a. c.; S. Lichenstein,
m. 3d v.; S. R. Sproles, m. 2d v.; G. W. Jernigan, m. 1st v.; R. C. Wilson, Treas-
urer; S. N. Ely, Secretary; Daniel Adair, Tyler.
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Members—James Applewhite, Zach Blackmail, Henry Blackman, A. H.
Brantly, W. F. Brantly, D. H. Cohran, J. M. Cross, Ben. Forscheimer, T. J. Fulli-
love, J. T. Harris, J. H. Haslet; D. W. Humphries, Frank Hawkins, J. B. Dunn,
W. S. Myers, W. W. Phillips, Z. Oldham, J. M. Ship, T. C. Ship, A. J. Sanderson,
J. J. Tate, W. E. Whittle, A. Wilshire, J. W. Lowery, E. B. Gordon, W. D. Brock,
John A. Webb, R. S. Allen—Total, 40.
Exalted—E. B. Gordon, W. D. Brock, J. A. Webb—3.
Affiliated—J. W. Lowery, J. M. Cross—2.
Reinstated—J. J. Tate, Z. Oldham, J. B. Dunn, Frank Hawkins—3.
Demitted—John H. Carter, H. P. Turner, E. J. Marshall—3.
Died—W. F. Brantly—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Wiley Kelly, E. L. Wood, J. D. Poin-
dexter, Luke Wimberly, John W. Hatcher, Allen Griffin, John S. Wood—8.
Dues to the Gaand Chapter $46 00
Officers, 1871:
T. C. Everett H. P.
S. C. Bains ... K.
E. B. Gordon S.
J. A. Applewhite C. of H.
T. C. Harris P. S.
G. W. Jernigan R. A. C.
S. Lichenstein M. 3d V.
S. R. Sproles M. 2d Y.
Ben. Forscheimer M. 1st V.
R. C.Wilson Treasurer.
J. A. Webb Secretary
W. S Myers Ty^er.
EMORY CHAPTER, No 33—Black Hawk, Carroll County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. D. Meek, h. p.; R. C. Jenkins, k.; C. J. Coleman, s.; J. M.
Johnson, c. of h.; B. F. Kittrell, p. s.; David Kyle, r. a. c.; H. J. Reid, m. 3d v.;
H. S. Wade, m. 2d v.; T. S. Threadgill, m. 1st v.; J. C. Towns, Treasurer; Henry
Gilliam, Secretary; Andrew J. Reeves, Tyler.
Members—William Anderson, Wm. R. Cade, A. D. Cook, John H. Downer, J.
A. Hamilton, J. M. Hill, H. T. Hampton, B. M. Hicks, John H. Johnson, John W.
McRea, John H. Porter, J. T. Streater, W. K. Turner, J. R. Young, S. A. Eggles-
ton, T. C. Parish—Total, 28.
Exalted—John H. Downer, J. J. Hilliard, J. E. Hirsh, John H. Johnson, W.
M. McGehee, W. K. Turner—6.
Affiliated—T. C. Parish—1.
Dimitted—J. R. Stoops, H. M. Hamilton, W. J. Wallace, J. J. Hilliard, J. E.
Hirsh—5.
Died—V. 0. King, C. M. Bennett—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $40 00
Officers, 1871.
T C Parish H. P. I A. J. Reeves M. 3d V.
R D. Meek K. | H. J. Reid M. 2d V.
C. J. Coleman S. I H. S. Wade M. 1st Y.
R* C Jenkins C. of H. | W. K. Turner Treasuurer.
B.' F*. Kittrell P. S. I J. M. Johnson Secretary.
Stephen A. Eggleston R. A. C. I J. C. Towns Tyler.
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LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, Wo. 33—Oxford, Lafayette County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday of each month.
Officers, 1870—C. H. Bell, h. p.; William Delay, k.; William L. Lyles, s.; D.
M. Smith, c. of h.; James M. Howry, p. h. p., p. s.; John H. McKee, r. a. c.; P. J.
State, m. 3d v.; George W. Smith, m. 2d v.; J. H. Howrv, m. 1st v.; T. L. Harris,
Treasurer; J. W. McPherson, Secretary; John B. Surprise, Tyler.
Memberst—W. E. Avant, Josiah Able, Julius Bernheim, W. S. Burney, S. G.
Burney, J. R. Burney, T. J. Chandler, J. D. Delbridge.G. W. Delbridge. J. M.
Dooley, J. A. Duncan, F. M. Farrell, A. M. Graham, J. C. Hudgins, B. F. Hous-
ton, N. A. Isom, D. W. Jones, M. G. Knight, J. L. Kendel, W. W. McMahon, P. H.
McCutchen, E. M. Mathews, W. M. Marshall, W. B. Morris, Charles Myer, W.
S. Neilson, H. E. Rascal, A. H. Sanders, M. Sartorious, W. H. Smither, William
Thompson, John Thompson, C. M. Thompson, P. B. Thacker, J. H. White, Henry
Wooley, Robert AVebster, W. W. Wyatt—Total, 50.
Dues U> Grand Chapter $52 00—received 50 00
Officers, 1871:
G. W. Smith M. 3d V.
W. W. Wyatt M. 2d V.
William Marshall M. 1st V.
C. H. Myer Treasurer.
J. W. McPherson Secretary.
J. B. Surprise Tyler.
Correction—Companions J. D. Delbride and Jacob Thompson, in membership
last report, are not accounted for. Their names added, makes correct total
52.—G. Sec'y.
AVm. Delay H. P.
T. L. Harris K.
W. L. Lyles S.
D. M. Smith C. of H
J. H. McKee P. S.
J. Bernheim R. A. C.
WESIIOBA CHAPTER, Wo. 34.—Laurel Hill, Wesboba Co.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—E. L. Lewis, h. p.; Hugh McDonald, k.; A. McKay, s.; W. P.
Frazier, c. of h • J. E. Simmons, p. s.; S. E. Steele, r. a. c.; John McMichael,
m. od. v.; James Watkins, m. 2d v.; Charles Holland, m. 1st v.; John M. McMil-
lan, Treasurer; James S. Lewis, Secretary; J. M. Germany, Tyler.
Members—J. G. Deskin, AV. C. Dowd, H. C. Greer, G. J. Hays, John C.
McBeath, Thomas B. Richmond, W. D. Richmond, E. D. Gamblin, M. B. Kirk, J.
R. Pace, Samuel Williams, L. C. Franklin, W. J. Seale—Total, 25.
Exalted—J. W. Anderson, D. O. Anderson, A. G. Amis—3.
Reinstated—J. R. Pace—1.
Suspended (non-payment of dues)—J. W. Reagan—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $38 00—received $31 00
Officers, 1870:
John McMichael M. 3d V.
James Watkins M. 2d AV.
Charles Holland M. 1st V.
John M. McMillan Treasurer.
J. S. Lewis Secretary.
J. M. Germany Tyler.
Correction.—The three Companions Exalted, and the following Companions,
In membership last report, and not otherwise accounted for, should have been
added to the roll: S. Shoup, William A. Burnside, Zack Booth, D. D. Booth.
The correct total is 32.—G. Sec'y.
E. L. Lewis H. P.
Hugh McDonald K.
A. McKay S.
W. P. Frasier C. of H.
J. E. Simmons P. S.
S. E. Steele R. A. C.
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CHARLES SCOTT CHARTER, IV©. 35—Pleasant Ifill, Olive
Branch P. O., HeSoto County.
No Returns for 1870.
LOUISVILLE CHAPTER, IV©. 36—Louisville, Winston Co.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday niglit in each month.
Officers, 1870—E. Foster, h. p.; W. II. Fox, k.; C. H. Cagle, s.; L. Liebenefild.
c. of h.; J. D. Davis, p. s.; William Barnes, r. a. c.: N. Woodward, m. 3d v.; J.
C. Foster, m. 2d v.; M. A. Metts, m. 1st v.; B. B. Lindsey, Treasurer; G. Y.
Woodward, Secretary; H. C. Edwards, Tyler.
Members—R. D. Brown, A. Burroughs, J. H. Cornwell, T. M. Bradley, G. W.
Fulton, William Harper, H. J. D. Hendricks, John C. Holmes, John Kennedy,
John B. Gage, E. Gaston, Hugh McQueen, Rufus Sullivan, J. P. Shaw, J. L.
Speakes, Ira Tucker, C. Y. Thompson, J. M. Ware—Total, 30.
Exalted—J. H. Cornwell, J. B. Gage, J. M. Ware—3.
Affiliated—E. Gaston, Thos. M. Bradley—2.
Reinstated—A. McMakin, Hugh McQueen, Ira Tucker—3.
Demitted—B. M. Black, A. McMakin, J. W. Patty, T. J. Patty—4.
Died—M. L. Edwards, J. G. Alexander—2.
Suspended—E. D. Hyde, D. D. Kilpatrick, J. D. McKinley, S. R. Whitten—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter 36 00
Officers, 1870:
E.Foster H. P.
J. D. Davis K.
E. Gaston S.
L. Liebenfield C. of H.
J. B. Gage P. S.
Thomas M. Bradley R. A, C.
William Barnes M. 3dV,
N. Woodward M. 2d V.
J. P. Shaw M. 1st V.
B. B. Lindsey Treasurer.
G. Y. Woodward Secretary.
H. C. Edwards Tyler.
Note.—Suspensions should not be reported more than once. Of the 28 names
which appeared in this return, as suspended, all but three appeared in previous
published reports. The gains and losses of one year should not bq confused
with those of another,—G. Sec'y.
UNION CHAPTER, No. 37—Richmond, Leo Comity.
Regular Convocations, 4th Friday in each Month.
Officers, 1870—J. M. Armstrong, h. p.; G. W. Stovall, k.; S. Mansfield, s.;
George Martin, c. of h.; Edward Martin, p. s.; J. B. Lielle, r. a. c.; Thomas
Brooks, m. 3d v.; John Edwards, m. 2d v.; F. M. Threldkeld, m. 1st v.; R. M.
Borum, Treasurer; R. S. Thomas, Secretary; A. D. "Martin, Tyler.
Members—G. F. Burdine, William Beacham, F. R. BurdinAj R. A. Burton,
Cornelius Dowd, W. E. Estes, Martin Cross, W. H. Keys, Meriman Pounds,
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Bailey Schempert, G. C. Thomason, Owen Williams, A. S. Wear—Total, 25.
Exalted—W. R. Burdine, R. A. Burton, W. E. Estes—3.
Affiliated—A. S. Wear—1.
Reinstated—W. R. Bounds, C. Dowd, J. R. Trulove—4.
Demitted—W. R. Bounds, C. A. Marlisall, J. P. Stovall, J. R. Trulove, Thomas
Whitesides—5.
Suspended—B. L. Owen, H. Steadliam—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $31 00
Officers, 1870:
G. W. Stovall H. P.
J. M. Armstrong K.
William Beachum S.
G. Martin C. of H.
A. S. Wear P. S.
Thomas Brooks R. A. C.
W. E. Estes M. 3d V.
Edward Martin M. 2d V.
John Edwards M. 1st V.
R. M. Rorum Treasurer.
R. S. Thomas.... Secretary.
F. M. Threldkeld Tyler.
Note.—Returns for 1869, and dues ($25) received with the above.—G. Sec't.
AMITE CHATTER, No. 42~Liberty, Amite County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Charles P. Neilson, h. p.; Charles E. Davis, k.; John Tebow,
s.; Benj. F. Johns, c. of h.; Charles Carroll, p. s.; David Wilson, r. a. c.; Elias
Safford, m. 3d v.; William L. Davis, m. 2d v.; Matthew B. Gillespie, m. 1st v.;
Charles Carroll, Treasurer; Elijah M.Davis, Secretary; David Jerrett, Tyler.
Members—Wm. P. Anderson, James R. Aumock, Marshall P. Bates, Z. P.
Butler, Isiah Cerf, Wm. D. Davidson, Sylvester Gardner, Charles C. Germany,
James Hinson, James E. Jagers, James A. Jenkins, M. H. McCraine, John &.
Morgan, John II. Nunnery, Holloway H. Ratcliff, Thomas Reid, Van F. Swear-
ing, Elijah L. Tarver, William A. Tarver, Walter M. Weathersly, Francis C.
Wren—Total, 33.
Reinstated—William A. Turner—1.
Died—Elijah M. Davis, Peter B. Faust, Samuel B. Webb—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $34 00—received $32 00
Officers, 1870:
Charles P. Neilson H. P.
James E. Jagers K.
William P. Anderson S.
Benj. F. Johns C. of H.
Elias Safford P. S.
David Wilson R. A. C.
James R. Aumock M. 3d. V.
John G. Morgan M. 2d V.
William L. Davis M. 1st V.
Charles Carroll Treasurer.
Charles E. Davis Secretary.
David Jerrett Tyler.
Correction.—Companions William H. Day and Wilford Z. Lee, in membership
last report, are not accounted for. Their names added, makes correct total
34.—G, Sec't.
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TALLAHATCHIE CHAPTER, No. 44—Charleston, Talla-
liatcliie County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday night in each month.
Officers, 1870—W.-H. Fitzgerald, h. p.; G. B. Roberson, k. ; M. F. Holsliouser.
s.; S. C. Barnes, c. of h. ; C. J. F. Merriwether, p. s.; R. Quarles, r. a. c.; T. P,
Walton, m. 3d v.; J. P. Rhew, m. 2d v.; W. H. Roborson, m. 1st v.; J. W.Buckie}*,
Treasurer; J. W. Bellamy, Secretary; W. R. Erwin, Tyler.
' Members—A. Ball, J. L. Bailey, S. Barnes, T. W. Boisclair, A. R. Brown, J. A.
Crofford, T. F. Crofford, J. H. Daine, W. W. Finlay, J. H. Julian, B. F. Lester,
B. F.A.Lilly, A. G. Murphy, J. J. McBride, James McLean, G. P. Rice, J. A.
Ross, R. K. Stevens, J. M. R. Simmons, J. D. Steele, J. W. Tanner, F. A. Wilker-
son, J. F. M. Young, J. W. Erwin—Total, 36.
Exalted—T. F. Crofford, James McLean, J. J. McBride—3.
Reinstated—A. R. Brown—1.
Demitted—W. A. Owens, J. H. Rainwater, J. C. Wright—3.
Died—A. R. Brown, W. C. Martin—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $54 00
Officers, 1871:
W. H. Fitzgerald H. P.
G. B. Roberson K,
M. F. Holshouser S.
S. C. Barnes C. of H.
C. J. F. Merriwether P. S.
R. Quarles R. A. C.
J. M. R. Simmons M. 3d V.
W. H. Roberson M. 2d V.
J. P. Rhew -...M.lst Y.
J. W. Buckley Treasurer.
J. W. Bellamy Secretary.
W. R. Erwin Tyler.
ENTERPRISE CHAPTER, No, 45—Enterprise, Clarke Co.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. M. Hand, h. p.; G. M. Shaw, k.; J. W. Winn, s.; S. IV. Lee,
c. of h.; J. A. Andrews, p. s.; F. S. Pickle, r. a. c.; W. K. Flowers, ji. 3d v.-
John Kamper, m 2d v.; Jas. Wood, m. 1st v.; C. Kramer, Treasurer; A. G. Levy,
Secretary; 1. H. Wilson, Tyler.
Members—L. B. Brown, S. Ballard, J. M. Buntyn, C. Corbett, W.P. Davis,
B. Easterling, J. S. George, Jacob Hurst, E. E. Hand, H. Harding, G. W. Holden,
Alex. McMillian, C. F. Mayerhoff, L. H. Morrow, S. R. Oliphant, A. Y. Woolver-
ton—Total, 28.
Died—Paul Lee—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $28 00
Officers, 1871:
S. W. Lee H. P.
H. Harding K-
J. A. Andrews S.
G. M. Shaw C. of H.
A. Y. Wolverton P. S.
F. S. Pickle It- A. C.
G. W. Holden M. 3d V.
Sam. R. Oliphant M. 2d V.
John Kamper M.lst V.
C. Kramer Treasurer.
A. G. Levy Secretary.
J. M. Buntyn Tyler.
CARTHAGE CHAPTER? No. 4«—Carthage, Leake County.
No returns for 1870,
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RIPLEY CHAPTER, Y«. 48—Ripley, Tippah County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. E. Rogers, p. h. p., h. p.; J. H. Buchanan, p. h. p., k.; J. P.
Peeler, s.; J. C. Spight, c. of h.; A. C. Rucker. p. h. p., p. s.; J. Y. Murry, r. a.
c.; J. T.Martin, m. 3d v.; (Suspended), m. 2d v.; J. A. Crook, m. 1st v.; W. D.
Carter, p. h. p., Treasurer; W. W. Robinson, Secretary; E. F. Jordan, Tyler.
Members—E. A. Cox, H. T. Counceille, B. W. Dickson, J. A. Fife, R. I. Hill, J.
O. Kelly, J. W. Luter, J. S. Laird, M. P. Lowery, C. G. Haynes, C. P. Miller, p.
h. p., Moses McCarley, L. S. McCowan, Joseph Pearce, C. C. Rucker, B. B■. Ruth-
erford, W. 0. Rutherford, H. A. Stubbs, B. B. Smith, Jr., A. H. Wilson, Samuel
White, J. M. Walker, H. F. Wells, J. W. Wilson—Total, 3(5.
Demitted—H. T. Webb, A. L. P. Yairen—2.
Suspended (for unmasonic conduct)—S. R. Spight—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—W. T. Young, in Ripley Lodge, No.
47—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter $35 60
Officers, 1871:
J. E. Rogers H. P.
W. D. Carter K.
J. H. Buchanan S.
J. Y. Murry C. of H.
A. C. Rucker P. S.
J. C. Spight. ; R. A. C.
A. A. Stubbs M. 3d V.
L. S. McCowan... M. 2d V.
J. T. Martin M. IstV.
J. P. Peeler Treasurer.
W. W. Robinson Secretary.
E. F. Jordan Tyler.
NEW ALBANY CHARTER, No. 49—INew Albany, Union
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday in each month.
Offigers, 1870—C. T. Bond {p. d. g. h. p/), h. p.; N. J. Mayes, k.; Joseph A.
Bobbins, s., William C. Gillen, c. o£ James B. Reaves, p. s., Madison Orr,
r. a. c.; James H. Williamson, m. 3d v.; Adlar Beard, m. 2d v.; Nimrod A. Wil-
kins, m. 1st v.; Elijah A. M. Coker, Treasurer, Joel A. Hearne, Secretary; Jef-
ferson Orr, Tyler.
Members—Waddy A. Bacon, John W. Buchanan, John B. Butler, Elisha C.
Cleary, Jo. Jeff. Davis. Willis Dean, Giles L. Driver, Jos. Porter DufF, Wiley
Martin Ellis, Booker Foster, Ancel H. Ferguson, J. R. Ford, Joseph F. Graham,
Wm. H. Harris, Pressly R. Harris, William J. Huston, Stephen A. Heard, James
Atwood Hill, Elnathan D. Hogge, Benjamin C. S. McAlister, Norbin Jones
Major, W. Martin, Charles G. Mitchel, Wyand Pennebaker, William L. Rey-
nolds, J. Harry Roberson, William C. Swindoll, Jr., David D. Stewart, Wm.
B. Sandford, J. W. SwotFord, Russel J. Turner, Shadrach S. Tyer, Durant L.
Tyer, William C. Tully, T. A. J. Wade, Nat. S. Watson, William West—Total, 49.
Demitted—Micajah F. Berry, James B. Reaves—2.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $48 00
Officers, 1871:
Charles T. Bond H. P.
N. J. Mayes K.
Joseph A. Robbins S.
William C. Gillen C. of H.
Booker Foster P. S.
Madison Orr R. A. C.
James H. Williamson M. 3d Y.
Adlar Beard... M. 2d V.
Nimrod A. Wilkins M. 1st V.
Elijah M. Coker Treasurer.
Joel A. Hearne Secretary.
Jefferson Orr Tyler.
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MOUNT CARMEE CHAPTER, No. SO-REount Carmel,
Covington County.
Regular Convocations, Friday before the first Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Nathan Barnes, h. p. ; Hambrick Hooker, k. ; Wilson Price,
s.; John N. Mclnnis, c. of h. ; Jas. A. Bass, p. s.; Isaac Wiliams, R. a. c.; John
C. Freeman, m. 3d v.; Archey Fairly, m. 2d v.; William R. Hooker, m. 1st v.;
Louis W. Grey, Treasurer; Henry P. Lewis, Secretary; Jerry Bass, Tyler.
Members—Isaac M. Applewhite, M. L. Banks, Harris Barnes, Calvin Barnes,
Nathan S.Buckley, Charles C. Brinson, John Buckhalter, A.H.David, Jacob
Hollander, E. T. Hudnell, Neil Mathason, Michael O'Rork, William Rutledge,
William L. Strahan, W. A. Williams, R. M. Webster, William W. Robeson—
Total, 29.
Reinstated—Charles C. Brinson, R. M. Webster—2.
Died—Calvin Ford—1.
Expelled—JeSse L. Fortenberry—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—John L. Beavers, R. T. Berry, Peter
Fairly, B. B. W. Lee—I
Dues to Grand Chapter $29 00
Officers, 1871:
Isaac Williams H. P.
Hambrick Hooker K.
Wilson Price S.
John N. Mclnnis C. of H.
Jas. A. Basb P. S.
Nathan Barnes R. A. C.
John C. Freeman M. 3d V.
William L. Strahan M. 2d V.
William R. Hooker M.lstV.
Jacob Hollander Treasurer.
Louis W. Grey Secretary.
Jerry Bass Tyler.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, No. 51-Chwlahoma, Marshall
County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—B. N. Alexander, h. p.; P. H.Jenkins, k.; E. W. Bloodworth,
s., R. P. Bowen, c. of h.; J. W. Stephenson, p. s.; William McKie, r. a. c.; Geo.
W. McKie, m. 3d v.; David Lawman, m. 2d v.; N. J. Wilson, m. 1st v.; C. S.
Bowen, Treasurer; J. H. Alexander, Secretary; D. M. Davis, Tyler.
Members—H. L. Alexander, J. H. Amaker, James H. Brooks, R. T. Bowen, J.
D. Collins, S. D. Coyle, J. C. Cooper. W. R. Cooper, J. G. Coleman, J. S. Coleman,
Isaac Dotson, Calvin Falkner, J. D. Gordon, A. M. Gordon, W. H. Gant, Albert
Hamilton, W. F. Hyer, W. A. Jeffries, J. L. Mabry, B. F. McKie, D. H. Mims, W.
R. Moore, J. L. McGowan, S. H. Pryor, W. K. Rogers, Robert Sanders, C. J.
Smith, Joe H. Smith, C. C. Stephenson, G. W. Stephenson, James H. Still, J. L.
Wilson, W. H. Young—Total, 45.
Exalted—J. H. Amaker, G. W. Stephenson, Robert Sanders—3.
Reinstated—B. F. McKie—1.
Demitted—R. H. Read, William Haynes—2.
Died—C. B. Harris—1.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $51 00
Officers, 1871:
B N. Alexander H. P. George W. McKie M. 3d V.
p! H. Jenkins... K. David Lawman M. 2d Y.
E*. W*. Bloodworth S. Nich. J. Wilson M. 1st V.
R* P." Bowen C. of H. C. S. Bowen Treasurer.
T w' SteDhenson P. S. J. H. Alexander Secretary.
WiHiamTckie B. A. C. D. M.Davis TyleT
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PATTOI* CHAPTER, No. 52—Lauderdale Station, Lauder-
dale County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. McKinley, h. p.; J. C. Porter, k.; J.G. McArthur, s.; (dead)
c. of h.; J. L. Simmons, p. s.; Wesley Brown, r. a. c.; J. L. Nunnery, m. 3d v.;
W. R. Perkins, M. 2d v.; R. B. Wilder, m. 1st v.; C. G. Miller, Treasurer; W. R.
McKinley, Secretary; E. W. Smithwick, Tyler.
Past High Priest—W. S. Patton.
Members—T. Y. Armstrong, L. D. Belk, E. A. R. Cocke, W. L. Cole, James M.
Crawley, J. W. Crawley, John Dove, S. H. Furguson, Elias Moore, Wm. Moore,
E. C. Gibbs, C. M. Kelley, S. S. Granbery, Robert Brown, Thomas Simmons, A.
D. McCullough, Daniel W. Peace, Reuben Smith, J. L. Cooper, R. W. Miller—
Total, 33.
Reinstated—R. W. Miller—1.
Died—A. M. Bates—1.
Exalted—S. S. Granberry, Robert Brown, C. M. Kelley, Thomas Simmons, E.
C. Gibbs, J. L. Cooper—6.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—P. P. Cullum, W. C. Day, R. E. Farris,
E. J. Palmer, J. G. Bobbett—5.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $49 00
Officers, 1871:
, R. McKinley H. P. I Thomas Simmons . M. 3d V.
J. C. Porter K. | Elias Moore M. 2d V.
C. M. Kelley S. I J. L. Simmons M. IstV.
R. B. Wilder CofH. | C. G. Miller Treasurer.
E. G. Gibbs P. S. I W. R. McKinley Secretary.
J. L. Nunnery R. A, C. | E. W. Smithwick Tyler.
Note.—Companions S. P. Kennedy and James McCarty are not accounted for.
Their names added, makes correct total 35. Names should be in alphabetical
order.—G. Sec'y.
PALO ALTO CHAPTER, Wo. 53—Palo Alto, Chickasaw
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday, at 2 o'clock p. m., in each month.
Officers, 1870—W. C. Coopwood, h. p.; David Robertson, k.; Henry M. Joy,
s.; Daniel B. Hill, c. of h.; Samuel A. Deanes, p. s.; John L. Armistead, r. a. c.;
Jehu White, m. 3d h.; James B. Watkins, m. 2d v; Sterling G. Joy, m. 1st v.; Jas.
P. Deanes, Treasurer; William H. Hill, Secretary;. Absalom Medlock, Tyler.
Members—John K. Allen, R. M. Garvin, W. P- Malone, John C. Miller, W. C.
McVey, Clifton St. Clair, C. J. Townsend, J. S. Williams, T. C. Williamson, J.J.
McPherson, C. J. Townsend, James S. Williams—Total, 24.
Affiliated—R. M. Garvin, T. C. Williamson—2.
Reinstated—C. J. Townsend, J. S. Williams—2.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $24 00—none recived
Officers, 1871:
W. C. Coopwood H. P.
Henry M. Joy K.
R.M.Garvin S.
D. B. Hill C. of K.
Clifton St. Clair P. S.
J. L. Armistead R. A. C.
T. C. Williamson M. 3d V.
David Robertson M. 2d V.
C. J. Townsend M. IstV.
J. S. Williams Treasurer.
William H. Hill Secretary.
Absalom Medlock Tyler.
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BETHESHA CHAPTER, No. 55—Palmer's Spring, Kosci-
usko Post Office, Attain County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. R. Greer, h. p.; S. W. Land, k.; J. H. Evans, s.; A. W.
Mitchell, c. of h.; F. A. Hudson, p. s.; J. W. Gilbert, r. a. c.; H. F. Moore, m. 8d
v.; J. N. Richberg, m. 2d v.; W. N. Stucky, m. 1st v.; C. W. Clark, Treasurer; W.
F. Skinner, Secretary; S. J. Leinbach, Tyler.
Members—Lansford Ayers, J. F. M. Arterbury, S. C. Armstrong, M. J. Beall,
J. B. Ellard, G. W. Gunter, T. K. Gaddy, N. G. Hudson, P. Mansfield, S. W.
Mitchell, W. W. Moore, R. G. McAfee, A. G. Noah, J. G. Humphreys, R. N. Smith,
S. B. Martin—Total,28.
Exalted—S. B. Martin, J. B. Ellard, T. K. Gaddy—3.
Demitted—F. M. Richburg, G. U. Humphreys—2.
Died—J. W. Armstrong—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—T. S. Boseman—1.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $37 00—received $34 00
Officers, 1871:
A. W. Mitchell H. P.
P. Mayfield K.
W. W. Moore S.
J. R. Greer O. of H.
F. A. Hudson P. S.
H. F. Moore R. A. C.
S. J. Leinbach M. 3d V.
T. K. Gaddy M. 2d V.
W. N. Stucky M. 1st V.
L. Ayers Treasurer.
C. W. Clark Secretary.
J. B. Ellard Tyler.
Corrections.—Companions D. N. Stuckey, Matthew Bell, and S. Leinbach, in
membership last report, are not accounted for. Correct total is 31.—G. Sec'y.
WRIGHT CHAPTER, No. 56—Independence, BeSoto Co.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—B. R. Chambliss, h. p.; J. W. Bowden, k.; James A. Harrison,
s.; J. P. McCrackin, c. of h.; A. J. Wallace, p. s.; J. C. Graham, r. a. c.; James
A. Harris, m. 3d v.; W. R. P. Jones, m. 2d v.; Evin Perry, m. 1st v.; Robert Jami-
son, Treasurer; Joel Joyner, Secretary; W. F. Wallace, Tyler.
Members—D. W. Allen, A. Cathey, A. Caradine, Josiah Daily, W. Pitt Eason,
J. L. Graham, W. W. Grady, J. T. Harry, Sampson Key, Thomas Leonard, W. J.
Laycock, R. C. Orr, R. B. Peterson, D. J. Perry, W. J. Russwurm, W. T. Rich-
mond, John Q. Sandidge, G. R. Sandidge—Total, 30.
Exalted—J. L. Graham, J. F. Harry, R. C. Orr, W. F. Richmond, John Q. San-
didge, G. R. Sandidge—6.
Affiliated—W. W. Grady—1.
Demitted—C. J. Callicott—1.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $42 00—received $44 00
Officers, 1871:
B R Chambliss H. P. James A. Harris M. 3d V.
James A Harrison K. W. R. P. Jones M. 2d V.
J W Bowden S. G. R. Sandidge M. 1st V.
j' P McCrackin C. of H. Robert Jamison Treasurer.
W T Richmond P. S. J. T. Harry Secretary.
John Q Sandidge R. A. C. W. F. Walker Tyler.
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BALDWIN CHAPTER, Wo. 57—Baldwyn, Lee County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—W. R. H. Mosely, h. p.; Abednege J. Taylor, k.; John H. Ste-
venson, s.; James H. Kennedy; c. of h.; P. M. Savery, p. s.; And. G. Crockett,
r. a. c.; John G. Cole, m. 3d v.; Jos. L. Price, m. 2d v.; D. M. Crockett, m. 1st v.;
J. R. Bristow, Treasurer; Lee C. Prather, Secretary; L. L. Harwell, Tyler.
Members—J. J. Andrews, R. H. Allen, John D. Bills, Thomas W.Butler, David
Johnson, Walker Lynn, W. D. McWhorter, J. C. Oliver, W. Pannel, R. H. Porter,
Wal. J. Reeves, J. P. Robinson, A. D. Sadler, B. B. Sanders, A. W. Sandlin, J.
H. Steveson, Thomas B. Stubbs, J. R. Wallis, E. J. Williams, W. B. Williams, W.
J. WilsOn, William Lee—Total, 34.
Exalted—R. it. Allen, John D. Bills, W. H. II. Bonds, A. D. Sadler, B. B. San-
ders, A. W. Sandlin—6.
Affiliated—R. H. Porter, J. R. Wallis, E. J. Williams—3.
Reinstated—Owen Lucas—1.
Demitted—W. H. H. Bonds, Owen Lucas, W. J. Walden—3.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Jacob Clary, T. W. Houston, J. H.
Knot, T. F. Parker, F. H. Stubbs, B. W. Stubbs—6.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $53 00
Opficers, 1871:
D. M. Crockett M.'Sd V.
R. H. Allen M. 2d V.
Thomas W. Butler M. IstV.
J. R. Bristow Treasurer.
Lee C. Prather Secretary.
Joseph L. Price Tyler.
Note.—Companions R. H. Allen and John D. Bills appear in roll for first time
without explanation.—G. Sec'v.
P. M. Savery H. P.
John D. Bills K.
A. J. Taylor S.
A. G. Crockett C. of H.
J. H. Kennedy P. S.
J. R. Wallis R. A. C.
SIILBITA CHAPTER, Wo. 59—ReSoto, Clarke County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—M. B. Knight, p. h.; R. D. Weems, k.; John B. Gordon, s.; A.
Boy kin, c. of h.; R. J. McLeod, p. s.; John W. Weems, r. a. c.; G. W. Ferrell, m.
3d v.; G. W. Yarborough, m. 2d v.; J. S. Boss, m. 1st v.; S. Scarborough, Treas-
urer; John S. Dobby, Secretary; T. C. Berthea, Tyler.
Members—J. H. Barber, J. W. Boykin, Sampson Gordon, J. Sanders, S. fl.
Terrall, T. Tobias, Jacob Sumrall, J. H. Owens—Total, 20.
Affiliated—J. H. Owens—1.
Demitted—W. W. Henry, C. A. Stovall—2.
Died—W. F. Shanks—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—A. J. Garrant, R. "W. Davis, Berry
McCarthy, J. A. Garrard, Elias Hails, A. B. Tardy—6.
Dues to Grand Chapter $20 00
Officers, 1871:
W. B. Knight H. P.
P. H. Napier K.
John S. Dabbs S.
A. Boykin C. of H.
J. S. Bass P. S.
R. S. McLeod R. A. C.
Sampson Gordon M.3d V.
John B. Gordon M.2d V.
John W. Weems ..M. 1st V.
S. Scarborough Treasurer.
G. W. Ferrell Secretary.
T. C. Berthea Tyler.
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IPAKOLA OHAPTEtt, No. 60—Panola, Panola County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—F. Moore, h. p.; A. R. McWilliams. k.; A. J. Browder, s.; M.
N. Phillips, c. of h.; W. M. Marshall, p. s.; R. M. Kyle, r. a. c.; G. G. Nelson,
m. 3d v.; J. M. Boyles, m. 2d v.; G. Finch, m. 1st v.; David Butts, Treasurer; J.
C. Harrison, Secretary ; W; E. Farmer, Tyler.
Members—R. S. Abernathy, B. L. Bullard, F. J. Boyles, D. H. Bowers, J. J.
Byers, W. H. Brown, T. P. Brown, J. W. Calaway, John M. Cox, John A. Cooper,
John W. Darby, G. W. Deaton, E. V. Dickins, William Dugger, James F. Essary,
W. J. Floyd, David J. Goff, H. W. Harris, William S. Harris, Peter Hubbard, T.
Hubbard, William B. Johnson, D. A. Kinchloe, J. A. Kuykendall, Simon P. Les-
ter, William S. Lester, G. G. Love, P. V. Lester, Samuel Martin, Calvin Miller,
W. S. Mills, R. H. Moore, P. W. Perry, M. M. Randolph, S. F. Sorsby, William
E. Stone, James R. Taylor, Daniel M. Whitten, Jesse C. Wright, Joseph J. Wright,
John M. Wright—Total, 53.
Exalted—P. V. Lester, John M. Cox, Wm. A. Brown—3.
Affiliated—F. W. Matthews, Thomas P. Brown, J. W. Calaway—3.
Demitted—Joseph J. Waldrip, S. Henry Simmons, E. W. Matthews—3.
Died—James 0. Harris—1.
Dues to#Grand Chapter $59 00
Officers, 1871:
G. G. Nelson H. P.
Thomas P. Brown K.
John C. Harrison S.
W. E. Farmer C. of H.
William M. Marshall P. S.
Moses N. Philips R. A. C.
R. M. Kyle M.SdV.
Jesse C. Wright M. 2d V.
Joseph. J. Wright M. 1st V.
B. L. Ballard Treasurer.
J. W. Calaway Secretary.
A. J. Browder ; Tyler.
EUREKA CHARTER, No. 61-Goodman, Holmes County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—William B. Field, n. p.; A. J. Knapp, k.; J. W. Mitchell, s.;
S. W. Smith, c. of h.; M. L. Harman, p. s.; C. M. Ashley, r. a. c.; R. G. Phillips,
m. 3d v.; M. C. Pankey, m. 2d v.; William S. Henley, m. 1st v.; J. W. Taggart,
Treasurer; A. G. Doty, Secretary; R. J. Moody, Tyler.
Past High Priests—D. Mitchell, John Falls.
Members—J. C. Ashley, J. P. Ashford, S. A. Arnold, J. M. Ball, J. H. Buster,
J. G. Cain, J. B. Doty, J. H. Douglass, J. F. McMillan, W. H. Magruder, William
A. Pope, Reddick Smith, John Tackett, 0. H. P. Lockett, M. L. McGuire, J. J.
Pickens, John T. Shine, B. L. Norvel—Total, 32.
Reinstated—Daniel Hart, G. W. Myers—2.
Demitted—Daniel Hart, G. W. Myers—2.
Died—John Gould, B. H. Wellons—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—B. F. Byrd, R. R. Campbell, James
Costillo, L. B. Lipsey, J. C. McCleskey, D. G. Pepper, W. R. Swain, W. J. Taylor,
L. J. Zigler, B. L. Taylor—10.
Dues to Grand Chapter $32 00
Officers, 1871:
D. Mitchell, p. h. p ....■ H. P.
J. H. Douglass K.
J. T. Shine S.
M. L. Harman C. of H.
A. J. Knapp P. S.
S. W. Smith R. A. C.
B. L. Norvel M. 3d. V.
C. M. Ashley M. 2d. Y.
J. B. Doty M. 1st A.
J. W. Taggart Treasurer.
J. W. Mitchell Secretary.
R. J. Moody Tyler.
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<». W. PERKINS CHAPTER, No. 63—Horn Lake, DeSoto
County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—S. L. Rains, h. p.; W. L. Lundy, Sr., k.; J. W. Rutland, s.; W.
D. Davis, c. of h.: (Dead), p. s.; W. G. Elmore, r. A. a; B. Peebles, m. 3d v.; J.
C. Clements, m. 2d v.; R. C. Lea, m. 1st v.; Felix Davis, Treasurer; James A.
Smith, Secretary; E. S. Nesbitt, Tyler.
Members—A. H. Adams, A. F. Bell, S. A. Bell, J. N. Bradford, E. Bowldin, W.
J. Bynum, E. A. Edmondson, F. M. Fletcher, L. G. Gabbert, E. R. Gill, W. B.
Gwinn, R. P. Harris, L. C. Taylor, S. D. Irwin, S. S. Robinson, J. L. Robinson,
J. Robinson, James Jorian—Total, 30.
Exalted—J. N. Bradford, S. A. Bell, James Jorian—3.
Died—James Turner—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter.
.$36 00
Officers, 1871:
J. W. Rutland H. P.
W. L. Lundy, Sr K.
W. G. Elmore S.
W. D. Davis C. of H.
E. R. Gill P. S.
Felix Davis R. A. C.
James Jorian M. 3d V.
J. C. Clements M. 2d V.
R. C. Lea M. 1st V.
S. A. Bell Treasurer.
W. A. Bynum Secretary.
J. N. Bradford Tyler.
DOVER CHAPTER, No. 641—Dover, Yazoo County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870:—A. M. Hicks, h. p.; B. L. Sandidge, k.; J. G. B. Collins, s.;
W. A. Prestridge, c. of h.; T. J. Jordan, p. s.; Thomas Brumfield, R. a. c.; M. P.
Cheatham, m. 3d v.; Wiley H. Collins, m. 2d v.; J. W. Kirk, m. 1st v.; John A.
Cheatham, Treasurer; L.Rice, Secretary; J. H. Ferris, Tyler.
Members.—T. E. Bradsaw, Y. H. Fugate, R. P. Frazier, W. T. Hodge, Isaac W.
Martin, S. D. Robertson, W. G. N. Strickland, C. M. White, William F.
Gartley—Total, 31.
Exalted—C. M. White, W. T. Hodge, Issac W. Martin—3.
Affiliated—R. P. Frazier—1
Reinstated—Thomas E. Bradsaw, A. M. Heath—2.
Demitted.—A. M. Heath—1.
Suspended—A. C. Welburn, Y. A. Wilkerson, J. Q. Page, Claiborn Bowman—4.
Dus to Grand Chapter $27 00
Officers, 1871:
H. P.
K.
J. W. Kirk M. 3d V.
W. T. Hodge M. 2d V.
J. T. Jordan M. 1st V.
John A. Cheatham Treasurer.
Wiley H. Collins Secretary.
J. H. Ferris Tyler.
Note.—The name of Wm. M. Moore appears in last year's report as a member
of this Chapter, which should have been omitted, as he is not a member of this
Chapter; also, A. E. Russell, acting as Secretary, is not a member, but a non-
affiliating payer.—Sec'y.
V, H. Fugate
B. L. Sandidge...
R. P. Frazier S.
J. G. B. Collins C. of H.
A. M. Hicks...: P. S.
W. G. N. Strickland R. A. C.
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CHICKASAW CHAPTER, Wo. 65—Sparta, Chickasaw Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday m each month.
Officers, 1870—J. H. McLendon, h. p.; G\ N. Robuck, k.; R. A. Nichols, s.;
James Griffith, c. of h.; F. M. Robuck, p. s.; A. P. Hasting, r. a. c.; T. W. Eng-
land, m. 3d v.; J. M. Paden, m. 2d v.; J. R. Davis, m. 1st v.; J. B. E. Caradine,
Treasurer; E. J. Windham, Secretary; S. H. Paden, Tyler.
Members—H. C. Avant, R. W. Barton, J. L. Jennings, G. L. Jennings, H.
Logan, J. 0. McMullen, F. D. Paden, J. W. Powell, Hue Ponder, L. B. Robuck,
J. L. Thomas, James M. Woolard, W. A. Wamack, W. T. Watkms, J. A. White,
W.R.Waide.—Total, 28. *
Exalted—L. B. Robuck, J. A. White, W. R. Waide—3.
Died—H. H. Brinker, M. S. Wamack—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $34 00
Officers, 1871:
J. H. McLendon H. P. I T. W. England M. 3d Y.
G. N. Robuck K. | J. M. Paden M. 2d V.
J. A. White S. I J. R. Davis M. 1st V.
R. A. Nichols C. of H. | J. B. E. Caradine Treasuser.
W. R. Waide P. S. I E. J. Windham Secretary.
James Griffith R. A. C. | F. M. Robuck Tyler.
RIEWZI CHAPTER, Wo. 66-Rienzi, Alcorn County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Thursday in each month.
Offcers, 1870—John F. Arnold, h. p.; John G. Barton, k.; Jesse Johnsey, s.
B. F.Williams, c. of h.; J. W. Stevens, Jr., p. s.; B. C. Stanley, r. a. c.; J. W
Stevens, Sr., m. 3d v.; William Williams, m. 2d v.; W. H. H. Boone, m. 1st v.; E
F. Sorrell, Treasurer; Robert Henderson, Secretary; John C. Johnston, Tyler
Members—W. T. Adair, William C. Blythe, E. W. Carmack, Andrew Cathey
M. B. Feemster, S. J. Jumper, Pryor Scally, Pat Smith, William A. Taylor, H. S
Whiteside, J. N. Whiteside, O. D. Fitzgerald, J. W. Morris, H. H. Isom, C. C
Williams, Robert Henderson, John Wilson—Total, 29.
Demitted—J. P. Gray—1.
Suspended.—Joe M. Anderson, J. S. Britton, Robert Davenport, A. E
Reynolds, William Taylor. T. J. Waide, Wm. Gilmer, J. T. Whitehurst—8.
Dues to Grand Chapter.
00—received $2 00
Offcers, 1871:
J. F. Arnold H. P.
J. W. Stevens, Sr K.
O. D. Fitzgerald S.
B. F. Williams C. of H.
J. W. Stevens, Jr P. S.
John C. Johnston R. A. C.
John G. Barton M. 3d V.
H. H. Isom M. 2d V.
J. W. Morris M. 1st Y.
B. C. Stanley Treasurer.
Robert Henderson Secretary.
Jesse Johnsey Tyler.
EUCLID CHAPTER, Wo. 67—Cock rum, DeSoto County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers 1870—S. O. B. Crocket, h. p.; J. C. Langston, k.; H. B. Manes, s.;
ft w Anderson, c. of h.; S. C. Powers, p. s.; J. R. Holloway, r. a. c.; P. Sum-
ivf 3d v.; J. G. Edwards, m. 2d v.; J. Thomas, m. 1st v.; J. W. McCall,
Treasurer, J. W Lide, Secretary; R. Lee. Tvler.
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MssiBERS—W. P. Bowen, Jerard Collens, J. C. Culbertson, J. L. Greer, H. K.
Hope, A. M. Harwell, J. J. Ingram, P. H. Irvin, J. H. Jean, B. F. Martin, M. B.
Peterson, C. Phillips, J. T. Pullem, William Robinson, J. Richardson, P. Riley,
Ransom Lee, J. D. Miller, A. F. Powers, J. R. Crumpler, John Riley, Nathan
Ingram, C. W. Mobley—Total, 35.
Exaited—J. Richardson, P. Riley, J. Pullium—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $41 00—none received.
Officers, 1871:
S. 0. B. Crocket H. P.
J. C. Langston K.
H. B. Manes S.
G. H. Anderson C. of H.
S. C. Powers P. S.
P. Riley R. A. C.
J. Riley M. 3d V.
J. G; Edmonds M. 2d V.
J. Thomas M. 1st V.
J. W. McCall Treasurer.
J. W. Lyde Secretary.
J. R. Holloway Tyler.
BYHALIA CHAPTER, No. 68—Bylialia, Marshall t'ounty.
No Returns for 1870.
BRANDON CHAPTER, No. 69-Brandon, Rankin County.
Regular Convocations, first Friday night before the Full Moon in each month.
Officers, 1870—H. S. Cole, h. p.; James Ware, k. ; T. H. Johnson, s.; W. L.
Pickering, c. of h. ; J. W. Patton, p. s.; Benj. Kaufman, r. a. c.; H. Atkinson,
m. 3d v.; J. F. Barnett, m. 2d v.; L. A. Runge, m. 1st v.; J. A. Ray, Treasurer;
Samuel R. Collier, Secretary; Richard Shields, Tyler.
Members—James Baker, Joseph Bennett, E. H. Brinkley, D. H. Brown, J. T. B.
Cocke, Richard Cooper, Alex. Chisholm, D. W. Denson, A.J. Frantz, John P.
Giles, L. L. Griffin, J. L. Hancock, J. L. Hargroves, T. D. Harris Henry Hoskins,
Hiram King, James Marshall A. G. Mayers, J. W. McMaster, C. H. Meadows, W.
A. Moore, W. A. Peacher, J. M. Quinn, W. M. Smith, J. P. Starr, J. R. Stevens,
Wesley Taylor, H. P. Tinnin, L. Washburn—Total, 41.
Reinstated—D. H. Brown, J. F. Chester, J. T. B. Cocke, D. W. Denson, T. D.
Harris, James Marshall, J. M. Quinn, J. P. Starr, Wesley Taylor—10.
Demitted—J. F. Chester, J. B. Lindsey, J. C. Wallace, David Weile—4.
Died—J. S. Antley, John McLauren—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. O. DeCastro, H. Kernaghan, W. B
Long, J. F. Seymour, T. S. White—5.
Dues to Grand Chapter. $41 00
Officers, 1871:
Richard Cooper H. P.
A. J. Frantz K.
W. L. Pickering S.
J. L. Hargroves C. of H.
J. A. Ray P. S.
Benj. Kaufman R. A. C.
Henry Hoskins M. 3d V.
L. Washburn M. 2d V.
L. A. Runge M.lstV.
Treasurer,
Samuel R. Collier Secretary.
Richard Shields Tyler.
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S4DOOBA tttAPTER, No. 70—Scooba, Kcmpcf Countyj
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—H. C. Robinson, h. p.; B. A. Calhoun, k.; J. C. Carnathan, s.;
J. W. Hardin, c. of h.; W. H. Lipscomb, p. s.; J. T. Webb, r. a. c.; E. A. Jack-
son, m. 3d v.; J. C. Dale, m. 2d v.; A. E. Jackson, m. 1st v.; 0. Y. Neely, Treas'r;
J. C. Hardin, Secretary; J. Y. Lipscomb, Tyler.
Members—J. C. Avery, Ed. Dillard, Geo. Dillard, J. R. Dunlap, J. M. Rambo,
R. A. Garner, 0. F. Hadley, John Robinson. W. W. Little, B. H. McElvain, E. H.
Nelson, F. G. Nicholson, D. C. Greenwood—Total, 26.
Demitted—M. D. Crawford—1.
Died—J. Mulholland—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $25 00—received $18 00
Officers, 1871:
(None Elected.)
JOHN HEBRON CHAPTER, No. 71—Bovina, Warren Co.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Daniel Cameron, h.p. ; Jas. C. Newman, k.; E. Fox, (pro tern.,)
s.; J. H. Newman, (pro tern.,) c. of h. ; J. H. Featherston, p. s.; S. B. Wall, r. a. c. ;
G. A. Chappell, (pro tem.,) m. 3d v.; John B. Young, (pro tern.,) m. 2d v.; W. R.
Billingslea, m. 1st v.; J. B. Brabston, (pro tem.,) Treasurer; John L.Hebron,
(pro tem.,) Secretary; W. M. Bullock, (pro tem.,) Tyler.
Members—H. T. Young, Jas. A. Fox, J. W. Finch, G. F. Roland—Total, 16.
Affiliated—J. W. Finch, G. F. Roland—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $16 00
Officers, 1871:
(None Elected.)
RENT H. MILES CHAPTER, No, 72—Satartia, Yazoo Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. S. Stampley, h. p. ; Wm. A. Mansfield, k. ; S. H. Childress, s.;
Jas. H. Martin, c. of h. ; Thomas R. Holloman, p. s.; Joseph W. Lea., r. a. c. ;
W. D. Gibbs, m. 3d v.; John Stampley, m.2d v.; AVilliam W. Wiles, m. 1st v.;
Turner Lumbley, Treasurer; Dent H. Miles, Secretary; John Potter, Tyler.
Members—Jas. R. Bell, Julius Horn thai, John B. Holloman, J. W. Jones, John
H. McCutchen, Claiborne McCalpin, William H. Richardson, Asa Sibley, Robert
G. Johnson, Thomas H. White, F. M. Haining—Total, 23.
Exalted—C. H. McCalpin, Thomas H. White, William H. Richardson—3.
Affiliated—F. M. Haining—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—James H. Bradshaw—1.
Dues to Grand ChaDter $29 00
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John Stampley.
F. M. Haining...
Thomas H. White.
.H. P.
K.
Jas. H. Martin C. of H.
Thomas R. Holloman P. S.
J. S. Stampley R. A. C.
Officers, 1871;
Jos. W. Rear M. 3d V.
William A. Mansfield M. 2d V.
W. W. Wiles M.lstV.
W. H. Richardson Treasurer.
Dent H. Miles Secretary.
John^Potter Tyler.
WARD CHAPTFR, No, 73-Senatobia, DeSoto County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—M. D. Johnson, h. p.; M. L. Benge, k.; J. M. Veach, s.; L. W-.
Pearce, c. of h.; J. E. Mathews, p. s.; H. L. Anthony, r. a. c.; W. W. Gilmore,
m. 3d v.; J. Wl Benton, m. 2d v.; J. E. Woolfolk, m. 1st v.; J, S. Jones, Treas'r;
J. M. Williams, Secretary; E. C. Townsend, Tyler.
Members—T. A. Bailey, W. H. Bounds, John Carlock, R. J. Carter, W. T. Cole,
M. A. Douglas, W. A. Embry, Jeptha Evans, A. J. Howard, A. T. Hudson, C. B.
Hood, H. HalL F. M. Larimore, J. M. Logan, J. M. Linsey, J. M. Lively, J. A.
Miller, B. T. Neighbors, Jas. Pickle, Jas. Ruffin, R. P. Ramsey, Rob. Stewart, A.
P. Sage, H. J. Smith, D. H. A. Sanders, A. H. Too*ibs, L. P. Underwood, J. B.
Wright, 0. F. West, N. W. Williams, R. P. White, B. B. Waddel—Total, 44.
Exalted—J. M. Lively, J. A. Miller, H. Hall, D. T. Neighbors, James Pickle,
R. B. Ramsey—6.
Died—J. T. White—1.
Expelled—J. W. Benton, by Ebenezer Lodge, No. 76—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $56 00
Officers, 1871:
M. D. Johnson H. P.
M. L. Benge K.
J. M. Yeach S.
L. W. Pearce C. of H.
J. E. Mathews P. S.
H. L. Anthony R. A. C.
W. W. Gilmore M. 3d V.
J. W. Benton M. 2d V.
J. E. Woolfolk M. 1st Y.
J. S. Jones Treasurer.
J. N. Williams Secretary.
E. C. Townsend Tyler.
W. D. FERRIS CHAPTER, No. 74—Benton, Yazoo County.
Begular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—W. D. Ferris, h. p.; Henry Yandell, k.; Jas. H. Elliott, s.; J.
A. Sconyers, c. of h. ; D. Bunch, p. s.; W. A. Hendricks, r. a. c.; J. A. Purvis,
m. 3d v.; W. F. Watlington, m. 2d v.; Jas. W. Picketts, m. 1st v.; R. McCutchen,
Treasurer; W. J. Watlington, Secretary; J. P. Briggs, Tyler.
Members—T. B. Alsop, E. Berry, A. R. Blaylock, A. T. Carson, J. M. Chisholmi
S. Z. Dixon, J. L. Deason, W. C. Day, J. H. Frazier, John F. Green, B. H. Griffin,
W. F. Heard, C. R. Henderson, J. F. Hendrick, William Hewett, A. H. Johnston,
L. P. King, A. A. Lomax, R. Ledbetter, E. A. Moore, J. W. Penny, J. H. Pepper,
Z. Pepper, Jr., Jas. W. Ricketts, J. M. Smith, W. H. Stubblefield, R. H. Sanders,
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J. J. Simms, D. W. Thomas, Jas. Vaughan, L. B. Warren, B. P. Williams, G. M.
Powell, J. Blalock, R. P. Frasier, W. T. Brister, J. J. Simms, J. W. C. Smith, W.
A. Stricklin—Total, 51.
Affiliated—D. W. Thomas, Jas. Vaughan—2.
Reinstated—A. R. Blaylock, William Ewen, W. P. King, J. H. Pepper, B. F.
Williams, J. M. Smith—6.
Demitted—T. M. Brister, A. T. Brister, R. Frasier, Wm. Ewen, R. Warren—5.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—F. M. Beall, S. H. Brister, S. L. Dixon,
D. Stubblefield—4.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $51 00
Officers, 1871:
Henry Yandell H. P.
Jas. H. Elliott K.
G. M. Powell.. S.
J. A. Sconyers C. of H.
W. A. Stricklin P. S.
W. P. King R. A. C.
J. H. Burress M. 3d Y.
John Blaylock. M. 2d V.
W. A. Hendricks M. 1st Y.
D. Bunch Treasurer.
J. W. C. Smith Secretary.
E. Peters Tyler.
Note.—This return does not correspond with several previous returns, but ac-
companying letter of Secretary sufficiently explains. The last seven names in
roll are added by Grand Secretary. They were in membership last report, and
not otherwise accounted for.—G. Sec'y.
CORINTH CHAPTER, No. 76—Corintli, Alcorn County.
Regular Convocations 3d Thursday in each month.
No Returns for 1870.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, No. 77—Crystal Springs, Copiah Co.
Regular Convocations, 3d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. W. Brown, p. h.; H. R. Smith, k.; 0. Osburn, s.; J. M. K'
Alford, c. of h.; E. N. Sumrall, p. s.; J. W. Mathis, r. a. c.; T. J. Cammack, m. 3d
v.; J. W. Didlake, m. 2d v.; J. B. Fields, m. 1st v.; M. W. Eagan, Treasurer; S.
D. Robinson, Secretary ; J. W. Bailey, Tyler.
Members.—J. C. Alford, p. h. p.; J. T. Alford, J. F. Alford, A. F. Andre,
W. S. Alsop, W. P. Barnes, J. Bridges, J. B. Catching, V. L. Coalson, G. W.
Clement, O. D. Clement, S. Corlev, E. W. Corlev, 0. P. Holliday, W. M. Keathley,
G, W. Lock J. W. Massey, A. Mcintosh, J. H. Mcintosh, J. H. Parsons, S. Reno,
J.'C. Smith', W. J. Smith, A. J. Surges, I. N. Tower, D. P. Welch, A. L. Williams,
J. N*. Wilson, A.'T. Wolfe, W. A. Wadkins, J. W. Young—Total, 43.
Exalted—T. M. Barr, W. D. Carmichael, J. M. Coor, W. G. McLeod, B. A.
Smith B F Wilson 6«
Reinstated—T. Berkins, S. Corley, J. N. Tower, W. A. Wadkins, J.N. Wilson,
W. S. Alsop—7.
Demitted—T. Berkson—1..
Died—W. Matheny, T. J. Spencer, W. J. Willing—3.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—A. Hunter, T. M. Scott, C. R. Smith—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $61 00—received $55 00
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Offcers, 1871 i
T. J. Cafflmack M. 3d V.
R. W. Brown, p. h. p M. 2d V.
S. Reno M. 1st Y.
M. W. Eagan Treasurer.
J. F. Alford Secretary.
J. W. Bailey Tyler.
Note.—The six companions exalted should have been included in roll of mem-
bers. Correct total is 49.
H. R. Smith H. P.
J. M. K. Alford, p. h. p K.
E. N. Sumrall S.
B. F. Wilson C. of H.
G. W. McLeod P. S.
B. A. Smith R. A. C.
WINONA CHAPTER, Co. 78—Winona, Carroll County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—E. Huntley, p. h.; E. N. Hammond, k.; J. W. May, s.; G. A.
Spivey, c. of h.; R. D. Palmer, p. s.; C. A. Arnold, r. a. c.; F. M. Shryock, m. 3d
v.. S. C. Stovall, m. 2d v.; R. Williams, m. 1st v.; W. W. Marshall, Treasurer: J.
J. Campbell, Secretary ; W. J. Nugent, Tyler.
Members—M. H. Allen, C. M. Brooke, Green Bledsoe, J. W. Boothe, A. H.
Boothe, T. J. Blackman, T. A. Baskins, J. T. Cain, I. H. Curtis, W. W. Cowan,
Jesse M. Doyle, G. C. Everett, B. R. Eskridge, W. G. Gunn, W. W. Gairy, A. R.
Gooch, H. J. Gooch, Tip Gamble, H. T. Harvey, Ralph Harvey, W. F. Hamer, H.
H. Hudgins, W. H. Hurt, W. H. Johnson, J. Killingsworth, G. P. Lake, C. Y.
Marshall, J. Y. Oliver, W'. B. Perry, Nathan Pittman, J. A. Pyron, A. M. Rafter
J. P. Thompson, H. P. Turner, J. R. Watson, D. L. Young—Total, 48.
Exalted—C. M. Brooke, T. J. Blackman, Tip Gamble, W. G. Gunn, C. Y. Mar-
shall, J. P. Thompson—6.
Affiliated—W. W. Cowan, W. H. Johnson, H. P. Turner—3.
Reinstated—T. A. Baskins, H. H. Morgan, Nathan Pittman—3.
Demitted—T. P. Brown, James Collins, H. H. Morgan, 0. J. Moore—4.
Died—W. J. McGee—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues.)—J. F. Collins, H. F. McWilliams—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $60 00
Officers, 1871:
E. Huntley H. P.
Ralph Harvey K.
A. C. Stovall S.
G. A. Spivey C. of H.
C. Y. Marshall P. S.
E. N. Hammond R. A. C.
Tip Gamble M. 3d V.
W. W. Cowan M. 2d V.
T. A. Baskins M. 1st V.
W. W. Marshall Treasurer.
J. J. Campbell Secretary.
W. J. Nugent Tyler.
TAMPICO, No. 79—Tampico, Oktibbeha. County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—James B. Cherry, h. p.; Francis M. Gilbert, k.; William H.
Ellis, s.; B. E. Pelly, c. of h.; William C. Duke, p. s.; Thomas Carroll, r. a. c.;
James M. Randall, m. 3d v.; Lawson L. Miller, m. 2d v.; James E. Miller, m. 1st
v.; Silas Cooper, Treasurer; David W. Williams, Secretary; James S. Miller,
Tyler.
Members—A. N. Hamilton. A. H. Thomas, J. E. Vaughn, C. E. Verelle, C. K.
Waker, J. H. Willingham—18.
Demitted—A. J. Rife—1.
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Dues to Grand Chapter $18 00
Officers, 1871:
James B. Cherry H. P.
Francis M. Gilbert K.
Wm. H. Ellis S.
Burrell E. Petty C. of H.
Wm. C. Duke P. S.
Thomas Carroll R. A. C.
James M. Randall'. M. 3d V.
Lawson L. Miller M. 2d V.
James E. Miller M. 1st V.
Silas Cooper Treasurer.
David W. Williams Secretary.
S.Williams Tyler.
Note.—Received, also, returns for 1869.—G. Sec'y.
BROOKHAVEN, No. 80-Brookhaven, Lincoln County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—T. F. Rawls, h. p.; James A. Hoskins, k.; E. E. Seavey, s.; P.
R. Fleeman, c. of h.; E. Pfeifer, p. s.; H. C. Hoskins, r. a. c.; S. H. Whitworth,
m. 3d v.; R. J. Bowen, m. 2d v.; M. J. Whitworth, m. 1st v. (dead); J. W. Martin,
Treasurer; A. E. Moreton, Secretary; E. Knapp, Tyler.
Members—R. R. Applewhite, B. T. Atkins, Luther Blue, A. 0. Cox, W. G.
Ford, Wm. Hobson, Frank Heuck, Charles Heuck, H. Lewenthal, C. Lessing, J.
W. Oliver, J. H. Stewart, C. K. Harvey—Total, 25.
Exalted—B. T. Atkins, H. Lewenthall—2.
Affiliated—J. H. Stewart—1.
Reinstated—R. R. Applewhite—1.
Died—M. J. Whitworth—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—James Albritton, F. W. East, John M.
Hooker—3.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $30 00
Officers, 1871:
T. F. Rawls H. P.
A. O. Cox K.
L. Blue S.
J. A. Hoskins C. of H.
B. T. Atkins P. S.
A. E. Moreton R. A. C.
A. E. Maxwell M. 3d V.
E. E. Seavy M. 2d V.
H. Lewenthall M. 1st V.
E. Pfeifer Treasurer.
J. H. Stewart Secretary.
C. Lessing Tyler.
S. II. JOHNSON, No. 81—Mazleliurst, Copiah County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers 1870—J. W. Anderson, h. p.; J. R. Fortenberry, k.; R. D. Middleton,
s* D B Low, c. of h.; W. J. Wilson, p. s.; John C. Pitts, r. a. c.; Joseph Price,
m' 3dV G w. Kilcrease, m. 2d v.; John Ricker, m. 1st v.; J. C. Groom, Treas-
urer- W. W. Miller, Secretary; J. W. Alley (not a member), Tyler.
TVTvm'rvrs M. Beasley, M. Faler, J. A. Hull, p. h. p., B. Harris, B. Higdon, A.
J Harris, J. B. Middleton, G, Morrison, M. G. Norman, A. Page, G. W. Purnell,
T. J. Ramsey—Total, 24.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $25 00-received $23 00
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Officers, 1871:
B. Higdon M. 3d V.
Joseph Price M. 2d V.
G. W. Purnell M. IstV.
G. W. Kilcrease Treasurer.
J. C. Pitts Secretary.
W. T. Lambright (not a memb.) Tyler.
Note.—Companions M. J. Massengill and Charmer Price should appear in roll
of members. Correct total is 25. Comp. John Bicker was reported demitted,
but being an officer in 1870, could not demit during term of office, and should
not have been so reported in this return.—G. Sec'y.
John A. Hull H. P.
M. J. Massengill K.
J. R. Groom '. S.
D. B. Low C. of H.
J. R. Fortenberry P. S.
R. D. Middleton R. A. C.
STARKVILLE, No. 83—Starkville, Oktibbeha County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—C. N. Terry, h. p.; Wm, H. Gunn, p. h. p., k.; F. H. Duquercron,
s.; L. Rosenfield, c. of h.; W. E. Saunders, p. s.; M. E. Owens, r. a. c.; C. W.
Westmoreland, h. 3d v.; Louis Marten, m. 2d v.; T. G. Sellers, p. h. p.; m. 1st v.;
H. A. McCreight, Treasurer; W. C. Bishop, Secretary; W. F. Yeager, Tyler.
Members—W. B. Aikin, J. M. Brooks, James W. Bell, James W. Butler, W. H.
Cross, J. H. Carroll, W. H. Carpenter, J. W. Caldwell, L. I). Friday, H. Fondren,
John H. Gay, R. A. Lampkin, J. B. Long, D. F. Montgomery, James Mcllwain,
H. C. Powers, J. T. Randolph, J. H. Steel, C. S. Sikes, J. W. Woodward—
Total, 32.
Exalted—J. W. Butler, H. C. Powers, C. S. Sikes—3.
Reinstated—W. B. Aikin, J. G. Carroll, E. Gaston, C. R. Jordan—4.
Demitted—L. A. Fort, E. Gaston, W. H. Glenn, C. A. Hogan, C. R. Jordan, G.
R. Montgomery, C. F. Miller, R. A. Wilder—4.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—R. W. Ellis, John Henry, J. R. Ham,
W. T. Montgomery, B. valentine, P. Valentine—6.
Due to Grand Chapter... $38 00
Officers, 1871:
T. H. Duquercron H. P.
W. E. Saunders K.
H. C. Powers S.
Louis Marten C. of H.
T. G. Sellers P. S.
W. H. Cross R. A. C.
M. E. Owens M. 3d V.
C. W. Westmoreland M. 2d V.
J. W. Woodward M. 1st V.
L. Rosenfield Treasurer.
W. C. Bishop Secretary.
W. H. Gunn Tyler.
SUMMERYILLE CHAPTER, No. 83—Summerville, Gliolson
Post Office, Noxubee County.
Regular Convocations, 2nd Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—Thoa. S. Gathright, h. p.; M. Edwards, k.; J. R. Prince, s.;
G. D. C. Reed, c. of h.; William Kellis, p. s.; Jordon Moore, r. a. c.; J. C. Van-
devender, m. 3d v.; G. Floora, m. 2d v.; G. H. Fain, m. 1st v.; R. Yoe, Treasurer;
A. L. Nail, Secretary; J. W. Williams, Tyler.
Members—W. H. Eichelberger, F. B. Green, R. J. Hudson, J. R. Larkin, Jo«.
Lyle, L. V. Rosser, A. L. Thompson, Z. C. Gathright, R.A.Jackson, E. Edwards—
Total, 22.
Demitted—Terry Gideon—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter 00
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Officers, 1871:
Thos. S. Gathright H. P.
Abram Green K.
J. R. Prince S.
G. D. C. Reed C. of H.
Wm. Kellis P. S.
Jordan Moore R. A. C.
J. C. Vandevender M. 3d V.
Gray Floora M. 2d V.
E. Edwards M. 1st. V.
R. Yoe Treasurer.
M. Edwards Secretary.
J. W. Williams Tyler.
Note—Returns for 1869, and dues ($24 00) received with above—G. Sec'y.
SALEM CHAPTER, No. 85—Union Church, Jefferson Co.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—John A. Galbreath, h. p.; R. A. Sibley, k, ; Lewis Cato, s.; F.
F. Herring, c. of h. ; N. R. C. Watson, p. s.; A. R. Lum, r. a. c. ; J. F. Cato, m. 3d
v.; W. H. Clark, m. 2d v.; E. T. Tucker, m. 1st v.; Hezekiah Short, Treasurer;
C. M.Gordon, Secretary; James N. Clark, Tyler.
Members—Davis Applewhite, George C. Armstrong, Elijah F. Bailey, R. C.
Beatha, Henry P. Bowen, William H. Bowen, J. B. Bowen, John D. Bridgers,
Robert Buie, Joseph P. Buie, Henry Cato, Joseph W. Cato, Sterling Cato, John
A. Clark, William H Clark, Thomas H. Cleland, Augustus Cobb, W. D. Coleman,
John J. Eihory, C. C. Ervin, D. P. Fairly, Ephraim Flowers, James H. Freeman,
Thomas J. Furniss, M. A. Galbreath, Levy R. Godbolt, Thomas W. Godbolt, B.
M. Godbolt, William N. Davis, Thomas 0. Herring, William N. Havis, Berry F.
Jones, Middleton Kelly, Zetus Linton, William N. Maddox, Elijah Miller, A. J.
Moore, Thomas J. Mull-ins, John S. McCormick, William A. McLean, John J.
McLean, W. G. Millsaps, JohnR. Nevels, Martin Nevels, J. P. Newman, W. R.
Newman, R. K. Scott, J. F. Sessions, William J. Smith, Saxson Shaw, Daniel
Warren, Joseph J. Warren, William A. Watson, G. W. \V histine, Clark N.Wood—
Total, 67.
Exalted—J. F. Sessions, Saxson Shaw, W. D. Coleman—3.
Reinstated—W. R. Newman—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $72 00—Received$29 00
Officers, 1871:
William N. Havis M.3dV.
E. T. Tucker M.2dV.
Malcom A.Galbreath M. 1st V.
Sterling Cato Treasurer.
William H. Clark Secretary.
D.G. Clark Tyler.
J. A. Galbreath H. P.
R. A. Sibley K.
Lewis Cato S.
James H. Freeman .C. of H.
Zetus Linton P. S.
Hezekian Short R. A. C.
9IEADVILLE CHAPTER No. 86—Meadvillc, Franklin Co.
No returns for 1870.
STONEWALL CHAPTER No. 87—Sylvarena, Smith County.
No returns for 1870.
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CAT© CHAPTER, No. 89—Cato, Rankin County.
(Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—John Russell, h. p.; John Colquhoun, k.; O. L. Corley, s.;
P. H. Oygrley, c. of h.; T. C. Clark, p. s. ; Esaw Bass, r. a. c. ; W. L. Manning,
M. 3d v.; A. Colquhoun, M. 2d v.; S. H. Mangum, m. 1st v.; S. L. Tucker, Treas-
urer; U. P. Dent, Secretary; E. Floyd, Tyler.
Members—W. H. Barnett, J. A. Barnett, C. H. Baker, L. J. Coleman, F. H. C.
Dent, Sol Dobson, A. L. Daniel, T. J. Franklin, Daniel Giddens, F. M. Martin,
John Morrison, Dan Morrison, Alex. Murray, C. R. Norman, J. P. Rainwater—
Total, 27.
Dues to Grand Chapter $27 00
Officers, 1871:
John Russell.. H. P.
John ColquBWun.. K.
W. H. Barnett S.
P. H. Overby C. of H.
A. Colquhoun P. S.
Esaw Bass R. A. C.
C. H. Baker M. 3d V.
F. H. C. Dent M. 2d V.
S.H. MAngum M.lstV.
S. L. Tucker Treasurer.
F. M. Martin Secretary.
E. Floyd Tyler.
SUMMIT CHAPTER No. 90—Summit, Pike County.
Regular Convocations, 2nd Friday in each month.
Officers, 1870—George T. Gracey, h. p.; Jacob Hart, k. ; H. Hiller, s.; I.
Moyse, c. of h. ; C. H. Mogan, p. s.; Sam Hyman, r. a. c.; G. B. May, m. 3d v.;
P. C. Quin, m. 2d v.; W. T. Tyler, m. 1st v.; Ben Hilborn, Treasurer; George C.
Taylor, Secretary; Chas. H. Lester, Tyler.
Members—H. S. Anderson, A. A. Boyd, W. F. Cain, E. W. Flowers, G. P. God-
bold, B. Haynes, Solomon Hyman, J. W. Hart, George W. Huffman, P. L. Marsalis,
John May, John D. McDowell, William F. McDowell, George Nicholson, H. Nor-
man, J. G. Parsons. H. Murray Quin, D. H. Quin, Thomas R. Stockdale, S. Wolf,
L. Wolf, N. Williams—Total, 34.
Exalted—H. S. Anderson, E. W. Flowers, J. D. McDowell—3.
Demitted—John Williams—1.
Died—J. T. Lamkin, A. H. Prewett—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter, $40 00
Officers, 1871:
P. L. Marsalis M. 3d V.
George T. Gracey.
H. Hiller
H. P.
K.
G. B.May , S.
I. Moyse ; C. of H.
Ed. H. Mogan P. S.
Sam Hyman R. A. C.
P. C. Quin M. 2d V.
J. G. Parsons M.lstV.
W. T. Tyler Secretary.
Ben Hilborn Treasurer.
C. H. Lyster Tyler.
CENTRE RIDGE CHAPTER, No. 93—Eauderdale Springs
Post Office, Kemper Couuty.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—T. C. Murphy, h. p.; G. J. Fortner, k.; J. S. Nettury, s.; J. C.
Gilbert, c. of h.; J. S. Ross, p. s.; E. E. Spinks, r. a. c.; G. Butcher, m. 3d v.; A.
Lilly, m. 2d. v.; R. G. Bitsell, m. 1st v.; N. Grace, Treasurer; R. Fowler, Secre-
tary, William Stephens, Tyler.
Members—M. J. Rush, L. M. McLendon, J. Moore, J. B. Ramsey, A. Barefield,
John C. Spinks, Mc. M. Hudson, Charles Bell,. G. L. Welsh, W. P. Kusee, J. R.
Brittain, James Watts—Total, 24.
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Exalted—L. M. McLendon, John Moore, J. B. Ramsey, J. C. Spinks, Mc. M.
Hudson, Charles Bell—6.
Affiliated—James Watts, p. h. p—1.
Demitted—William Dean—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $36 00—received $37 00
Officers, 1871:
G. J. Eortner H. P.
J. S. Netturv K.
J. C. Gilbert S..
J. C. Spinks C. of H.
J. S. Ross P. S.
Mc. M. Hudson R. A. C.
L. M. McLendon M. 3d V.
A. Lilly M. '2d V.
R. G. Betsill M. IstV.
N. Grace Treasurer.
R. Fowler Secretary.
C. Bell Tyler.
Note.—Return would be more acceptable had roll of mombers been alphabeti-
cally arranged.—G. Sec'y.
DIJRANT CHAPTER, No. 94-Durant, Holmes County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—C. T. Murphy, h. p.; S. W. Red, k.; R. M. Murphy, s.; J. Jeff.
Cooper, c. of h.; F. M. Glass, p. s.; C. H. Weston, r. a. c.; B. W. Moore, m. 3d. v.;
J. R. Heflin, sk 2d v.; James Hays, m. 1st v.; J. S. Weatherby, Treasurer; John
Murphy, Secretary; J. W. Cook, Tyler.
Members—J. W. Allen, C. A. Crowder, L. Glazier, W. W. Godfrey, James
W. B. Sanders, Nicholas Smith, J. W. Sproles, Sr., B. M. Strowd, W. P.
Strowd, M. C. Shepherd, S. W. Weems, C. H. Weston—Total, 25.
Affiliated—L. Glazier—1.
Demitted—T. C. Parish, J. W. Elliott, Joel Gulledge, Wm. Joyce—4.
Died—C. C. Sproles—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—W. A. Elmore, J. S. Herbert—2.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $25 00
Officers, 1871:
C. T. Murphy [H. P.
C. H. Weston K.
S. W. Red S.
J. Jeff. Cooper C. of H.
L. Glazier P. S.
S. W. Weatherby R.A. C.
R. M. Murphy M. 3d V.
J. S. Weatherby M. 2d V.
W. W. Godfrey M. 1st V.
S. W. Weems Treasurer.
J. R. Heflin Secretary.
B. M. Strowd Tyler.
WEST POINT CHATTER, No. 95—West Point Lowndes
County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Friday in each month.
Officers 1870—Ben T. Palmer, h. p.; W. F. Franks, k.; H. W. Henly, s.; Jas.
TT Rhiriman. c. of h.;. R. L. Cannon, p. s.; Jerry Troy, r. a. c.;
m 3d v^ A. C. Echols, m. 2d v.; D. W. Story, m. 1st v.; P. H. White, Treasurer;
J S Carothers, Secretary; John D. Travis, Tyler.
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Members—Henry Anderson, John K. Allen, John G. Baptist, Geore T. Baber,
James A. Cox, Benj. F. Capshaw, John T. Crockett, J. P. Dancer, P. B. Dugan,
B. A. Duncan, Isadore Frenkel, F. E. Harris, Robert S. Harris, Con. McCarthy,
Wm. W. Robinson, Wm. B. Shelly, P. W. Taylor, W. G. White—30.
Exalted—Isadore Frenkel, Con. McCarthy, William G. White—3.
Affiliated—John K. Allen, John T. Crockett, P. W. Taylor—3.
Demitted—C. P. Savage, James H. Westbbrook—2.
Suspended (non-payment of dues)—T. D. Williamson.
Dues to Grand Chapter $36 00—received 35 00
Officers, 1871:
.H. P.
K.
W. B. Shelly M. 3d V.
J. W. Shippman M. 2d V.
John K. Allen M.lstV.
L. W. Storey Treasurer.
J. Frenkel Secretary.
John D. Travis Tyler.
Note.—Companion John B. Ellis, in membership last report, is not accounted
for. Correct total is 31.—G. Sec'y.
Ben T. Palmer
P. H. White
Wm. G. White S.
Wm. F. Franks C. of H.
R. L. Cannon P. S.
John F. Crockett R. A. C.
HcCONNICO CHAPTER, No. 96—Water Valley, Yallobusha
County,
Regular Convocations, 1st Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—M. D. L. Stephens, h. p.; John H. Wilson, k.; L. M. Lawshe,
s.; P. C. Kennedy, c. of h.i T. W. Whitsey, p. s.; H. L. Duncan, r. a. c.; F. H.
Green, m. 3d v.; B. R. Harding, m. 2d v.; Wm. Simmons, m. 1st v.; A. J. McCon-
nico, Treasurer, W. H. Sthreshly, Secretary; F. Hulihan, Tyler.
Members—J. K. Fulson, Henry Gibbon, W. E. Beir, G. W. Fulmer, A. S.
Campbell, B. H. Carr, Robert Martin, D. W. Rogers, D. F. Rogers, P. D. Woods,
E. C. Davidson, W. Taliaferro, Lewis Marble, J. C. Butler—Total, 28.
Exalted—W. A. Crawford, Sam Tate, W. W. Howd, E. Badley, Gus. Bergland,
S. B. McConnico, J. O. Hendricks, J. Q. Morrison. George A. Sims, J. H. Roth-
well, W. S. Harrison, F. J. West, W. H. Leach, C. T. Hope, W. S. Palmore—15.
Demitted—Sam Tate, J. E. Smith, Geo. W. Smith—3. x
Died—W. W. Howd—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $69 00—received $56 00
.Officers, 1871:
John H. Wilson H. P.
P. C. Kennedy K.
T. W. Whitsey S.
T. J. West C. of H
W. S. Harrison P. S.
Geo. A. Sims R. A. C.
W. A. Crawford M. 3d V.
J. O. Hendricks M. 2d V.
J. Q. Morrison M. 1st V.
Elijah Badley Treasurer.
L. M. Lawshe Secretary.
F. Hulihan Tyler.
Correction—Companions Ben Barr. and A. L. Guntharp, in membership last
report, are not accounted for. The 15 Companions exalted, should have been
added to the roll, except Companion Tate, demitted, and Companion Howd,
deceased. Grand Secretary makes the correct total in membership 39, and dues
to Grand Chapter $69 00, instead of $56 00 received,—G. Sec'y.
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R. W. PAYNE CHARTER, No. 97—Morton, Scott County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1870—J. F. Pettus, h. p.; A. P. Sims, k.; L. H. Jones, k.; L. R. Moore,
c. of h.; D. L. Mitchell, p. s.; W. J. Flanigan, r. a. c.; J. M. Brossell, m. 3d v.;
M. Myers, m. 2d v.; H. H. Moore, m. 1st v.; Q. D. Finch, Treasurer; W. L.
Lowry, Secretary; W. Jennings, Tyler.
Members—John R. Owen, W. Lee Wilkins, S. D. Dudley—15.
Affiliated—D. P. Mitchell, W. Lee Wilkins—2.
Demitted—G. A. Enis, A. M. Record—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $19 00—received $15 00
Officers, 1871:
J. F. Pettus H. P.
A. P. Sims K.
L. L. Jones S.
L. R. Moore C. of H.
D. L. Mitchell P. S.
W. A. Flanigan R. A. C.
J. M. Brossell M. 3d V.
M. Myers M. 2d W.
H.H.Moore M. 1st V.
J. D. Finch Treasurer.
W. L. Lowry Secretary.
W. Jennings Tyler.
Correction.—Companions Andrew J. Windham, Frank J. Mangham, W. P.
McBride, and A. A. Switser, in membership last report, are not accounted for.
Other irregularities might be noted. Please prepare Return with ink, and
when names are introduced on the roll for first time, state in what manner
membership was acquired.—G. Sec'v.
McDONALD CHARTER, No. 98—Ashland, Benton County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. L. Bouton, h. p.; J. M. McDowell, k.; G. N. Dickerson, s.;
Benj. Bright, c. of h.; A. J. Jordon, p. s.; J. J. Brown, r. a. c.; S. D. "Bookout,
m. 3d. v.; >1. J. Cox, m. 2d v.; J. A. Cox, m. 1st v.; J. H. Prescott, Treasurer;
N. W. Bouton, Secretary; J. R. Roberts, Tyler.
Members—A. M. Ayres, W. A. Campbell, L. P. Cossett, Lewis Glenn, J. H.
Godsey, C. L. Harris, J. J. Hicks, B. T. Kimbrough, H. F. Lipford, W. G. Pegram,
A. Gr. Parrott, R. J. Sharp, H. G. Spencer, J. P. Wingate, D. B. Wright—27.
Affiliated—B. T. Kimbrough—1.
Demitted—C. L. Harris, B. T. Kimbrough—2.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $28 00—received 27 00
Officers, 1871:
R. L. Bouton H P. B T Kimbrough M. 3d V.
J. M. McDonald K. M. J. Cox M. 2d V.
G. N. Dickerson 'A'"'?™' ix i? S'I1 ^
Reni C. of H. J. H. Prescott Treasurer.
A i: Jordon ■■■■■■ ?■ *■ ?• W. Bouton Secretary
J. J. Brown ••••• A- c- J- A- Cox TJler.
Correction.—Companion Alfred Freeman is not accounted for. Correct total
ip 28.—G. Sec'y.
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ATTAEA CHAPTER Wo. 100—Liberty Chapel Church,
Wells Post Office, Attala County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1870—S. C. Conley, h. p.; C. G. Harris, k.; J. W. Cole, s.; W. W.
Adams, c. of h.; J. M. Thompson, p. s.; J. 0. Riley, r. a. c.; M. D. D. Wasson,
m. 3d v.; Elijah Treadaway, m. 2d v.; W.,T. Sweat, m. 1st v.; James A. Wasson,
Treasurer; W. J. Wasson, Secretary; L. G. W. Harrison, Tyler.
Members—John A. Wasson, B. F. Norman, J. T. Mathis, N. C. Wasson, E. A.-
A. P. Lucas—Total, 17.
Dues to the Grand Chapter $17 00—received $16 00
Officers, 1871:
W. J. Wasson H. P.
L. G.W.Harris ; K.
John A. Wasson S.
W. W. Adams C. of H.
J. G. Riley P. S.
M. D. Wasson R. A. C.
Elijah Treadaway M.3dV.
J. W. Cole M.2d V.
W. T. Sweat M. 1st V.
James A. Wasson Treasurer.
C. G. Harris Secretary.
E. E. A. P.Lucas Tyler.
COFFEEVKLLE CHAPTER, Wo. 101—Cofteeville, Yalobusha
County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Tuesday in each month.
Officers, 1870—R. S. Thomas, h. p.; J. H. Kennedy, k.; H. Ray, s.; A. L.
Guntharp, c. of h.; J. D. Haile, p. s.; J. A. P. Kennedy, r. a. c.; Samuel Strouse
m.3d v.; W. L. Brannon, m. 2d v.; W. D. Yorke, m. 1st v.; J. L. Eskridge, Treas-
urer; T. P. Tempel, Secretary; J. J. Melton, Tyler.
Members—G. P. Bondurant, J. L. Collins, W. B. Hooper, J. C. Hannah, R. W.
Jones, W. J. Melton, E. 0. Perkins, M. A. Perkins, S. M. Ross, E. W. Smith, W.
R. Spencer, 0. W. Shipp, John 0. Vann, S. M. Willie, B. C. Wells, B. E. Williams,
L. R. Wilson, E. A. Ware—Total, 31.
Exalted—J. C. Hannah, J. L. Collins, W. J. Melton, John 0. Vann, E. A.
Ware, M. A. Perkins—6.
Affiliated—L. R. Wilson, W. R. Spencer, 0. W. Shipp—3.
Demitted—C> J. W. Murphree, Swann T. Williams—2.
Dues to the .Grand Chapter $43 00
Officers, 1871:
R. S. Thomas H.P.
J. H. Kennedy K.
H. Ray S.
A. L. Guntharp C. of H.
J. D. Haile P. S.
J. A. P. Kennedy R. A. C.
W. L. Brannon M. 3d V.
W. J. Melton M. 2d V.
W. R. Spencer, M. 1st V.
John L. Collins Treasurer.
F. P. Tempel Secretary.
J. J, Melton Tyler.
Note—C. J. W. Murphree omitted.—G. Sec'y
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Chapters making Returns for 1870 72
Chapters failing to make Returns for 1870 7
Chapters represented at Grand Annual Convocation 68
Total membership in 72 Chapters 2433
Estimated membership in Chapters not reporting 150
Exalted 167
Affiliated 56
Reinstated 76
Demitted 132
Died .50
Suspended for non-payment of dues 169
Suspended for unmasonic conduct.' 1
Expelled '. 2
Statistical Summary for Preceding Year.
Chapters making Returns 76
Exalted 201
Affiliated 47
Reinstated 131
Demitted 156
Died 49
Suspended 203
Expelled 4
Members 2665
REPORT ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
To the M.'. E.\ Grand High Priest and Members of the Grand Chapter:
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence respectfully ask leave to
submit their report on the proceedings of the following Grand Chapters:
Alabama 1869 Michigan 1870
Arkansas 1869 Maine.. 1870
Canada ,1870 Maryland and District of Colum-
California 1870 lumbia 1869
Connecticut 1870 North Carolina 1869
Delaware 1870 New Hampshire 1870
District of Columbia 1868 New Jersey 1870
Florida 1870 New York 1870
Georgia 1870 Nebraska 1869 & 1870
Illinois 1869 Nova Scotia 1869
Indiana 1870 Ohio 1870
Iowa 1870 Oregon 1870
Kentucky 1870 Pennsylvania 1868
Louisiana 1870 South Carolina 1870
Maryland 1870 Texas 1870
Minnesota 1870 Vermont 1870
Missouri. 1870 Wisconsin 1870
ALABAMA, 1869.
The M.\ E.\ G.*. Chapter of Alabama met in the city of Montgomery,
7th day of December, 1869. Present: Peleg Brown, Grand High Priest,
presiding, other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and the Representatives of
fifty-five Subordinate Chapters. In looking over the list of Representatives
our heart is made glad when we read the familiar names that we recognize
as social Companions in days gone by.
The address of the G.\ H.*. Priest, as usual, is a good production, full of
instructive lessons. It is quite lengthy, covering eight pages of the printed
proceedings. He says:
"There are evils to be corrected, and, in my humble judgment, it can only be
done by a correct and uniform dissemination of the work, and that under the
immediate patronage of the Grand Chapter. We are apparently in a progres-
sive age; our whole country is flooded with what is termed Masonic Literature,
and much of it, I am sorry to say, is useless trash, and which, I fear, is doing
more to demoralize and destroy the harmony and usefulness of our beloved
Oi'der than all things else put together; and what is still worse, much of this
trash is found on the shelves of those who profess to be Masons. Such things
may serve for the time, to tickle the fancy, and satisfy the curiosity, but in the
end will kill and lead their patrons into a Babel, or in the condition of the Lost
Tribe, where they will be totally unable to make themselves known, or trace
their genealogy."
The evils complained of by the G.\ H.\ Priest are prevalent throughout
the land. Instead of our sticking to the ancient Landmarks, handed down
from generation to generation, and that should remain pure and undefiled,
in too many instances we are trying to make improvements on the usages
and customs taught us when first introduced into the Order, while at the
same time many have solemnly said : "That it is not in the power of any
man to make innovations in the body of Masonry." Whenever we attempt
to lop off, or add to, it is certainly aii innovation.
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As to the "Masonic Literature," mentioned by the G.\ H.*. Priest, it is
like the decisions of the higher courts. Tlu re can he found decisions and
opinions to suit every case, and every side of a case. Proof may be adduced
that precisely suits a ca&e, and another authority pfbve just to the contrary.
Too much of a good thing frequently spoils the whole matter sought after.
From the past we may learn our frailties and lament our tollies. We are all
perfectly conversant with this short sentence, " What came ye here to do?"
and if the principle involved in the true answer of the question be that on
which we shall deliberate and act, each may have the satisfactory evidence
in his own bosom that he has faithfully acted his part in extending and
perpetuating the pure, unadulterated tenents of the Order. The address
throughout is done up Brown, and it is our earnest prayer that the G-.\ H.\
P.'. may live long to enjoy the fruits of his labor ; and when the days of
his pilgrimage shall draw to a close, and the curtain of death gently closes
around the mortal body, may Heavenly messengers be near at hand to see
that the expiring lamp may not receive one rude blast to hasten its ex-
tinction.
The G.\ Treasurer's report shows a balance on hand of $673 15.
The Committee on Finance shows that the increase of the funds of the
G.\ Chapter makes the amount now on hand $1,250 00. Companion P. G.
Pillans, Chairman on Correspondence, reports the proceedings of thirty-
one Grand Chapters, Mississippi included. The report takes up thirty pages
of the pamphlet. The report is in that same good old Masonic style which
is chai'aeteristic of Comp. Pillans, never fearing to call things by their
proper names, nor to tell a Grand Chapter of its faults. His views on
Masonic jurisprudence are almost law. They can be relied on. He says:
" We by no means agree with our Comp. Patton, when, in conclusion, he
says "that peace and harmony prevail throughout the entire jurisdiction in
the United States," for assuredly he has forgotten the unsettled condition of
Masonic affairs in Maryland and the District of Columbia." No, Compan-
ion, we had not entirely forgotten it, but had good reasons to believe the
quarrel would soon subside, and so it has proved, to the great joy and satis-
faction of all good and true Masons. And so may it ever continue.
In conclusion he says:
" Companions, the writer is sensible of the obligation under which he has
been placed by the kindness of the Companions of the G.\ Chapter; and with
the expression of thanks to you for very flattering consideration heretofore, he .
now takes leave of you as chairman of your Committee on Foreign Correspon-
dence, satisfied that this may be placed in abler hands."
But thanks to the G.-. Chapter of Hlabama, Comp. Pillans did not slide
out so easy. The G.\ C.\ said we want and must have your services again.
Served him right.
H. Clay Armstrong, elected G.\ H.\ Priest; Daniel Sayre, re-elected G.\
Secretary.
COUNCIL OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
On the 2nd day of December, 1869, a Council of High Priesthood was
duly organized by electing George D. Norris, President; Daniel Sayre, Re-
coraer. Twenty-two Companions were elected, introduced and anointed,
and set apart to the Order of High Priesthood. No further business, the
Council was closed in solemn form. #
ARKANSAS.
The twentieth annual Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
Arkansas was held in the city of Little Rock, on the 28th day of October,
1869. Present: M.-. E.\ Luke E. Barber, Grand High Priest, presiding,
other G.\ Officers, and the Representatives from twenty-one Subordinates.
The G.\ H,\ Priest says:
"Once more this privilege has been granted us, by our Supreme G.\ H.'.
Priest above, to meet around our Holy Altar, where we have so often clasped
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each others hands in the communion of friendship, in the bonds of fraternal
love. Once again we greet each other as friends and brothers; and in Masonic
Companionship, strengthen each others feeble hands, and each others fainting
hearts—renewing each his own strength, reanimating each his own faith and hope,
as well for the conflicts of life as for the labors of the Tabernacle. * * * We
are in truth but weary sojourners, engaged in rebuilding the Mystic House of
the Lord, by §ubduing our passions, purifying our hearts, and preparing our
bodies as fit temples for His presence. Time is swiftly passing with all of us,
and when a few more years shall have come and gone, many a now familiar face
will be seen no more amongst us; many of those now here assembled will have
passed through the dark valley of the shadow of death. But may it be to us all
a consolation to reflect that, let the hour come when it may, the blessed assu-
ranee has been given, that the righteous and pure in heart will fear no evil, for
His mercy and loving kindness will follow them."
In regard to non-affiliated members receiving the Chapter degrees, we
heartily coincide with him. None should be permitted to receive the Chap-
ter degrees unless he is a member of some Lodge, and in good standing.
W-e do not know of any written law in regard to time in which a brother
who has taken a portion of the Chapter degrees shall be required to apply
for advancement; and as Comp. Barber has remarked, we think it highly
necessary that some specified time should be set by Grand Bodies. We have
a law in Mississippi requiring an applicant for the Chapter degrees to apply
within six months, or he will have to make a second application before he
can receive them. Would it not be well to make six months the limit be-
tween each degree, if a brother should fail to present himself at the proper
time? We also agree with the G.\ H.*. Priest, in the decision concerning
the D.\ G.\ H.\ Priest, that "he has no right to perform official acts, or
exercise official authority, except in the absence of the G.-. H.-. Priest from
the State, or on his written request." We agree with his notion about the
Past Masters degree. We are inclined to be old fogyish as regards Masonry.
If any changes are to be made, don't let it come under my administration;
it is good enough for me as I received it, and thus I have endeavored to im-
part it for twenty-five years. We see that the Grand Chapter still holds to
the doctrine of conferring degrees in Grand Chapter.
No report on Foreign Correspondence.
A memorial page is appropriated to the memory of William Hicks, Grand
Scribe of the Grand Chapter of Arkansas.
E. H. English was elected G.\ H.\ Priest of the Grand Chapter, and
Comp. Luke E. Barber, Grand Secretary.
CALIFORNIA, 1870.
The Masonic intelligence of the Golden State, so far as the Royal Craft is
concerned, informs us that the Grand Chapter of that State held its Sixth
annual Convocation in the city of San Francisco, the 5th day of April, A.
D. 1870. Upon calling the roll of Grand Officers, we find present the name
of M.\ E.\ John W. Harville, G.\ H.\ Priest; R.\ E.\ Lawrence C. Owen,
G.\ Secretary, and the entire list of other Grand Officers, and no pro terns.
Several Past Grand High Priests, and other P.*. G/. Officers. The Repre-
sentatives from twenty-eight Chartered Sabordinate Chapters; delegates
from two Under Dispensation, and a number of P.-. H.- Priests of that
jurisdiction.
The address of the Grand High Priest is short, not exceeding one page;
simply giving an account of official doings during the year, suitable to that
jurisdiction. The reports of the Grand Secretary and Treasurer show the
amount received and disbursed to be $4,776 17. The report on Foreign Cor-
respondence is by Companion Laurence C. Oliver. He makes copious
extracts from the address of G.*. H.\ Priest J. O. Lusher—which the print
makes him say J. O. Gusher. Now, do, Companion Oliver, correct that
name * place an L in the place of that G. Lusher is bad enough, but when
when you call our P.'. G/. H.*. P.\ Gusher, we don't know—but we may be
forced to tease our P.*. G.*. H/. Priest.
A suitable and appropriate tribute of respect, by the committee appointed
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by the G.r. H.\ Priest, on the life, character and death of P.*. G.*. H.\ Priest
Isaac Davis, of California. A mourning page is set apart, on which we
read:
" Honored and loved by the entire Brotherhood for the purity of his life, and
for the possession of all those qualities which command respect, he was a living
example of the Psalmist's eulogy: "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright;
for the end of that man is peace.
Thirty-six Subordinate Chapters in tne State, with a membership of 1782
members.
Comp. George T. Grimes elected G.\ H.*. Priest, and Comp. Laurence C.
Owen re-elected G.\ Secretary.
order op high priesthood.
The Eleventh Convention of the Order of High Priesthood assembled in
San Francisco, April 6th, 1870. R.-. E.\ Samuel Graves, Vice President
presiding; R/. E/. Thomas D. Smith, Recorder.
Fifteen H.\ Priests were elected to receive the Orders, and were solemnly
set apart and annointed as members of the Holy Order. The returns show
that ninety-six H.*. Priests, within that jurisdiction, have had the Orders
conferred upon them.
CANADA, 1870.
"VVe have before us the proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Convocation
of the Grand Chapter of Canada, held at the city of Quebec, on the 10th of
August, A. I. 2400, A. D. 1870.
grand council.
Present: M.*. E.*. Comp. T. Douglas Harrington, G. Z.*.; R.\ E.\ A. A.
Stevenson, as G.'. H.\; R.\ E.\ Henry Robertson, G.\ J.*.,
On the Throne.
The other G.*. Officers of the G.\ Chapter are as follows: Grand Scribe E.,
Grand Scribe N., Prin. Sojourner, Treasurer, Register, 1st Asst. Sojourner,
2d do., Sword Bearer, Standard Bearer, Dir. of Cer., Organist, Pursuivant,
Steward, Janitor. There were present the G.*. Superintendents, P,\ G.\ Offi-
cers, Visitors, and G *. Representatives, also the Rep. of twenty-four Sub.
Charter Chapters, and two U. D.
The G.\ H.\ P.*. says:
"So smooth has been the path of Capitular Masonry in and throughout the
Dominion, since we last assembled together, that I have no little difficulty to so
prepare the usual annual address, as to make it at all interesting."
He issued Dispensations for four new Chapters during the past Masonic
year. Of " Cryptic" Masonry, he says:
"These Degrees would seem to be proper appendages to G.\ Chapters and R.\
A.*. Masonry, and are interesting, if not absolutely necessary."
He says:
" The Province of New Brunswick has a recognized G.\ Council controlling
these Degrees, and I have been appointed Inspector in and for Quebec and Onta-
rio. But it would obviously be preferable for G.\ Chapter at once to assume the
government and grant warrants—which action, when three or more Subordinate
Councils spring into life, will result in the regular organization of a G.\ Council
for Quebec and Ontario, and thus place the Degrees on a correct and prosperous
footing."
As regards Cryptic Masonry, or the Degrees of R.\ and Select Master, your
Committee think it far preferable, that Grand Chapters should take no con-
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trol over them. If there is but one Subordinate Council in a State or Prov-
ince, wait until two others are chartered by some Grand Cor ncil: then let the
three organize a G.\ Council for themselves. We know that there is always
difficulty and danger attending all attempts that are made to sever degrees
from the custom first formed or adopted.
We hope our Canadian Companions will consider the matter well before
they finally act.
In conclusion, he asks the G.*. Chapter to relieve him from the duties as
G.*. H.\ P/., having continually for seven years presided over the G.*. Body.
It is to be hoped if the G.\ Chapter should relieve Com p. Harrington, that
they will not forget his former usefulness, btit place him in some other posi-
tion that they, and the balance of us, may still be edified by his sound Ma-
sonic doctrine. There are eleven Masonic Districts, and each Superintedent
of a district is required to make an annual report of the progress and doings
of R.\ A.*. Masonry in his district.
The report of the G.\ S.\ E.\, (answering to our G,\ Secretary,) shows the
number of Chapters on the Roll, 38; members on Roll of Chapters, 1491;
receipts for the year, $1,188 05.
The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, submitted by
Companiou Henry Robertson, is full and complete. Of Mississippi, he
says:
"We acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the first volume of a re-print of
the proceedings of this G.\ C/r, from its organization in 1846 to 1855."
The Committe speak in high terms of the address of G.\ H.\ P.'. R. B.
Mayes, and quote liberally from it. They say:
"The report on Correspondence, by Comp. Wm. S. Patton, is one of the best
we have seen. His comments are able and impartial, and we have to thank him
for a kind and fraternal notice of ourselves for 1869. We accept (D. V.) his cor-
dial invitation to meet at the G.\ G.\ C.\ in Baltimore next year, and look for-
ward to the re-union with joyous anticipations. We would gladly extract the
whole of his concluding remarks, but must content ourselves with the finale.
.
In conclusion, they say:
"We would only call the attention of our Companions to the great and impor-
tant duties that we, as R..*. A.*. Masons, are called upon to perform; and that if
we would demonstrate to the world the excellence of our Institution, we must be
true to the teachings we receive in the S.\ V.-., and let our zeal and fidelity pro-
claim our attachmeut to our Ancient and Honorable Society. Then indeed, we
can truly say that ours are—
The ample views, that, unconfined,
Stretch to the utmost walks of human kind:
Ours the spirit that, with widest plan,
Brother to brother binds, and man to man.
When the fleet vanities of life's brief day
Oblivion's hurrying wing shall sweep away,
Each act by charity and mercy done,
High o'er the wrecks of time, shall live alone,
Immortal as the heavens, and beauteous bloom
In other worlds, and realms beyond the tomb."
M.\ E.*. Comp. T. D. Harrington, re-elected G.*.Z.\; R.-. E.\ Comp. Thos.
Bird Harris, re-elected G.*. S.#. E.*.
CONNECTICUT, 1870.
The Seventy-Second Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Con-
necticut was held in the City of Hartford, May 10, 1870. Present: M*. E.-.
John H Barton. G.\ H.-. Priest, presiding, J. K. Wheeler, G.-. Sec'y, other
Grand and Past Grand officers, the Representatives from twenty-seven char-
tered Chapters, and Delegates from two Under Dispensation.
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The address of the G.\ H.\ Priest is one of the Masonic productions that
will bear the test of the Square—full ot good teachings, and calculated to
impress upon the mind of the thinking Mason the duty he owes to his God,
his neighbor, and his country. He says:
" From our efficient Grand Secretary, I learn that the proceedings of the Grand
Chapter, from its organization up to 1855, have never been printed."
He says it is one of the oldest G.\ Chapters, and recommends that all the
proceedings be printed for distribution.
We can say to our Companions of Connecticut, that nothing would afford
us more pleasure than to have an opportunity of reviewing your proceed-
ings from its organization. We look upon its publication as living histories,
sacred links which connect the present with the past. And as we look back
up the plane of time to our predecessor, and attest the stability of our ven-
erable Institution, so coming generations yet unborn will gladly, in their
day, contemplate the names of the venerable Companions, that seventy
years since met in solemn conclave and organized the first Grand Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons in Connecticut, and perhaps on the American Conti-
nent.
In the hands of those who have its best interest at heart, it is like a beacon
light upon a hill, to direct the benighted, give confidence to the weary,
and which establishes the fact that they are not only Masons by name but in
practice.
We fully agree with his remarks on intemperance and profanity. We
would be pleased to copy the address entire. The Report on Correspondence,
submitted by one much esteemed and worthy of confidence, Wm. Storer, is
just such a report as we expected to find. It is full and a complete revision
of twenty-six G.\ Chapters; though we regret that Mississippi is not among
the number. We must here express our unfeigned regret, that wTe have to
part wite our venerable Companion, Storer, as Reporter of his Grand Chap-
ter. We can say that if it must be so, we know, and can testify, that he
leaves to future generations a bright record to guide them over the rough
and rugged way of life, and if they will but follow his advice, they need not
fear any danger.
M.\ E.\ John H. Barlow, re-elected G.\ H.\ Priest; Comp. J. K. Wheeler,
re-elected G.\ Secretary.
ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
The Grand Convention was held May 10,1870. M.\ E.\ James L. Gould,
M.\ E.\ P.-.
Eleven elected High Priests were balloted for, elected and admitted to the
Order of High Priesthood, and annointed in due form.
James L. Gould re-elected M.\ E.\ P.-.; Charles W. Stearns, re-elected
Recorder.
DELAWARE, 1870.
The Second Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Delaware, con-
vened in Dover, on the 19th day of January, A.D. 1870. Present:
D. C. Godwin, G.\ H.\ Priest, together with other Grand Officers, and the
Representatives of four Subordinate Chapters, which we suppose is the en-
tire number of Chapters in the State. The Grand High Priest, in his address,
said:
"Companions, I greet you. We are again assembled in Grand Convocation,
with unbroken ranks, and in peace and harmony—thanks to an indulgent Provi-
dence. One year ago, around this sacred altar, was organized the Grand Chap-
ter of the State of Delaware. Upon the ruins of the old was then laid the foun-
dation of the new Temple, our aspirations ascending to the Most High, that the
'glory of the latter house might be even greater than that of the former.'"
He informs the Grand Chapter that he had received information that a
body of men at Lewes, within the jurisdiction of the G.\ Chapter of Delaware,
were conferring the several Chapter degrees, we suppose without authority.
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If his information is correct, it is highly necessary that other Chapters
throughout the United States should he very careful how they receive
Royal Arch Masons hailing from Delaware. We think it would be for the
good of the Craft, if the Crand Chapter of Delaware, or in the vacation, that
the Grand High Priest issue his edict and give each Grand Chapter notice of
the fact and some plan by which they may be distinguished and known to
be clandestine. If matters are suffered to remain in this way, the true Eoyal
Craft of Delaware will have to suffer when they visit other Jurisdictions.
In conclusion, he says:
" And when our work here is finished, may we be qualified, with the the Signet
of Truth, to enter within the White Veil and receive the reward of the faithful
at the hands of our Great High Priest above."
Comp. Allen V. Lesley presented and read the Report on Foreign Corres-
pondence. The report is well written and couched in fine language. Long
may the Grand Chapter of the little State of Delaware exist, and may her
members shine forth with that zeal and brightness that have ever character-
ized the citizens of the State.
The returns show 4 Subordinate Chapters and 165 members.
Comp. Daniel C. Goodwin, re-elected G.\ H.\ Priest: Comp. Alfred T. A.
Torbert, elected G.\ Secretary.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1868.
A special Convocation of this Grand Chapter, was held December 12th,
1868, R.'. E.\ Companion, H. A. Wallon, as G.\ H.*. Priest.
The G.'. H.\ Priest stated that the G/. Chapter had been called together
to receive the report of the Committee appointed to revise the work of the
several Chapters. The Work of the Mark and Past Master's degrees was
exemplified and adopted. The G.-. Chapter was then called off, to resume
Convocation, December 29th, at which time the work of M.\ E.\ Master's
degree was adopted.
Semi-annual Convocation of the G.\ Chapter met May 10, 1869, M.*. E.'.
Companion B. B. French, G.\ H.*. presidihg.
The address of G.-. H.\ P.*. B. B. French, needs no eulogy. His standing
as a man and a mason, is sufficient to convince the masonic world of what
it contains. We may differ with his views on minor subjects; if so, let that
difference pass by; the broad masonic mantle covers it all; the spirit of our
Companion French, "has gone to that bourne from whence no traveler re-
turns'" If any error was committed by him, we say it was an error of the
head, and not of the heart. In peace let him rest.
The Annual Convocation was held in the city of Washington, November
8th, 1869. Present: M.*. E.-. B. B. French, G.'. H.\ Priest, N. D. Larner,
G.\ Secretary, other Grand and Past Grand officers, and the representatives
of six subordinates. The address of the G.'. H.-. Priest is full and complete.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence, reported through their Chair-
man, John Edmon Mason, embracing the proceedings of thirty-four Grand
Chapters, the G.\ G.*. Chapter of the United States, the Supreme Grand
Chapter of Scotland, and the Grand Orient of France. Sixty-eight pages
are taken up by tbe report, four pages exclusively to Mississippi. Our
proceedings were not received for 1869, until too late to give tbe views of the
Committee. In their present report, they say we gave them a rebuke,
which acknowledgement we receive and take back anything we may have
said to wound tbe feelings of our worthy Companions. We accept the
apology, and extend our hand over half way, to grasp yours in friendship
and love. We know when true masonry speaks, the stormy sea of passion
is lulled to rest; its angry shoutings hushed to silence, when her shrine is
lighted with the holy truthful lamplights, which even grows brighter and
purer as years roll by, and it is under her teachings, eternal peace sways an
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undisputed scepter, and passion lies a conquered victim at her feet. We
know our passions run ahead of our better judgment, and feel the gentle
rebuke of our District Companion, and hope that our errors past, may
make each succeeding report a critic on the last.
Six chartered Chapters, numbering from one to six, and Potomac Chapter
No. 8, constitute the subordinates, with a membership of 846 affiliated
members.
FLORIDA, 1870.
The Twenty-third Annual Convocation was held in the city of Talla-
hassee, January 10th, 1870. Present: M.\ E/. D. C. Dawkins, other G/.
officers, and the representatives of thirteen Subordinate Chapters.
The address of the G.\H.\ Priest covers over four pages, is well written,
and gives sound masonic law. He says of the General Grand-Chapter:
"This union being sufficiently consummated for all practical purposes, it be-
comes your duty, by proper action, to put in force the provisions of the Consti-
tution of the G.\ G.\ Chapter in your Grand Jurisdiction.
A resolution passed:
" That one hundred dollars be paid to the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence, for the services he has rendered the G.\ Chapter.
A memorial page bears the following superscription:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
M.-. E.-. THOMAS Y. HENRY,
P.'. G.\ H.\ P.'.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
June 1st, A. D. 1869,
A. I. 2399.
The report on Correspondence by Companion Thomas A. Carrutb, of
forty-five pages, reviewing the proceedings of thirty G.\ Chapters, Missis-
sippi included, is well written, giving each its portion in due season. Of
Mississippi, he says:
" Another of our Southern Sisters comes to us most 'gloriously wrought'in
her robe of scarlet and jewels of gold, presenting, as she comes forth, with her
'Tidings from the South,' the most handsomely gotten up proceedings of
them all."
He says of our report on Correspondence:
"The report is from Companion Wm, S. Patton, and is just such a report as
your Committee would like to be able to prepare. This Patton is a host within
himself, if he is not the Captain of the host. * * * And as a favorable notice
of our little struggling G.\ Chapter is so very rare, we hope to be pardoned for
copying his review of us,"
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We must confess that we feel considerably flattered by the highly wrought
eulogy of Companion Carruth's gifted pen. We can truly sa}% may his life
be protracted to a good old age of continued usefulness; may his bright
light continue to shine in and around the Grand Chapter of Florida; and
when his days of usefulness come to a close, as the beautiful gold-capped
clouds linger around the exit of the dying day, so may you, Companion
Carruth, reel that on earth you have a light to speed you on your way to
that sacred, hallowed haven of eternal rest, and with God and angels ever
dwell.
GEORGIA, 1870.
The proceedings from Georgia just in time. The last Convocation of the
Grand Chapter was held in the city of Augusta, April 27th, 1870. Present:
M/. E.\ Moses P. Kellogg, Grand High Priest, presiding, together with
the Representatives from" forty-three Subordinates. From the address of
G.-. H.*. Prhst—an address of considerable length and great beauty—we
must make some extracts. He says:
" Contemplate for a moment what the High Priest of a Chapter should be!
Physically, a man without spot or blemish; intellectually, a scholar of no ordi-
nary attainments; and spiritually, one who can truly respond with the Psalm-
ist, "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? Or who shall stand in his
Holy Temple? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, who hath not sworn
deceitfully.
" Can a High Priest, honored with such great responsibilities, fail to appre-
ciate the sacredness of his office? Can he enter the Sanctum Sanctorum daily at
high twelve, offer his adorations to Deity, and then go forth with blasphemy on
his lips? Can he accept his daily wages from the Giver of all good—then
murmer when the bounties of the Lord of the vineyard are more liberally be-
stowed upon others? Can he be made to lie down in green pastures, and be led
by the still waters, then turn a deaf ear to the piteous cries of destitute widows
and helpless orphans? Can he pass even the rough and rugged road, perform
his pilgrimage in meek humility, feeling that he who humbleth himself shall be
exalted—then go forth and oppress, aye, crush to the very dust a poor helpless
mortal, struggling against poverty and its attendant evils? Can, he, for the
paltry price of thirty pieces of silver, betray his benefactor, and prove recreant
to his sacred trust, by recommending the admission of a traitor in our midst.
My companions, it is incumbent upon those who belong to the Holy Order of
High Priesthood to cultivate virtues, so practiced that the hissing serpent may
be transformed into a rod of support by our simple touch; that our hearts should
be so pure that the leprous hand may be made whole by coming in contact; that
our sympathy for a distressed brother, destitute widow, and unprotected or-
phans, should be so active that the waters of the river may be converted into
life-giving blood by being poured out from our cups of charity. Then, and only
then, can we claim to be invested with the Signet of Truth, which alone can
qualify us to approach the white veil of the Sanctuary with a reasonable hope
of gaining admission to the presence of the Grand Council, where incense burns
both day and night. As Masonry recognizes no confessional save the ear of
Him who formed the living arch, each one of us must square our own work in
quarries, indent with our peculiar mark, and when brought up for inspection,
he found good and square work.
"If ever there was a time when it behooved a Mason to be a good and true man
—to practice the tenets of our Order, that necessity is now upon us. In these
days of sudden revolutions, when the old order of things has been broken up—
when the very dregs of society are thrown to the surface—when ideas and
usages, which had become familiar, are suddenly discarded—when new men,
new customs and new theories are in the ascendance—when the low have be-
come exalted, and followers, leaders—when beggars of yesterday become the
millionaires of to-day, thrusting their unrefined fashions upon society—when
there has been developed such an insane struggle for wealth, such ruinous ex-
travagance such a delirium for vain show—when taste, refinement, purity and
piety have suffered such terrible shocks—when honesty, the only reliable sup-
port of social and business relations, has given way before the constant sapping
&nd mining of immoral practices and false ambition—when frauds and villain-
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ies are perpetrated openly, or confessed without shame—when intemperance
holds its hideous revels in our halls of legislation, penetrates with its subtle
poison the purity of the judicial ermine, leaves its spot of pollution upon the
sacerdotal robes, and sweeps like a besom of destruction over the earth, slaying
strong men, and flushing the cheek of women and children—when vulgarity
vitiates our public amusements, and profanity mars the soul—when the wicked
liar rules, and the people mourn—when all the vices of the black catalogue ap-
pear in the ascendant; it is with just pride that the Mason can point to the
hoary locks of our Ancient Landmarks, and boldly exclaim, "Since the fathers
slept, these have changed not."
" While such is the situation, all Masons, but the Order of High Priesthood in
particular, should stand forth like an irrisistible breakwater in opposition to
this flood of vice and immorality that threatens to overthrow Society, State and
Church."
We fear that we have drawn too largely upon our Georgia Companion;
hut we know our Mississippi Companions would not murmur if the entire
address was copied into this report. It suits and describes the times and
changes, that our beloved Mississippi is destined to endure, and far exceeds
any description we would dare to pen.
A tabular report shows 59 chartered Chapters, two Under Dispensation,
42 Affiliated, 54 Resigned, 12 Suspended, 2 Expelled, 18 Died; number of
members, 2098. Amount due Grand Chapter, $2,635 00.
(Note.—We cannot exactly understand the term Resigned; is it
Masonic ?)
Comp. Samuel Lawrence submitted the report on Correspondence, review-
ing the proceedings of sixteen Grand Chapters, in an able manner. We
regret that our Mississippi reports failed to reach him. The statistical table
foots up for the United States 36 Grand Chapters; 1535 Subordinates; 88,966
members; 80 Expulsions; 197 Suspensions; 1346 Exclusions; 801 Deaths;
743 Rejections.
Memorial pages to Companions William L. Rockwell, Sanford Kingsbury,
Henry F. Merrill, and S. M. Varnadol.
Comp. Moses P. Kellogg, re-elected G.\ II.*. Priest; Comp. J. Emmett
Blackshear, elected G.\ Secretary.
ILLINOIS, 1869.
From Illinois we receive the Report for 1869, the Grand Convocation hav-
ing been held in the city of Springfield, October 8th—M.\ E.\ Comp. James
II. Miles, Grand High Priest, presiding. In the address of the G.\ H.*.
Priest we find the following cheering language:
"It gives me much pleasure to be able to say to you at the opening of this, the
Twetieth Annual Convocation of this G.\ Chapter, that, so far as I have been
able to leaan, peace and prosperity reign throughout all this great Common*
wealth; that the banner of our beloved Order still floats out free upon the breeze,
despite the aspersions of our maligners and the threats of our enemies, and that
a healthy growth in our various bodies denote that we are not as they would have
us believe, departing from the faith of our fathers, or building an institution
upon the sand, which the first wave of discord and strife will overthrow and
destroy; but rather that we are building upon the rock, cementing with the ex-
perience of the ages, and with the wealth and integrity of later years."
He says:
"It has been a law, from time immemorial, that a brother could not demit from
a Lodge but for one of three reasons, viz .: to form a new Lodge, to connect him-
self with some other Lodge, or for the purpose of removing without the juris-
diction of his Lodge. Still, it has always been my opinion that, as a brother
enters Masonry of his own free will and accord, that same free will should gov-
ern his exit, if he desires to cut himself off from all its rights and privileges;
that of visiting excepted."
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This we hold to he the true doctrine. If he desires to cut himself loose
from the Order and travel the pathway of life alone, or, as we would say,
with the outside world, we have not the right to force him to remain with
us. It is his choice. The first act was free and voluntary on his part, and
he has the same privilege to exercise that free and voluntary act in de-
mitting.
The G.\ Secretary, Ev Com. H. G. Reynolds, presented the Report on
Foreign Correspondence, reviewing the proceedings of thirty Grand Chap-
ters, and also the G.*. G.\ Chapter, taking up forty pages of the printed
proceedings. Speaking of Mississippi, he "thanks our Grand Secretary for a
copy of proceedings from the organization in 1846 to 1855. He says : " Some
of the most elegant and finished addresses and reports ever given to the
Royal Craft are embraced in this report."
In conclusion of the report the committee say of the Chairman:
"Devoted as he is to Symbolic Masonry, still his fondness and most endearing
recollections are connected with his work and associations in R.\ A.-. Masonry.
They will be sacredly cherished while life remains. Now, at the age of fifty-
nine, wbh a large family dependent upon him, he goes forth penniless to make
his way, as best he can, in the world."
From our Masonic correspondence with Cornp. Reynolds, knowing his
many Masonic virtues, our heart becomes sad at the very thought of his re-
tiring from the Committee on Correspondence. We trust it may not be so.
May he yet live many days to enjoy the fruit of his labor.
On reading a little further, we find the following resolution, which makes
us feel better on account of our worthy companion :
" Resolved, by the Grand Chapter of the State of Illinois, that the sum of one
thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby paid to Comp. H. G. Reynolds, as a
slight testimony of our appreciation and regard."
This is just as it should be.
The Grand Secretary's report shows the receipt of the Grand Treasurer for
$5,800 10. Number of working Chapters, 138; members, 7,659; died, 71;
demitted, 310; expelled, 12; suspended, 40. John M. Pearson elected G.\
II.-. Priest; James H. Miles elected G.\ Secretary.
INDIANA, 1870.
The Grand Chapter of Indiana held its Annual Convocation in the city of
Indianapolis, Oct. 19,1870—present and presiding, M.\ E.\ Harvey G. Ha-
zlerigg, G.\ H.\ P.-. Representatives from sixty-nine chartered Chapters,
and delegates from twelve Under Dispensation.
The address of the Grand High Priest is full and complete, giving his views
on different subjects, in true Masonic style.
He dissents from the opinion of some learned Masons, that the presiding
officer is sovereign, and fi-om his decision there is no appeal to the Body
itself. He says:
"If any association is entitled to the name of 'deliberative,' it must be gov-
erned by some fixed and known laws, or it will cease to be entitled to the name.
It is not important by what name we call these rules; whether by the univer-
sally admitted title of "parliamentary" or not, will not change their effect.
There are rules governing civil legislative assemblies that won't apply to Ma-
sonic bodies ; but I apprehend those rules would be better described by the name
of 'constitutional' than that of 'parliamentary.' Motions to amend, refer,
postpone, lay on the table, calls for counts, divisions, yeas and nays, are all
strictly parliamentary; they are also Masonic, when not engaged in what is
exclusively Masonic work; while at that, from the decision of the presiding
officer there is no appeal; but when engaged in a legislative or judicial capacity
there is."
He maintains the right of elective officers to resign, and in this we have
Calling off, by motion of a member, is considered unmasonic, because it
invades the prerogative of the High Priest. We agree with the G.-. H/.
Priest's views on that subject. His views on "the objections of a member,
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even after a unanimous vote, stops further proceedings in the case," we fully
endorse.
The number of Subordinates runup to 76, and 12 Under Dispensation;
70 now in working order, besides those Under Dispensation. The Treasu-
rer's report shows the receipts and disbursements to be $10,702 99.
The Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence reported on the following
questions, which were concurred in : " Should an officer of a Chapter, re-
elected to the same office, be re-installed ?" . They report in the affirmative.
Although it is not required by the Grand Bodies of Mississippi,* yet we agree
with our Indiana Companions, that they should be re-installed. The second
question: " Can a R.*. A.-. M.\ sit in a Lodge of Master Masons with one
who may stand suspended or expelled from a Chapter?" They answer, very
properly, in the affirmative. The third question: " How is a R.\ A.\ M.\,
who may have been suspended or expelled by a Lodge of Master Masons, to
to be restored in the Chapter ? "
They answer that the restoration by a Lodge of Master Masons does not
thereby restore to the privilege of R.\ A.*. Masonry. In this we disagree
with the Committee. If the suspension by a Lodge suspends the member in
the Chapter, it certainly deprives him of all Masonic privileges in each body;
it is not, therefore, necessary for the Chapter to re-arraign him and go
through the same routine of trial; all that is necessary for the Chapter is,
to make a record on the books of the fact, and when action of restoration is
had by his Lodge he is, to all intents, restored to the full benefits of both
bodies, and should be so noticed on the books of the Chapter. The Blue
Lodge is the root and foundation of Masonry; without it the higher Orders
could not exist.
Fourth question is: " Does the restoration of an officer who stands sus-
pended or expelled, thereby reinstate him in his office ? " The committee
say that it does not restore to office, and so do we. The fifth question is in
regard to "the effect of an appeal." We all agree on that question; that
" sentence of suspension or expulsion will be in force from and after the
passage thereof."
M.\ E.\ Rees J. Chesnutwood, elected G.*. H.\ P.*.; R.\ E.*. John M.
Bramwell, re-elected G.\ Secretary.
*The new Regulations of Grand Lodge require re-installation.—G. Sec.
IOWA, 1870.
The Grand Chapter met in Clinton, October 15,1870. Present: Pitkin C.
Wright, M.*. E.\ G.\ H/. Priest; W. B. Langridge, G.\ Secretary; other
Grand and Past Grand Officers, and the Representatives from thirty-one
chartered Chapters, and Delegates from seven Under Dispensation.
The address of the G.\ H.\ Priest, in his opening, is eloquent. He takes
up the various subjects of dispensations for new Chapters, special dispensa-
tions, decisions, discipline, visitations, etc., and discusses them in a masterly
way.
The G *. Secretary's report shows a balance on hand of $3,014 16.
The report on Correspondence, by Comp. U. D. Taylor, shows an exam-
ination of thirty-four Grand Chapters, Mississippi included. The report
shows that the reporter is well versed in Masonic teachings, and that he has
devoted time and patience to his work. Of Mississippi he seems to be much
in the fog on account of the smallness of the type in which our proceedings
were printed. We hope these proceedings may be, and we will instruct the
G.\ Secretary to have at least one copy printed in large type for the special
benefit of Comp. Taylor. We must here remark that we were of the opin-
ion that Comp Taylor was a young man, in full vigor of life, in possession
of all his faculties, and especially his vision. We are rejoiced to know that
Comp. Taylor found a young friend ready and willing to assist him with
his " double-magnifying, back-action microscopes," and with the assistance
of that all-powerful instrument, that he was enabled to find who was elected
G.*. H.\ Priest of Mississippi. We hope you w»l not for one moment think
that we intended to hide our "light under a bushel." Mot so, dear Compan- ;
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ion. We are willing, at all times, and under all circumstances, to render
you that assistance due from one Mason to another; and as such we will
endeavor to send our next proceedings at an early date, and with it a pair of
magnifying glasses, made expressly for Comp. Taylor, to read the proceed-
ings of Mississippi.
Zephariah C. Luse, elected G.*. H.\ Priest; William B. Langridge, R/.
E.\ G.\ Secretary.
Note.—We had prepared a review of the Grand Convocation of 1869, hut
laid it aside on receipt of the proceedings for 1870.
KENTUCKY, 1870.
The Grand Chapter of Kentucky was held in the city of Louisville, Octo-
ber 20th, A. D. 1870. Present: Mr. E.\ E. B. Jones, Gr. H.\ P.*., other
Grand and Past Grand officers, and Representatives from seventy-nine char-
tered Subordinates, and Delegates from five Under Dispensation.
The G.\ Hr. Priest's opening address begins :
" Another year, with its hopes and fears, its joys and sorrows, has circled to
eternity, and we, through the goodness of the All-wise High Priest of the Uni-
verse, are permitted in healh and strength again to assemble in G.\ Communi-
cation for the purpose of aiding in the spread of the pure principles of Capitular
Masonry."
The address is short, but to the point; every word good sound Masonic
doctrine.
The G.*. Treasurer foots up the total resources of the G.\ Chapter,
•$11,730 25.
The report on Foreign Correspondence, by Comp. Henderson, reviews
the proceedings of thirty-five G.\ Chapters, Mississippi included.
M.\ E.\ Henry Bostwick, elected G.\ H.-. P.-.; E.-. D. P. Robb, Grand
Secretary.
LOUISIANA, 1870.
TheM- • E.\ G.*. Chapter of Louisiana met in the city of New Orleans,
February 15th, 1870. Present: Samuel Manning Todd, M.\ E.-. G.\ H.-.
Priest, presiding; other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and the Representa-
tives from nineteen Subordinate Chapters. The G,\ II.-. Priest says:
"From every portion of our Jurisdiction come tidings of continued* prosper-
ity and the harmonious workings of our Order."
He announced to the G.\ Chapter the death of M.*. E.-. Comp. William II.
Howard, P.*. G.\ Scribe, and P.-. II.*. Priest: and also Dr. Doric S. Ball,
P.*. G.*. Scribe. Be recommends that the Grand Chapter duly consider
the matter in regard to a dissolution of the General Grand Chapter. He
says: This question is a matter of great importance, and should be care-
fully considered, and the arguments for and against a severance of our rela-
tions with the Gv. G.*. Chapter duly weighed before final action is taken."
He is highly pleased with the Representative system, and so is Comp. Patton
of Mississippi, for he has received credentials from the Grand Chapter of
Louisiana as representative of that august body, in the Grand Chapter of
Mississippi.
The Tieasurer's report shows a balance in treasury of $2,760 05.
M.-. E.\ J. Q. A. Fellows, from the special committee on Masonic Law and
Jurisprudence, made a majority report on the Resolutions respecting
the connection of the Grand Chapter with the General Grand Chapter. We
give only the concluding paragraph. He says.
" Louisiana has ever stood by the G.\ G.\ Chapter, and has reason to be proud
of her record in this respect; and your committee do not wish to detract from
her honor in this regard by aiding in the actual accomplishment of the design
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of those who, in 1856 and 1859, did their best to destroy the G.\ G.\ Chapter.
We can perceive no possible detriment to the craft in its perpetual existence.
We believe that all fears of such a result are groundless; while on the other
hand we see much good every way to result from keeping alive the G.\ G.\
Chapter, if for nothing more, for the purpose of having a place or point at
which the Chiefs of R.*. A.*. Masonry may tri-ennially meet to hold social if not
Masonic intercourse with each other. But we do not believe that its sphere of
usefulness is by any means thus limited, and must therefore report against the
adoption of the resolutions."
In order that all may fully understand the action of the Louisiana G.*.
Chapter, we will insert the third resolution adopted at a previous meeting
of the G.\ Chapter:
"3d. Resolved, That in the opinion of the G.\ Chapter of Louisiana, the or-
ganization known as the G.\ G.\ Chapter of R.\ A.'. Masons of the United
States of America, has become useless, may become dangerous, and ought to
cease to exist. That our Representatives at the next Grand Convocation of
said G.\ G.\ Chapter be, and they are hereby instructed to propose and advo-
cate the adoption of resolutions providing for the total extinction of said G.\
G.*. Chapter; and that in the event of the non-passage of such resolutions,
then that our said Representatives request the the release of this G.\ Chapter
from all her obligations to and connection with said G.\ G.\ Chapter."
This is the resolution on which the majority report was made. E.\ Comp.
J. A. Stevenson submitted a minority report on the same resolution. They
say that " they have carefully examined the same, that the conclusions of
the committee on Foreign Correspondence, on which it is based, find them
sound, and fully concur therein." They then quote the difficulty between
the G.*. Chapter of the District of Columbia and the G.\ Chapter of Mary- •
land, and say : "Giving further confirmation of the pernicious effects of
the interference of the G.\ Grand Chapter of the United States in the con-*
cerns of our Companions of tho e Jurisdictions, and showing the utter in-
ability of the National Body to enforce its own decrees even by moral
power." They also bring to mind the assumption of the G G.\ H.\ Priest
in the establishment of the Grand Chapter of Delaware upon his own ipsi
dixit. They also bring before the Grand Body the communication of Comp.
Langridge, of Iowa, in justification of the report, and in conclusion say:
" Your committee are satisfied that the G.\ G.\ Chapter has long ceased to
have a mission; that it is incompetent for good, and yet still dangerous;
that State G.\ Chapters should be supreme in name as well as in fact; that
the time must soon arrive when additional taxation of State G \ Chapters
will be necessary' for the support of the National Body; and finally that the
nearer the government of R.\ A.*. Masonry is assimilated to that of the Blue
Lodge in this country, the greater will be its peace and prosperity, and
therefore recommend the adoption of the resolution."
A motion was made to receive both reports, and to adopt the majority,
which was carried, and the majority report adopted. As we have said, in a
previous report, we have tried secession from the G.\ G.\ Chapter, but
found that we were wrong, and retraced our steps. "We now say let the
question come up at the next tri-ennial session in 1871. Let the vexed
question be forever settled. Give the G.-. G.'. Chapter all the power neces-
sary for a Grand Body of such magnitude that may be prudent; let those
powers be fairly understood by the State G.\ Chapters; hold her strictly to
the compact, and all parties act in good faith; or else dissolve the Body, and
let it forever be at rest; say all that could be accomplished had been done,
and as a unit come up to the support of the National Grand Body, or let it
be known no more forever.
Pages to the memory of Companions Howard and Doric were set apart
and devoted to their memory.
It requires twelve months to elapse in Louisiana after the election of a
candidate to the Chapter degrees before a new ballot is allowed. In Missis-
sippi, six months.
Thirty-two Subordinate Chapters, with 1,510 members. During the last
year there were 143 Exaltations; 23 Affiliated; 30 Demitted; 33 Died; 10
Stricken from Roll; 2 Suspended; 7 Reinstated, and 6 Rejections. The 3d
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Section of the Constitution says: " The Representatives of one-fourth of
the chartered Chapters working under the Jurisdiction, shall constitute a
quorum to transact business, and of one-third of the chartered Chapters to
amend the Constitution, and elect officers." Mississippi says three Subordi-
nate Chapters constitute a quorum to transact business.
The Report on Foreign Correspondence, by Companions Joseph P. Horner,
William W. Leake, and William R. Whitaker, takes up forty-two pages of
the proceedings, reviewing the proceedings of twenty-seven Grand Chap-
ters, Mississippi included. The report is well worthy to be read by all
good and true masons. They pitch into our poetry in answer to Comp.
Carson, of New York, thusly:
" The only thing in the whole paper that we can find any fault with, is that
our Companion insists in quoting the outrageous doggerel emanating from the
New Jersey machine, and has the further audacity" (mark the word, audacity ),
"of violating all sentiments of propriety by adding some verses from a hastily
constructed "organ" of his own, which are even worse than Carson's, if such a
thing be possible. We trust that our nearest neighbor will imitate the foreigner,
and abandon his fearful instrument; if he must resort to verse, let him, like
his prototype in his last report, make extracts from some authorized and duly
licensed poet."
We are truly sorry the "doggerel" is such an eye-sore to our worthy Com-
panions of the Crescent City. But they must recollect that all the repor-
ters do not live in tlje city of New Orleans. They must recollect that
Mississippi is a long way out in the back woods, and we of the committee
never had the advantage or the good fortune of an acquaintance of that
"authorized and duly licensed poet." Will Comp. Horner please let us know
if such can be found in his city ?
To our Companions of the committee, in the best of feelings and broth-
erly love, we would say: As the murmuring brooks that course their way
from the mountain side, soon unite and mingle their waters and lose them-
selves in the ocean, so may we, my Companions, in the performance of
every duty, be lost to all personal considerations in recognizing that moral
obligation which should unite a common brotherhood. And when we feel
like harsh judgment of others, specially one less fortunate than ourselves,
we should be restrained by the sentiment so well expressed by the poet,
which says:
"Let us reach into our bosoms
For the key to other lives,
And with love toward erring nature.
Cherish good that still surves;
So that when our disrobed spirits
Soar t® realms of light again,
We may say Dear Father, judge us
As we judge our fellow-men."
We don't give this as the production of Corson, nor of Patton, but we
suppose it is from the pen of one of those " licensed poets " spoken of by
Comp. Horner.
Hugh Breen was elected Grand High Priest; James C. Batchelor, M. D.,
re-elected Grand Secretary.
MAINE, 1870.
We have before us the proceedings of the Grand Chapter of the State of
Maine, held in Portland, May 3d, 1870—present, M.\ E.-. Joseph Pearson
Gill, G.*. H/. Priest, presiding; R.\ E.\ Ira Berry, G/. Secretary, and all
other Grand Officers at their respective stations; also, the representatives
from thirty-two Subordinates, and many permanent members of the Grand
Chapter.
In the decisions made by the G.-. H.*. Priest we find the following:
"A candidate was regularly proposed and accepted, and received the first
three degrees. A member then objects to his receiving the R.\ A.*. Degree; re-
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fuses to give his reasons." The G.\ H.\ Priest answers: " The candidate, having
received a part of the degrees, the objections must be made known to the Chap-
ter, and the case decided by a majority vote."
We agree'with the G \ H.\ P.-., and have always contended that it'isdue
to the members of a Masonic body that when a portion of the degrees have
been conferred on an applicant, and rejected for the succeeding degrees, it is
right, just and proper that the members should know the objections. If not,
it is treating the members unmasonically to compel them to sit in Lodge in
the lower degrees with an unworthy member—one that is unfit to advance—
while at the same time the objecting party is equally bound to sit with him,
he thinks, and has voted as unworthy. We contend that if objections are
made to advancement, and the candidate is unworthy, it is the duty, and in-
cumbent upon the objecting party, to warn his brothers of such approaching
danger, that they may act accordingly. Harmony must prevail, or we can-
not stand. We object to the latter part of the decision, which says, "and
the case decided by a majority vote." We must disagree to a majority vote;
Ave contend for a unanimous vote in all cases, when degrees are to be con-
ferred. If there is one dissenting companion, harmony will be destroyed,
and that brotherly love and affection which we claim to be the cement that
unites us, will be broken asunder.
So far as the jurisdiction of Chapters is concerned, we hold that, should a
candidate under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi apply
for the degrees in the Stares of Alabama, Tennessee or Louisiana, (adjoining
States), they have not the right to confer the degrees until they have first
obtained permission from the Chapter in Mississippi, nearest to which the
applicant resides. Nor will we confer the degrees on citizens from any
other Jurisdiction, no matter hoAV near the dividing line he may live, until
Ave have first had the consent of the nearest Chapter to him in his State.
We must dissent from the opinion of the G.\ H.\ Priest in regard to sus-
pensions or expulsions. He says:
" A suspension or expulsion only from membership by a Lodge cannot, how-
ever, affect a companion's standing as a member of his Chapter. To be deprived
of membership in his Chapter, in such a case, charges must be preferred against
him, and a trial had in the usual way."
He produces an able argument in support of his views on the subject, one
that is calculated to carry Aveight with it; yet Ave must say that Ave think,
if that should be determined as the proper course to be pursued in such
cases, our vieAvs of Masonry have always been incorrect. We hold that the
Blue Lodge, or Symbolic Masonry, is the root and foundation of the Order;
upon it are all the higher Orders built. No one can legally knoAv anything
about Royal Arch Masonry, unless he has in a legal manner received the
degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason. It he vio-
lates any of the laAvs or customs of Masonry, and for such violation is ex-
pelled or suspended, Ave all know that it is impossible for him to advance
until he has been fully restored to membership, and in good standing in his
Lodge. We Avill suppose he is a member of a Chapter, and commits some
act that would suspend or expel him—can the Chapter put him on trial, sus-
pend or expel, and he still remain a member in good standing in his Lodge?
He may be the Worshipful Master of his Lodge, only a member of the
Chapter; he is suspended or expelled by the Chapter; the Lodge has no
right to try its master ? But we know the argument will be used, there is a
remedy for all that; any five members may impeach the W.\ Master, and in
vacation of the Grand Lodge, the G.\ Master may suspend him from the
functions of office, and the S.*. Warden be placed in charge of the Lodge.
That is true, but he is still a member of the Lodge, entitled to visit and sit
in Lodge Avith the veiy brethren, members of the Chapter, that suspended
or expelled him from the Chapter. Can you sit in Lodge Avith one suspend-
ed or expelled, knoAving them to be such ? Can you, as a Royal Arch Mason,
permit this to be done in your Lodge ? No, Companions, we must commence
at the foundation; cut the root, and the branches must wither. The Lodge is
the parent stock, and whilst it is vigorous and healthy, the branch known as
the Royal Arch will have no cause to lop off or curtail its sub-branches, and
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cannot do so without injuring the foundation upon which it was built. If a
member of a Chapter has committed an offense against the laws of Ma-
sonvy, and is suspended or expelled by his Lodge, it is Masonic usage, law
and custom in Mississippi (without any trial in the Chapter) that he stands
suspended or expelled in the higher degrees. The fact is placed upon record
in the Chapter in which he is a member, and he he has no right, as a sus-
pended or expelled Master Mason, to visit any of the higher bodies.
The address of the G.*. H.\ P.*. takes up eight pages of the printed pro-
ceedings, and we must say, with all candor, that we have never been more
edified by any Masonic production.
We find the following from the Grand Secretary:
" Sixteen years ago, when you placed your records in my care, there were in
this Jurisdiction eight Chapters, and they returned 400 members; there are now
thirty-two Chapters, with a membership of about 2,800—four times as many
Chapters and seven times the number of It.'. A.-. Masons."
The Grand Secretary submitted a statement of the Charity Fund of the
Grand Chapter, which amounted to $3,802 35, with an income, for charitable
use, of $289 89.
The Report on Correspondence, submitted by our Most Worthy Comp. Jo-
siah H. Drummond, Chairman of the Committee, extends over fifty pages of
the printed proceedings, reviewing the proceedings of thirty-five Grand
Chapters, Mississippi included. The report is just such as might be looked for,
and written in that true Masonic style and chaste language which has al-
ways characterized that truly good man and Mason. Although Comp.
Drummond and Comp. Patton may at times have some Masonic sparring,
good humoredly, " nobody hurt"—we always understood each other. He
says:
" Comp. Wm. S. Patton presented a fine Report on Correspondence—fine in all
respects, even in the type in which it is printed. This last fineness is a draw-
back upon the report. In answer to a similar suggestion last year, Com. Patton
says: 'Will Comp. Keeler, our Grand Secretary, make a note of that, and use
larger type? Recollect, Comp. Keeler, that Maine is a long way off to the east-
ward, and the sun does not rise until a late hour in the day; and, in cloudy
weather, sometimes, (it is said) has to be assisted by prying with a crowbar.' As
it always rises in Maine an hour and a half before it does in Mississippi, Comp.
P. must live in a very dark place. This leads them to use microscopes for spec-
tacles, and that accounts for their using such small type! "
Yes, we did say in our last just what Comp. D. has quoted. We thought it
best to advise our Grand Secretary to prepare at least one copy for the benefit
of Comp.D., knowing him so well (from our Masonic intercourse), and feel-
ing that brotherly interest in him, is the cause of my requesting the Grand
Secretary to pay special attention to the kind of type used for Maine. We
cannot acknowledge that we live in a very dark place, because Comp. D. says
the " sun always rises in Maine an hour and a half before it does in Missis-
sippi." The mere theory won't prove the fact; but when we come to the
practical workings of nature, which prove to a demonstration that, owing to
the fact of the cold and frigid region around " Passamiquoddy " by way of
Penobscot, Casco, and on to Winnipeseogee Bay, where ihey sit upon an ice-
berg and strike two pieces of ice together to make fire, and the heavy fogs
and mists, the genial "rays are obscured; while, at the same time it should ap-
pear to the sight of Comp. D., we, of Mississippi, enjoy the blessing of an
effulgent sun, that lights up the blushes of the morn, while he has to gaze upon
the stars that glitter in the mantle of nUht. "It is not so dark but we can
see " and Comp. D., being a good guesser, can tell what can be seen, and I
know he never closes his eyes when in sight. But Com p. D., as there are sev-
eral kinds of microscopes, or rather glasses, I would like to know, or have a
description, of the one you allude to. Now, Comp. Corson, of New Jersey,
speaks of " microscopes," and the only one I ever heard of his using is men-
tioned in his report for 1870, page 114, where he says;
" When last we conferred this " One Hundred and one,"
Right next to us stood Maine's favorite son ;
The brethren assembled, formed into line,
Each willing and anxious to show the dear sign.
The order was given, upturned was each eye,
When, lo and behold! Drummond1 s glass was quite dry /"
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MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The Grand Chapter of Maryland and District of Columbia held its annual
Convocation in the city of Baltimore, November 8, 1869. Present: Comp.
Charles H. Ohr, M.*. E.4. G.*. H.\ Priest, presiding, other Grand and
Past Grand officers, and Representatives from nine Subordinates. M.\ E.\
Comp. James M. Austin, G.-. G.. H.\ Priest of the G.*. G.\ C.*. of the
United States; M.*. E.\ Comp. John W. Simons, G.*. H.-. P.-. of the G.\
Chapter of New York, were present. The Grand High Priest says:
" The durability and beauty of our Mystic Temple depends more on the qual-
ity than the quantity of the Ashlers which may be wrought into it. Let me,
therefore, urge upon all the great importance of applying carefully the over-
seer's square to every specimen presented, so that what should be cast out
among the rubbish may not be found within the walls to mar its beauty or im-
pair its durability. Let every specimen be square, sound, and polished ere the
cap-stone be placed upon it."
This is sound Masonic teaching, and if all our Chapters would only be gov-
erned thereby, the troubles that frequently arise in Chapters would be heard
no more.
So far as his opinion goes as to the Council Degrees, nothing can be said
with more truth. His views as to the rights of any R.\ A.*. Mason to visit
Chapters, coincide with ours precisely.
The G.\ Secretary and Treasurer's account shows a balance of $690' 73.
The report on Foreign Correspondence, as submitted by Comp. E. L.
Stevens, embraces some ninety pages, reviewing the proceedings of thirty-
three Grand Chapters, Mississippi included. The Report is one that Mary-
land and the District may well be proud of. Although he rasps us a little,
we know he thought we were a little hasty. "We have since received a pri-
vate letter from that source, accompanied with a printed document, which
we have answered, we hope to the satisfaction of the Companion. And we
can say if all the documents had been in our possession at the time, our re-
port perhaps would have been somewhat differently worded. But that
time is passed. We, as a Royal Craft throughout the Masonic world, can
rejoice together, and strike hands as brothers, feeling, as we remarked in a
previous report, that the grave of the errors past has been dug full six feet
deep; that all the past difficulties, errors, hard feelings and sayings, with
that true Masonic spirit that ever characterizes all good Masons, are no.w
buried, and nothing left to mark the spot; and that good old mantle of
Masonic charity and teaching is spread over it, never to be removed.
In all truth and good feeling, we can say, go on Companions. We have
heard it said that the darkest hour is just before day; that hour with youis
now past; the day has not only began'to dawn, but an effulgent sun has lit
up the blushes of the morn, and the day star has been seen throughout the
Masonic world, and recognized as one among the brightest lights of the
Order. May the lights within your jurisdiction continue to shine that we
may all see the good works they can bring forth.
The report shows ten Subordinate Chapters, with a membership of 940.
Comp. CharlesH. Ohr was re-elected M.-. E.\ G.\ H.\ P.*.; Comp. Wm.
A. Wentz, re-elected R.-. E.\ G.\ Secretary.
MARYLAND, 1870.
The G.\ R.\ A.*. Chapter of Maryland, convened in the city of Baltimore,
14th November, 1870. Comp. Edward T. Schultz, M.vE.\ G.\ H.\ Priest,
pro tern; other G.\ Officers, and the Representatives from nine G.\ Chap-
ters were present.
The address of the. G.\ H.\ Priest, is generally local in its bearing, well
gotten up, and will be read with interest by the Companions of that Juris-4
diction. Resolutions recognizing the Grand Chapters of Delaware and Nova
Scotia were unanimously adopted. Grand Treasurer's report shows balance,
after paying all expenses, to be $368 23.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence report on the proceedings of
thirty-eight Grand Chapters. The report was submitted by Comp. Hermon
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L. Emmons. The report takes up forty-five pages of the proceedings; full
and complete. They speak of our D.\ G.*. H.-. Priest's address on various
subjects. Of .the Committee on Correspondence thej' say:
"Comp. Wm. S. Patton, for the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, pre-
sents a report, showing remarkable industry and profound Masonic knowledge
in his composition, but ignores Maryland."
No, Companions, we do not ignore so old, good and tried Masons as Mary-
land has and still produces. We may have alluded to some action.of your
G.\ C.*., that we did not agree with; but as to repudiation, far be it from us.
We now hold an old book published in Baltimore, in 1826, which we prize as
so much gold. May peace and harmony ever prevail within your Jurisdic-
tion.
Comp. Charles H. Ohr, re-elected G.-. H.\ Priest, and R.\ E.\ William A.
Wentz, re-elected G.\ Secretary.
MICHIGAN, 1870.
The Grand Chapter of Michigan was held in Detroit, January 10th, 1870.
M.\ E.\ William L. Webber, G.\ H.\ Priest, presiding. Other Grand
officers, and a sufficient number of Representatives from Subordinate
Chapters, to proceed with business. The G.*. H.\ Priest delivered several
decisions on interesting subjects. The first qustion reads as follows:
" A ballot being taken on a petition, one black ball only appears, and the
applicant is deciared rejected. At the next regular meeting of the Chapter, a
Companion informed the Chapter that the black ball was cast by him under a
mistake as to the fact, and he asked leave to withdraw it, and have the Brother
declared elected. Can this be allowed?"
The G.\ H.\ P.-. decides he must wait six months, and present a new
petition, giving his reason why it should be so. Our opinion is, and have so
decited, that incases of this kind, that the G.\ H.\ Priest may be informed of
the facts in the premises, and a dispensation asked to retake the ballot, and
if granted, notice given to all the members that the ballot will be retaken
at the next or some regular meeting, in order that none may have to say
they were ignorant of the fact. If there should be no application, or the
dispensation refused by the G.*. H.\ Priest, then the candidate must wait the
next six or twelve months as the By-Laws require:
Third question:
"A brother residing for more than a year within the jurisdiction of a Chapter
in this State, is affiliated with a Lodge in the State where he formerly resided.
Can his petition to the Chapter be received."
His answer is, "Yes, if affiliated with any regular Lodge, whether within
or without this jurisdiction, that is sufficient." In this we agree; provided,
that due enquiry concerning the applicant, is made to the Lodge of which
he is a member, and the answer is satisfactory.
To the fourth question, we think his response correct, in the main. It may
come under the same head as the first question decided by him. We hold
the same doctrine as the G.-. H.\ Priest. A petition may be received, bal-
loted on, declared elected, all necessary preparations made to confer the
degree, or he may have actually received a portion of the degrees when ob-
jections are made by a Companion; then we say all further proceeding must
be stayed until further ordered or agreed upon. Harmony must prevail.
We are pleased to see that our Companions of Michigan are in favor of
proficiency in the preceding degrees before advancement. That is the way
to have bright Masons.
Companion J. Eastman Johnson, submitted the report on Foreign Cor-
respondence, examining the proceedings of twenty-four Grand Chapters,
including Mississippi, which was favorably noticed. He is that same old
Companfon Johnson, we read about. Hear him in his opening remarks:
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"We have received and examined the transactions of' twenty-four Grand
Chapters. From such examination, and from information otherwise obtained,
we take great pleasure in announcing the all but universal song of harmony
and prosperity. In place of war, we have peace; in place of discord, harmony;
in place of decay, growth. And were it not for a few faint echoes of past troubles
occasionally floating by, little would remain to indicate that the smooth, bright
waters over which we are now gliding, had so recently been lurid and tempest-
tossed. Thanks, Companions, to the true spirit of Masonry. As constant
droppings wear away stones, so does the gentle, constant distilling of the
dew of masonic love, dispel the monsters aroused by unholy passion. All have
agreed, North and South, to drop and forget hard words."
Companion Johnson, here is our hand, and in it our heart. The teachings
of Masonry, are not words to be spoken and lorgotten in a day. They are
guides and land-marks in the sojuorning probation, like angelic gems,
around which cluster a halo of glory, far more precious than the golden
fields of Opher. The golden chain of brotherly love binds the entire
Craft—a chain whose links should not become worn or broken by time, but
which every waive of adversity brightens and strengthens. It is a beacon
light upon an eminence to direct the benighted, give confidence the way-
ward, and establish the fact that we are not only Masons by name, but by
practice. History explains the future by the past. These are living his-
tories, sacred and pure links which connect the present with the great good
of the past. When we contemplate the stability of our venerable institu-
tion, may we, nor the coming generation never witness the decay of its
solid basis, its graceful columns, and the lofty dome of the Temple, which is
grander and far superior to the tempestuous storms which have strewn the
land with kingdoms and empires; the sea with wrecked and scattered
navies; but may it still survive, vital in every part, bright as the morning
stares; and like—
" Some tall clift that lifts its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
fho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head."
He devotes three pages to Mississippi, and speaks in flattering terms of
P.-. G.*. II.-. Priest Lusher's address.
In regard to Companion G.-. H.\ Priest's decision, concerning exaltations
by Military Chapters, he says the decision was simply this:
"That a Companion Exalted in a Military Chapter in a Southern State, work-
ing under a Charter granted by Illinois, must be healed to be recognized here."
No objections, all right; and if we said anything in a previous report that
would place Companion Fiske in a wrong position, we take it all back. In
Peace, Love and Unity, may Ave ever meet and mingle, firm and unimpaired
by convulsions around us in the gladsome cement which unites us, distinct
as the billows, but one as the ocean.
M.-. E." Charles H. Brown, elected G.-. II.-. Priest. R.\ E.\ J. Eastman
Johnson, re-elected G.\ Secretaiy.
ORDER OP PRIESTHOOD.
The Tenth Annual Convocation of the Grand Order of High Priesthood,
fcr the State and Jurisdiction of Michigan, was held at Masonic Temple,
agreeably to previous notice. Comp. E. Sprague, M.\ E.\ G.\ President;
Comp. D. Burnham Tracy, G.\ Recorder.
The petitions of of twenty-five High Priests were received, referred and
reported unfavorably. They were then introduced, installed, set apart and
solemnly consecrated to the office of High Priesthood in Ample Form. We
find the following resolution;
"That the Grand Recorder be instructed to forward the Diplomas he may
have in his possession, belonging to deceased High Priests, to their widows,
provided they are living; and if not, to their nearest relatives or friends.
No further business, the G.\ Council closed in ample form.
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MINNESOTA, 1870.
In the proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter, of Minnesota, hear-
ing date, St. Paul, January 12,1870, we find M.\ E.\ M. W. Getchell, G.\ H.\
Priest, presiding, together with other Grand and Past Grand officers, and the
Representatives from sixteen Subordinate Chapters.
The address of the G.*. H.\ Priest will compare with many G.*. Chapter
addresses of much older dates. When we take into consideration that this
is only the ninth Convocation, comparatively speaking, they may be looked
upon, as he justly says, "in our infancy." He says :
"We have but just laid the foundation on which the 'Symbolic Temple' of R.\
A.-. Masonry, in this State, is to be erected by those who shall come after us.
But the foundation has been laid broad and deep, and we trust as its mystic
walls continue to rise with each returning year, it shall continue to be a beacon
light to all within our borders; pointing us to the fatherhood of God, and the
brotherhood of man—cultivating a spirit of toleration and charity—leading all to a
better appreciation of humanity, and a deeper reverence for God; so as we look
back on the past we shall see the fruits of our labor, and perceive that we have
not spent our strength for naught."
We can truly say to our Companions of Minnesota, that it is our unfeigned
desire that they may find true pleasure in meeting and mingling with each
other on such pleasant occasions as a Grand Chapter always affords the true
Mason. In the unity of love, and the bonds of peace and affection, may they
for all time to come, continue their meetings of companionship and broth-
erly love. Firm and unimpaired by convulsions around them, may they
ever find the gladsome cement which unites the Craft. In regard to the
opinion, or rather decision of the G.*. H.'. Priest, as to suspension or expul-
sion by the Lodge, consequently the member stands suspended or expelled
in his Chapter. "This we hold to be correct. He says :
"And while we cheerfully admit that the suspension or expulsion of a Mason,
in his Lodge, suspends him in the Chapter, we can conceive of but one way, un-
der the Constitution of this'Grand Chapter, in which the membership of a Com-
panion, in his Chapter, can be finally terminated, and that is, by a legal trial and
conviction, and even then, should the Grand Chapter abrogate or reverse the de-
cisions of the Subordinate Chapter, the Companion would be restored to all of
his rights, including membership."
We must beg leave to differ with our Companion, so far as to restoring to
membership. It is a well known fact that our Order is founded on unity,
peace and harmony. We must be as a unit on the reception of all candi-
dates. Peace and harmony must prevail. Is not the election of candidates
left entirely with the Subordinate Chapter ? Is it not a universal Masonic
law, when a suspension or expulsion takes place, before he can be restored to
membership, a unanimous vote must be had? A Mason expelled or indefi-
nitely suspended, wishing to be restored, must apply by petition to the Sub-
ordinate Body which passed the sentence, setting forth the grounds for ap-
plication; and if that Body should consider them just and proper, notice
should be given to all the parties interested, and to every member of that
particular body, (if practicable,) of the time when the application will be
taken up for consideration; which must be at a stated meeting. And if on
a hearing, the consent of the Body is granted, the action of the Body in the
case must be reported to the Grand Body governing the Subordinate, for
confirmation or reversal. The Grand Body may restore him to his general
privileges and rights, but not to membership. If he wishes to affiliate or
become a member, he must petition the body for membership. When re-
stored, by the Grand Body, to the general rights and privileges of a Mason,
he stands to the Masonic world in the attitude of a non-affiliate, and to gain
membership must apply and be voted in by a unanimous vote. Harmony
must prevail.
Seventeen Chapters return 144 exaltations, and $432.
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Companion A. T. C. Pierson submitted the Report on Correspondence, em-
bracing the proceedings from twenty-eight Grand Chapters, Mississippi re-
ceiving a brief but complimentary notice. He says he likes the spirit mani-
fested in our report. Thank you, Companion. Hope we may meet at Balti-
more, in 1871. I want to see what you look like.
R.\ E.\ E. D. B. Porter, elected G.\ H.\ Priest; R.\ E.\ Wm. S. Combs
re-elected G.\ Secretary.
MISSOURI, 1871.
We have before us the proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Missouri,
which was held in the city of St. Louis, October 6,18G9. Present: Comp'n
Oren Root, Jr., Grand High Priest, presiding, other Grand and Past Grand
Officers, and the Representatives from thirty-six Subordinate Chapters. The
address of the G.*. H.\ Priest commences by saying:
"To the God who has guided us through the twelve months past in safe and
pleasant ways, who has brought us here together with such auspicious omens,
who hath so abundantly blessed our Order, we owe most reverent and earnest
thanks, join we all in earnest prayer thatHis loving favor and watchful'guidance
may be with us here and follow us through the months or years to come.
Some two pages of, the address are filled with just such beautiful Masonic
teachings, and we trust that all may have the pleasure of reading it.
He speaks in glowing terms of Royal Arch Masonry in his jurisdiction;
tells of his official acts; issued nine Dispensations for new Chapters. We
agree with him in the decisions made; except the answer to H.\ Priest of
St. Louis, Chapter, jSTo.-S. He says:
"I decided that an applicant for affiliation with the Chapter need not be affili-
ated with the Lodge."
We hold that it is wrong to permit applicants to .affiliate with the Chapter,
whilst they are not a member in good standing in some Lodge. If a mem-
ber demits from his Lodge, and chooses to travel the pathway of life solitary
and alone, or with the outside world, he has cut himself loose from all the
benefits that might arise from the Institution, depriving himself from all
aid, and more especially does he deprive himself, (by the act of non-affilia-
tion,) of being buried Masonically. Who is he, and what is he ? A wanderer,
without any Masonic home, now and then permitted to visit a Lodge when
he thinks it may be to his advantage. In his passage through the the world
a thought strikes him, that to be a Royal Arch Mason will be a passport
among the Craft, and I can just as well avail myself of the opportunity. I
can then demit and go on my way jejoicing. We have a lawr in Mississippi,
forbidding Subordinate Chapters entertaining or countenancing the petition
of a non-affiliate. Believing as we do, that Masons that are not members in
good standing of some regular Lodge, they are not worthy to be made E.1.
A.*. Masons, and we hold the three first degrees in Masonry to be the founda-
tion upon which all the higher degrees are built; and when a member
chooses to step from that foundation, there is nothing higher for him to claim
or hang a hope. Let them be fully able to prove their genealogy before ad-
mitting strangers among the true workmen. In conclusion, he says:
"Let us now with earnest spirit, filled not only with zeal, but as well with
purity of purpose, union of heart, and friendly sympathy and feeling, apply
ourselves to our work. May we so labor, that our Royal Craft shall enter upon a
year of even increased prosperity; that we ourselves may be strengthened in
our love and devotion to Masonry, and made nobler, purer men in companion-
ship, and for all our walks and works in life."
The Report of the G.\ Secretary shows a balance on hand of $3,892 96,
We find the following as a page dedicated
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TO THE MEMORY
of
PRIESTLY II. McBRIBE,
2V. G.\ H.'. P.-.
of the
Grand Chapter,
and
PAST GRAND MASTER
of the
Gvaiid Lodge of Missouri.
DIED IN COLUMBIA,
Boone County, Missouri,
May 21st, 1869.
The good never die—they but change the mortal for the immortal.
Comp. George Frank Gouley presented the Report on Correspondence, em-
bracing the proceedings of thirty-one Grand Chapters, Mississippi, for 1869,
included. The report is short, for Gouley, (only thirty-eight pages,) hut
contains much good Masonic information. How could it be otherwise ? He
devotes about half a page to Mississippi, and says the address of the H.-. Priest
is a good business paper. He agrees with us in the case of Arkansas, and
says "we will help him out." Thank you, Companion—I think we can
prove we are right.
Speaking of New Jersey, as usual Comp. Corson comes in for a share of
the spoils. He says:
"The Report on Correspondence was submitted by the 'irrepressible' Comp. T.
J. Corson, 'M. D.,' who goes through the foreign proceedings 'like a dose of
saltsrasps and tears along the winding way, with a spirit which says, root h—,
or die.'" '
He Says:
"He joins in condemning the action of Arkansas, in conferring degrees in
Grand Chapter. Sound for once."
We fully agree with Comp. Gouley's remarks on the California question.
He is right, every word.
In conclusion, Comp. Gouley says:
"In our review we have written with this one impulse of 'brethren.' If We
thought for one moment that we could not write and talk as we pleased among
those we love, we would tear this manuscript into shreds, and leave the job of
Correspondence to somebody who measures words as clerks do tape—by the inch
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If our friends enjoy our work, it is all we ask; if they get mad at it, it is not our
fault, for we do not intend it; as the joker has it, 'if' we have said anything we
are sorry for, we are glad of it.' "
The tabular statement shows 54 Subordinates, with membership of 2,011,
%Clues paid in, $2,124 00. This is the returns for 1808.
Comp. John F. Houston, elected G.*. H.*. Priest; Comp. Geo. Frank Gou-
ley, re-elected G.\ Secretary.
XEBRASKA, 1860.
It is with pleasure we hail the prooceedings of Xebraska, in neat pamphlet
form, telling to the world the workings of P.*. A.*. Masonry, within her
jurisdiction.
The Grand Chapter met in the city of Xebraska, October 25, 1S69. Present:
M.*. E.\ D. H. Wheeler, G.*. II.*. P.*., other Grand and Past Grand Officers
and Representatives from four Subordinates. The G.\ II.*. P.*. delivered
his annual address, and a very excellent production it is.
Companion George B. Graff, submitted the report on Correspondence in a
masterly manner, reviewing the proceedings of twenty-nine G.\ Chapters,
Mississippi included. He says of us :
"We would with pleasure refer to the very able and excellent report of the
Committee on Correspondence, by Companion Wm. S. Patton, Chairman. No
report received from Nebraska."
It always gives us pleasure to say something for the good and encourage-
ment of our sister Grand Chapter, but more especially is it a pleasure to
give a cheering account of the young ones, such as Xebraska. The address
of the G.*. II.*. P.*. and report on Correspondence, we would feel proud to
copy every word in our report; but time and space forbid. In conclusion,
my dear Companions, permit me to express the hope that you may live long
to enjoy the confidence of the Grand Chapter of the young Xebraska, as
well as the Companions throughout the world.
1870.
The Grand Chapter convened in Plattsmouth, June 20th, 1870. P.*. E.\
E. A. Allen, D.\ G.*. H.\ P.*. presiding as G.\ II.*. P.*., Grand Secretary,
other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and a constitutional number of repre-
sentatives from subordinates to open and traniact business.
The D.\ G.*. H.*. Priest presiding, delivered his address, and read a com-
munication from the G.*. H.*. Priest, stating the cause of his absence: that
he was about to remove from the jurisdiction of Xebraska. The address is
in good style, and speaks favorable for our young sister.
There are five Chapters, twenty-one Exaltation*. 2(54 members, ami
$208. 02 dues. The Committee on Foreign Correspondence report the re-
ception of twenty Grand Chapter proceedings. The Grand Treasurer reports
$713,13 balance on hand.
Companion E. A. Allen was elected G.\ H.\ Priest, and Companion K.
W. Furnas, G.*. Secretary.
XEW HAMPSHIRE, 1870.
The Grand Chapter of Xew Hampshire, convened in the city of Concord,
17th May, 1870. Present: Daniel E. Martin, M.\ E.\ G.*. H.*. Priest, other
Grand and Past Grand Officers, the Representatives of twelve Subordinate
Chapters, and many visiting Companions. The G.\ II.*. P.*. says :
"In my judgment, the principles of Freemasonry underlie all social progress.
Back in the dreary centuries, when cast usurped the place of brotherhood, when
privilege ruled where equality had ceased to reign, and when brutal power
claimed a divine right to govern, without any responsibility to man for the jus-
tice and equality of their acts, Freemasonry taught a different doctrine. Within
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their walls, under their mystic rose, the emblems of justice, equality and frater-
nity met the sight, and their doctrines found acceptance in the heart,"
In conclusion, he says:
"When we shall have passed away, and our records are read by those who fol-
low in centuries to come—quoting our actions as precedents—perchance then,
could our spirits meet in the asylum, we should realize the fearful importance of
every word we write, and every deed we do; and thus should every man so live,
realizing that he lives not for himself, or his own generation; for, if this were
all, then life is hardly worth living for."
We ask pardon for copying so much of the G/. II/. Priest's address; but
we were appointed by our Grand Chapter to collect and bring together all
the valuable material we could find in our travels through the quarries and
avenues leading to and from the Temple.
The Report on Correspondence, by Comp. John J. Bell, is prepared on
rather a novel plan. He acknowledges that he attempted to deviate from the
accustomed method of preparing such reports, "in the hope, by presenting
each subject which seemed to be of interest, by itself, a more connected
view would be obtained by the Companions of what was transpiring among
the Craft, than when the proceedings of each Grand Chapter were separately
reviewed." He further says: "If we had fully comprehended, however,
how much the labor of preparing the report would be increased, we should,
probably, have hesitated some time before assuming the additional labor."
NEW JERSEY, 1870.
The Fourteenth Convocation of the Grand Chapter of New Jersey, was
held in the city of Trenton, on the 14th day of September, 1870. P.esent:
M/. E.\ Comp. D. S. Battey, G.\ H.\ Priest, presiding, other Grand Officers,
and the Representatives from seventeen Subordinate Chapters. The G.\ H/.
Priest of the G/. Chapter of New York, and the G.\ H.\ Priest of the
G.\ G/. Chapter of the United States, were also present.
The G/. H/. Priest correctly decides, that
"The H.\ P.*. of a Chapter is justified in not conferring the degrees upon a
candidate, when, by any cause, the candidate renders himself amenable to the
laws of the Fraternity, which would involve his suspension or expulsion."
We go even further than the G.\ II/. Priest. At any stage of advance-
ment, even in the midst of the ceremonies of the degree to be conferred, if
it comes to the knowledge of the H.\ Priest, it is right, and he would be de-
relict in duty if he did not immediately cause the proceedings to stop until
an investigation could be had. Better to delay a few hours—nay even a
month, or a year, or if the case justified, to all time—than let the cause of
Masonry suffer when it eould so easily be prevented.
The address is a well written paper, full of good advice and Masonic teach-
ing, and well adapted not only to the Jurisdiction of New Jersey, but
throughout the world.
Reports were made by the D.\ G.\ H/. Priest, G/. King, and Scribe, giv-
ing an account of their stewardship, for the past Masonic year. We approve
of the plan, although it is not practiced in Mississippi; yet we believe it
right.
If a Companion is worthy to be made D.\ G/. II/. Priest, G.\ King, or
Scribe, let him have his work assigned him, and make himself useful to the
Craft; not sit wrapped in his robe of honor, afraid to open his mouth, lest
for the lack ol Masonic knowledge he might say something wrong. No, put
them to work, and be sure to select such as are full of Masonic zeal, and who
would be an honor to the office. By pursuing this course, we would soon
find the offices seeking the right man, and log-rollers and butterfly office-
seekers would soon be known no more in the Grand Bodies. The Grand
Treasurer reports the sum of $2,597 04 balance on hand.
Well here it is ten o'clock at night, and Companion Corson's Report on
Foreign Correspondence, staring us full in the face—one hundred and fifteen
pages and more poetry than—well, enough to fill a small volume. The pro-
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ceedings of thirty-seven Grand Chapters are commented on, and among the
number Mississippi. Of Mississippi, he says, (after some extracts from the
G.\ H.\ Priest's address):
"Now, we tremble violently, our knees quake, and our heart sinks in despond-
ency, for we come to the Report on Correspondence, prepared by Comp. William
S. Patton. It is nearly midnight, and yet the whole of it must be read. But,
how can we do it? for, it is in such miserable fine print, that we are afraid to at-
tack it, for our microscope is out of order. We are certain that the effort will be
sure to provoke internal profanity. 0, Patton ! Patton! as a human man, for
the sake of your fellow-reporters, do have this matter rectified, and cause the
print to be enlarged."
It is true, as Comp. Corson said, the report is in fine print; but how miser-
able the print or report is, we leave our fellow reporters to say. None, we
belive, have complained of the miserable print except Companion Corson.
Yes, Companion Drummond of Maine, made complaint that it was scarcely
readable after dark, to which we replied, that Comp. Drummond, perhaps,
had a right to complain. Being old and well stricken in years, it is natural
to suppose his vision would become impaired; and, further, the State of
Maine is situated so far towards sunrise, that it frequently occurs that the
sun does not rise until a late hour in the- day, and if the weather is a little
frosty, the sun has to be prised up with a crow bar to assist in reading fine
print from the far off Mississippi.
Now, we know Companion Corson is all right side up. But that miserable
small print is what seems to trouble him, if we take his word, which we are
bound to do. But suffer me to make a suggestion about that "microscope,"
which, he says, "is out of order." From what I can learn of Comp. Cor-
son's microscope, it is only about four inches in length by two and a half in
diameter, made entirely of glass, one end closed by a glass cylinder head, the
other open so as to admit of a certain fluid. The instrument is charged with
about three fingers of the fluid, then held up before the face, some three
inches below the eye, and instead of looking, (as in other microscopes,) the
eye is elevated above the cylinder end of the instrument, which is pointing
from the person using it, is gradually turned turned up until the fluid gradu-
ally disappears, which generally brighten the eye-sight, loosens the tongue
for a short time, then the eyes gradually become dim, so as not to be able to
read fine print, especially after night-fall, the tongue becomes thick and
heavy, refusing to perform its office, and if the microscope cannot be replen-
ished, the individual using it will become overpowered, his eyes gradually
close, and he becomes almost unconscious of the surrounding objects, and
when he arouses, as from a deep slumber, every object to him lpoks doubled
and twisted into such shape that it is almost impossible to read "miserable
small print."
Now, Companions, don't understand that we would in the least intimate
that it had such an effect on our worthy Companion Corson; not at all. He
is a doctor, and chemist, and we know chemists always have an antidote to
prevent certain causes and effects; and we charge nothing wrong on the
part of Companion Corson, but that "microscope," being out of order, is en-
tirely to blame.
Comp. Corson will bring in a few lines of verse occasionally, which we do
not object to, for we always had a desire to be a poet, but could never make
the lines to suit. Hear him :
"Tis strange there should such difference be,
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee."
Speaking of Illinois, he says:
"The Hoosiers and the Suckers, and the Wolverine farmers,
All know the right way to carry up the corners."
And again:
"Every one's a good enough Carpenter, or Mason,
To do a little work at old Tippecanoe's raisin'."
He deals pretty liberally with Louisiana. He says:
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"Whew! Here is richness in a concentrated form—mercury at 94° in a far-in-
heat thermometer, (shades of Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego, preserve us from
deliquescence,) baby rolling around the office floor—wife busy preserving, in
immense quantities, in anticipation of a visit from Horner—patients persistently
pestering'to be visited—perspiration pouring down our wrinkled cheeks, so that
we must literally earn as well as eat our bread in the 'sweat of our face'—flies
with red hot feet, inflicting indescribable torments, paying no attention to the
urgent request ; 'slio fly, don't bodder me'—gnats innumerable running over our
paper—ice-water all gone—and yet here are forty-odd pages of fine print to be
examined and commented upon in the shape of a Report on Correspondence by
Comp. J. P. Horner."
Well, our Companion Corson is certainly in a fix, with all the above calam-
ities coming upon him just as he encountered Comp. Horner's report; hut
we imagine the worst of all the calamities was the absence of the ice-water
after the evaporation of the "microscope fluid." That was certainly more
miserable than reading small print after dark. Come down South some time
this winter or spring, and we will pay a visit to Comp. Horner, and make
him account for all tne plagues visited on you through him. They were far
worse than the plagues of "Egypt," and no one to console you but the
"microscope." Come down Corson, Horner and Patton will make it all
right; if not, let's meet in Baltimore, in 1871, and have a general overhaul-
ingof things. What say you? But Corson plays rough and tumble with
Horner before he leaves him.
Comp. Marcus Higginbotham, elected G.\ H.\ Priest; Comp. John Wool-
verton, re-elected G.\ Secretary; Comp. T. J. Corson, Committee on Corres-
pondence.
After the close of the G.\ Chapter, a convention of High Priests was held.
Comp. W. W. Goodwin, Grand President. Several H.\ Priests were elected
and annointed into the Holy Order.
W. W. Goodwin, G.-. President; T. J. Corson, G.\ Secretary, pro tern.
NEW YORK, 1870.
The seventy-third annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter of R.\ A.-.
Masons convened in the city of Albany, February 1, 1870. Present: M.\
E.\ John W. Simons, G.\ H.\ Priest, other Grand officers, permanent mem-
bers,andthe Representatives from one hundred and fifty-five Subordinates.
Of the number of Chapters under the Jurisdiction of New York G.\ Chapter,
we find twenty-one located in the city of New York. The number of Royal
Arch Masons in the State as represented is 14,664; Affiliated during the year
103; Restored 37; Demitted 429; Suspenned for non-payment of dues 334;
for other unmasonic conduct 5; Expelled 2; Died 133; Rejected 199; Funds
$46,883 10; Dues to G.-. Chapter $13,050 50; Paid Representatives $5,822 89.
From the returns in the State of New York only one Royal Arch Mason in
every one hundred and ten died.
The number of Chapters run up as high as 234. Twelve new Dispensa-
tious were issued during the year.
The address of the G.-. H.\ Priest is just such a document as might be
expected from such a man as Comp. Simons. He is in favor of reducing
the number of the Chapters, that the vacancies may be got rid of, so that
the printed lists may show the actual status. This question has for a series
of years been agitated. There are many good arguments pro and con that
may be brought to bear. For instance, Comp. Simon's method at first
glance would seem to be right and proper, that the Masonic world may
know the true status of the Gv. Chapter as to the number of Subordinates.
And we must confess we are rather inclined to his views on the subject.
But upon the other hand, we may find Royal Arch Masons from New York,
with demits in their possession, stating in so many words that they had
been regularly demitted from No. Chapter, under the jurisdiction of
the Gv.'"Chapter of New York; and upon examination no such number
could be found, or he may state that he had regularly received the degrees
in a iust and constitutional R.\ Av Chapter, giving the name and number,
and located in a certain town, and on investigation or inqury a Chapter
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bearing the name mentioned is reported to be there located, but entirely a
different number. For instance, No. 226 missing, also No. 3, and many
intermediate, but we take the extremes. Now if a new Chapter, or an old
one, were to take any of the vacant numbers, there would be a conflict by
two members abroad chancing to meet, both claiming to be members of
Chapter No. , of New York, one claiming that his Chapter, No. ,
was Jocated in one particular locality of the State, and the other that his
Chapter, of the same number, was in a different locality, and both holding
Masonic papers showing they were right. How could R.\ A.-. Masons in
other jurisdictions reconcile the matter?
We don't wish or intend to convey the idea that we are right and you are
wrong. We hope the matter throughout the United States may be arnica-
bly settled, and so permanently that it may never be agitated again.
We must beg leave to differ with our worthy Companion as respects the
Order of High Priesthood. He says:
" I see no reason why we should not congratulate ourselves upon our acts.
Before the adoption of the present regulations, the Order was in irresponsible
hands, and it wa& optional with the High Priests of Chapters to be annointed or
not. In that shape the Order amounted to nothing. As it is, the G.\ Chapter
in assuming its control and making its reception obligatory on all High Priests
in this jurisdiction, raises it to its proper and dignified place, and preserves it
from the danger of oblivion. Objections have been made that Grand Chapters,
being legislative bodies, cannot confer degrees, at which a portion of the mem-
bers may not assist; but the fact is, the Grand Chapter does not confer the
degree or order, but sanctions its being conferred by those who possess it, and
are competent to impart its ritual and instruction. It has b.een further objected
that the General G.\ Chapter, while commending the Order to elected H.\
Priests, has not made it obligatory. This in no wise militates against the validi-
ty of our action, which is a local measure, believing it to be for the best inter-
ests of the Royal Craft in this jurisdiction, and therefore one on which we are
entirely competent to pass. While I, for one, would be glad always to have the
favorable opinion of our peers, I would not undo a correct action for that pur-
pose. It is clear to my mind that in this matter we are right, and that our sys-
tern will eventually commend itself to general adoption."
It is clear to our mind that G.*. Chapters have no control over the Order
of High Priesthood, for the simple reason that every Charter granted to a
Chapter especially says that they have the right only to confer the degrees
of Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master and Royal Arch: there
it stops. The Order of High Priesthood is a separate and distinct Order, as
much so as the Council of Royal and Select Masters, and should, in our
opinion, be kept as separate and distinct. For instance, a G.\ Chapter
claiming control of the Order desires (as is done by some) to confer the
Order, calls to refreshment, opens a Council of High Priesthood, performs
the labor of the Order, then resumes labor again in the R.\ A/. Degree;
and in the mean time half or perhaps more of the members of the Grand
Chapter are forced to leave the Chapter room, when they are sent there to
represent them fully in everything that comes before the body. The Rep-
resentatives, (as before remarked), may be Kings, or Scribes, or elected or
appointed Representatives from their Chapters. Is it right, is it just that
they should be excluded and forced to leave the hall for the purpose of—
what ? To do something in the Grand Chapter to which they are entire
strangers, know nothing about, and then have to return to their Chapters
and report that certain transactions were had or done in Grand Chapter, but
they were forced to vacate the hall, and therefore could not give them any
information as to what was done. Now, we dislike very much to differ with
our worthy Companion, knowing him to be far more able to explain, and
still farther advanced and learned in Masonic Jurisprudence, and the rights
of Masons advanced to certain degrees, and what is right and proper for
Grand Bodies to do, than we are. But we will venture to give our opinion,
and are willing to let it go for what it may be worth. The Order of High
Priesthood, we think, is a separate and distinct organization. And as tne
Annual Convocation of Grand Chapters, when the business is through and
the G.\ Chapter closed, then is the proper time to call J a convention of the
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Order of High Priesthood, with their regular or appointed officers, and such
members as are entitled to seats in the Body, open regular, receive the
petitions of candidates, act upon them, receive and annoint according to
custom, keep a true record of the doings, as of other Grand Bodies, keeping
them separate and distinct that the world may see what was done in the
Council of the Order of High Priesthood. This, Companions 01 New York,
is an honest view of the subject. Hoping that we may all obtain the true
light and become united as to the proper mode, or the jurisdiction that
should have control, we dismiss the subject.
The Report on Correspondence was submitted by our able and worthy
Comp. Joseph White, reviewing the proceedings of thirty G.-. Chapters,
Mississippi included among the number. He gives us about one page of his
report, and states that New York was not among the G.'. Chapters reported
on. We have to say 'tis true, and we regret exceedingly that it was not re-
ceived. We waited until the last moment in expectation and hope that it
would come, but-it has never been received by us.
We find the following in his conclusion :
Thirty-seven Grand Lodges return 6,599 Subordinate Lodges; 375,356
members; $278,8S9 dues received ; $2,74,454 expended.
M.\ E.\ John W. Simons, re-elected Gv. H.\ Priest; R.\ E.\ Christopher
G. Fox, re-elected Grand Secretary.
NORTH CAROLINA, 1869.
Begun and held in St. John's Hall, Wilmington, North Carolina, on the
first day of December, A. L. 5869, A. 1.2399, A. D. 1869. Present, M.'. E.-.
Comp. W. G. Gill, G.*. H.\ Priest, other Grand Officers, and the Representa-
tives from ten Subordinate Chapters.
The G.\ H.-. Priest's Address is a document breathing the true Masonic
spirit, though generally local in its character. The Report on Correspond-
ence, submitted by Comp. Alfred Martin, takes up eighty-two pages of the
Proceedings, reviewing the doings of twenty-six Grand Chapters and that
of the General Grand Chapter. The report reflects credit on our worthy
Companion. He devotes nearly three pages to Mississippi. He rather brings
our P.*. G.\ High Priest, Lusher, ''to taw " for issuing special dispensations
to Subordinates to receive and act upon petitions for degrees out of the reg-
ular time. P •. G.-. High Priest Lusher says: "Yet I must confess that I
did i-t unwillingly, believing that such dispensations were radically wrong."
Comp. Martin then says : " Unless he was required by the Constitution to
issue dispenations for such purpose, we are at a loss to conceive of any cir-
cumstances that should have constrained or induced him to do what he
believed to be radically wrong. He advocates taking that power from the
Grand High Priest. This recommendation, however, the Grand Chapter did
not concur in. It may be true, and we believe what P.-. G.\ II. . Priest
Lusher has said, that he believed such dispensations are radically wrong;
and still, under certain circumstances, although the Constitution may not
require it, nor forbid the issuing of such dispensations, it is left with the
G.\ H.\ Priest to use his own judgment in the premises. He may think it a
bad precedent to set, and yet, in his judgment of the facts brought before
him (no law prohibiting) and the parties well known as good and true Ma-
sons, and are about to leave for some distant land, and preferring to receive
the degrees among those with whom they have been intimate from child-
hood, than to go among strangers. This we think, of itself, would be suffi-
cient grounds to grant the dispensation, though he may be opposed to the
principle.
Wm.E. Murdoch elected M/. E.\ G.\ H.\ Priest; Thos. B. Carr, E.\ G.\
Secretary.
NOVA SCOTIA, 1869.
We are pleased to lay before the Gi'and Chapter of Mississippi the pro-
ceedings of the formation and organization of the Grand Chapter of the
Province of Nova Scotia, which was held at Halifax, Oct. 14,1869, at which
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time M.\ E.*. the Hon. Alexander Keith was chosen G.\ H.*. Priest, and R.\
E.\ James Gossip elected Grand Secretary. From the proceedings we learn
that in the Province of Nova Scotia there are five Royal Arch Chapters, one
English, one Canadian and three Scotch. One of each took part in the or-
ganization of the Grand Chapter. From a circular received by the Grand
Chapter of Nova Scotia, by order of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chap-
terof Scotland, it appears that.that Body was displeased with the action of
Nova Scotia, and the Supreme Body promptly resolved to give no
countenance whatever to the self-constituted bodv in Nova Scotia, as they
term it. The Companions of the G.- C.\ of Nova Scotia very wisely con-
sidered the matter received from Scotland; passed resolutions setting forth the
facts in the case, which your committee hope will fully satisfy the Supreme
Body of Scotland. We have had similar difficulties in the United States, and we
have always found it best to try and reconcile, and heal the breach, acknowl-
edge the Companions and endeavor to set the example before them, who can
best work and best agree. Your committee would not have you to understand
that any ami all attempts on the part of Companions to form Grand Chap-
ters in open violation of Masonic law and usages are by us recommended.
This Grand Chapter is fully aware of the course taken by us. in case of the
District of Columbia, and also of Delaware. Although much was said by
eminent Companions, and harsh language used, at last all were reconciled,
and the Chapters now move on harmoniously, fully recognized throughout
the globe; and so it will be with Nova Scotia in a few months, and we now
recommend to Mississippi to receive her as a sister, give her all the aid and
comfort we can, and hail her as a bright and shining star in the northeast
corner of theMasonic galaxy. A list of correspondence from various G.-.
Chapters is appended, showing the recognition of the G.\ Chapter of Nova
Scotia.
The Report on Correspondence, by Comp. J. Conway Brown, chairman,
shows the examination of fifteen G.'. Chapters, Mississippi not among the
number, which we very much regret.
In conclusion he says, speaking of the Mark degree:
"We have Mark Stones evidently very old, and mostly furnished with a Bible
in the centre, the letter H, instead of being on the top, is placed where the last
S usually stands. We also have a curiously wrought stone, which evidently
belonged to the crown of a dome; on it is a mark as above, and the figures near-
ly effaced by time—39. From the appearance of these old relics and the pros-
pect of gaining access to the records of the past, we hope next year to return
to the Sanctuary with discoveries which may possibly prove of service to the
Craft. Meanwhile, we continue to pursue our labors in search of them."
OHIO, 1870.
The Grand Chapter of Ohio was opened, in Cincinnatti, 13th day of Sep-
tember, 1870. Present: Comp. Chas. C. Keifer, M.\ E.\ Gv. H.\ Priest, and
other Grand and Past Grand officers, and a sufficient number of Representa-
tives from Subordinate Chapters.
The G.\ H.*. Priest said:
"I offer you my congratulations, that, in the good Providence of God, we are
permitted to meet again in Grand conclave. We come again in our yearly pil-
grimage from all parts of our great State to this the Queen City of the West, and
strike hands, while our hearts are thrilled with joyous emotions of real friend-
ship. The experience of the past year are still fresh in our memories. And now,
before entering upon the discharge of the duties that have called us together, let
us approach our altar of prayer, and with heart and voice give expression to our
feelings of gratitude for the manifold blessings and mercies of the past, and im-
plore Divine Wisdom and guidance in our deliberations.
"The Great Preacher has written: ' Be still, and know that I am God.' I am
reminded of this admonition from the fact that death has been doing his work,
and called away, during the year, several distinguished Masons. Prominent
among them was Comp. Howard Mathews, for mamy years a member of this G.'.
Body, and for several years Chairman of our Committee on Foreign Correspond-
ence, in which position he had acquired an enviable reputation, both at home
and abroad."
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He also mentions the death of Comp. B. B. French.
He issued Dispensations for six new Chapters during the past Masonic
year.
He says:
"I would omit the Past Master's degree from the degrees of Capitular Masonry,
for the following reasons":
He gives five reasons, which we will give in brief:
1st. Its original design was not a degree.
2d. It has no elements of a degree.
3d. It is of no interest to one passing through the Chapter.
4th. The only possible objection to its abrogation is, that the covenant
a R.*. A.*. M.\ has taken is in the way.
5th. So modified, with the " P.-. M.\ degree" confined to Masters of Lodges,
our American system would be simplified more in harmony wfith itself.
Comp. Kiefer gives his views on the five objections in a fair and impartial
manner; though we cannot agree with him,'we will drop the question for
the consideration of wiser and more experienced Masons than ourself.
He is in favor of the Representative system, which suits us precisely.
The Report on Foreign Correspondence, by Comp. J. Kelly O'Neal, with
his gifted pen, vivid imagination, and sound Masonic judgment, covers fifty-
pages of the proceedings. He reviews thirty-four Grand Chapters, Missis-
sippi included, giving her a passing notice, that his Grand Chapter may not
forget that there is such a G.\ Chapter in existence; that sixty Chapters
were represented, two charters were granted, and the G.-. H.\ Priest having
died during the year, his death is appropriately referred to in the annual ad-
dress, and an eloquent tribute was rendered to his memory by the G.\ Chap-
ter. He says:
"The Foreign Correspondence Report is from the pen of Comp. fm. S. Patton,
and presents a fair and courteous abstract of the proceedings of twenty-one G.".
Chapters, Ohio not being of the number."
This, my dear Comp. O'Neal, we regret exceedingly. Nothing gives us
more Masonic pleasure than to receive in time the proceedings of Ohio, tor
then we know a feast is in store, We can take the addresses and reports on
correspondence, read from morn till night, then read again,.and always find
something interesting. We do hope that you may not soon again have cause
to complain of the tardiness of Mississippi. We have a "Power" at the
helm, prompt, courteous, and always at his post, ready to serve his friends.
In conclusion, he says:
"R.-. A.". Masonry throughout the United States, from sea to sea, is in a pros-
perous condition, the last "root of bitterness"—the difficulty that lately existed
between the G.\ Chapter of Maryland and the District of Columbia—how exists
only in Masonic history, and as a bright example of the benign effects of that
forbearance and charity which ever has and ever should characterize our Order.
And the same kind and fraternal spirit so marked in the bearing of the G.\ G.\
Chapter toward those of the G.\ Chapters which still deny her jurisdiction, must
soon be covered with the same happy result. And the entire Royal Craft of our
broad land, under a single jurisdiction, as the fraternal band, bow before the
same altar in acknowledgment of gratitude to, and dependence upon, the Great
I Am. And thus, at all times, by united and common efforts to comfort the
needy, strengthen the feeble, and reclaim the wayward, may our lives be a prac-
tical exemplification of our faith, end a sure vindication against the attacks of
our enemies."
Comp. Charles C.Keifer, re-elected M.*.E.\G.\ II.\ Priest; Comp. James
Nesbit, elected G.*. Secretary.
After the close of the Grand Chapter, the Council of High Priesthood was
duly opened, Comp. C. C. Kiefer, President, and other Grand Officers. Peti-
tions received, and the Orders were solemnly conferred on thirty-three H.-.
Priests. The Council having completed its labors, was closed in Ample
Form.
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OREGON, 1870.
This Grand Chapter convened in the town of Astoria, June 17th, 1870.
Present: M.\ E.\ Companion, Jas.B. Rayler, G\ H.\ Priest, other Grand and
Past Grand Officers, and the representatives from five Subordinate Chapters.
The address of the Grand High Priest is short, but to the point. In a very
feeling manner, he brings before the Grand Chapter, the death of the Grand
Treasurer, John H. Conch, and recommends the usual masonic course to be
taken. Says this is the Tenth Annual Convocation, and not one single thing
to mar the peace or harmony. Upon which, we congratulate our Oregon
Companions. The reports of Five Chapters show the number of Royal
Arch Masons to be 190; Exalted, 17; Demitted, 6; Suspended,]; Died,2;
Admitted, 2; Reinstated, 1; Grand Chapter dues, $203.
We are pleased to see a resolution passed, requiring petitioners or appli-
cants for affiliation, to be members in good standing, in some Symbolic
Lodge. Royal Arch Masonry has suffered by admitting non-affiliates
within the sacred precincts. No one can be a true and faithful Royal Arch
Mason, unless he is a member in good standing in the lower Lodge.
Companion S. F. Chadwick submitted the report on Correspondence,
examing the proceedings of twenty Grand Chapters; we regret exceeding-
ly the absence of Mississippi. His report gives a fair and impartial review
in as few words as possible.
In conclusion he says:
" Inasmuch as there are different opinions entertained and expressed by our
brethren concerning the G.\ G.\ Chapter of the United States, 'as a useful in-
stitution,' State Grand Chapters should become more deeply impressed by the
weight of responsibility resting upon them as Grand Bodies. Subordinates
should place a higher estimate upon the trust committed to their care ; and a
greater interest should be taken by them in, and a more thorough knowledge
acquired of, the work and laws of the Order, to the end that this important
question may be settled on a just basis."
We fully agree with the Companion.
M.\ E.*. James R. Bayley, re-elected G.*. H.\ Priest; R.*. E.\ R. P. Ear-
hart, reelected G.\ Secretary.
PENNSYLVANIA, 1868.
A Quarterly Grand Convocation of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania
was held in Philadelphia, February 6th, one May 7th, one August 6th, and
one November 5th, 1868.
'•The Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania," Annual Grand
Convocation, for St. John' the Evangelist's Day, Philadelphia, Dec. 28th,
A. D. 1868.
The following named Companions having been duly elected Nov. 5th,
1S68, for the ensuing Masonic year, were this day installed, viz.: Comp.
George Griscom, M.\ E.\ G.\ H.*. Priest; Comp. Michael Nisbet, M.\ E.\
G.\ King; Comp. Charles Eugene Meyer, M.\ E.-.G.*. Scribe; Comp. Peter
Williams, M.\ E.\ G.\ Treasurer; Comp. John Thomson, M.\ E.\ G.*.
Secretary." The Grand High Priest, in his address, says:
" Companions of the Grand Chapter, on this auspicious day, which makes
the ending of the last and the beginning of a new Masonic year, we are
favored again with the privilege to assemble an annual conclave of fraternal
Companions, with ample cause for thankfulness to Providence, and joy both
in retrospect of the past and the prospect of the future."
He says four new Chapters were constituted during the year; sixty-three
working Chapters under that Grand Jurisdiction, with a membership of
5,020. There are also three Mark Lodges, with a membership of 2,807. His
address takes up fiftten pages of the printed Proceedings. It is a well writ-
ten paper, mostly local, but a valuable document for the members of that
Jurisdiction.
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February 4th, 1869.—Another Quarterly Grand Convocation was held, and
another Quarterly Convocation, August 5th, 1869; and one November 4th,
1869, at which time Comp. Michael Nisbet was elected M.\ E.\ G.\ H.\
Priest, and Comp. John Thomson re-elected Grand Secretary.
THE ANNUAL GRAND CONVOCATION FOR 1869
was held December 27th. G.\ H>. Priest Griseom delivered an interesting ad-
dress, fully setting forth the condition of Royal Arch Masonry within his
jurisdiction. Comp. Nisbet also delivered a very interesting and learned
address.
Comp. Chaides E. Meyer submitted the Report on Correspondence, in
which he reviews the procedings of thirty-four Grand Chapters, embracing
ninety-seven pages. Mississippi is very favorably noticed for 1868-9. He
gives our Grand Chapter the benefit of five pages.
His report is an able document, giving a short history of the Royal Craft
throughout the United States. Affixed to the proceedings we find a statis-
tical table showing the name, number, where held, time of meeting, etc., of
each Chapter in the State. The number of the Chapters run up to 2 ;
there are 6,318 members. There are are also three Mark Master Masons'
Lodges, with a membership of 2,646.
An amendment to the Constitution says:
"No Companion can bo elected High Priest of a Chapter who has not been
elected and served a regular term as King or Scribe of a Chapter in this juris-
diction, except at the formation of a new Chapter; and no brother can be elected
Master of a Most Excellent or Mark Lodge who has not been elected and served
as a Warden of a Most Excellent or Mark Master's Lodge, respectively, in this
Jurisdiction, except at the formation of a new Lodge.
" Fees for warrants to constitute Royal Arch Chapters, Most Excellent Mark
Masters'Lodges, as follows, all charges being therein included: For warrant to
constitute a R.\ A.*. Chapter, $75; M.\ E.\ Master's Lodge, $50; Mark Master's
Lodge, $50."
We think the amendment requiring one term of service as King or Scribe,
before serving as H.-. Priest, is a good one, and should be adopted by every
Chapter throughout the United States. So far as Mark and M.*. E.\ Masters'
Lodges are concerned, separate irom a regular Chapter, we know nothing
about; but we presume it is all right. Will our Pennsylvania Companion
please inform us ? We ask in good faith, for information. We are of the
same opinion as Comp. Meyer, in regard to the Council of High Priesthood.
Why should the presiding officer be styled President? We are at a loss to
know how it originated.
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1870.
The annual G.-. Convocation of South Carolina of the G.*. Chapter was
held in the city of Charleston, February 15th, 1870. Present: Comp. Rob-
ert Stewart Bruns, M.\ E.*. G.*. H.\ Priest, and Past Grand officers, and the
Representatives of twenty-six Subordinate Chapters. The address of the
G.\ H.\ Priest is well written. Dispensations were granted for two new
Chapters during the Masonic year. The number admitted, 2; Exalted, 135;
Dismissed, 11; Suspended, 40; Expelled, 1; Died, 7: Number of members
reported, 808; Dues, $1,153 59.
Comp. W. L. M. Burge presented to the G.\ Chapter a Masonic jewel,
the Episcopal ring of the G.\ H.*. Priest, saying:
" I trust you will find worthy to be worn by that eminent official * * * *
and to be kept and worn at all times, in his official capacity, by the M.\ E.\ G.\
H.\ Priest. With the hope that you will receive this humble tribute as an ex-
pre'ssion of my kindest feelings for the welfare of the G.\ Chapter, which I
trust will be perpetual in experience and great in progress."
The report on Correspondence is by Comp. James Birnie, examining the
reports of twenty-seven G.\ Chapters, Mississippi not found among the
number. We cannot conceive how our report failed to reach our South
Carolina Companions; our G.-. Secretary is certainly not at fault. Wq
104
would ask it as a special favor hereafter, that when our reports are not re-
ceived, please inform our G.*. Secretary of the fact.
The report covers fifty pages. Each report received was closely scrutin-
ized with an eye single to the good of Masonry, and we can say that we did
receive and read the report with unfeigned pleasure, and trust that his
next may come to us in due time, and that ours may never again fail to be
received by him.
Comp. Montgomery Moses elected G/. H.*. Priest, and Augustine T.
Smythe elected G.*. Secretary.
After the close of the G.*. Chapter, a Convention of annointed High Priests
was called, and eleven High Priests, duly elected and regularly annointed, and
received into the Holy Order of High Priesthood.
TEXAS, 1870.
The twentieth annnal Convocation of theG.\ Chapter of Texas was held
in the city of Houston, June 13th, 1870. Present: M.-. E/. W. G. Veal, G.\
H.\ Priest, presiding, other G.\ officers, G.\ Visitors, many P *. G.\ officers,
and Representatives from forty-five Chapters. The address of the G.*. H.\
Priest begins thus:
" The work of another Masonic year has closed. The sound of the gavel in
the East calls us together again. How rapid is the flight of time, and yet how
momentous its workings ? The work of the past is sealed and carried up to he
reviewed by the Grand Overseer, and is by him to be approved or condemned;
and from His decision there can be no appeal. How important, then, that all
our work be good, true and trusty."
The decision of the G/. H.\ Priest, in regard to conferring the Chapter
degrees upon non-affiliated Masons; demits granted; objection to candi-
dates after elected to receive the degrees, all we fully endorse. We think
his address good.
The Grand Treasurer's report shows a balance in treasury of $148 83 cu:-
rency; $160 95 silver; $83 gold.
No report on Foreign Correspondence.
Comp. S. S. Munger elected M.\ E.\ G.\ H.\ Priest; Comp. Robert
Brewster re-elected Gv. Secretary; Foreign Correspondence, Companions
R.\ W.-. Elgin, F. B. Sexton and Robert Brewster.
ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF TEXAS.
The Council of the Order of High Priesthood of Texas met in the city
of Houston, June 16th, 1870. Present: W. M. Taylor, M.\ E.\ H.\ Priest;
Robert Brewster, E.\ Secretary; E. W. Taylor, E.\ Master of Ceremonies,
and a number of members. Thirteen applicants for the Order of High
Priesthood were elected, "introduced and consecrated High Priests after the
Order of Melchizedek, in due and ancient form."
VERMONT, 1870.
The Grand Chapter of Vermont assembled in the city of Burlington,
June 17th, 1870. Present: M.-. E.*. Charles A. Miles, G.*. H.\ Priest, other
Grand and Past Grand officers, and Represetatives from twenty-three char-
tered Subordinates, and Delegate from one Under Dispensation. We doubt
if any other State in the Union can show as clear a record as to the prompt-
ness of the attention on any Grand Body. There are only twenty-three
chartered Chapters and one Under Dispensation, and each and all were
represented in the last Convocation.
The address of the G.\ H.\ Priest is full of interest to the Craft, written
in that masterly style chai-acteristic of such Masons as Comp. Miles.
The report on Correspondence from the gifted pen of Companion Squire
Marcy, reviewing the proceedings of thirty-one G.\ Chapters, Mississippi
receiving a passing notice. He says of Mississippi:
105
" We only have the proceedings of this State Grand Chapter from its organ-
ization in 1846 to 1850 inclusive. The succeeding Convocations are promised as
soon as they are published, with a view of having them bound by all Grand
Jurisdictions which favors them with exchanges."
He further says:
"We learn from other sources that the twenty-first annual Convocation of the
G.\ C.\ was held at Jackson, January 14, 1869. M.*. E.\ Comp. Lusher gave an
excellent address."
"The report on Foreign Correspondence was submitted by Comp. Wm. S.
Patton, and is said to be well written and an impartial report."
We cannot conceive how it is that our Mississippi reports failed to reach
the Grand Chapter of Vermont; we know that our G.*. Secretary was always
very prompt in his exchanges. Ho one took more pleasure than our former
G.\ Secretary to keep up a general correspondence with other Grand Chap-
ters; and we can say to the Companions of Vermont that no one regrets
the failure more than we do, and can assure you that our present Grand
Secretary will, without delay, furnish you shortly with the entire numbers
Irom 1856 to 1871 inclusive.
To the General Grand Chapter the committee devotes eight pages of
their report. It seems that the G.\ Chapter of Vermont was established
under a grant from Hew York, December 20th, 1804. Although Represen-
tatives from the Grand Chapter of Vermont have at sundry times attended
the tri-ennial meetings of the G.\ G.\ Chapter, they have now come to
the following conclusion:
To the G.\ Chapter of Vermont, now in session:
"The committee to whom was referred so much of the address of the G.\ H.\
P.*. as relates to the dissolution of the connection of this G.\ Chapter with the
G.*. G.*. Chapter of the United States, would respectfully report: That they
have given the subject such attention as its importance deserves. Desiring to
preserve everything that might be of advantage to our beloved Order, and at
toe same time our own rectitude and consistency, your committee have been
forced to the conclusion that the G.\ G.\ Chapter has utterly failed to accom-
plish any of the advantages sought to be obtained by its founders; that the
powers delegated to it by the State Grand Chapters have not been used in such
a way as to promote their interest, or in any other way to. subserve any good
purpose; that having so failed to use its delegated powers in the manner and to
■the effect for which they were delegated, the G.\ Chapter of Vermont does not
consider itself under any obligations to remain an integral portion of the G.\
G.\ Chapter, but its connection is dissolved by the neglect of the G.*. G.\ C.\
to do those things which it was founded to do. Your committee would, therefore,
recommend the passage of the following resolutions :
1st. Resolved, That the connection of the G.\ Chapter of the State of Vermont
with the G.\ G.\ Chapter of the United States be, and is hereby, dissolved.
2nd. Resolved, That the G.\ Secretary be instructed to transmit to the G.\ G.\
Secretary of the United States a certified copy of the foregoing resolutions and
report. (Signed by the committee.)
These resolutions were fully discussed by Companions Wilson, Englesby,
Heedham and Stevens, and were then unanimously adopted.
M.\ E.\ Edward J. Jervitt, elected G.-. H.*. Priest; Comp. W. II. Whit-
comb, G. Secretary,
Wisconsin, 1870.
The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Wisconsin, now before us, show
that the Grand Convocation was held in the city of Milwaukie, on the 18th
day of January, 1870. Present: M.-.E.-. A. V. H. Carpenter, Grand HioR
Priest, presiding; other Grand and Past Grand Officers, and a constitutional
number of Representatives from Subordinate Chapters.
The Grand High Priest has done honor to the Craft, in his annual address
He has traveled over the various grounds necessary for Chapters to consider'
of which we will briefly notice. In the first place we will quote from his
address. He says:
106
" May we be enabled to pursue the right path at all stages of our earthly
career; and when it is finished, may the work of life have been so done,
that we can look back to it with satisfaction; and when our eyes shall be
turned for the last time to behold the sun in the heavens, may no regrets at
parting with the world's scenes dim the view of the glory that lies beyond, and
may we be enabled to look forward with confidence to our condition in that
world, to which we are all so fast hastening, with the full assurance that there,
our deeds, and not our professions, will be the test of our trial, and the work of
this life constitutes the capital with which we begin the next."
He then speaks feelingly in regard to to the death, of deceased Compan-
ions. He handles "Young America," with gloves off—boys and young,
inexperienced Masons setting up their claims and masonic opinions in
opposition to old soldiers, who have traveled over rough and rugged ways,
and have confined in the harness for years, and are still trudging along
the pathway of life, willing to hear the heat and burthen of the day,
whether they receive a penny not. We like his style, and hope his remarks
may prove beneficial to all "Young America."
It would give us more than ordinary pleasure to lay the entire address
before the Grand Chapter of Mississippi.
Thirty-eight Chapters were represented; only one not reported.
The Reports of the Grand Treasurer and Secretary show a balance of
$2,595 00.
Number exalted, 169; admitted, 20; demitted, 71; suspended, 24; Expelled,
1; rejected, 38; died, 21; number of R.\ A.-. Masons, 2,298; dues, 2,51100.
A Past Grand High Priest's jewel was ordered by the Grand Chapter, for
the faithful service of Comp. A. Y. H. Carpenter, as G.\ H.\ Priest for the
past two years; which is to be presented at the next meeting of the Grand
Chapter. This is as it should be: merit should never go unrewarded.
M.-. E/. Thomas B.Tyler,elected G.\ H.\ Priest; E/.E.'.Wm. T.Palmer
re-elected G \ Secretary.
Committee on Correspondence, S. Fallows, Charles H. Allen, and Orlando
Foster.
order of high priesthood.
A Convention of High Priests was held, at Masonic Hall, in the city of
Milwaukie, on Wednesday, January 19, 1870. '
Comp. Melvin L. Youngs, President; W. T. Palmer, Recorder, and other
Grand Officers.
The names of eighteen H.\ Priests were presented, and favorably reported
on, elected, and after the payment of one dollar each, they were admitted
and severalty annointed to the Order of High Priesthood.
M. L. Youngs, elected Grand President; W. T. Palmer, elected Grand
Recorder.
CONCLUSION.
Companions : Our work for the present is done. We have labored for the
benefit of the Craft, culling the twelve thousand pages of other Grand Juris-
dictions that have come into our hands, copying from them such portions as,
in our opinion, would be of interest for our Jurisdiction. From the proceed-
ings we have received considerable light in Royal Arch Masonry, and have
endeavored to dispense the same to our Companions.
It has been our intention to discharge the trust committed to us, without
partiality, hoping at the same that the feelings of none of our Companions
in other Jurisdictions may, in the least manner, be disturbed. But, as before
said, may our Masonic love and affection continue through all time, in the
unity of love and the bonds of peace.
We would most fraternally ask the consideration of the Grand Chapter to
the following, from the Address of G.\ H.*. Priest Mayes, for 1870:
107
"In the investigation of the questions presented for my consideration, I was
much embarrassed by the very dim and scanty light cast upon Capitulary Ma-
sonry by the works devoted to Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, of which I had
obtained all of whose existence I had any knowledge. And on some points I
found but little to guide me in the Constitution of the Grand Chapter, Perma-
nent Rules and Regulations, and By-Laws of Subordinate Chapters. The valu-
able Reports of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence were more hopeful;
but of these, during the greater part of my term, I possessed the most recent.
In general, the opinions contained in them recommended themselves to my judg-
ment, yet their value to me would have been greatly enhanced if they had been
acted on by the Grand Chapter; and I respectfully suggest that they be referred
to a special Committee, and that hereafter, so far as they relate to Masonic law
and usage, they be carefully considered at the Convocation next succeeding their
publication. Otherwise they carry only the weight which is due to the opinion
of an individual Companion; and though that individual for years has been our
M.\ E.\ Companion, Wm. S. Patton, P.'. G.\ H.\ P.*., whose opinion is so strong-
ly persuasive as to be, to all who study his reports, prima facie evidence of accu-
racy, yet they want the decisive authority which would be derived from the
sanction of this Grand Chapter. Nor are we assured that all who make such
reports hereafter will be so reliable."
Fraternully submitted,
WM. S. PATTON,
Chairman Committee.
f ^jrctote
THE HONORABLE MEMORY OF
K.#. E/. Companion
JNO. W. TIMBERLAKE,
GRAND KING OF THE GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OF MISSISSIPPI, 1861 TO 1864,
AND
PAST HIGH PRIEST OF EUPHEMIA CHAPTER, NO. 13,
At Aberdeen, Monroe County, Miss.,
THIS PAGE
Is Fraternally and Affectionately set apart.
Departed this Life January 20th, A. D. 1870., A. I. 2400.
" One by one we cross the river,
One by one we're ferried o'er;
One by one the crowns are given,
On the bright and distant shore."
JE& E ^ T.
Roll of Deceased Companions for the Year 1870.
"fob, some have fallen asleep."
Wm. R. Dicks Natchez Chapter, No. 1.
Oscar T. Keeler Columbus Chapter, No. 4.
J. M. Knapp Columbus Chapter, No. 4.
John McGuirk Wilson Chapter, No. 5.
Columbus Barrett Wilson Chapter, No. 5.
Wm. D. Christman Jackson Chapter, No. 6.
J. H. Wilson Yazoo Chapter, No. 8.
R. F. Johnson Yazoo Chapter, No. 8.
Wm. C. Harrington Lexington Chapter, No. 9.
W. J. Williams Canton Chapter, No. 10.
Randall Sherrod Macon Chapter, No. 11.
H. Dent Macon Chapter, No. 11.
James Sims DeWitt Clinton Chapter, No. 12.
J. W. Timberlake Euphemia Chapter No. 13.
Seth Woollard..... Quitman Chapter, No. 21.
Ephraim Wills Washington Chapter, No. 29.
W. F. Brantley Shongalo Chapter, No. 30.
Y. 0. King Emory Chapter, No. 32.
C. M. Bennett Emory Chapter, No. 32.
M. L. Edwards Louisville Chapter, No. 36.
S. G. Alexander Louisville Chapter, No. 36.
Elijah M. Davis Amite Chapter, No. 42.
Peter B. Faust Amite Chapter, No. 42.
Samuel B. Webb Amite Chapter, No. 32.
A. R. Brown Tallahatchie Chapter, No. 44.
W. C. Martin Tallahatchie Chapter, No. 44.
Paul Lee Enterprise Chapter, No 45.
Calvin Ford Mt. Carmel Chapter, No. 50.
C. B. Harris George Washington Chapter, No. 51.
A. M. Bates " Patton Chapter, No. 52.
J. W. Armstrong i .Bethesda Chapter, No. 55.
W. F. Shanks Shubuta Chapter, No. 59.
James 0. Harris Panola Chapter, No. 60.
John Gould Eureka Chapter, No. 61.
B. H. Wellons. Eureka Chapter, No. 61.
James Turner G. W. Perkins Chapter, No. 63.
H. H. Brinker Chickasaw Chapter, No. 68.
M. S". Wamack Chickasaw Chapter, No. 68.
J. S. Antley Brandon Chapter, No. 69.
John McLauren Brandon Chapter, No. 69.
J. Mulholland Scooba Chapter,' No. 70.
J. T. White Ward Chapter, No. 73.
W. Matheny Crystal Springs Chapter, No. 77.
T. J. Spencer Crystal Springs Chapter, No. 77.
W. J. Willing Crystal Springs Chapter, No. 77.
W. J. McGee Winona Chapter, No. 78.
M. J. Whitiworth Brookhaven Chapter, No. 86.
John T. Lamkin Summit Chapter, No. 90,
A. H. Prewett Summit Chapter, No. 90.
C. C. Sproles .....Durant Chapter, No. 94.
W. W. Howd McConnico Chapter, No. 96.
Total, 51.
PAY ROLL—JANUARY, 1871.
(MILEAGE AND ONE DAY'S PER DIEM INCLUDED IN TOTAL.)
CHAPTER.
NO. AMOUNT.
Xatchez .' 1
Clinton 2
Vicksburg 3
Columbus 4
Wilson :. 5
Jackson 6
Magnolia
Yazoo 8
Lexington
Canton 10
DeWitt Clinton 12
Euphemia 13
Fayette 14
Carrollton 15
Kosciusko 20
Quitman 21
Houston 23
Wayne 24
Meridian 25
Okolona 27
Washington 29
Shongalo
Emory 32
Lafayette
Neshoba 34
Louisville
Union 37
Amite 42
Tallahatehie 44
Ripley 48
New Albany 49
Mt. Carmel .. 50
George Washington 51
Patton 52
Bethescla 55
Wright 56
Baldwyn 57
Shubuta. 59
Panola 60
Eureka 61
G. W. Perkins 63
Dover 64
Chickasaw
Rienzi 66
Brandon 69
Scooba 70
John Hebron 71
$ 28
17
4
45
48
13
10
26
27
17
35
21
24
33
13
17
41
23
24
35
10
TO WHOM PAID.
E. George DeLap.
John A. B. Jones.
J. W. Powell.
Nelson Reynolds.
H. H. Field
John T. Buck.
J. J. Birdsong.
R. B. Mayes.
J. C. Birkhead.
J. M. Lewis.
Thomas Hardeman M.
R. B. Brannin.
B. B. Paddock.
B. R. Mayes.
D. L. Smythe.
J. O. Lusher.
T. N. Martin.
John F. McCormick.
J. T. Taylor.
J. S. Cain.
Samuel McClellan.
T. C. Everett.
T. C. Parrish.
J. M. Howry.
E. L. Lewers.
L. Liebenfield.
Wm. Beacham.
D. Wilson.
W. H. Fitzgerald.
J. E. Rogers.
C. T. Bond.
J. A. Bass.
Samuel H. Pry or.
J. C. Porter.
J. W. Mitchell.
B. R. Chambliss.
P. M. Savery.,
M. B. Knight.
G.G.Nolan.
D. Mitchell.
J. W. Rutland.
V. H.Fugate.
G. N. Robuek.
J. W. Stevens.
Richard Cooper.
H. C. Robinson.
D. A. Cameron.
Ill
chapter.
no.
amount.
to whom paid,
Dent H. Miles
72
20 00
Dent II. Miles.
Ward
73
47 80
J. S. Jones.
W. D. Ferris
74
21 20
J. IT. Elliott.
Crystal Springs
77
18 00
H. R. Smith.
Winona
78
30 60
G. A. Spivey.
Tampico
79
18 00
J. B. Cherry.
S. H. Johnson
81
20 00
J. R. Groome.
Starkville
82
38 00
F. II. Duquercron.
Summerville
83
2. 00
Thos. S. Gathright.
Salem
.. 85
29 00
John A. Galbreath.
Cato
89
19 40
John Russell.
Summit
.. 90
28 00
Bythel Haynes.
Centre Ridge
93
37 00
James Watts.
Durant
94
21 60
Charles T. Murphy.
West Point
95
35 00
W. F. Franks.
McConnico
96
4; oo
L. M. Lawshe.
Robert W. Paine
97
15 00
W. L. Lowry.
McDonald
27 00
N. W. Bouton.
Attala
100
16 00
W. J. Wasson.
Coffeeville
101
38 40
W. R. Spencer.
Grand Scribe
28 80
Morris Cook.
Grand King
52 00
R. P. Bowen.
Grand Treasurer
22 00
A. B.Barry.
Grand Secretary
13 o:
J. L. Power.
Grand Lecturer
21 20
W. D. Ferris.
Grand Tyler, for 1870 and 1871
34 00
YV. II. Carkeet.
Gallatin Chapter, No. 17, paid twice
in 1870 and refunded
38 00
Morris Cook.
Total Pay Roll
$2,121 80
REPRESENTATIVES
Of Other Grand Chapters at the Grand Chapter of Mississippi.
OF TENNESSEE.
Richard Cooper, P.*. G.\ H.\ P.- Brandon, Miss.
OF MISSOURI.
R. B. Mayes, P.*. G.\ H.\ P.* Yazoo City, Miss.
OF LOUISIANA.
Wm. S. Patton, P.*. G.*. H.\ P.- Meridian, Miss.
OF MINNESOTA.
Jas. M. Howry, P.*. G.*. H.-. P.*. Oxford, Miss.
REPRESENTATIVES
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TENNESSEE.
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LIST OF GRAND CHAPTERS,
WITH THE ADDRESS OF THEIR GRAND SECRETARIES.
GRAND CHAPTER. GRAND SECRETARY. ADDRESS.
Alabama Daniel Sayre Montgomery.
Arkansas Luke E. Barber Litile Rock.
California Lawrence C. Owen San Francisco.
Canada Thomas Bird Harris Hamilton, Ontario,
Connecticut Joseph K. Wheeler Hartford.
Delaware Wm. F. Godwin Milford.
District of Columbia Noble D. Larner Washington.
Florida W. M. Mcintosh Tallahassee.
Georgia J. Emmett Blackshear .Macon.
Illinois James H. Miles Chicago.
Indiana John M. Bramwell Indianapolis.
Iowa William B. Langridge Muscatine.
Kansas E. T. Carr Leavenworth.
Kentucky Philip Swigert Frankfort.
Louisiana James C. Batchelor, M. D New Orleans.
Maine Ira Berry Portland.
Missouri Geo. Frank Gouley St. Louis.
Massachusetts Thomas Waterman Boston.
Maryland. W. A. Wentz Baltimore.
Michigan J. Eastman Johnson Centerville.
Minnesota. W. S. Combs St. Paul.
Mississippi J. L. Power Jackson.
Nebraska R. W. Furnas Brownsville.
New Brunswick D. R Munro...« St. John.
New Hampshire Abel Hutchins Concord.
New Jersey John Woolverton, M. D Trenton.
New York Christopher G. Fox Buffalo.
North Carolina Thomas B. Carr, M. D Wilmington.
Ohio James Nesbitt Troy.
Oregon R. P. Earhart Salem.
Pennsylvania John Thompson Chiladelphia.
Rhode Island G. H. Burnham Providence.
South Carolina Augustine T. Smythe Charleston.
Tennessee John Frizzell Nashville.
Texas Robert Brewster Houston.
Vermont W. H. S. Whitcomb Burlington.
Virginia John Dove, M. D Richmond.
Wisconsin William T. Palmer Milwaukie.
West Virginia T. H. Logan Wheeling.;
General Grand Chapter U. S...John D. Caldwell Cincinnati, Ohio]
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CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
ARTICLE I.
This Grand Chapter is subordinate to the General Grand Chapter of the
United States.
ARTICLE II.
Officers, Members, Qualifications, I>nty and Compensation.
officers.
Sec. 1. The Officers of this Grand Chapter shall be those named in the first
Section of the second Article of the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter
of the United States: and also, for work in the Ancient Mysteries, a Grand
Principal Sojourner, Grand Royal Arch Captain, three Grand Masters of Veils,
a Gand Captain of the Host, and Grand Sentinel.
members.
Sec. 2. The Members of this Grand Chapter shall consist of the High
Priests, Kings and Scribes, for the time being, of the several Chapters over
which they shall respectively preside, and of the Past Grand and Deputy
Grand High Priests, Kings and Scribes of the said Grand Chapter, and all Past
High Priests, provided, they are members of Subordinate Chapters within the
jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter; and, provided, that when any past Grand
Officer shall cease to be a member of a Subordinate Chapter, his membership in
this Grand Chapter shall cease.
qualifications for officers.
Sec. 3. All the Grand Officers shall be elected from the members, for the time
being, of the Grand Chapter, except the Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer and
Grand Sentinel, who may be elected from the members of Subordinate Chapters.
duty of grand lecturer.
Sec. 4. The Grand Chapter may elect a Grand Lecturer, whose duty it shall
be, when called upon by the Grand Council, to give lectures and instructions in
Masonry, at each Convocation of the Grand Chapter, and it shall be his duty to
visit, either in presence or by his deputies, all the Subordinate Chapters in this
jurisdiction, and place them in possession of the Adopted Work.
compensation to grand lecturer,
Sec. 5. The Grand Lecturer shall receive for his services such compensation
as the Grand Chapter, at each Grand Convocation, may determine.
compensation to grand secretary.
Sec. 6. The Grand Secretary shall receive for preparing a Dispensation or*
Charter, ten dollars; and, in addition thereto, the sum of six hundred dollars per
annum, which shall be in full, for all recording, copying, and other, official busi-
ness done for the Grafid Chapter, and his attendance upon its Convocation. For
all copies required by others than the Grand Chapter, the Grand Secretary shall
receive a fee of twenty-five cents for every hundred words written, and one
dollar for his certificate and affixing the Seal of the Grand Chapter, to be paid
by the parties applying for the service.
compensation to the grand sentinel.
Sec. 7. The Grand Sentinel shall be allowed such compensation as the G.
Chapter may deem just and reasonable.
ARTICLE III.
meetings and quorum.
Sec. 8. The Annual Meetings of this Grand Chapter shall be held at such time and
place as may be directed at the previous Convocation; and a quorum shall con-
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sist of the representatives or proxies of at least three Chapters; and if on the
day of meeting there be not a quorum present, any one of the first four Grand
Officers may adjourn the Grand Chapter, from day to day, until four o'clock of
the fourth day following.
ARTICLE IY.
Election of Officers, Voting and Proxies.
election of officers.
Sec. 1. There shall be an election of Officers at each Annual Meeting of this
Grand Chapter; and should there be a failure of said Annual Meeting, the
Most Excellent Grand High Priest, or Deputy Grand High Priest, may call a
special meeting for such election, and, in default of such special meeting, the
Officers in office shall continue to serve until their successors are duly elected
and installed.
voting.
Sec. 2. On all questions, each Chapter represented shall have three votes,
and each member of the Grand Chapter present, other than delegates or proxies
of Subordinate Chapters, one vote. The vote at an election shall be by written
ballot, and when the yeas and nays are taken on any question, the presiding
officer shall vote first; should there be an equal division, the proposition shall
be lost; but, in cases where the yeas and nays are taken, the presiding officer
will have a casting vote; and the representatives of Subordinate Chapters, vyho
have not paid their dues, shall not be allowed to vote.
proxies.
Sec. 3. Whenever the three first officers of a Subordinate Chapter cannot
attend the Annual Meeting of this Grand Chapter, or fail or decline to appoint
proxies or a proxy, to represent them or their Chapter, it shall be competent
for said Chapter to elect or appoint a delegate or a proxy. No member of
this Grand Chapter, as such, has a right to constitute a proxy, but that right
is exclusively vested in the three first "officers of each Subordinate Chapter, or
in the Chapter itself. A proxy must be a member of the Chapter which he
represents.
ARTICLE V.
contributions and fees.
Section 1. Subordinate Chapters shall contribute to this Grand Chapter
two dollars for each Exaltation, and one dollar per annum for every member
an account and return of which, and payment, shall be made at each Annual
Convocation.
Sec. 2. The fee for a Dispensation or Charter, for a Subordinate Chapter,
is, as prescribed by the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter of the
United States, ninety dollars.
ARTICLE VI.
mileage and per diem.
• The representatives of Subordinate Chapters shall be paid out of the funds
of this Grand Chapter, three dollars for every thirty miles going to and return-
ing from the Grand Chapter, and three dollars a day for each day's attend-
ance on the same : Provided, That not more than one delegate from any Chap-
ter be entitled to receive such compensation; and that no representative shall
receive out of the funds of the Grand Chapter, a larger sum than that paid in
at the same Convocation by his Chapter, on account of the annual dues of
said year: Provided also, That a proxy of a distant Chapter, residing at the
Seat of Government, shall receive no compensation.
ARTICLE VII.
amendments.
All amendments to the Constitution of this Grand Chapter shall be proposed
at a regular Convocation, and if received and agreed to, shall be published (and
notice sent to each Subordinate Chapter for their consideration), for action at
the next annual Convocation, before the same shall be fully acted upon; and
this Constitution siiall not be altered or amended without the approbation of
two-thirds of the members present.
PERMANENT RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OF MISSISSIPPI.
[Several of the Permanent Rules and Regulations of the Grand Chapter here-
tofore in existence, having been repealed, and sundry changes having been made
in others, the Grand Secretary has taken the liberty to present herewith, in a
condensed form, all the Regulations of the Grand Chapter now in force, in order
that the Subordinate Chapters and the Companions generally, may be in pos-
session of the same]:
1. The only persons entitled to vote in the Grand Chapter are the following
Officers and Members, to wit: Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand High Priest,
Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Chaplain,
Grand Captain of the Host, Past Grand High Priests, Past Deputy Grand High
Priests, Past Grand Kings, Past Grand Scribes, provided they are members of
some Subordinate Chapter within this Jurisdiction, and the High Priests, Kings
and Scribes of Subordinate Chapters, or their proxies.
{Proxies must be members of the Chapters they represent.)
Also, all Past High Priests, subject to this Jurisdiction: Provided, That they
shall not be allowed mileage or per diem, unless they are representatives of the
Chapter in which they hold membership. (1864.)
2. No Companion can be elected to any office in the Grand Chapter unless he
be a member thereof, except the Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer, and Grand
Sentinel, each of whom may be elected from the members of the Subordinate
Chapters.
3. The jurisdictional limits of each Subordinate Chapter shall be bounded by
a line running equi-distant between it and the nearest Chapter; and no Master
Mason shall be allowed to receive the Chapter Degrees in any Chapter other
than that within the jurisdictional limits of which he may reside, unless with
the recommendation of his said Chapter.
4. In the opinion of this Grand Chapter it is irregular and improper for a
Chapter in another State to confer the Degrees upon brethren residing within
this Jurisdiction, without the consent of the Chapter within the Jurisdiction o£
which such brethren may reside. (1867.)
5. Representatives composing the Grand Chapter shall wear the appropriate
Jewels of their office during its session.
6. Temperance, being one of the "cardinal virtues" in the science of Free
Masonry, it should be strictly enjoined upon all the members of the Craft; and
it is hereby declared, as the sense of this Grand Chapter, that the rules and
principles of the Order impose it as a duty upon the officers of Chapters, to cau-
tion, advise, remonstrate and reprimand, in the first instance, any Companion
who shall become intemperate or immoral in his habits; and, if necessary, upon
due summons and examination, suspend or expel, by and with the constitutional
advice and consent of the Chapter under whose jurisdiction such Companion
may be.
7. Should a Companion Royal Arch Mason be expelled or suspended by a
Blue Lodge, he is thereby e xpelled or suspended, as the case may be, from Royal
Arch Masonry, so soon as a uthentic information is made of the fact to the Chap-
ter of which he may be a m ember; and should he be afterwards restored to the
rights and privileges of a Master Mason, he shall thereby be restored to the
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rights and privileges of Royal Arch Masonry, by virtue of such restoration in
the Blue Lodge.
8. Chapters are strictly forbidden to receive and act upon the application of
non-affiiliated Master Masons for the Chapter Degrees. (1866.)
9. The Chapters under the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter shall not call
off from day to day, but close the meetings each day, and call such meetings as
may be necessary for conferring Degrees. (1868.) See No. 53.
10. Chapters Under Dispensation shall not be subject to the payment of any
dues, except those for Exaltations.
11. It shall not be lawful for a Chapter Under Dispensation to receive peti-
tions and act upon them at one and the same meeting, except in cases of extreme
emergency, which emergency shall be made manifest in their minutes.
12. Chapters Under Dispensation are not entitled to representation in this
Grand Chapter.
13. The lectures delivered by the Grand Lecturer, Comp. Wm. R. Lackey, are
fully approved, and are hereby adopted by this Grand Chapter.
14. In the opinion of this Grand Chapter, it is unconstitutional for any Royal
Arch Mason to give lectures for pay, unless duly authorized by this Grand Chap-
ter; but this article is not intended to prohibit any Royal Arch Mason, who is
not a professional Lecturer, from dispensing the true light of Masonry, by lec-
tures or otherwise, without special permission of the Grand Chapter.
15. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, to
make their respective reports on or before the second day of each Annual
Convocation.
16. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary to furnish two copies of Blank
Returns to each Subordinate Chapter, a sufficient time before the Annual Con-
vocation, for them to make their Annual Returns.
17. The Grand High Priest shall annually appoint a Committee on Foreign
Correspondence, whose duty it shall be to examine the Proceedings of other
Grand Chapters, and make report to this Grand Chapter at the Annual Convoca-
tion subsequent to their appointment. ,
18. When a Companion is suspended or expelled by a Subordinate Chapter,
and takes an Appeal to the Grand Chapter, the term of his suspension or ex-
pulsion shall date from the time of the rendition of the sentence in the
Subordinate Chapter.
19. Only those Officers named in the Constitution of the General Grand
Chapter, to-wit: the Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand
King, Grand Scribe, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand Chaplain, and
Grand Captain of the Host, shall be entited to receive mileage and per diem as
such ; and then, only in case they are not the Representatives of Subordinate
Chapters at the same time.
20. Every Companion who shall have been "exalted" in any Chapter in this
State, shall be held a member of the same until he shall have regularly demit-
ted, and all Subordinate Chapters in this jurisdiction are required to make their
-By-Laws conform to this Regulation.
21. No Dispensation or Charter for the institution of a new Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons shall be granted, except upon the petition of nine regular
Royal Arch Masons, which petition shall be accompanied with the demits of the
petitioners, and a certificate from the Chapter nearest the place at which the
new Chapter is intended to be opened, vouching for the moral character of the
petitioners, and that some one of them is thoroughly versed in the work and
lectures adopted by this Grand Chapter; and not until the said petitioners are
duly constituted under a warrant, the officers installed, and a return thereof
made to the Grand Secretary, will they be recognized as a Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons, or be entitled to representation in this Grand Chapter.
22 No Subordinate Chapter, in this jurisdiction shall confer the Degrees
upon an applicant residing within the jurisdiction of another Chapter, without
the unanimous consent of the Chapter within whose jurisdiction the applicant
mav reside • and should any Chapter violate this Regulation, said Chapter shall
forfeit the fees of said applicant to the aggrieved Chapter, and incur such ad-
ditional penalty as the Grand Chapter may inflict; and such application shall
take the regular course of laying over until the next regular meeting of the
Chapter applied to. *
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'23. No Subordinate Chapter in this jurisdiction shall be authorized to confer
the Degrees on an applicant after the expiration of six months from the date of
his election, without a second ballot. [But this rule does not apply when the
applicant has taken one or more of the Capitular Degrees.—1870, page 304.
24. All Subordinate Chapters within this jurisdiction are required to hold
their annual election of officers at the stated meeting preceding the Anniver-
sary of St. John the Evangelist, and their Returns shall commence from the
27th day of December, of each year.
25. No Subordinate Chapter within this jurisdiction shall be authorized to
confer the Chapter Degrees for a less sum than forty dollars. (1867.)
27. The fee for a Dispensation or Charter for the institution of a new Chap-
ter shall be ninety dollars, and the Grand Secretary's fee ten dollars.
26. Each Subordinate Chapter in this jurisdiction shall contribute to this
Grand Chapter five dollars for each Exaltation, and one dollar per annum for
each member, an account and return of which, together with the payment,
shall be made to each annual Convocation, and no Delegate from a Chapter in
arrears shall be admitted to a seat in this Grand body, until all arrearages
shall have been paid.
27. Subordinate Chapters are required to pay to the Grand Chapter, on
account of each member reinstated, the sum of one dollar for each year of sus-
pension for non-payment of dues.—(1871, page 29.)
28. Each Subordinate Chapter within this jurisdiction is required to procure,
at the earliest possible date, the necessary Robes and Jewels for the different
officers, it being contrary to the teachings of our sublime Degrees to work with-
out them; also, to obtain and keep a "Book of Marks."
29. No high Priest, King or Scribe, has the right to appoint a proxy to repre-
sent him in this Grand Chapter, when he or they are present in person, and
taking part in its deliberations.
30. In the event of the death of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, the Deputy
Grand High Priest shall fill his place, and assume the duties of the Grand High
Priest.
31. The practice of dueling and habitual drunkenness are regarded as
grossly unmasonic, and should not be tolerated among Royal Arch Masons.
32. Whereas, the irreverent use of the name of the Deity is highly unbe-
coming in Masons, and. particularly so in Companions of this Most Sublime
Degree, it shall be the duty of every member knowing a Companion to be
habitually guilty of acts of wanton profanity, to report the same to his Chapter
at a regular Convocation; and any Royal Arch Mason so persisting in such acts,
as to be offensive to the Companions, shall be liable to be dealt with as for any
other unmasonic conduct.
33. When a Royal Arch Mason stands charged, in a court of justice, in this
State, with an offence against the criminal or penal laws, no proceedings
touching said offence shall be instituted against such Companion so charged,
until after his case shall have been disposed of by said court; but in the mean-
time, the Chapter under whose jurisdiction the Companion resides, may tern-
porarily suspend him from Royal Arch Masonic intercourse and privileges,
until final trial at law; but Should such Chapter refuse to suspend him, he
remains entitled to all such Masonic rights.
34. Unmasonic conduct at any any stage of advancement, should constitute a
barrier to a brother's receiving the Royal Arch Degree.
35. When difficulties occur between a Companion of the Chapter and an
applicant who has been duly elected to receive the Chapter Degrees, the pro-
ceedings shall be stayed, and the High Priest shall immediately appoint a
Committee of three Royal Arch Masons, whose duty it shall be to investigate
the matter, and if found of sufficient magnitude (according to the usages of
Masonry,) to exclude him from the benefits of the Order, such objections shall
be considered valid.
If the objections of the Companion are of such a character that he cannot, with
propriety, bring them before the Chapter, then his averment is to be taken as
just ground in the premises; and on his averment before the Chapter that he has,
in his opinion, objections sufficient to exclude the candidate, the case shall then
be feferred to said Committee, whose report shall be final.
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36. The most practicable land route shall be the criterion in estimating the
distance from each Subordinate Chapter to the Seat of Government.
37. No Companion shall be allowed to speak more than once on any subject,
without permission of the Grand Chapter.
38. The Grand Treasurer shall be entitled to receive two and one-half per
cent, on all moneys he may disburse on account of the G.\ Chapter. (1867.)
39. The Installation of the Grand Officers shall take place at the close of each
session, and the old or present Grand Officers shall hold over until that time.
40. Hereafter, Tellers, in counting ballots, shall not read any additions to
names, save "Companion." (1859.)
41. One Grand Lecturer shall be elected by the Grand Chapter, who shall hold
his office not less than four years. He shall have power to appoint as many as-
sistants as he may deem necessary, but no Companion shall teach R.\ A.-. Ma-
sonry for pay in this Grand Jurisdiction except such as are commissioned by the
Grand Lecturer. (See No. 56.)
42. All resolutions offered, and which, on motion, are laid on the table, or are
withdrawn by the mover, shall be omitted in the printed proceedings of this
Grand Chapter, (1859.)
43. It is not in accordance with the rules of this Grand Chapter, for any docu-
ment to go upon the the records, unless the same has been "received" by a vote
of the Grand Chapter. (1860.)
44. Royal Arch Chapters have no right to confer the Past Master's Degree on
a Master Mason, merely for the purpose of qualifying him to preside as Master
of a Blue Lodge. [I860.)
45. No Chapter, subordinate to this Grand Chapter, shall confer the Degree of
Past Master on any person unless he shall have regularly petitioned for the
Chapter Degrees of Royal Arch Masonry, and been duly elected to receive the
same by the Chapter opened on the Royal Arch Degree, and shall have previously
received the Degree of Mark Master. (1860.)
46. That no person shall be recognized by this Grand Chapter, as a Regular
Chapter Past Master, or be admitted to visit or be present in any Chapter, under
the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter, when opened on the Degree of Past Mas-
ter, who has not regularly received the Mark Master's and Past Master's De-
gree. (1860.)
47. Hereafter, should any Subordinate Chapter under the jurisdiction of this
Grand Chapter, fail to elect officers, prior to the meeting of the Grand Body, the
High Priest, King, or Soribe, shall be admitted as legal Representatives. (1860.)
48. Hereafter, every Chapter failing to be represented, make Returns, and pay
its dues to the Grand Chapter, for two years in succession, shall forfeit its Char-
ter. (1860.)
49. At the subsequent Convocations of this Grand Body, the Committee on
Returns shall be dispensed with, and in lieu thereof, the Grand Secretary shall
be required to examine and correct the same before publication. (1860.)
50. Any Chapter ceasing to work for six consecutive months, loses its juris-
diction until it resumes work. (1866.)
51. Subordinate Chapters have the authority of the Grand Chapter for advan-
cing maimed brothers who are deemed otherwise worthy and well qualified. A
regulation to the contrary, adopted in 1865, was repealed by the Grand Chapter,
in 1867, (p. 14,) and G.\ H.'. P.". Mayes, in his address, 1871, recedes from a de-
cision made by him in 1869, that a Companion who had lost an arm since he
was raised, is not eligible to the Chapter degrees." We should be careful, he
says, to prevent those who are physically disqualified from being made Masons;
but when they become our brothers, we should not let a subsequent misfortune
debar them from any Masonic privilege or promotion. (1871, p. 11.)
52. When members neglect or refuse to pay dues for twelve months, they shall
stand suspended without action on the part of the Chapter; the neglect of the
Secretary to make a record of the suspension, does not prevent the operation of
the law, but the delinquent is under suspension. (1871, p. 12.)
53 If the business coming before a Chapter is not completed the first day, it
may' continue in session from day to day, until the regular business is disposed
of and may call from labor to refreshment; or may close each day. (1871, p. 26.)
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54. A Chapter has no right to compel one of its members to join a Blue Lodge,
or to continue in affiliation therewith. The Chapter has no jurisdiction over the
relation of a Companion to the Lodge. He is amenable to the Chapter for unma-
sonic conduct. (1871, p. 27.)
55. No Chapter can be opened or closed unless "there be present nine Royal
Arch Masons, nor can any Chapter elect officers or ballot for candidates unless
there be a like number who shall be members of said Chapter; and no Chapter
can be opened unless one of the three principal officers is present. (1871, p. 27.)
56. The Grand Lecturer is instructed not to commission any Companion to
teach Royal Arch Masonry unless he is satisfied that he is in possession of the
Work and Lectures-as adopted by the Grand Chapter. (1871, p. 27.)
57. The Grand Secretary is instructed to publish in the Annual Returns the
names of all Companions suspended for non-payment of dues. (1868.)
58. All dues from Subordinate Chapters shall be paid in the common currency
of the country. (1867.)
59. Subordinate Chapters are required to procure proper Seals, and no
Proxy, or Certificates of Representation will be recognized by the Grand Chap-
ter, unless the same is attested by the Secretary of the Chapter issuing the same,
and the Seal of the Chapter affixed thereto. (1865.)
60. Should any Royal Arch Mason within this jurisidction, so far forget himself
as to become intoxicated, it shall be the duty of the first three officers, or any
member of the Chapter of which he is a member, or to which he is subordinate,
to put such Companion on his trial for such offence; and on conviction for the
first offence, he shall be reprimanded or suspended, as in the judgment of such
Chapter may be deemed right and proper; and, for the second offence, he shall
be suspended for a denfinite or indefinite time, or expelled. (1854.)
61. Hereafter it shall be the duty of the Finance Committee, when they shall
have examined and passed upon the vouchers of the Grand Secretary and Grand
Treasurer, to mark upon them "cancelled."
BY-LAWS
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
op meetings.
Section 1. This Chapter shall be known and designated as No
subordinate to and under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter of the State of
Mississippi.
Sec. 2. It shall meet at on the of each month.
Special meetings may be called at any any time by the High Priest or officer
performing his duty.
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of officers and elections.
Sec. 3. The officers of this Chapter shall be a M. E. H. P., E. Iv., E. S., C. of
H., P. S., R. A. C. and Master of the 3d, 2d and 1st V's, a Secretary and Treas-
urer, and a Tyler, who shall be chosen, by ballot, annually, at the stated meeting
preceding the 27th of December. A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary
to a choice, and they shall be installed as soon thereafter as convenient.
of the duties of officers.
Sec. 4. The H. P., or in his absence the presiding officer of the Chapter, may,
for purposes of present Masonic Charity, draw on the funds of the Chapter, at
any time, for a sum not exceeding ten dollars. He shall appoint all committees
of the Chapter.
of the secretary.
Sec. 5. The Secretary shall, in addition to his traditional duties, make out
all reports required by the Chapter, keep a register of all delinquencies, sus-
pensions and expulsions, fill up diplomas when directed by the Chapter, keeping
a register of the same, and exhibit a statement of the accounts of each delin-
quent member at the stated meeting for the election of officers; and, as a com-
pensation for his services, shall be allowed dollars per annum.
of the treasurer.
Sec. 6. The Treasurer, besides his traditional duties, shall report his
receipts and disbursements at the stated meetings for the election of officers,
and whenever required by the Chapter, shall have his accounts ready for
settlement at the expiration of his term of office, and shall deliver to his legal
successor all moneys, accounts, vouchers, documents and other property in his
possession belonging to the Chapter.
of the tyler.
Sec. 7. The Tyler shall, besides his traditional duties, summon the members
to attend all special meetings of the Chapter, and shall receive the sum of
dollars per annum; and the same compensation shall be allowed the Steward.
of degrees.
Sec. 8. All petitions for the degrees conferred in this Chapter shall be made,
in writing, at a stated monthly meeting, the petitioner stating the Lodge of
which he is a member, and being recommended by two members of this Chapter.
The presiding officer shall thereupon appoint a committee of three members,
whose duty it shall be to inquire into the character and standing of the peti-
tioner, and report at the next stated meeting, when the petition shall be acted on.
balloting.
Sec. 9. In balloting for the degrees conferred in this Chapter, or membership,
one negative vote shall reject. All candidates shall be balloted for in the
Chapter (or R. A. Degree,) and for all the degrees at the same time.
of rejection.
Sec. 10. After a rejection for the degrees, or membership, no new petition or
application shall be entertained within less time than twelve mont hs.
Sec. 11. No candidate shall receive any degree in Masonry in this Chapter
except he pay for the same in advance, in cash.
Sec. 12. No ballot can be reconsidered or renewed after the result has been
announced by the H. P. presiding, unless by dispensation from the G. H. P., but
upon suggestion before such annunciation that an error may have been commit-
ted, the ballot may be retaken once.
advancement from other jurisdictions.
Sec. 13. Petitions from Brethren, advanced, passed or received and acknowl-
edged in other jurisdictions, for further degrees in this Chapter, besides being
accompanied by the unanimous recommendation of the Chapter in which the
preceding degree was conferred, shall lay over one month, and be referred to a
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committee of investigation, as in cases of petition for the first or all the degrees,
and after report therefrom, a unanimous ballot shall also be necessary for such
advancement.
admissions to membership.
Sec. 14. Every Companion who has been exalted to the most sublime degree
of R. A. Mason in this Chapter shall be considered a member thereof.
Sec. 15. Any R. A. Mason not exalted in this Chapter, desirous of becoming a
member of it, shall make the application, in writing, at a stated monthly meeting,
and giving the name of the Chapter from which he hails. A committee of inves-
tigatxon shall be raised, as upon petition for degrees, who shall report at the next
monthly meeting, when a ballot shall be taken; if elected, the applicant shall
pay the sum of five dollars for his membership.
fees and contributions.
Sec. 16. The fee for degrees conferred in this Chapter shall be dollars.
(Must not be less than forty dollars.)
Sec. 17. Every member shall pay an annual contribution of dollars at
the stated meeting next preceding the annual meeting for the election of officers,
or at the election, and before the election is held.
suspension for dues.
Sec. 18. Any member whose dues shall remain unpaid for over twelve months
shall stand suspended, without further action of the Chapter, until said dues
are paid, unless excused by the Chapter; but such a suspension shall not work
a release from the payment of dues during its continuance. An entry of sueh
suspensiom shall be placed upon the minutes of the Chapter, and notice thereof
given to the member by the Secretary.
re-instatement.
Sec. 19. A Companion so suspended shall be restored upon payment of dues,
and an entry of restoration in such cases made on the minutes.
offences.
Sec. 20. Should any member or visitor so far forget his duty as to be guilty of
disclosing any of the private transactions of the Chapter, except to a Compan-
ion, or to him when the subject of debate or vote, unless in the discharge of
official duty; or should any such Companion behave himself in an immoral,
disorderly or unmasonic manner, or be guilty of any ignominious crime, he
shall be liable to reprimand, suspension, or expulsion, as the Chapter may deem
proper.
Sec. 21. When a Companion shall be under arrest by the civil authorities, on
any criminal charge, no action shall be taken upon his case by the Chapter
until after his discharge or conviction by such authorities. The subordinate
Chapters have the discretionary right of suspending a member while under
criminal prosecution until his case is decided by the .civil authorities,- and then
to be acted upon; but in no case shall the action of the Chapter be made public
until after the final action of the civil courts in relation to such offence.
Sec. 22. In no case shall the judgment of the Chapter be made public unless
the misconduct of which the Companion shall have been found guilty has been
public, scandalous and dishonorable to the name and character of our belov-
ed and cherished institution.
committees.
Sec. 23. The High Priest shall, on the stated meetings for the election of
officers, appoint a standing finance committee, whose duty it shall be to examine
all accounts and claims, and particularly the books and accounts of the Secre-
tary and Treasurer, and report thereon immediately, or by the next stated
meeting.
Sec. 24. The H. P. shall appoint a standing committee for each year on com-
plaints and offences, whose duty it shall be to prefer charges against offending
Companions.
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demits and diplomas.
Any Companion in good standing shall be entitled to a demit from
the Chapter, on application, accompanied by the Secretary's receipt for his dues
in full.
Sec. 26. Every Companion exalted in this Chapter shall be entitled to a
diploma upon paying dollars to the Secretary therefor.
voting.
Sec. 27. In all cases except in ballotings a majority ofvotes shall govern, and
in case of a tie the H. P., or presiding officer, shall give the casting vote.
RULES OF ORDER.
Sec. 1. After opening the Chapter the order of business shall be as follows:
1st. Reading the Minutes of the preceding meeting.
2d. Unfinished business.
3d. Reports of Committees.
4th. Petitions and applications.
5th. Motions and Resolutions.
6th. Reading Minutes of present meeting for the purpose of correction.
Sec. 2. Any Companion desiring to speak in the Chapter shall rise and
address the H. P., in a respectful manner, and with Masonic form; and no Com-
' panion shall be permitted to speak more than twice on any one question without
the consent of the H. P., and all debate shall be courteous and pertinent to the
subject.
RULES FOR TRIAL OF OFENCES.
1. There shall be appointed by the Grand Council of each and every Subordi-
hate Chapter in this State, a Standing Committee, to consist of at least five, to be
styled "The Committee on Complaints and Offences," whose duty it shall be to
take cognizance of all offences against the laws of Masonry which may come to
their knowledge, either from their own observation, rumor, or the information of
a Companion or Companions; and said Committee, when any offence shall so
come to their knowledge, shall, without delay, investigate the same, and if they
think it of sufficient importance, shall report to the Chapter at a regular meeting,
with the charges and specifications set forth in full.
2. The Secretary shall, immediately after such report, issue a citation against
the'Companion or Companions so charged, citing him or them to appear before
the Chapter at its regular Convocation, then and there to answer the charge
or charges preferred, as aforesaid—which citation shall be served at least ten
days before said meeting.
3 All complaints by one Companion against another shall be laid before said
Committee whose duty it shall be to investigate the same, and report as afore-
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said; and no complaints shall be heard by the Chapter until so reported upon.
The complainant shall furnish the Committee with the names of the witnesses, if
any, and the grounds of complaint.
4. At the meeting designated in the citation, the accused shall be tried upon
the charges and specifications, unless good cause shall be shown for a continu-
ance.
5. If the accused shall evade notice, or if the Secretary, after diligent inquiry,
shall be unable, after four months, to ascertain his residence, or address, so that
notice may be served upon him, the Chapter may proceed to trial as if he had
been regularly notified.
6. When the Chapter shall be prepared for trial, such of the charges as have
been approved by the Committee of investigation shall be read. The testimony
on the part of the prosecution shall then be produced, all of which shall be taken
in writing, (if proper,) by the Secretary. The accused will then be permitted to
introduce his testimony, which shall also be taken down in writing, (if proper,)
with the exception, in both cases, of such as has been filed by said Committee.
Each party, the accused and accuser, shall have the right to question all wit-
nesses, and to be present at the investigation by the Committee.
7. All investigations by said Committee shall be in private, and no one shall
be present except the Committee, the accused, accuser, and witnesses, except at
the request of the parties.
8. All testimony, whether of Masons or others, shall be taken on their honor.
The testimony of such as cannot be admitted into the Chapter, shall be taken be-
fore two disinterested Companions, appointed for that purpose, on due notice
given to the parties of time and place.
9. When the evidence is closed, the prosecutor, or any Companion he may ap-
point for that purpose, being a member of some Chapter under this jurisdiction,
may comment upon the evidence and charges. The accused then, or any Com-
panion he, or in his failure to do so, the High Priest may appoint, may be heard
in reply.
10. After the comments upon the testimony shall be closed, the accused shall
withdraw from the Chapter-room. A vote shall be taken upon each specification
of each charge, and upon each charge, in its order, the accused not being per-
mitted to vote, and it shall require a majority of the members present to sustain
any specification or charge.
11. When the charges shall have been voted upon, if any be sustained, the
Chapter shall then proceed to vote upon the punishment, in the following order:
Expulsion, Suspension, Reprimand; a majority vote to govern in all cases except
expulsion, which shall require a two-thirds vote of all the members present.
The accused shall then be admitted and informed of the result.
12. Any member desiring to appeal from the decision of the Chapter on his
trial, shall, within six months of the date of the trial, file with the High Priest
of the Chapter, written notice of his desire and intention, which notice shall set
forth his objection to the action of the Chapter. The High Priest shall thereupon
grant the appeal prayed for, and shall send up, directed to the Grand Secretary,
a copy of the record of the trial, which record shall be signed by the High Priest,
attested by the Secretary, under the Seal of the Chapter, and shall contain a
copy of the charges and specifications originally prepared, the report of the
Committee of Investigation, a copy of all testimony, for and against the accused,
committed to writing at the time of trial, and the originals, or a correct copy of
all papers used upon the trial, as evidence or otherwise, together with a copy of
appellant's notice of appeal. The Secretary shall append to said record, a de-
scripuve list of all the papers sent up.
FORMS.
proxy of high priest, king or scribe.
I, [A. B.] of Chapter, No. —, do hereby appoint Companion [C. D.] my
Representative in the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi,
at its next Annual Convocation to be held in , on the day of January
A. D. 18—, empowering him to act on my behalf; hereby ratifying and confirm-
ing whatever he may lawfully do in said capacity.
, [seal.]
Note.—Proxies must be on a separate piece of paper—not written on the
Annual Returns.
proxy of high priest, king or scribe, or any two of them.
We, the High Priest, King and Scribe of Chapter No.—, do hereby
appoint Companion [A. B.] our Representative in the Grand Royal Arch Chap-
ter of the State of Mississippi, at the next Annual Convocation, to be held in
, on the day of January, A. D. 18—, empowering him to act on our
behalf: hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever may be lawfully done in
the premises. •
Given under our hands and seals, at , Mississippi, this day o
January, A. D. 18—.
H.\ P.-. [seal.]
K.'. [seal.]
S.'. [seal.]
form of petition for chapter degrees.
To the M:. E.'. High Priest, E.'. King, E:. Scribe, and Companions of
Chapter, No. —, Royal Arch Masons:
The subscriber, a Master Mason in good standing, and a member of
Lodge, No.—, A. F. & A. Masons, respectfully prays that the degrees conferred
in your Chapter may be conferred upon him, if found worthy. He resides at
; his occupation is that of a . If elected, he promises to yield a
cheerful obedience to the By-Laws and Regulations of your Chapter, and here-
with encloses $50 for the degrees.
Respectfully, A. B.
Recommended by
C. D.
E. F.
Committee:
| The Committee report:
form of petition for membership.
To the M:. High Priest, E.\ King, E:. Scribe, and Companions of Chapter,
No. —, Royal Arch Masons:
The subscriber, a Royal Arch Mason, in good standing, not now a member of
any Chapter, is desirous of becoming a member of your Chapter, if found
worthy He resides in ; occupation [or profession] .
17' [Signed] A. B.
Recommended by Companions, 1
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form of a traveling certificate.
To all R.\ A:. Masons to whom this may come, we send Fraternal Salutation:
This is to certify that Companion is a Royal Arch Mason, and a
member of Chapter, No. , Royal Arch Masons, in good standing, and
as such is recommended to the kind attention of all Royal Arch Masons where-
ever he may sojourn.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the said Chapter, this day
of , A. D. , A.-. I.'. .
[seal.] , Secretary.
form of petition for dispensation for new chapter.
To theM.'. E:. 0:. H:. Priest of the G.\ R:. A:. Chapter of Missisippi:
The undersigned, Royal Arch Masons, in good standing, are desirous of form-
ing a new Chapter at , county, to be named Chapter.
Therefore, with the approbation of Chapter, No. —, we respectfully
pray for a Dispensation, empowering us to meet as a regular Chapter at ,
on the of each month. We do nominate and recommend Companion
to be the first High Priest, Companion to be the first King, and
Companion to be the first Scribe of said Chapter. The prayer of this
petition being granted, we promise a strict obedience to the commands of the
Grand High Priest, and to the Constitution, Laws and Regulations of the
Grand Chapter of Mississippi.
N. B.—This petition must be signed by nine Royal Arch Masons, accompanied
with their Certificate of Demit, and recommendation of the nearest Chapter;
also ninety dollars for Dispensation, and ten dollars for Grand Secretary's
fee.
Form of a Certificate of a Chapter consenting to the Formation of a
New Chapter, and Recommending the Petitioners; to be endorsed on
the Petition.
To the M:. E:. G.\ H:. P.\ of the Grand Chapter of the State of Mississippi;
This certifies that the High Priest, King, Scribe and Companions of
Chapter, No. —, are satisfied with the proposal of the Companions herein named
to form a new Chapter in . 'They recommend them to the M.\ E.\ Grand
High Priest as Royal Arch Masons, in good standing; and not doubting that
they will be more useful in a new Chapter, their petition is approved, and ibis
recommended that its prayer be granted.
Done at a regular meeting of Chapter, No. —, , A.*. L.\ 586—.
A B, High Priest.
Attest: G H, Secretary of Chapter, No. —.
—- Royal Arch Chapter, No—.
To all Royal Arch Masons to whom these Presents may come—Greeting:
Know ye, that the bearer hereof, our trusty and beloved Companion
has for same time past been a member of our Chapter, and having discharged all
the duties of a worthy Companion Royal Arch Mason, he is permitted to demit
his membership with this evidence of good standing, and the payment of all
dues.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal
[seal.] of our said Chapter, at , Mississippi, this day of
, A. L, 2401, A. D. 1871.
—, Secretary, '
IND
E X .
A
Page.
Account of Grand Secretary 18
Ac count of Grand Treasurer 20
Address of G.\ H.\ P.- 5 to 14
Affiliations, 1870 69
Alabama, review of '71
Amendment to Constitution pro-
posed 29
Amendments to Constitution, ac-
tion on 23
Amite Chapter, return of 46
Arkansas, review of 72
Attala Chapter, return of 68
B
Baldwyn Chapter, return of 52
Bethesda Chapter, return of 51
Brandon Chapter, return of 50
Brookhaven Chapter, return of... 61
Byhalia Chapter, address of 56
By-Laws for Subordinate Chap-
ters 123
C
California, review of 73
Canada, review of 74
Canton Chapter, returns of 35
Carrolton Chapter, returns of 38
Carthage Chapter, address of 47
Cato Chapter, returns of 64
Centre Ridge Chapter, returns of. 64
Chapters, total number of 69
Charles Scott Chapter, P. O. ad-
dress .... 45
Chickasaw Chapter, returns of... 5
Clinton Chapter, returns of 31
Coffeeville Chapter, returns of 68
Columbus Chapter, returns of ... 32
Committees, list of special 14
Complaints and Appeals, report
on 24
Connecticut, review of 74
Constitution of the Grand Chapterll4
Constitutional Amendments, ac-
tion on 23
Corinth Chapter, address of 59
Credentials, report of committee
on 4
Crystal Springs Chapter, returns
of 59
I>
Deaths, 1870 69,109
Decisions of G/. H.\ P,* .., 11
Page.
Decisions of Committee on Ma-
sonic Law 26
Delaware, review of 76
Demitted, 1870 69
Dent H. Miles Chapter, returns of 57
DeWitt Clinton Chapfer, returns
of 36
District of Columbia, review of. >. 77
Dover Chapter, returns of 54
Dues for re-instated members 29
Durant Chapter, returns of 65
IE
Election of Grand Officers 26
Emory Chapter, returns of 43
Enterprise Chapter, returns of 47
Euclid Chapter, returns of 55
Euphemia Chapter, returns of 37
Eureka Chapter, returns 53
Exaltations in 1870 69
Expulsions in 1870 69
Fayette Chapter, resolution con-
cerning 21
Fayette Chapter, returns of 37
Finance, report on 23
Finance, committee to cancel
vouchers 28
Florida, review of 78
Foreign Correspondence, commit-
tee on 29
Forms, for general use 125
G
Gallatin Chapter, returns of 39
Georgia, review of 79
George Washington. Chapter, re-
turns of .. 49
Grand Lecturer, action concerning 25
Grand Lecturer, resolution in-
structing 27
G. W. Perkins Chapter, returns of 54
II
Houston Chapter, returns of 40
Illinois, review of 80
Indiana, review of 81
Iowa, review of 82
Jackson Chapter, returns of 33
John Hebron Chapter, returns of.. 57
INDEX.
K
Keeler, Oscar T., death of 8
Kentucky, review of.. 83
Kosciusko Chapter, returns of.... 39
L
Lafayette Chapter, returns of 33
Lexington Chapter, returns of.... 35
Louisiana, Representative of 19
Louisiana, review of 83
m
Macon Chapter, returns of 36
Magnolia Chapter, returns of 34
Maine, review of 85
Maryland, review of. *88
Main land and District of Colum-
bia, review of 88
Masonic Law, committee on 29
Masonic Law, report of commit-
tee on 21, 26
Masonic Temple, resolution con-
cerning 27
McConnico Chapter, returns of... 66
McDonald Chapter, returns of 67
Meadville Chapter, address of 63
Members, total number of 69
Meridian Chapter, returns of 41
Michigan, review of 89
Minnesota, representative of. 19
Minnesota, review of 91
Missouri, representative of 13
Missouri, review of 92
Mount Carmel Chapter, returns of 49
N
Natchez Chapter, returns of. 31
Nebraska, review of 94
Neshoba Chapter, returns of 44
New Jersey, review of. 95
New Hampshire, review of 94
New York, review of 97
North Carolina, review of 99
Nova Scotia, review of 99
O
Officers of Grand Chapter since
organization 112
Ohio, review of. 101.
Okolona Chapter, returns of 41
Oregon, review of 102
Palo Alto Chapter, returns of 50
Panola Chapter, returns of 53
Patton Chapter, returns of. 50
Patton, W. S., appropriation to... 28
Pay Roll 110
Pennsylvania, review of. 102
Per Diem, resolution concerning. 25
Quitman Chapter, returns of 40
R
Regulations, of Grand Chapter,. .116
Reinstated, 1870 69
Report of Grand Secretary 14
Report, on G.*. H.*. P's Address... 20
Representatives, roll of 4
Representatives, of other Grand
Chapters Ill
Rienzi Chapter, returns of 55
Ripley Chapter, returns of 48
R. W. Paine Chapter, returns of.. 67
Salem Chapter, report concerning. 22
Salem Chapter, resolution con-
cerning 24
Salem Chapter, returns of 63
Scooba Chapter, returns of 57
S. H. Johnson Chapter, returns of 61
Shongalo Chapter, returns of 42
Shubuta Chapter, returns of 52
South Carolina, review of 103
Standing Committees 29
Starkville Chapter, return of 62
Statistics of 1869 and 1870 69
Stonewall Chapter 63
Subordinate Chapters, report on. 27
Summerville Chapter, returns of. 62
Summit Chapter, returns of 64
Suspensions, 1870 69
T
Tallahatchie Chapter, returns of.. 47
Tampico Chapter, returns of 60
Texas, review of 104
Timberlake, John W., death of... 13
Timberlake, John W., memorial
page to 108
U
Union Chapter, returns of 45
V
Vermont, review of 104
Vicksburg Chapter, returns of... 32
W
Walnut Grove Chapter, resolution
concerning 22
Ward Chapter, return of 58
Washington Chapter, returns of.. 42
Wayne Chapter, returns of 40
W. D. Ferris Chapter, returns of.. 58
West Point Chapter, returns of... 65
Wilson Chapter, returns of 33
Wisconsin, review of 105
Wright Chapter, returns of 51
Y
Yazoo Chapter, returns of 34
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
TWENTY-FOURTH GRAND ANNUAL CONVOCATION
OF THE
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
HELD IN THE
CITY OF HOLLY SPRINGS,
JANUARY 18 and 19, A,-. I.-. 2402, A.-. D.\ 1872.
JACKSON, MISS.:
CLARION BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE.
1872.
SPECIAL ORDER.
It is the order of the Most Excellent Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, that the High Priest of
each Chapter within said Jurisdiction, immediately upon the receipt of
these Proceedings, do cause the same to be read in open Chapter, for the
information of all the Companions.
J. L, POWER, Grand Secretary.
THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION
Of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi will be held at the city of
Canton, immediately after the next Annual Communication of the Grand
Lodge. The Grand Lodge will meet on first Monday in February, 1873.
OFFICERS FOR 1872.
H. C. ROBINSON Meridian Grand High Priest,
J. L. POWER Jackson Grand Secretary.
MORRIS COOK Gallatin Grand Lecturer,
T. S. GATHRIGHT. .Gholson Ch'n. Com. on Masonic Law.
H. W. WALTER Holly Springs. .Ch'n. Com. on For. Correspondence,
PROCEEDINGS.
At the Twenty-Fourth Annual Grand Convocation of the M. \ E. \
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, held
at the Masonic Hall in the city of Holly Springs, commencing on
Thursday, the 18th day of January, A. I. 2402, A. D. 1872, at 11
o'clock a. m., there were
Present:
M.*. E.\ CHARLES T. BOND Grand High Priest.
R.\E.\ MORRIS COOK Deputy Grand High Priest.
B.*, E,v JOHN Y. MURRY Grand King.
R.\ E.\ E. GEO, DeLAP Grand Scribe.
M.\ REY. J- E. ROGERS as Grand Chaplain.
R,\ E.-. A. P. BARRY Grand Treasurer.
R.\ E.-. J. L.POWER Grand Secretary.
R.\ E.k. W. D. FERRISS as Grand Captain of the Host,
R.-, E.\ R. B. BRANNIN as Grand Principal Sojourner.
R.\ E.\ D. MITCHELL .as Grand R. A, Captain.
R.-. E.\ T. C- EVERETT Grand Master 3d Vail.
R,\ E.*. J. JEFF. COOPER as Grand Master 2d Vail.
R*. E.\ J. M- McDONALD Grand Master 1st Yail.
R.\ E.\ W. H. CARKETT Grand Sentinel.
also present :
R\ E.'. W. D. Ferriss Grand Lecturer, and Past G. H. P.
Wm. S. Patton M.*. E.\ Past Grand High Priest.
J. 0. Lusher M.v E.\ Past Grand High Priest.
R. B. Mayes M.\ E,\ Past Grand High Priest.
Wm. Cothran M.\ E.'. Past Grand High Priest.
James M. Howry M.\ E.\ Past Grand High Priest.
Dent H. Miles R.\ E.\ Past Dep. Grand High Priest.
R. P. Bowen R.\ Er. Past Grand King.
Geo. Fearn 1" R.\ E.\ Past Grand King.
Thomas Hardeman R.-. E.\ Past Grand King.
D. Mitchell R.\ E.-.Past Grand Scribe.
James Watts R.*. E.*. Past Grand Captain of the Host.
John A. Galbreath, Sr R.\ E.\ Past Grand Principal Sojourner.
H. W. Walter, Past High Priest, several visiting Companions, and a
constitutional number of Representatives of Subordinate Chapters.
The Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present—
The M. \ E. \ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi
4
grand chapter
was opened in Ample Form, with Solemn Prayer by Acting Grand
Chaplain, J. E. Rogers.
The M. \ E. *. Grand High Priest appointed the following
Committee on Credentials—P. M. Savery, D. L. Smythe, G. A.
Spivey.
The Grand Chapter then took a recess until 3 o'clock p. m.
three o'clock p. m.
Tbe recess having expired, the Grand Chapter resumed labor.
The Committee on Credentials presented their report, which, as
subsequently amended from time to time during the Grand Convoca-
tion, is as follows :
To the M.\ E.Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials beg leave respectfully to re-
port, that they find the following Companions present, entitled to seats in
the M.\ E.\ Grand Body, to-wit :
Natchez Chapter, No. 1—C. F. Merrick, H.\ P.*.
Clinton, No. 2—A. J. Lewis, proxy for H.-. P.\
Vicksburg, No. 3— E. T. Henry, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Columbus, No. 4—Nelson Reynolds, K.*.
Wilson, No. 5-H. H. Fields, H.\ P.-., E. W. Upshaw, K.\, Jas. T. Fant,
proxy for S.\
Jackson, No. 6—John Nelson, H.\ P.*.
Magnolia, No. 7—J. J. Birdsong, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Yazoo, No. 8—R. B, Mayes, proxy for H.-. P.*., K.\ and S-*.
Lexington, No. 9- N. E. Whitehead, proxy forH.\P.\
Canton, No. 10—John T. Cameron, H.\ P,\
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—R. Coffman, H,\ P.*.
Euphemia, No, 13—R. B. Brannin, H.*. P.-.
Fayette, No. 14—M. Eiseman, H.\ P.'.
Carrollton, No. 15—W. M. Stansbury, K.k.
Shields, No. 18—E C. Bolton, H.-- P.*.
Kosciusko, No. 20—D. L. Smythe, proxy for H.\ H.*.
Quitman, No. 21—J, O. Lusher, H.*. P.fc.
Houston, No. 23—R. P. Mitchell S.\ and proxy forH.\ P.'.
Meridian, No. 25—A. G. Friederitce, H.#. P.'.
Walker, No. 28—D. A. Kinchloe, S.*.
Shongalo, No. 30—T, C. Everett, H,\ P.-.
Emory, No. 32—C. J. Coleman, S.\
Lafayette, No. 33—J. M. Howry, H.\ P.\
Neshoba, No. 34—W. C. Dowd, proxy for H/. P.-., K.\ and S.-.
Louisvflle, No. 36--N- Woodward, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Marshall, No. 40—A. Webb, H.\ P.*.
Amite, No. 42—David Jewett, proxy for H.\ P.-.
Enterprise, No. 45—G. M. Shaw, proxy for H.*. P.\
Ripley, No. 48—J. E. Rogers, H.\ P.*.
New Albany, No. 49—Chas. T. Bond, H.*. P.*.
Geo. Washington, No. 51—J. H. Alexander, proxy for H.*. P.*.
Patton, No. 52—W. R, McKinley, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Bethesda, No. 55--A. W. Mitchell, H.\ P.*.
Wright, No 56—B. R. Chambliss, proxy for H.*. P.*.
Baldwyn, No-. 57—P. M. Savery, H.- P.\, Lee C. Prather, proxy for K.*«
Panola, No. 60—M. N. Philips, proxy for H,*. P.*.
Eureka, No. 61--David Mitchell, H.\ P.\
OF MISSISSIPPI.
5
Chickasaw, ISTo. 65—G. N. Robuck, H.\ P.*.
Rienzi, No. 66—Jno. F. Arnold, H.\ P.*.
Euclid, No. 67—S. O. B. Crockett, proxy for H,-. P.\
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Dent H. Miles, proxy for H.\ P.*,, K.-, and S.\
Ward, No. 73—J. S- Jones, H.\ P.-,
W. D. Ferris, No. 74-Jas. H. Elliott, H.\ P.-.
Walnut Grove, No. 75—C. F. Gillespie, H.\ P.\, C. M. Edmondson, K,\
Corinth, No. 76—L. M. New, H.\ P.-.
Crystal Springs, No. 77—E. N, Sumrall, S.\
Winona, No. 78—G. A. Spivey, H.*. P.*.
S. H. Johnson, No. 81—M. J. Massingill, K.\
Salem, No. 85—John A- Galbreath, H.\ P.-.
Summit, No. 90—Bythel Haynes, proxy for H.-. P.*.
Centre Ridge, No, 93—James Watts, H.\ P.'.
Durant, No. 94—J. Jeff. Cooper, H.\ P.\
West Point, No. 95—A. S. Gerdine, H.-. P.*.
McDonald, No. 98—R. L. Bouton, H.-. P.*., J. M. McDonald, K.\, G. N.
Dickerson, S-\
Attala, No. 100—W. J. Wasson, H.\ P.*.
Coffeeville, No, 101—A. L. Guntharp, H.\P.-.
Total Chapters represented, 56.
In addition to the Grand Officers present at the morning session, your
Committee would report as present the following R.\ E,\ Companions:
H. DENIO Grand Captain of the Host.
A. P. SAUNDERS Grand Principal Sojourner.
B. B. PADDOCK Grand Royal Arch Captain,
JOHN T. BUCK Grand Master 2nd Yail .
Your Committee would further report that the following named Chapters
have made the usual Annual Return, for 1871, but are not represented at
this Grand Convocation:
Macon Chapter No. 11. Dover No. 64.
Wayne No. 24. Brandon No, 69.
Okalona No. 27. John Hebron No. 71.
Washington No. 29. Starkville No. 80,
Union No. 37. Cato No. 89.
Tallahatchie No, 44. Huntsville No. 91,
Yerona No, 47. McConnico No, 96.
Palo Alto No. 53. R. W. Paine No. 97.
G. W. Perkins No. 63, Toomsuba No. 99.
Total, 19.
The following named Chapters have failed to make returns and to be rep-
resented:
Chas. Scott No. 35. Scooba* No. 70^
Carthage No. 46. Tampico No. 79
Mt. Carmel No. 50, Summerville No. 83.
Shubuta No. 59. Huntsville No. 91.
Total.
Byhalia No. 68.
Fraternally submitted
P. M. SAVERY,
D. L. SMYTHE,
G. A. SPIVEY.
Committee.
*Comp. II. C. Robinson was, by motion, authorized to represent Scooba
Chapter, No. 70. .
The M. *. E.'. Grand High Priest delivered the
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GRAND CHAPTER
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
Companions of the Grand Chapter of the State of Mississippi:
Having assembled in Grand Convocation to deliberate, counsel, and act
together for the best interests of the Royal Craft in our Grand Jurisdiction,
it becomes us, first, to return thanks to the Grand High Priest of the Uni-
verse, for his care and protection, and kind Providence, in permitting
so many of us to come together in health and strength, on this, our Twenty-
fourth Grand Annual Convocation. Let us reverently and devoutly invoke
His blessing upon our deliberations, and His wisdom in our councils. It is
the duty of good and true Masons thus to acknowledge their dependence
and trust in God, and to humbly implore His aid in every laudable, import-
ant, and praiseworthy undertaking. My dear friends and Companions, one
and all, I bid you good cheer- It is meet we should rejoice and be glad of
heart, in the journey of lile which, to some of us, has by no means been a
short one. We have had vicissitudes ol cloud and sunshine; yet goodness
and mercy have followed us hitherto—let us, then, hope on, hope ever, each
trusting in Him who will never forsake what is committed to His care, till
the sun of this life shall set to rise in the eternal morning of the better life
to come.
While rejoicing in our own prosperity and thankful for the blessings be-
stowed upon us and comforts surrounding us, we should not—we must not
—forget the terrible calamities which have fallen upon our Companions in
other Grand Jurisdictions. But a few days since, where stood stately build-
ings and proud Masonic temples, and prosperity was enjoyed, now desola-
lation marks many of those places, and the busy marts of trade and com-
merce are swept away, and blackened ruins remain only to show the uncer-
tainty of wealth. We must not forget the duty of the hour: the homeless
must be sheltered; the hungry fed; the naked clothed; the widow and the
orphan must be provided for. If anything can be devised for their relief it
should be done; the subject should be carefully considered, and the result
which may be arrived at show that we have done all we can in uniting the
noble and grand design. Let us act so as to be happy ourselves and en-
deavor to promote the happiness of others. Our motto should be: Do
unto others as we, under similar circumstances, would wish them to do unto
us. In the frightful and terrible desolation of our land, we should exercise
a broader charity and a wider philanthropy than has ever heretofore char-
acterized our noble Order. We should rise to an emergency without a par-
allel in history. The bereaved widows and friendless orphans of our own
beloved State and Grand Jurisdiction, should be our special care. The sub-
dued wail of sorrow burdens the air, and should find a refrain in the heart
of every Companion. Active, earnest usefulness should ever characterize
us. We may learn a lesson from our brethren and Companions of this
place. Their beautiful and really magnificent Temple of olden time was a
heap of ashes at the close of the war. With a noble and praiseworthy
energy, the brethren and the Companions have erected this new Temple,
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which we now occupy for our Grand Annual Convocation, and which is even
more lovely than the old; and now, to each member of the various Masonic
Bodies of the State, Holly Springs Lodge extends the hospitalities of the
city, and makes him an honored guest. With such energy and such liberal-
ity throughout the State, our Order would nobly rise to the full measure of
its usefulness.
Blessed is the man whose tender care
Relieves the poor in their distress—
Whose pity wipes the widow's tear,
Whose hand supports the fatherless.
Companions, let us resolve to live for something; thousands of men
breathe, move, and live—pass off the stage of life, and are heard of no more,
Why ? None were blessed by them; none could point to them as the means
of their redemption; not a line they wrote, not a word they spoke; their
light went out in darkness, and they were remembered no more. Will you
thus live and die, O man immortal ?
Companions, let us endeavor to live for something—do good—and leave
behind us a monument of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy.
Let us write our names in kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of those
we come in contact with, and we will never be forgotten; good deeds will
shine as brightly on the earth and in the hearts of memory as the stars of
heaven.
We all have our vices, and the best
Is he who with the fewest is oppressed.
My time during the Masonic year just closed has been so completely occu-
pied in the conduct and attention necessary to my own private business, that
I have visited but few of the Chapters in this Grand Jurisdiction. It would
have been my pleasure, personally and officially, to have visited each one;
but from the harmony and good order prevailing throughout this Grand
Jurisdiction, it was unnecessary. In no instance have I been called on by
my Companions for special dispensations which did not meet my approval,
I cannot allow the occasion to pass without announcing the gratifving fact
of marked improvement in one of the cardinal virtues of our Order—tern-
perance. The united efforts of good and true Companions can and will do
much to effect reform in all grades of society, and I sincerely hope that it
may ere long be truthfully said that no man who has bowed at the altar of
Freemasonry, worships at the shrine of Bacchus.
Companions, it is our duty to protect Royal Arch Masonry in this Grand
Jurisdiction. Let us see that all candidates for our institution are in char-
acter and standing what a man should be. We should be very careful to
admit none among us but those who will fully appreciate the sublime teach-
ings and principles of the institution. Merit and qualification should be
the only test. Better that we have a small, united, true band of faithful
Companions, disposed to study Masonry and carry into practice its lessons
of philanthropy, than to have a large number ignorant of its work or lec-
tures, or indifferent to its teachings. Let us sacredly guard the important
trust committed for a brief period to our charge; and when our labors in
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these earthly Chapters are over—as they soon will he, with many of us—
may it he found that our work has heen such as to meet the approval of the
Supreme High Priest ahove.
It affords me much pleasure to announce that our eminent, worthy, and
distinguished Companions, Dr. Chas. T. Murphy, of Durant, and J. L.
Power, of Jackson, have issued a prospectus for a Masonic Tablet, to be
printed at Jackson, Mississippi. A Masonic periodical in our Grand Juris-
diction is what we very much need, and I hope the enterprise will he liber-
ally supported by the Masons of Mississippi.
But one application or petition for dispensation to form a new Chapter
has been made for the past Masonic year, and, in fact, the only one in two
years. The names of petitioners and place of location will be more fully
reported by the Grand Secretary.
For the financial condition of the Grand Chapter, I refer especially to the
elaborate, exposition which will be submitted by the Grand Secretary,
Prompt and energetic measures should be adopted at this Convocation for
the relief of the Grand Chapter from its heavy obligations.
The question of the Masonic Temple and educational institution in con-
nection therewith,are to be again considered; but inasmuch as a formal
report on this subject is to be submitted to the Grand Lodge by the com-
mittee appointed last year, it may be wise to defer any action further than
the mere discussion of the subject, until the Grand Lodge takes action. If
the project of a Grand Temple should be found impracticable at the present
time, I respectfully submit that it would be wise to permanently locate the
Grand Chapter at some point. The dignity of the Body, besides convenience
and economy, seem to demand this.
I have nothing to report from the Grand Lecturer, or any of his assistants,
except good order and harmony, wherever they have been. That feeling
seems to pervade every part of our Grand Jurisdiction.
I desire, before proceeding further, to express the sense of gratitude I feel
to our efficient and prompt Grand Secretary, J. L. Power, for the diligent,
faithful, and efficient discharge of his duties, by which my own labors have
been so materially lightened. It is a work and labor of no small magnitude
to conduct all the correspondence of his office, and carefully examine all
returns, and noting and correcting all errors, thus avoiding delays in the
hours of our session and lessening the work of your committees. I con-
gratulate you upon being so fortunate as to have so worthy and so prompt
an officer in such a reponsible position.
The Grand Treasurer, A. P. Barry, also always has his acoounts and
vouchers ready and correct.
The appointment of Representatives near other Grand Bodies is a practice
which in my judgment is calculated to confer great benefit on the Craft, by
bringingusinto closer relationship with each other, and by fostering those
reciprocal acts of kindness and courtesy which tend so greatly to endear man
to his fellow man. I most respectfully recommend that some action be had
during the present session of this Grand Chapter on this subject.
The Grand Secretary has prepared beautiful commissions, and I hope that
my successor will, at an early day, make appointment of representatives in
each Grand Jurisdiction with whom we are in correspondence.
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flow shall I refer to our dead ? The subject is so solemn, and j^et it
is the only sorrow from which we refuse to he divorced; every other
wound we seek to heal; every other affliction to forget; but this wound we
consider it a duty to keep open. This affliction we cherish and brood over in
secret. Where is the mother that would willingly forget the infant that
perished like a blossom from her arms, though every recollection is a pang ?
Where is the child that would forget the most tender of parents, though to
remember be but to lament ? Who even in the hour of agony would forget the
friend over whom he mourns? The love which survives the tomb is one of
the noblest attributes of the soul. If it has woes it has likewise its delights.
We announce the death of G, M, Hillyer, P,\ G.*. M,\, P,\ G,\ H,-. P.*., who
died in Vicksburg on the 22d of April, 1871, after along protracted illness.
He was distinguished as a writer and orator; his services were always freely
devoted to the interests of Masonry. His labors were duly appreciated by
his brethren, who delighted in awarding him the highest honors in their
gift, I saw him often during his long continued illness, and witnessed his
efforts to work and labor, until the angel of death summoned him kindly to
a rest not enjoyed here.
It affords me pleasure to state that on the 19th of September, 1871, and the
two days following, I attended the Triennial Convocation of the M-'. E.-'
General Grand Chapter, in the city of Baltimore, Md. The attendance was
large, and the occasion was one of great interest. The Grand Chapter of
Mississippi was represented by your G.* .H.*-P.\, and R, L. Saunders of Jackson,
proxy of Grand Scribe, There were other distinguished Masons of Missis-
sippi as representatives to the General Grand Encampment which was
also held at the same time, and there were still other distinguished Masons
of Mississippi as visitors, and guests; and in fact the entire delegation and
visitors of the General Grand Jurisdiction were welcomed in the most fra-
ternal manner, and were entertained in the most sumptuous style, and made
to feel that they were all honored guests. The recollection of the visit to
Baltimore will ever remain fresh and find a green spot in the memory of
every Mississippian present, and doubt not it will be so with all others.
The next Triennial Convocation will* be held at Nashville, Tenn., on the
last Tuesday of November, 1874. The General Grand Encampment will be
held in New Orleans 2d of December, 1874.
I desire to call the attention of all Royal Arch Masons to Sec, 2, under
head of miscellaneous, in General Grand Chapter Constitution. The reading
is as follows: CiThe officers of every Chapter under this Jurisdiction, whether
chartered or Under Dispensation, before they enter upon the exercise of their
respective offices; and also^the members of all such Chapters, and every
candidate upon his admission into the same, shall take the following obliga-
tion, viz.: I, A. B., do promise and swear, that I will support and maintain
the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, for
the United States of America."
The proposition in the General Grand Arch Chapter to eliminate the P.*.
M.*. degree was rejected on a vote, 14 voting for eliminating, and 101 voting
to retain. The other proposed amendment to make P.\ G/. H.\ Priests
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members of the General Grand Chapter, was adopted, 105 yeas and 7 nays.
The following resolution shows the sense of the General Grand Chapter on
the subject of Substitutes:
Resolved, That this General Grand Chapter decides that the use of substi-
tutes is not a violation of the Ritual of Royal Arch Masonry, or the installa-
tion charges to a High Priest, and that Substitutes may be authorized by
Grand Chapters working under this Jurisdiction.
On a vote by Grand Chapters the above resolution was adopted, 91 to 30.
Another resolution on the same subject was adopted, which reads as follows:
Resolved, That while such is the interpretation of the Ritual and installa-
tion Charges by this General Grand Body, Chapters are fraternally and
earnestly requested to use full classes of actual candidates, except in cases of
emergency for the best interest of Royal Arch Masonry.
The General Grand Chapter requests all State Grand Chapters to supply
Congressional Library with their proceedings, and send as full a set of pro-
ceedings as they can now supply. The General Grand Chapter requests
all State Grand Chapters to pay annually to the General Grand Secretary
the sum of one cent for each Royal Arch Mason borne upon the rolls of
their Subordinates at the date of their annual reports.
The following was adopted by the General Grand Chapter:
"That it has authority to determine all questions in relation to the work,
and that it has never ceased to exist since its organization,"
Companions, before closing these brief, broken and imperfect remarks,
and report of official acts as G.-- H.\ P.\, I sincerely and respectfully ask you
to accept my profound thanks for the confidence, co-operation and sup-
port which I now and heretofore have uniformally received at your hands.
When I accepted this high, important and responsible position, it was with
diffidence arising from a distrust of my ability to discharge with satisfaction
the varied and important duties of Grand High Priest, and direct with
wisdom the affairs of the Craft over which I was called to preside. In the
performance of every act affecting the welfare of our Order, I have endeav-
ored to press forward in the plain path of duty, never turning aside to win
the applause of any, neither to avoid censure in doing what I conceived to be
right. And I shall never permit myself to be influenced by personal preju-
dices or preferences, but shall have but one object in view, and that to pro-
mote the best interest of our cherished and venerable Order, with a proper
regard for its prosperity at home and its reputation abroad. And now that
I am about to resign into your hands the trust which you confided to my
keeping, I with equal pleasure transfer it to my successor, hoping he may
be more competent, though he cannot be more zealous.
In conclusion, my dear Companions, allow me to express the hope that we
may one and all be guided in our intercourse with each other by those great
Masonic principles upon which our Order is founded. May we lay aside all
malice, envies and evil speakings, and in our Masonic pathway set up as
guides to lead us and others, Moral' Rectitude, Uprightness, Truth andlnteg-
rity. Then shall we become elevated, purified and exalted and fitted for that
Grand Convocation which shall meet in that Temple not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.
C. T. BOND, Grand High Priest.
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The reading of the Address being concluded, Comp. Jas. Watts
offered the following resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the Address of the M,-. E.k. Grand High Priesc he received
and spread upon the minutes of the Grand Chapter, and that the same be
referred to a special Committee of three for apportionment of the same to
the different Committees of the Grand Chapter.
Thereupon the R. \ E. \ Deputy Grand High Priest appointed as said
Committee, Companions James Watts, C. T. Murphy, B. B, Paddock.
Comp. William S. Patton submitted the report of the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence, which, on motion, was received and made the
special order for to-night.
Comp. J. L. Power submitted his Annual Report and Account
Current, as Grand Secretary, as follows:
GRAND SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT.
To theMEr- Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned fraternally submits his Annual Report and Account
Current for the past Masonic year.
The receipts from all sources amount to $2885 30; of which sum $2114 60
was applied to the Pay Roll of last Convocation, and the balance to other ex-
penses during the year, leaving a deficit for the year of $457 40.
Your Grand Secretary performs an unpleasant duty in disclosing in detail
the lamentable financial condition of the Grand Chapter—a condition which
must result in confusion and embarrassment, unless a prompt remedy is
applied. The principal item of indebtedness is on account of the reprinting
of the Grand Chapter Proceedings, a laudable undertaking, but to meet the
cost of which no provision was made while the work was being executed.
I submit the following statement:
Due Mrs. O. T. Keeler, salary of O. T. Keeler, Grand Secretary $ 268 30
" J. A. Martin, on account of Grand Cha pter reprint 2095 10
■" Starkville Chapter, advance to Bro. Martin 20 00
" Jackson Chapter, No. 6, " " " 100 00
" Columbus Chapter, No. 4, " " " 100 00
" Natchez Chapter, No.l, " " " 20 00
" Grand Treasurer, to January, 1871 263 58
" " " " " 1872 72 46
" Grand Secretary, on salary of 1871 457 40
" Comp. Patton, Foreign Correspondence Report 1871 100 00
$3496 84
INote to Grand Lodge, due since Jan. 20,1S60 758 52
" " " " " " " 20,1861 722 05
Total, without interest $4977 41
The two last items are explained in the proceedings of the Grand Lodge
for 1860, pasre 27, and in the Report of the Treasurer of the Grand Lodge in
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January, 1861, page 26. The Grand Chapter was in debt to Companion
Lamkin, and expected to pay him in January 1860, out of "contemplated
additional supplies in the Treasury of the Grand Chapterbut it appears
by the record that the said contemplated supplies "were nearly all absorbed
in the payment of the per diem and mileage of its delegates." And so the
Grand Lodge came forward, satisfied the claim of Comp, Lamkin, and took
the obligation of the Grand Chapter. The Grand Lodge, under the circum-
stances, would no doubt, remit the entire claim ; but certainly the matter
should not continue to appear upon the record in its present shape.
Agreeably to the resolution of last Grand Chapter (page 25), I called upon
the several Chapters for a loan, to be applied toward the payment of Bro.
Martin's account. The four Chapters above named responded in the aggre-
gate $240 00, which amount has been charged to him and the Chapters
credited.
An examination of the proceedings of the Grand Chapter from its organi-
zation, shows an embarrassed Treasury to be the rule. Either the dues
from the Subordinates are not sufficient, or the resources of the Grand
Chapter are not economically disbursed. The great annual draft upon the
Treasury is the Pay Roll, At the last Grand Convocation for instance, it
took $2114 60 to meet this demand, leaving only $771 70 of the total income
of the year, to meet all other claims and expenses. The mileage and per
diem is excessive, and unless remitted in part, or permanently reduced to the
basis of actual expenses of Representatives, the good name of the Grand
Chapter must continue to suffer in the failure to meet its obligations.
It may not be the province of the Grand Secretary to make these sugges-
tions, but he offers them under a sense of duty which he feels thathe cannot
conscientiously evade. As a means of relief, or as a method for gradually
discharging the indebtedness of the Grand Chapter, he submits the following
propositions:
1st, That Representatives to the present Convocation be requested to remit
to the Grand Chapter all except actual expenses for per diem and mileage,
2nd, That the Constitution be amended so as to make the mileage five
cents each way, instead of ten cents, as it now is.
3d, That for the present Convocation, Delegates who may be Representa-
tives to either of the other Grand Bodies, and who will be entitled to per diem
and mileage as such, remit to the Grand Chapter the amount they may be
entitled to as Representatives herein.
4th. That the Constitution be so amended as to make the fee to the Grand
Chapter for Exaltation $3, instead of $2, as it now is; and $1 50 per annum
for each member, instead of $1, as it now is.
5th. That the Constitution be so amended as to make the salary of the
Grand Secretary $500 00, instead of $600 00, as it now is.
6th. That the Commissions to Grand Treasurer shall be two per cent, on
disbursements by him, instead of per cent., as it now is.
7th. That until otherwise ordered, the returns of Subordinate Chapters be
not published; but in lieu thereof, the Grand Secretary shall publish with the
proceedings a tabular statement, showing the name, number and location of
each Chapter, with the statistics of its work for the year; also the name of
the High Priest and Secretary.
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8th- That for a like reason of economy, the usual Report on Foreign Corre-
spondence be not published with the proceedings until otherwise ordered by
the Grand Chapter; but that in the meantime the Foreign Correspondence
Committee will prepare the usual review, and submit the same annually to
the Grand Chapter; and that the Chairman of said Committee shall receive
for his services the sum of $75 00 per annum.
9th. That the Grand Lodge be communicated with, with a view to an ad-
justment of the indebtedness of the Grand Chapter thereto.
On the 7th of last month, by due authority, a Dispensation was issued for
the formation of a new Chapter at Greenwood, Leflore county, with Comp.
Robert Ettinger as High Priest; Com p. A. A. Stoddard, King; Comp. John
K. Allen, Scribe, and a Constitutional number of Companions. This is the
first Dispensation for a new Chapter which had been applied for within two
years.
For the year 1870, 76 Chapters made Returns, although several failed to
send up dues, and a few were received too late to be included in the published
Report.
For the year 1871 the Returns are coming in morepromtly than usual; and
before the close of the present Convocation the Grand Secretary hopes to be
able to complete and submit a statistical summary of the several Subordinate
Chapters for the past year, I recommend the adoption of a regulation re-
quiring the Subordinate Chapters to transmit the Annual Return to Grand
Secretary immediately after the installation of officers, so that it shall reach
his office during the first week in January.
I have the pleasure to report the reorganization of Walnut Grove Chapter,
No. 75, at Monroe, Perry county. Comp. Morris Cook was duly authorized,
on 10th February, to supervise the reorganization of this Chapter. The re-
turns for 1871 show six Exaltations, and a good membership. The Chapter
had held no meetings since 1865,
Pursuant to authority of last Grand Convocation, Gallatin Chapter, No.
71, and S- H. Johnson Chapter, No. 81, were consolidated under the name
and number of the latter, at Hazlehurst.
Walker Chapter, No. 28, at Sardis, from which no tidings had been re-
ceived for 1869 or 1S70, sends up a full return for 1871, and proposes to pay
all arrearages. The return shows five Exaltations, and seven affiliations
during the year-
Marshall Chapter, No. 40, at North Mt- Pleasant, which has made no re-
turns since 1867, sends returns and dues for 1870 and 1871, and shows twelve
Exaltations during past year. Still owes dues for 1868 and 1869—$32.
Shields Chapter, No, 18, at Pontotoc, I was informed by letter from Comp.
E. C. Bolton, had resumed work, and that all arrearages would be paid.
There was $121 due on ledger. I have heard nothing from Comp. Bolton
since I sent the statement of indebtedness.
Carthage Chapter, No. 46, paid dues for 1867,1868, and 1869 at last Convo-
cation, but made no returns or dues for 1870.
At the last Grand Chapter resolutions were adopted allowing all Chapters
in arrears to make settlements until the present Annual Convocation, and
that all Chapters which shall be two years in arrears shall not be permitted
to work until their indebtedness is cancelled. The following Chapters are
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delinquent, and I recommend that the charters thereof he formally declared
forfeited.
William H.Wilkinson, No, 17—Woodville. Has ceased to work, and in
arrears three years for returns and dues.
Vernon, No. 19—Owes returns and dues for three years.
Raymond, No, 22—Owes returns and dues for same period,
Charles Scott, No. 35, DeSoto County—Owes returns and dues for two
years, and in a recent letter from a zealous Companion I am advised that
there has not been a meeting of the Chapter for two years.
Zenith Chapter, No. 54, Pass Christian, was granted permission, January,
1870, to revive, but has not so done. The Chapter has ceased to exist,
Byhalia, No. 68—Owes returns and dues for 1870 and 1871.
Harvey Gunning, No- 84, Raleigh, Smith County—Owes returns and dues
for live years.
Meadville, No. 86—Owes dues and returns for three years,
Stonewall, No. 87, Smith County, has made no returns since 1866, with the
exception of 1869, and paid no dues for that year.
Westville Chapter, No, 88, chartered January, 1866, has never made a
return.
Huntsville, No, 91, has made no returns since 1867.
1 have again to report that Meridian Chapter, No- 85, owes a ledger bal-
anceof $41, and that its returns and dues for 1869 have not yet reached the
Grand Secretary.
Palo Alto Chapter, No. 53, Euclid, No. 67, and Corinth, No. 76, made re-
turns for 1870, but the dues of each for that year still remain unpaid.
Salem Chapter, No. 85, was allowed at last Convocation until 1st March,
1871, to pay a balance of $41. The amount has not yet been paid. This,
however, is one of the strongest Chapters in our jurisdiction. Its return for
1871 shows a total of 77 members, with 12 exaltations during year.
The proposed amendment to Section 1, Article 5, of the Constitution to
make the fees to the Grand Chapter five dollars for exaltations instead of
two, was transmitted by circular to the Chapters on the 25th of August.
The Proceedings of 39 Grand Chapter?, also the Proceedings of the recent
General Grand Chapter, have been received and transmitted to Comp. Pat-
ton for review.
I am also in receipt of two official circulars from the General Grand Sec-
retary, which are herewith submitted—the first being a resolution of the
General Grand Chapter requesting each State Grand Chapter to cause to be
paid annually to the General Grand Chapter the sum of one cent for each
Royal Arch Mason borne upon the rolls of the State Chapters at the date of
their annual reports. 2d. The adoption of an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the General Grand Chapter making permanent members of that
body all Past Grand High Pnests of State Grand Chapters.
This Grand Chapter is indebted to R.*. E.*. Comp. James C. Batchetyr,
Grand Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Louisiana, for a nearly complete
file of the Proceedings of that Grand Body, together with several scarce num-
bers of the Annual Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi, in-
eluding the first Convention in 1846, By way of reciprocating, I forwarded
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to Comp. Batchelor a suitably bound volume embracing all our Proceedings.
A similar exchange might be effected with all the other Grand Chapters, and
has been partially done with several during the year.
I have received two very beautifully printed and bound copies of the Con-
stitution of the Grand Chapter of Iowa.
Having received occasional calls for copies of the Constitution and Regit-
lations of our Grand Chapter, with By-Laws, Rules for Trials, etc., for Sub-
ordinate Chapters, I published an edition of the same during the past year,
and beg to present the edition to the Representatives present for distribution
in their Chapters.
In May last I received from Comp. A. J. Wheeler, of Memphis, a Dupli-
cate Charter which had been issued to Wright Chapter, Ho. 56, and which
had been stolen from the Chapter during the late war, and sent to Comp.
Wheeler by a Federal officer and Mason.
Through Comp. Jos, C. Baker, High Priest of Courtland Chapter, Ho. 25,
Alabama, the original charter of Raymond Chapter, Ho, 22, has also been
restored. Comp. Baker writes that he received the charter from Comp. O.
H. Cooper, late Captain of Company A, 16th regiment Ohio Volunteers, and
that he took the same from one of his men in 1864, and sent it for safe keep-
ingto his brother in Mt. Vernon, Onio. An appropriate acknowledgement
was made by Comp. G. C.Porter in behalf of Raymond Chapter.
During the past year I have issued Grand Chapter certificates to the follow-
ing Companions whose Chapters had ceased to exist, thus enabling them to
affiliate with other Chapters:
Comp. Jas. M. Bradley, of Paulding Chapter, Ho. 26.
Comp. C. R. Balfour, of Vernon Chapter, Ho. 19.
Thos. Chapman, of Paulding Chapter, Ho. 26.
Comp. Geo, Sumrall, of Bay St. Louis Chapter, Ho. 54.
Fraternally submitted,
J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
GRAND SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT.
JT. li. POWER, Or and Secretary,
In Account with the Grand Chapter of* Mississippi.
1871. ®r.
Hatchez, Chapter Ho, 1..Dues 1870 $60 00
Clinton, " 2. .Dues 1S70 27 00
Vicksburg, 4< 3. .Dues 1870 95 00
Columbus, " 4. .Dues 1870 45 00
Wilson, " 5..Dues 1870 ...58 00
Jackson, " 6. .Dues 1870 94 00
Magnolia, " 7. .Dues 1870 30 00
Yazoo, " 8. .Dues 1870 44 00
Lexington, " 9. .Dues 1870 31 00
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1871.
Canton,
Macon,
DeWitt Clinton,
Enphemia,
Fayette,
Ca'rroliton,
Kosciusko,
Quitman,
Houston,
Wayne,
Meridian,
Okalona,
Washington,
Shongalo,
Emory,
Lafayette,
Neshoba,
Louisville,
Union,
Amite,
Tallahatchie,
Enterprise,
Carthage,
Ripley,
New "Albany,
Mt, Carmel,
George W ashington,
Pattern,
Bethesda,
Wright,
Baldwyn,
Shubuta,
Panola,
Eureka,
G. W, Perkins,
Dover,
Chickasaw,
Rienzi,
Brandon,
Scooba,
John Hebron,
DentH, Miles,
Ward Chapter,
Crystal Springs,
Winona,
Tampico,
Brookhaven,
S. H. Johnson,
Starkville,
Summerville,
Salem,
Cato,
Summit,
Centre Ridge,
Durant,
West Point,
McCounico
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52.
55.
56
57.
59.
60.
61.
63.
64.
65.
66.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73
77.
78
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
83.
85
89.
90.
93.
94.
95.
96.
nr.
.Dues 1870 52 00
.Dues 1870 18 00
.Dues 1870 54 00
.Dues 1870 21 00
.Dues 1870 24 00
.Dues 1870 33 00
.Dues 1870 42 00
.Dues 1870 17 00
.Dues 1870 * 41 00
.Dues 1870 23 00
.Dues 1870 24 00
.Dues 1870 35 00
.Dues 1870 39 00
.Balance 1869 9 00
Dues 1870 43 00
.Dues 1870 40 00
Dues 1870 50 00
Dues 1870 31 00
.Ledger balance, 4 00
.Due's 1870 36 00
.Dues 1869 25 00
.Dues 1870 31 00
.Dues 1870 32 00
.Dues 1870 54 00
.Dues 1870 28 00
.Dues 1867, 1868, and 1869 42 00
.Dues 1870 35 00
.Dues 1870 48 00
.Dues 1870 19 00
.Dues 1870 51 00
.On account.. 127 50
.On account,equivalent to mileage 37 80
.Dues 1870 34 00
Dues 1870 44 00
.Dues 1870 53 00
.Dues 1870 20 00
.Dues 1870 59 00
.Dues 1870 32 00
.Dues 1870 36 00
.Dues 1870 27 00
.Dues 1870 34 00
.Dues 1870 27 00
.Dues 1870 41 00
.Dues 1870 18 00
.Dues 1870 16 00
.Dues 1870 29 00
.Dues 1870 56 00
.Dues 1870 55 00
Dues 1870 60 00
.Dues 1870 18 00
.Dues 1870 30 00
.Dues 1870 23 00
.Dues 1870 38 00
.Dues 1869 24 00
.Dues 1870 22 00
.Dues 1870 (in part) 29 00
.Dues 1870 27 00
.Dues 1870 40 00
.Dues 1870 3/ 00
.Dues 1S70 2o < >
.Dues 1S70 & W
.Dues 1870 00 00
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1871. Dr.
R. W. Paine, Chapter ISTo. 97 Dues 1870 15 00
McDonald, " 98. .Dues 1870 27 00
Attala, u 100. .Dues 1870 : 16 00
Coffeeville, " 101. .Dues 1870 43 00
Shongalo, "• 30. .Balance on 1870 2 00
Columbus, " 4. .Balance on 1870 3 00
Comp, J, Meyer, (non-affiliate) 5 00
Greenwood Chapter, U.D. .Dispensation 90 00
Total receipts $2,886 30
CR.
By sundry payments to Grand Treasurer $2,886 30
On motion of Comp. James Watts, it was
Resolved, That the report of the Grand Secretary he referred to a special
committee of three.
The M.*. E. •. Grand High Priest appointed as said committee
Comps. James Watts, A. J. Lewis, and John A. Galbreath.
Comp. A. P. Barry presented his Report as Grand Treasurer, which
was received and referred to the Committee on Finance:
REPORT OF GRAND TREASURER.
A. P. BARRY, Grand Treasurer,
Iu Account with Grand Chapter.
1871. DR.
April 22—To amount received from Grand Secretary $2,114 60
1873.
Jan. 17—To amount received from Grand Secretary 77170
$2,886 30
1871. CR.
Jan. 19—By balance due Grand Treasurer, as per last
report $ 263 5S
April 22—By cash on pay-roll 2,040 60
April 22—By cash to M. Cook 38 00
April 22—By cash to W. H. Carkeet, $20 and $14 34 00
1873.
Jan, 18—By cash on postage 67 60
Jan. 18—By cash to J. L. Power (part salary) 141 60
Jan. 18—By cash to Power & Barksdale . 561 50
Jan. 18—Commissions on $2,850 30 72 13—$3,219 01
Balance due Grand Treasurer $333 71
To the M.'. E--. <?•'. R.'- A.\ Chapter of Mississippi:
I herewith respectfully submit the above account, with accompanying
vouchers, showing a correct statement of your funds in my hands for the
current year,
A. P. BARRY, Grand Treasurer.
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grand chapter
The M. \ E. \ Grand High Priest appointed the fallowing
committees:
Complaints and Appeals—A. J. Lewis, D. Mitchell, J. O. Lusher,
Finance—E. Geo, DeLap, John T. Buck, R- B. Brannin.
Unfinished Business—J. E. Rogers, J. S. Jones, B. S. Trice.
Subordinate Chapters—R. B. Mayes, C. F. Merrick, Bythel Haynes.
Visiting Companions—W. D. Ferriss, V, H. Fugate, E. C. Bolton.
Dispensations and Charters—W. D. Ferriss, John Nelson, L. M. New.
Comp. W. D. Ferriss, from the Committee on Chapters U. D., pre-
sented the following report, which was received and adopted:
To the Mr. E.\ Grand Boyal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Chapters Under Dispensation beg leave to report that
we have examined the proceedings of Greenwood Royal Arch Chapter, and
find them correct, and recommend that a charter be granted-
Respecfully submitted,
W. D- FERRISS,
For Committee.
The Grand Chapter was called from labor to refreshment until 7
o'clock p. m.
seven o'clock p. m.
The Grand Chapter was called from refreshment to labor.
Comp. E. Geo. DeLap submitted the following report, which was
received and adopted:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Boyal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Finance Committee, to whom was referred the Annual Report and
Account Current of the Grand Treasurer, respectfully submit that we have
carefully examined the same, and find it correct.
Fraternally submitted,
E. GEO. DeLAP, Chairman.
Comp. A. Webb offered the following, which was adopted :
Whereas, The charter of Marshall Chapter, No. 40, held at North Mt,
Pleasant, Marshall countjT, having become mutilated and partially destroyed,
therefore,
Besolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to duplicate the same
at the expense of said Marshall Chapter, No. 40.
On motion of Comp. Watts, the vote making the Report on Foreign
Correspondence .the special order for to-night, was reconsidered, and
the report ordered to be spread upon the minutes.
On motion of Comp. Howry, the motion of Comp. Watts was recon-
sidered, with a view to a recommitment of the report to the committee.
And upon his further motion, the report was recommitted.
On motion of Comp. Galbreath, the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Correspondence was allowed until to-morrow morning at 9
o'clock to submit his report.
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On motion of Comp. John A. Galbreath, the following Regulation
of the Grand Chapter was repealed :
5. Representatives composing the Grand Chapter shall wear the appro-
priate jewel of their office during its session.
On motion of Comp. W. D. Ferriss, the Grand Chapter proceeded
to the election of officers for the ensuing year—Comps. B. B. Paddock
and L. C. Prather being appointed as tellers.
Comp. H. C.Robinson was elected Grand High Priest.
Comp. J. S, Jones, Deputy Grand High Priest.
Pending election for Grand King, the Grand Chapter was called off
until to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock.
SECOND DAY.
Friday, January 19, 1872.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 9 o'clock a. m.
On motion of Comp. Ferriss, the further election of officers was post-
poned until 3 o'clock p. m.
Comp. Patton again presented the Report on Foreign Correspond-
ence, pending the reading of which—
The Committee on Report of Grand Secretary presented, by leave,
their report, which, having been read,
On motion of Comp. Fearn, the report was received, and the further
consideration thereof postponed until the report of the Committee on
Finance shall have been submitted.
The reading of the Report on Foreign Correspondence was resumed,
and after considerable progress made therein,
On motion of Comp. J. S. Jones, the report was received and the
further reading dispensed with.
After some discussion and sundry motions in reference to the Report
of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, the Grand Chapter
deemed it inexpedient to publish the same with the proceedings of this
Convocation.
Comp. J. F. Arnold offered the following:
Resolved, That a permanent Order of High Priesthood be organized during
the present Convocation of this Grand Chapter.
mid. That a committee of three Annointed High Priests be appointed by
the Grand Council to organize said Order of High Priesthood.
8d. That the proceedings of said Order of High Priesthood be published
With the printed proceedings of thi3 Grand Chapter.
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GRAND CHAPTER
On motion of Com p. Howry, the resolutions were referred to a Com-
mittee of Annointed High Priests—the Grand High Priest appointing
as said Committee, Companions Jas. M. Howry, Wm. Cothran, W.
D. Ferriss, Jas. Watts and W. S. Patton.
The Committee on Unfinished Business presented the following re-
port, which was received:
To the M.\ E. \ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi :
Your Committee on Unfinished Business find on page 25 printed proceed-
ings, 1871, the following:
Resolved, That See. 1, Art. 5, of the Constitution be so amended as to make
the fees to the Grand Chapcer for each exaltation in a Subordinate Chapter,
five dollars instead of two dollars, as it now is.
On page 27, same Proceedings, your Committee find the following: " The
Committee to prepare an expression relative to the death of Comp. John
W. Timberlake, Past Grand King, asked and obtained leave to present the
same at the next Grand Annual Convocation."
Respectfully submitted,.
J. E. ROGERS,
J. S. JONES,
B, S. TRICE.
Committee,
Comp. Jas. M. Howry offered the following resolutions, which were
adopted:
Whereas, The increase of Royal Arch Chapters, and the consequent in-
crease of R.\ A.-. Masons, and the growing interest manifested by the craft
generally throughout the United States in regard to law, usage, work,
finance, aud the means of dispensing light throughout our general jurisdic-
tion; and
Whkreas, This growth necessarily requires our Committees on Foreign
Correspondence to expend much labor and time, in research and prepara-
tion of their annual reports, which are, as it would seem, too cumbrous and
long, to be read by the body of R.\ A/. Masons, and with a desire that the
matter in these interesting reports be made available and profitable, there-
fore.
Resolved, That in future, the Standing Committee on Foreign Corres-
pondence, be advised and requested to condense the matter annually pre-
sented by them in the smallest practicable space—omitting all local referen-
ces—as much of the routine business of the Grand Chapters as possible, and
reporting only such matters and questions which are calculated to excite
general interest and demands on Grand Chapter for action or concurrence:
Resolved, That said Committees be advised to make a tabular statementof
the Grand Chapters, with the Grand and Deputy Grand High Priests and
Grand Secretaries, and time and place of their Annual Convocations, with
whom this Grand Chapter is in communication.
Resolved, That said Committee be earnestly requested to use such skill
as they can employ on their annual reports as in their judgment may
accomplish the desires of this Grand Chapter.
Comp. Chas. Murphy offered the following resolution, which was
adopted :
Resolved, That the Reports on Foreign Correspondence made to the Grand
Chapter of Mississippi, and published with the Annual Proceedings, are to
be received and held as the work and opinions of the Committee only, and
not to be taken as reflecting the opinions or decisions of the Grand Chap-
ter—especially on subjects of Masonic Law.
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On motion of Comp. DeLap, the report of the Finance Committee
was taken up ; when, on motion of Comp. Watts, it was ordered that
said report he made the first special order after the election of officers
this p. m.
Com. Watts, from the Committee on the Address of the M. \ E. *.
Grand High Priest, presented the following report:
To the M.E. \ Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee appointed upon the address of the M.*. E.- Grand High
Priest, beg leave to report that they have carefully examined the same, and
would respectfully suggest that the same be referred to the following Com-
mittees:
1st. That so much of the same as refers to the General Grand Chapter of
the United States—and the resolutions of the General Grand Chapter, be
referred to the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence.
2d. That so much of the same as refers to the financial condition of the
Grand Chapter, be referred to the Committee on Finance.
3d. That so much as refers to the Masonic Temple, be referred to the Com-
mittee on Masonic Temple.
4th. That so much as refers to the death of Comp. Past G.\ II.\ P.". Giles
M. Hillyer, and other Companions recently deceased, be referred to a special
Committee of three.
5th. That so much as refers to the Grand Lecturer be referred to the Com-
mittee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence.
6th. That so much as refers to the appointment of Representatives to other
Grand Bodies, be referred to a special Committee of three,
JAS. WATTS,
For Committee.
The report having been received and agreed to, the M. *. E.\ Grand
High Priest appointed the following
committees :
Deceased Companions:-^-E. T, Henry, Geo. R. Fearn and J. F. Arnold.
Grand Representatives:—J. M, Howry, J. S. Jones and H. Denio.
On motion of Gomp. Henry, the Committee on Deceased Companions
was allowed to prepare their report at any time before the proceedings
were ready for the press.
On motion of Comp. Fearn, it was
Resolved, That hereafter, it shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary to
forward a copy of the proceedings of the Grand Chapter to each of its Rep-
resentatives near the other Grand Bodies.
The Grand Chapter, at 1 o'clock, was called from labor to refresh-
ment until 2 1-2 o'clock p. m.
2 1-2 o'clock p. m.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor.
Present as before, with the addition of Comp. J. S. Hoskins, H. \
P.*. Brookhaven Chapter, No. 81.
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GRAND CHAPTER
On motion of Comp. Arnold, it was
Besolved, That the Twenty-fifth Annual Convocation of the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi be held immediately after the next
Annual Convocation of the M.\ W.*. Grand Lodge of Mississippi, and at the
same place.
The hour for the special order having arrived,—to-wit: the election
of Grand Officers—the Grand Chapter resumed the election, when the
following additional Grand Officers were duly chosen :
T.C.Everett Yaiden Grand King.
John T. Buck Jackson Grand Scribe»
J. E. Rogers Ripley Grand Chaplain.
A. P. Barry Martinsville Grand Treasurer.
J. L. Power Jackson Grand Secretary.
Heman Denio Yicksburg Grand Captain Host.
B. S. Trice Yerona Grand Principal Sojourner.
Jas. T. Pant Holly Springs Grand Royal Arch Captain.
G. M. Shaw Enterprise Grand Master 3d Vail.
Dent H. Miles Satartia Grand Master 2d Yail.
G. A. Spivey Winona Grand Master 1st Yail.
W. H. Carkeet Natchez Grand,Tyler.
On mo,tion of Comp. Watts, the Grand Chapter proceeded to the
election 01 Grand Lecturer, for the ensuing term of four years—which
resulted in the election of Comp. Morris Cook.
Comp. Howry, from the Committee on Grand Kepresentatives, sub-
mitted the following report, which was received and agreed to:
report of committee on the appointment of representatives to otheb
grand bodies.
To the M. \ E. \ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee respectfully report that they have had under considera-
tion the subject of the propriety and expediency of inaugurating a system of
fraternal intercourse between this and other Grand Chapters in the United
States, by appointing annually a Representative of this Grand Body, near
the Grand Chapter of each State and Territory of the United States.
A partial system has been in operation for some years, but it has not an-
swered the objects designed by the appointment of such Representatives to
all the Grand Chapters, nor has this Grand Chapter received such Represen-
tatives except in a few instances.
Your Committee are of opinion that the interchange of fraternal courte-
sies which the system proposed will most assuredly inaugurate among the*
members of the Grand Jurisdictions, are eminently calculated to promote the
growth of friendship, and unite more closely the bonds of love between the
Companions.
Your Committee recommend that the Grand High Priest be authorized
and requested to appoint an intelligent Royal Arch "Mason as a Grand Rep^
resentative near each Grand Royal Arch Chapter in the United States and
Territories thereof at each Grand Annual Convocation, to be commissioned
as such.
Your Committee herewith present a form of Commission which this Grand
Chapter is authorized to use, when such Representatives are appointed,
and the M.*. E.\ Grand High Priest and Grand Secretary are authorized
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to sign and with the seal thereto attached, to forward such representa-
tion.
Your Committee express the hope that our sister Grand Chapters will
reciprocate the courtesy proposed.
Respectfully submitted,
J. M. HOWRY,
J, S. JONES,
H. DENIO,
Committee.
An account in favor of the Grand Tyler, amounting to 12 05, for
servant hire, coal and lights, was presented and allowed.
On motion, the report of the Committee on Unfinished Business was
taken from the table; and the following proposed Amendment to the
Constitution, having been read, to-wit:
Amend Sec. 1, Art. 5, of the Constitution, so as to make the fee to the
Grand Chapter for each Exaltation in a Subordinate Chapter, the sum of
five dollars, instead of two dollars as it now is ;
The Grand Chapter proceeded to vote upon the same by a call of
Chapters, resulting in 107 votes in the affirmative and 112 votes in the
negative ; and the said proposed Constitutional Amendment, not hav-
ing received the " approbation of two-thirds of the members present,"
was declared duly rejected.
The Grand Chapter, at 6 1-2 oclock, was called from labor to refresh-
ment until 7 1-2 o'clock, p. m.,
7 1-2 o'clock, p. m.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor, and proceeded to the considera-
tion of the report of Committee on Grand Secretary's Report; and the
same having been considered by paragraphs, the following propositions
(some presented by the Committee, and others as substitutes) were
adopted by the Grand Chapter:
1st. That the Account Current of Grand Secretary was found to be correct.
2d. That in view of the financial embarrassments of the Grand Chapter,
and in consideration of reduced rates of fare on the railroads, Representa-
tives remit one-fourth of the Constitutional allowance of mileage.
3d. That Sec-1, of Art. 1, of the Constitution be so amended as to make the
fee to the Grand Chapter for each Exaltation in a Subordinate Chapter, the
sum of three dollars, instead of two dollars as it now is, and for each mem-
ber the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, instead of one dollar as it now is.
4th. That the Report on Foreign Correspondence be not published with
the Proceedings until otherwise ordered; but that in the meantime, the
Chairman of said Committee shall prepare a report, and submit the same
annually to the Grand Chapter, and that he shall receive for his services the
sum of seventy-five dollars per annum.
5th, That a Committee be appointed—to consist of the Grand High Priest,
Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary—to confer with the Grand Lodge rela-
tive to the indebtedness of the Grand Chapter thereto.
6th. That, as a means of enabling the Grand Chapter speedily to meet its
most pressing obligations, the several Subordinate Chapters be requested to
make a voluntary contribution to the Grand Chapter to the amount of
fifty cents for each.member, within the next sixty days.
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7th, That owing; to the financial condition of the Grand Chapter, it is
deemed inexpedient to comply with the request of the Grand Chapter in
reference to dues from State Grand Chapters to the General Grand Body.
The Grand Chapter declined to adopt the recommendation of Grand
Secretary to dispense for the present, with the publication of the names
of members of Subordinate Chapters.
Comp. Mayes, from the Committee on Subordinate Chapters present*
ed the following:
MAJORITY REPORT.
To the M.*. AV- Grand Boyal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee on Subordinate Chapters, having considered so much of
the Report of the Grand Secretary as was referred to them, beg leave to
report that the following Chapters, by a failure to settle their arrears, for
dues, have forfeited their right to work, namely: Carthage Chapter, No. 46;
Vernon Chapter, No. 19; Raymond Chapter, No. 20; Charles Scott Chapter,
No. 35; Zenith Chapter, No. 54; Byhalia Chapter, No. 68; Harvey Gunning
Chapter, No-84; Meadville Chapter, No. 86; Stonewall Chapter, No, 87;
Westville Chapter, No. S8. Your Committee join the Grand Secretary in
recommending that the charters of these Chapters be formally declared
forfeited.
Several other delinquent Chapters have given reason to hope that their
dues will be paid if further time be allowed. Your Committee therefore
recommend that ninety days be allowed the following Chapters for the
settlement of their dues in arrears: Meridian Chapter, No. 25; Palo Alto
Chapter, No. 53; Euclid Chapter, No. 67; Walnut Grove Chapter, No. 75;
and Corinth Chapter, No. 76.
Your Committee are of opinion that the exaltation of five Companions^
bv Walker Chapter,No. 28, was irregular and improper; but that the Chap-
ter acted under a misapprehension of the action of the General Grand
Chapter, with reference to substitutes. Your Committee undeistand the
resolution of that Body to decide that the use of substitutes is not a viola-
tion of Masonic obligations, and to permit, but not require, State Grand
Chapters to authorize the use of substitutes in exaltation. Your Committee
recommend that this Grand Chapter, not availing itself of this permission,
shall adhere to its resolution prohibiting the use of substitutes in the Chap-
ters under its jurisdiction.
Your Committee deem it important that the returns of Chapters be trans-
mitted as soon as possible to the Grand Secretary; but think that it maybe,
in many cases, impracticable to transmit them so that they shall reach his
office during the first week in January. They, therefore, recommend the
adoption of a regulation requiring the Secretaries of Subordinate Chapters
to transmit the annual returns of their respective Chapters so early that
they shall reach the office of the Grand Secretary by the 10th of January.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
R B.MAYES,
BYTHELL HAYNES.
MINORITY REPORT.
Comp. C. F. Merrick, from same Committee, submitted the follow-
ing Minority Report:
The undersigned agrees with the majority on all of said report except to
so much as refers to substitutes- The General Grand Chapter of the United
States haying, by a vote of three to one, decided that the use of substitutes
is not unmasonic, and the probability of the several State Grand Chapters
coinciding therein ; and further, the great injury done Royal Arch Masonry
by depriving many worthy candidates from receiving the degree—from the
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difficulty that arises to get together a class of three, and desiring that this
Grand Chapter should act in accordance with the expressed views of the
General Grand Chapter, I recommend the adoption of the following resolu-
tion. Respectfully submitted.
C. F. MERRICK.
Resolved, That this Grand Chapter permits the use of substitutes in the
Royal Arch Degree, but earnestly recommend that said permission be exer-
cised only in cases of emergency, of which the presiding officer of each
Chapter shall be the judge.
On motion, the foregoing reports were received, and the Majority
Report adopted, except so far as it relates to the use of substitutes.
On motion of Comp. A. J. Lewis, the Minority Report was adopted.
On motion of Comp. A. J. Lewis, it was
Resolved, That this Grand Chapter hails with great pleasure the propo-
sition of Companions Murphy and Power to publish the Masonic Tablet,
and fully endorsing the well established reputation of these Companions,
we most cheerfully recommend The Tablet to the patronage of the Craft
wheresoever dispersed.
On motion of Comp. Wm. S. Patton, it was
Resolved, That the sum of twenty-five dollars be appropriated to Comp.
"VV. H. Carkeet for his services as Grand Tyler at this Convocation,
On motion of Comp. James Watts, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are eminently due, and
are hereby tendered, to the citizens of Holly Springs for the liberal reeep-
tion and warm hospitality extended the members of this Grand Chapter.
On motion of Comp. Watts, it was
Resolved, That in consideration of the services rendered by Comp. Patton,
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, he be allowed the
sum of one hundred dollars for the past year.
On motion of Comp. R. P. Bowen, it was unanimously
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due, and are hereby
tendered, our Past Grand High Priest, Chas. T. Bond, for the impartial and
dignified manner in which he has presided over us at this Grand Convo-
cation.
On motion of Comp. R. B. Paddock, it was
Resolved, That Comp. Charles T. Murphy, Chairman of the Committee on
Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, be allowed per diem and mileage for his
attendance on present Convocation.
On motion of Comp. Watts, it was
Resolved, That Grand Officers, not representing Chapters at this Grand
Convocation, be allowed mileage and per diem.
The various officers elect of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter were
then duly installed into their respective stations and places—M. \ E. \
Chas. T. Bond installing his successor, M. *. E. *. H. C. Robinson, and
the latter installing the other Orand Officers.
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grand chapter.
The M. \ E. \ Grand High Priest appointed the following commit-
tees, to serve until the next Annual Convocation:
Masonic Law and Jurisprudence—T. S. Gathright, C. T. Murphy, R. B.
Mayes.
Foreiun Correspondence—H, W. Walter, E. Geo. DeLap, J. L. Power.
No further business appearing, the M. \ E. \ Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of the State of Mississippi was then closed, in due and Ample
Form, after prayer by the M. \ Rev. Grand Chaplain.
H. C. ROBINSON,
Attest: J. L. Power, Grand High Priest.
Grand Secretary.
I hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a true and perfect
record of the proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Mississippi at its Grand Annual Convocation in the City of
Holly Springs, on the 18th and 19th days of January, A. D. 1872.
In Witness Whereof, I have here-
unto attached my official signa-
ture, and the Seal of the Grand
Chapter, this 1st day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1872.
Grand Secretary.
RETURNS OF CHAPTERS.
NATCHEZ CHATTER, No. 1—Natchez, Adams County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Robert S. Dixon, h. p.; Samuel Ullman, k., George J. Dicks,
s.; E. George DeLap, c. of h.; H. C. Mayer, p. s.; Charles Katze, r. a. c.; H. Sil-
verburg, m. 3d v., W. G. Benbrook, m. 2d v.; C. H. Keim, m. 1st v.; Gus J. Bahin,
Treasurer; W. H. Stewart, Secretary; W. H. Carkeet, Tyler.
Past High Priests—A. H. Kendrick, F. F. Fowler, Charles F. Merrick, Jacob
Peebles.
Members—Alphonse Bahin, John C. Baker, P. A. Barker, George M. Brown,
J. W. Charles, A. V. Davis, William Dix, James Dixon, C. F. Farrar, James S.
Gaynor, Gus Haase, James Hardie, John S. Holt, J. S. King, Q. J. King, W. M.
Lee, M. Lemle, J. Lengsfield, T. W. Leonard, Gus Lewis, W. T. Martin, S. A.
Mason, Simon Mayer, Ad. Meyer, T. Q. Munce, Zenas Preston, J. Q. Profilet,
Henry Ray, G. B. Rocca, T. H. L. Smith, J. J. Smokey, John Smyth, D. G.
Smythe, S. M. Stewart, Benjamin Wade—Total, 51.
Died—Giles M. Hillyer, p. g. h. p. and p. h. p., J. H. Sharpe, Dan'l Scharffe—3.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Charles W. Belcher—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $51 00
Officers, 1872.
G. Haase M. 3d V.
C. F. Merrick H. P.
S. Ullman K.
A. Bahin S.
E. George DeLap C. of H.
H. C. Mayer P. S.
C. H. Keim R. A. C.
II. Silverburg M. 2d V.
G. B. Rocca M. 1st V.
Gus J. Bahin Treasurer.
W. H. Stewart Secretary.
W. H. Carkeet Tyler.
CLINTON CHATTER, No. 3—Tort Gibson, Claiborne County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—James A. Gage, h. p.; Louis T. Newman, k.; Philip Bethea
(dead), s.; James Wylie, c. of h.; G. W. Naason, p. s.; C. H. Barrot, r. a. c.; John
G. Hastins, jr., m. 3d v.; J. 0. Ingram (dead), m. 2d v.; John G. Jones, m. 1st v.;
William B. Fulkerson, Treasurer; Julian L. Foote, Secretary; C. G. Chappell,
Tyler.
Members—J. W. Andrews, Thomas J. Aby, R. F. Gordon, J. E. Barrett, Wm. P.
Hughes, J. A. B. Jones, J. J. Kirkbride, A. J. Lewis, W. C. McCaleb, John V.
McPherson, W. D. Sprott, William McD. Sims, J. H. Vaughan, Frank H. Foote,
L. P. Williams, Stephen Thrasher—Total, 28.
Exalted—J. J. Kirkbride, Stephen Thrasher, Frank IL. Foote—3.
Died—Philip Bethea, J. O. Ingram—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—W. E. Hall, Charles McDougal—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $32 00
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James Wylie H. P.
James A. Gage K.
Thomas J. Aby S.
Stephen Thrasher C. of H.
Andrew J. Lewis P. S.
J. J. Kirkbride R. A. C.
i, 1872:
John G Hastings, jr M. 3d V.
Claude H. Barott M. 2d V.
William P. Hughes M. 1st V.
Louis T. Newman Treasurer.
Julian L. Foote Secretary.
Frank H. Foote Tyler.
TICKSBURG CHAPTER, No. 3—Viclsslmrg, Warren Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—John W. Powell, h. p.; William French, k.; W. L. Coakley
(suspended), s.; J. F. Templeton, a of h.; W. M. Chamberlin, p. s.; Jacob Strauss,
r. a. c.; William Murray, m. 3d v.; D. Campbell, m. 2d v.; W. McD. Meggett, m.
1st v.; F. R. Turley, Treasurer; C. E.Thomas, Secretary; F. Wood, p. h. p., Tyler.
Past High Priests—E. T. Henry, Thomas J. Harper, B. Springer, E. Gram-
mer, W. A. Fairchild.
Members—W. W. Allein, Jno. Allen, M. Bodenheim, J. Bazsinsky, E. T. Butts,
T. G. Bircliett, Thomas J. Baker, M. Brown, T. C. Catchings, William Clague, H.
Denio, C. Eisleffel, John Flanagan, U. French, Thomas J. Finney, J. E. Forney,
C. E. Furlong, H. H. Goodrum,' W. S. Goodrum, J. W. Gray, J. L. Herman,
Thomas Hackett, L. Hornthall, H. Hendren, H. J. Herrick, A. L. Jaquith,
W. C. Johnson, B. Jones, D. W. Keene, Fred. Kaizer, A. Kuhn, C. S. Knapp, L.
M. Loenberg, W. IV. Lord, N. Levi, Charles Lehman, Simon Lewis, W. G. Moore,
Oliver Matthews, J. D. Miles, John Murphy, H. E. O'Reilly, A. M. Paxton, W. G.
Paxton, F. Piazza, Julius Pohl, David Rice, R. Richardson, Thomas Rigby, A. G.
Russell, David Rigby, F. A. Scanlan, J. Shlinker, S. Stein, Philip Spengler, W.
J. Smith, Gerard Stit.es, E. M. Scott, Amos Tappan, Theo. Tonell, W. D. Wilson,
A. Winstin, E. W. Wallein, U. F. Wilcox, S. H~. Young—Total, 82.
Exalted—T. G. Birchett, C. E. Furlong, J. W. Gray, Hardy Hendren, W. G.
Paxton, A. G. Russell—6.
Affiliated—J. B. Lindsey, W. J. Smith—2.
Dimitted—R. R. Holmes—1.
Died—J. S. Grammer, J. B. Lindsey, J. F. Templeton—3.
Suspended (for unmasonic conduct)—A. J. Dirr, W. L. Coakley—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Jacob Adler, M. H. Dixon, E. J. Mc-
Garr, D. N. Moody, W. Y. McCray, Jacob Rothschild, G. P. Theobald, Laz.
Weil—8.
Dues to Grand Chapter $93 00
Officers, 1872:
John W. Powell H. P.
James W. Gray K.
Oliver Matthews S.
William Murray ....C. of H.
Thomas J. Baker ) P. S.
James L. Herman R. A. C.
W. G. Paxton M. 3d V.
T. G. Birchett....) M. 2d V.
A. G. Russell M. 1st V.
W. A. Fairchild Treasurer.
C. E. Thomas Secretary.
F. Wood Tyler.
COLUMBUS CHAPTER, No. 4—Coliunlras, Lowndes County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Friday of each month.
Officers, 1871—George T. Stainback, h. p.; Nelson Reynolds, k.; Alex. Pole-
man, s.; Robert L. Morris, c. of h.; Nathaniel E. Goodwin, p. s.; Wm. A. Moore,
r. a. c.; Joseph E. Leigh, m. 3d v., S. C. Munger, m. 2d v.; C. Lee Lincoln, m. 1st
v.; Gid W. Cox, Treasurer; Joseph H. Stevens, Secretary; Ed. F. Kemp, Tyler.
Members—A. H. Barkley, S. A. Brown, Ira M. Boswell, Lansing Beman, Wm.
Cady, sr., James H. Curtis, Henry E. Cox, Jeremiah H. Cason. George Frazee,
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L. L. Goodrich, J. E. Harvey, Arthur C. Halbert, Abram S.Humphries, William
W. Humphries, sr., John P. fcreclcer, Alfred W. Kidd, Robert E. Lanier, Samuel
M. Meek, John N. Mullen, Fenton M. McCabe, Robert F. Matthews, John A.
Martin, James W. Prowell, D. D. L. Quinn, Albert G. Ramsey, Gabriel Shirley,
L. M. Tucker, Isaac B. Tyler, B. A. Vaughan, James Whitfield—Total, 42.
Exalted—J. A. Martin, Isaac B. Tyler, B. A. Yaughan—8.
Affiliated—Lansing Beman, Jeremiah H. Cason—2.
Reinstated—A. W. Feemster, Arthur C. Halbert, Allen C. Oxford—3.
Dimitted—Thomas Christian, A. W. Feemster, B. F. Larrabee, A. C. Oxford—4.
Died—William T. Symons—1.
Suspended (lor non-payment of dues)—E. C. Eggleston, E. B. Ward, Jones L.
Williams—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $48 00
Officers, 1872:
G. T. Stainback H. P.
N. Reynolds K.
A. Poleman S.
Lansing Beman C. of H.
C. L. Lincoln P. S.
William A. Moore R. A. C.
R. L. Morris M. 3d V.
B. A. Vaughan M. 2d V.
A. G. Ramsey M. 1st V.
Gid W. Cox Treasurer.
Joseph H. Stevens Secretary.
D. D. L. Quinn Tyler.
WILSON CSS A 5" Til It, No. 5—Holly Springs, Marshall Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Tuesday in each month.
Officers, 1871—H. H. Fields, h. p.; E. W. Upshaw, k.: W. L. Bledsoe, s.; Jas.
T. Fant, c. of h.; I. E. Levy, p. s • E. J. Wilkerson, r. a.'c.; W. E. Miller, m. 3d
v.; L. C. Abbott, m. 2d v.; Clem. Read, m. 1st v.; J. J. Gately (dead), Treasurer;
H. C. Cory, Secretary; T. B. Parker, Tyler.
Members—J. H. Anderson, J. B. Armistead, W. Caldwell, W. W. Clayton,
William Clark, W. M. Compton, A. Cunningham, S. E. Carey, W. R. Cox, J. R.
Denty, H. Falconer, F. M. Ferrell, J. M. Farrington, Thomas A. Falconer, Samuel
Frank, R. M. Glover, Thomas Gregg, W. L.Jones, T. D. Jones, J. B. Johnson,
Calvin Julian, Ed. Lea, William Long, T. J. Manuel, N. B. Munn, D. B. Mathews,
J. S. McRaven, Robert McGowan, H. P. Meginson, J. R. McCarroll, J. H. Mc-
Clatchy, T. J. Malone, J. P. Norfleet, U. II. Ross, R. S. Stith, R. B. West, W. W.
Wallace, H. W. Walter, P. A. Willis, H. Winborn—Total, 52.
Affiliated—T. S. Malone, J. R. Denty—2.
Reinstated—William Long—1.
Dimitted—A. C. McKissack, Samuel Weiner, Stephen Gregg, Randolph Mott,
A. M. Barrington —5.
Died—J. J. Gately, W. H. Bishop—2,
Dues to Grand Chapter $51 00
Officers, 1872;
H. H. Fields.... H. P.
E. W. Upshaw R-
B. D. Mathews S.
James T. Fant C. of H.
L. C. Abbott S.
W. E. Miller R- A. C.
Clem. Read M. 3d V.
Howard Falconer M. 2d V.
R. B. West M. 1st V.
U. H. Ross Treasurer.
H. C. Cory Secretary.
T. B.Parker Tyler.
JACKSON CHAPTER, No. «—Jackson, Hinds Connty.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday of |each month.
Owtcers 1871—John T. Buck. h. p.; Isydore Strauss, k.; Oliver Clifton, s.; R.
D. Hardy, c. of h.; J. A. Hackett, p. s.; Robert Bradley, r. a. c.; John A. Gal-
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RETURNS OF
breath, jr., m. 3d v.; George S. Green, m. 2d v.; Henry Strauss, M. 1st v.; H. M.
Taylor, Treasurer; Edward Steinberg, Secretary; John M. Cain, Tyler.
Members—Mat. F. Ash, S. P. Baley, P. T. Baley, E. Bloom, John W. Burnett,
W. J. Brown, sr., W. J. Brown, jr., Harris Barksdale, W. C. Crane, B. F. Com-
fort, William Evans, William M. Gillaspie, I. F. Herrington, James A. Horne, A.
J. Herrod, Benjamin G. Humphries, Frank B. Hull, C. Johnson, George Lem-
on, B. T. Ligon, H. Levi, John Martz, Carter H. Moore, R. F. McGill, Charles
McDonnell, John Nelson, Austin Neeley, T. N. Norrell, John P. Norvell, J. L.
Power, Murray Peyton, Thomas Palmer, A. Robbins, Sol. Schwartz, George A.
Smythe, R. L. Saunders, W. J. Seaman, W. B. Taylor, W. L. Ware, D. H. Wallace,
B. H. Whitfield, James R. Yerger, George S. Yerger—Total, 55.
Affiliated—John P. Norvell, Murray Peyton, D. H. Wallace—3.
Dimitted—E. F. Hatch—1.
Died—Henry C. Tapley, S. Zehnder—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—R. M. Davidson, John H. Echols, Wm.
H. Johnson, D. P. Porter—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter $55 00
Officers, 1872:
D. H. Wallace M. 3d M.
Edward Steinberg M. 2d V.
E. Bloom M. 1st V.
H. M. Taylor Treasurer.
John Nelson H. P.
John A. Galbreath, jr K.
W. J. Seaman S.
Charles McDonnell C. of H.
Henry Levi P. S.
John P. Norvell R. A. C.
Isydore Strauss Secretary.
John M. Cain Tyler.
MAGNOLIA CHAPTER, No. 7—Brownsville, Hinds County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday of each month.
Officers 1871—J. J. Birdsong, h. p.; M. T. Anderson, k.; G. J. Hulmne, s.;
J. G. Sparrow, g. of h.; J. H. McDowell, p. s.; M. Hamberlin, r. a. c.; J. A.
Glover, m. 3d v.; B. W. Trotter, m. 2d v.; AY. H. Trotter, m. 1st v.; W. S. Elkins,
Treasurer; J. B. Robertson, Secretary; John Lorance, Tyler.
Members—A. B. Cates, Hezzie Casper, John Cavalier, T. C. England, G. W-
Farr, J. AY. Finley, J. J. Gold, G. H. Hall, AVm. Klengman, T.A.Mellon, W. T.
McClatchy, Charles Roberts, H. T. Sandidge, Thos. Taylor, B. R. Wells, Monroe
Hamberlin—Total, 28.
Dues to Grand Chapter $29 00
Officers, 1872:
J. G. Sparrow H. P.
G. J. Hulmne K.
J. A. Glover S.
M. T. Anderson C. of H.
J.J. Birdsong P. S
J. D. McConnell R. A. C.
G. T. Underhill M. 3d V.
W. H. Trotter M. 2d V.
J. H. McDowell M. 1st V.
B. W. Trotter Treasurer.
J. B Robertson .....Secretary.
John Lorance Tyler.
Note—The name of Comp. Theo. Lamb is not accounted for, and is hereby
added. Correct total 29.—G. Sec'y.
YAZOO CHAPTER, No. 8—Yazoo City, Yazoo County*
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday in each month.
Officers 1871—H. B. Kidd, h. p.; John O. Hunter, k.; Robert E. Craig, s., John
T. Heth, c. of h.; Richard L. Dunn, p. s.; Wm. W. Mangum, r. a. c.; C. Weslingi
m. 3d v.; Henry Haider, m. 3d v.; Wm. G. Delesdernier, m. 1st v.; Henry C. Tyler,
Treasurer; W. C. AYilliams, Secretary; Peter Lander, Tyler.
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Members—Robert Bowman, A. J. Collins, David J. Dunn, Francis Gary,
Hiram Harrison, Isaac H, Hunter, M. A. Jenkins, Seth H. Kellogg, Robert B.
Magee, L. McLaren, J. 0. Mobley, J. N. Ratcliffe, Abe Rosenthal, Joshua T.
Russell, Gustave Stern, Robert C. Shepherd, Harmon White, John C. Young—
Total, 30.
Died—Martin Friley—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $32 00
Officers, 1872:
R. L. Dunn H. P.
E. Schafer K.
Robert E. Craig S.
John T. Heth C. of H.
W. G. Delesdernier P. S.
Chas. H. Wesling... R. A, C.
J. O. Mobley M. 3d Y.
Henry Haider M.2d V.
David J. Dunn M. 1st V.
H. C. Tyler Treasurer.
W. C. Williams Secretary.
Peter Lander Tyler.
Note.—Emile Schafer and J. W. Purvis, in membership last report, are not
accounted for, and are, therefore, hereby added. Correct total 32.—Gr. Sec'y.
LEXINGTON CHAPTER, No. 9-Eexlngton, Holmes County.
Regular Convocations 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. C. Birkhead, h. p.; Wm. A. McMillian, k.; N. E. Whitehead,
s.; C. Oltenoerg, c. of h.; R. H. Baker, p. s.; T. T. Bates. r. a. c.; M. Levy, m. 3d v.;
Wm. F. Cole, m. 2d v.; F. C. Mercer, m. 1st v.; T. M. Sargent, Treasurer; J. Mar-
low, Secretary; B. M. Sheehy, Tyler.
Members—P.M. M.Alexander, David Allen, J. J. Baker, G. W. Cole, W. H.
Dyson, Wm. Eggleston, A. M. Green, J. W. Grace, F. E. Howell, W. D. Johnson,
Wirt Johnson, H. C. Keen, A. Schield, J. Southeimer, Sol. Southeimer, T. S.
Wright, Simon Stern—Total, 29,
Exalted—J.J. Baker, Simon Stern, H. C. Keen, Wirt Johnson, Wm. Eggles-
ton, David Allen—6.
Dues to Grand Chapter $42 CO
Officers, 1872:'
R. H. Baker H. P.
Wm. A. McMillian K.
J. Southeimer S.
W. F. Cole C. ofH.
J. J. Baker P. S.
N. E. Whitehead R. A. C.
Wm. Eggleston M. 3d Y.
T. T. Bates M.2d V.
C. Oltenberg M.lstY.
J. M. Sargent Secretary.
J. Marlow Secretary.
Sol. Southeimer Tyler.
CANTON CHAPTER, No. lO—Canton, Madison County,
Regular Convocations, 1st Monday in each month.
Officers 1871—J. M. Lewis, h. p.; J. T. Cameron, k.; A. M. Gurley, s.; W. J.
Cameron, c. of h.; J. W. Yeargain, p. s.; S. S. Shipp, r. a. c; J W Baughn,
M. 3d v.* A. Karpe, m. 2d v.; S. C. Witherspoon, m, 1st v.; M. B. Hesdorffer,
Treasurer; C. L. Gross, Secretary; V. Werner, Tyler. ■
Members-M. Bloomfield, W S Bailey, LeonBailey, S A Berry, F. M.
Baldwyn, Malcolm Cameron A. H. Cage, W. H. Cassell, L.B. Coffer, George
Ernest (ipn R Fearn, B. C. Gough, Duncan C. Green, Joseph Hart, T. L. Holli-
dav Peter Heiser, Moses Joel, D. C. Landers, Sam. Loeb, J. Q. Montgomery, J.
H konfort Jas. M. Mills, J. R. Powell, Wm. Priestly, John Preston, J. J.
Richards, R. C. Sanders, W. B. Stinson, A. W. Stanford, J. A. Simmons, Gyles
Hardee—Total, 43.
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Exalted—Sam. Loeb, John Preston, A. W. Stanford, Leon Bailey, S. A. Berry,
B. C. Gough, Peter Heiser, J. M. Mills, Gyles Hardee—9.
Reinstated—J. Q. Montgomery, J. A. Simmons—2.
Dimitted—K. C. Divine—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—C. B. Gallaway, John C. Cameron, ty.
E. Dancey, C. H. Dinkins, John Handy, A. McFarlane, J. T. Priestly—7,
Dues to Grand Chapter $G7 00—received $65 00
Officers, 1872:
J. T. Cameron H. P.
J. W. Yeargain K.
A. M. Gurley S.
W. J. Cameron C. of H.
S. S. Shipp P. S.
Joseph Hart R. A. C.
S. C. Witkerspoon M. 3d V.
B. C. Gough M. 2d V.
Leon Bailey M. 1st V.
M. B. Hesdorffer Treasurer.
Chas. L. Gross Secretary.
Peter Heiser..,.. Tyler.
MACON CHAPTER, No. 11—Macon, Noxubee County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday in each month.
Officers 1871—J. H. Mitchell, h. p.; J. C. Williams, k.; W.Graham, s.; L.
Holberg, c. of h.; J. J. Beauchamp, p. s.; M. B. Edwards, r. a. c.; C. Baker,
M. 3d v.; J. Holberg, m. 2d v.; F. E. Carleton, M. 1st v.; W. F. Edwards, Treasurer;
R. E. V. Yates, Secretary; S. M. Sargent, Tyler.
Members—C. M. Boyce, G. M. Dillard, C. B. Ames, G. W. Clement, E. H. Cog-
burn, N. M. Gooch, A. M. Dowling, J. W. Patty, D. H. Thomas—Total, 22.
Affiliated—A. M. Dowling, J. W. Patty—2.
Reinstated—D. H. Thomas—1.
Died—H. C. Harris (over two years ago)—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter, including balance on 1870 ; $23 00
Officers, 1872:
J.C. Williams H.P. I M.3JV.
L. Holberg K. | G. M. Dillard M.2d V.
M. B. Edwards S. I Wm. Graham M. IstV.
C. B. Ames C. of H. | John W. Patty Treasurer.
F. E. Carleton P. S. A. M. Dowling Secretary.
Jacob Holberg R. A. C. | Charles Baker Tyler.
DeWITT CEINTON CHAPTER, No. 13-Grenada, Grenada
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Thursday in each month.
Officers 1871—Thos. Hardeman M, h.p.; W. B. May, k.; Terrell Rose, s.; C. I.
Hardeman, c. of h.; E. W. Hughes, p. s.; R. Highgate, r. a. c.; J. M. Knox, jf.
3d v.; J. B. Crowder, m. 2d v.; A. J. Baker, m. 1st v.; Jacob Poitevent, Treasurer;
S. S. Angevine, Secretary; A. P. Saunders, Tyler.
Members—B.S.Bowles, W. C. Chamberlain, R. Coffman, T. C. Curry, J. H.
Campbell, James Eblin, J; G. Gibbs, J; B. Heath, O. B. Rollins, D. D. Wilkins,
John Moore, James M. Hunter, J. S. Payne, Mayer Wile, J. L. Milton, G. W.
Williamson, C. C. Glover, W. H. Meador, J. J. Baker, C. T, Wood, F. A. Martin,
W. V. Richards, W. T. Savage, J. A. Binford, jr., T. R. Trotter, R. R. Perry, W.
W. Hall-Total, 39.
Exalted—D. D. Wilkins, T. C. Currey, J. H. Campbell—3.
Reinstated—W. W.Hall—1.
Dimitted—H. C. Ward—1.
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Dues to Grand Chapter $45 00
Officers, 1S72.
R. Coffraan H. P.
W. B. May K.
Terrell Rose S.
0. B. Rollins C. of H.
E. W. Hughes P. S.
W.H.Meador...., R. A. C.
J. M. Knox M. 3d V.
P. F. Fitzgerald M. 2d V.
John Moore M. 1st V.
Jacob Poitevent Treasurer.
J. H. Campbell Secretary.
A. P. Saunders Tyler.
Note.—Comp. Secretary will oblige by having names of members in alpliabeti-
cal order. Grand Secretary cannot spare the time to re-write Returns—G. Sec'y.
E1PHE1IIA CHAPTER, No. 13—Aberdeen, Monroe County.
Regular Convocations, Wednesday after the 1st Saturday of each month.
Officers, 1871—R. B. Brannin, h. p.; John T. Lowe, k.; S. A. Dalton, s.; W. S.
Vestal, c. of h.; J. W. Walker, p. s.; Columbus Love, r. a. c.; G. W. Cook, m. 3d
v.; Jacob Gattman, m. 2d v.; W.J. Stephenson, m. 1st v.; H. D. Spratt, Treasurer;
Marks Weiler, Secretary; Addison R. Webb, Tyler.
Members—S. G. Beckman, P. C. Candidus, J. M. Greene, Ira G. Holloway,
James G. McKinney, James Oldshue, Sidney Randle, S. A. M. Sadler, S. D.
Stegall, John B. Sale—Total, 22.
Expelled—W. L. Battle, reported last year as suspended for non-payment of
dues, was this year expelled by the Blue Lodge for unmasonic conduct.
Dues to Grand Chapter $22 00
Officers, 1872.
G. W. Cook M. 3d V.
Jacob Gattman M. 2d V.
W. J. Stephenson M. 1st V.
H. D. Spratt Treasurer.
Marks Wieler Secretary.
Addison R. Webb Tyler.
R. B. Brannin H. P.
John T. Lowe K.
S. A. Dalton S.
W. S. Vestal C. of H.
J. W. Walker P. S.
Columbus Love R. A. C.
FAYETTE CHAPTER, No. 11—Fayette, Jefferson County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday of each month.
Officers, 1871—B. B. Paddock, h. p.; M. Eiseman, k.; Thomas Davenport, s.;
William Thompson, c. of h.; T. J. Key, p. s.; F. Krauss, r. a. c.; N. L. Guice,
m. 3d v.; H. B, McClure, m. 2d v.; James McClure, m. 1st v.; M. Rubel, Treasurer;
Henry Key, Secretary; , Tyler.
Members T. C. Brown, Robert Davenport, J. W. Moore, J. J. Powell, R. E.
Richardson, b. Eiseman, W. C. Nicolls, E. R. Jones, J. M. Ritchie, A. J. Scott, J.
W. Scott, M1. W. Trimble, J. M. Lowe—Total, 24.
Affiliated—R. E. Richardson, B. Eiseman—2.
Reinstated—W. C. Nicolls, E. A. Hill, J. M. Lowe o.
Dimitted—John Ducker, E. A. Hill—2. _ w j, u t
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—R.W.Campbell, J. W. Burch, James
M. Lowe, S>. Gilbert, J. B. Fleming—5.
Dues to Grand Chapttr, including $2 balance on 1870 $26 00
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Office
M. Eiseman H. P.
R. E. Richardson K.
J. McClure S.
William Thompson C. of fl.
N. L. Guice P. S.
Thomas Davenport R. A. C.
:s, 1872:
H. B. McClure M. 3d V.
F. Krauss M. 2d V.
M. Rubel M. 1st V.
B. B. Paddock .. Treasurer.
H. Key Secretary.
B. Eiseman Tyler.
CAKBSOE^IjTO^T CHAPTER, P¥o. 15—CaiFrelltoia, Carrol!
County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. A. J. Askew, h. p.; W. M. Stansbury, k.; William Ray, s.:
(dead), c. of h.; A. M. Nelson, p. s.; T. J. Johnson, r. a. c.; R. L. Bine;-
ham, M. 3d v.; Jonathan Durdin, m. 2d v.; Aaron Lott., m. 1st v.; O. L. Kimbrough,
Treasurer; Benjamin Roach, Secretary,' Peter W. Johnston, Tyler.
Members—P. II. P., and P. G. H. P., William Cothran, W. H. Curtis, N. A.
Clark, M. S. Catron, W. C. Eskridge, Green S. Fox, Samuel Hart. B. Holt, Chas.
Hill, T. T. Kimbrough, M. M. Liddell, John P. Marshall, P. Money, Peter Me-
Caskill, T. H. Matthews, J. R. Shackleford, G. N. Smith, A. G. Smith, John T.
Stanford, Stephen Thompson, G. W. Yasser—Total, 33.
Reinstated—G. W. Yasser, W. B. Helm, G. N. Smith—3.
Dimitted—Daniel McLeod, W. B. Helm—2.
Dtkd—Samuel Moore, B. R. Mayes—2.
Expelled—John L. Tusten—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter, including Balance on 1870....... . - .,.$33
Officers, 1872:
Samuel Hart H. P.
W. M. Stansbury JK.
William Ray S.
J. A. J. Askew C. of II.
A. M. Nelson -P. S.
G. W. Yasser ..li. A. C.
R. L. Bingham .... M. 3d V.
Jonathan Durdin ... M. 2d V.
T. H. Matthews M. 1st V.
0. L.Kimbrough Treasurer.
Benjamin Roach ..Secretary,
T. T. Kimbrough Tyler.
S2IIEUS>$ CHATTER, Ko. 18—Pontotoc, Poistofoc County.-
Regular Convocations, 3d Wednesday of each month.
Officers, 1871—E. C. Bolton, h. p.; W. L. Souter, k.; W. G. Gibson, s.; C. B.
Hood, c. of h.; M. R. Fontaine, p. s.; J. H. Williamson, h. a. c.; J. N. Sloan, m. 3d
v.; R. T. Gray, m. 2d v.; A. J. Moore, as. 1st v.; J. A. McNeil, Treasurer; J. H
Miller, Secretary; T. J. Price, Tyler.
Members—R. H. Bonner, James Bonner, G. K. Cherry, A. J. Clark, S. Daggett,
L. A. Ellison, James Gordon, S. E. Melson, S. D. Pinsou, J. T. Pitta, R, A. Pinson
F. Souter, Hiram Hood, H. L. Fenley—Total, 26.
Reinstated—J. T. Pitts, S. Daggett, S. K Melson—3..
Died—E. W. Rootes—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. G. Huntington, N. A. Lankford, W
L. Souter, G. W. Souter—5.
Dues to Grand Chapter - — $25 (Xk
Officers, IS1^:
E. C. Bolton H. P.
R. H. Bonner K.
A. J. Clark S.
C. B. Hood C. of H.
M. R. Fontaine P. S.
J. H. Williamson R. A. C.
James Bonner .. M. 3d V.
R. T. Gray... M. 2d V.
W. G. Gibson ...M. 1st V.
J. A. McNeil Treasurer.
J. N. Sloan Secretary.
T.J. Price — Tyler,
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KOSCIUSKO CHAPTER, No. $0—Kosciusko, Attala,
County.
Regular Convocations, Monday night on or beforej Full Moon.
Officers, 1871—D. L. Smythe, h. p.; M. A. Clark, k.; James H. Alexander, s.;
Isaac A. Herring, c. of h.; R. B. Webb, p. s.; David Carr, r. a. c.; John C. Lucas,
m. 3d v.; James N. Taylor, m. 2d v.; James D. Rimmer, m. 1st v.; S. P. Rimmer,
Treasurer; G. W. Galloway, Secretary; C. F. Oldecop, Tyler.
Members—William Allen, Richard Bullock, James Chestnut, James M. Dodd,
A. F. Dot.son, William Dodd, M. H. Gregory, N. T. Ilanna, George J. Hanna, Jno.
P. Irving, Henry Jamison, David W. Knox, Asa M. Keith, William E. Meek,
John Riley, William F. Rimmer, Isaac W. Scarborough, J. W. Scarborough, Job
L. Scarborough, Simon Lazarus, James G. Sallis, Joe K. Shrock, R. C. Stewart,
William B. Thompson, T. A. Tasbert, L, S. Terry,. Stokley White, Samuel Young,
Benjamin A. Clark—Total, 41.
Exaltations—William V. Davis, John B. Davis, W. W. Baccus—3.
Dimitted—William G. Aston, Robert B. Cooper—2.
Officers, 1872:
M. A. Clark H. P.
J.H. Alexander K.
James D. Rimmer S.
D. L. Smythe C. of H.
R.B. Webb P ~
W, W. Baccus R. A. C.
S. T. Oldham M. 3d V.
John B. Davis M. 3d V.
James N. Taylor M. 1st V.
S. P. Rimmer Treasurer.
William Y.Davis Secretary.
C. F. Oldecop Tyler.
Note.—James M. Hodd and Job L. Scarborough appear in roll for first time,
since 1868, when they were published as suspended for non-payment of dues.
David W. Knox also appears in roll for first time since 1869, when he was pub-
Hshed as suspended for same reason. If they are now' in membership, they
Should have been reported as reinstated. The aggregate back dues to the Grand
Chapter for the three, amount to $8 00. Robert B. Cooper is reported as dimit-
ied. He was so reported in 1868, and has not since been in membership so far as
returns show. Why report him again? The three Companions exalted should
have been added to roll of members. Companions S. T. Oldham, J. M. Charpings,
J. K.Coffey, Richard Henry, and F. H. Jennings, published as members in last
return, are not accounted for in this. S. J. Durham and C. H. Dobbs are not yet
accounted for. Companions not accounted for must be considered as still in
membership, and dues charged accordingly. The return of this Chapter for
1870 was baa enough. This is an improvement—in the wrong direction. The
following summary is made :
Names, on roll above 43 $43 GO
Companions exalted 3 3 00
Companions not accounted for 7 7 00
Dues for three Companions reinstated (Regulation 27) 8 00
Dues of Companion Allen, omitted from return of 1870 1 00
Dues of Companions Durham and Dobbs for 1870 and 1871 4 00
$60.00
The Grand Secretary is always open to explanation, and ready to make cor-
rections.—Gr. Seo'y.
QUITMAN CHARTER, No. 31—Mcrstamlo, SleSoSo County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Wednesday in each month.
Officers 1871—J. O. Lusher, h. p.; R. T. Sanders, k.; A. W. Smith, s.; J. W.
Hane« c of hL. II. Hall, p. s.; W. A. Boon, r. a. c.; J. B. Sanders, m. 3d v.; D. M.
Slocum, m. 2d v.; C, P. Oakley, m. 1st v.; R. Temple, Treasurer; R. F. Cook (dead),
Secretary; J. D. Nichols, Tyler.
Members—T. Y. Coffey, J. C, Dodds, R. E. Doggett, J. B.Morgan, J. T. Moseley,
J. S. Oliver—Total, 18.
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RETURNS OP
Died—R. F. Cook—1.
Daps to Grand Chapter .« „ $17 00
Officers, 1872:
J. 0. Lusher H. P.
J. C. Dodds K.
A. W. Smith S.
J. W.Hanes .....C.of H.
T. Y. Coffey P. S.
W. A. Boon R. A. C.
J. B. Morgan ~ m. 3d v.
D. M. Slocum .... m. 2d v.
R. E. Doggett — m. 1st v,
R. Temple Treasurer.
J. T. Moseley ...... Secretary.
J. D. Nichols Tyler.
HOUSTON? CHAPTER, No. 93.—Houston, Chickasaw County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday in each month.
Officers, 1871—T. N. Martin, h. p.; Littleton Hill, k.; Isaac Paulk, s.; W. W.
Wood, c. of h.; R. P. Mitchell, p. s., J. M, Woodall, r. a. c.; F. M. James, m. 3d va
James E. Miller, m. 2d v.; William Ellis, m. 1st v.; D. K. .Woodall, Treasurer; J.
A. Purlcey, Secretary; P. C. Steger, (dead) Tyler.
Members:—D: C. Ausley, A. Barton, William Barton, Matthew Brown, James
T. Doss, R. N. Dominick, J. L. Evans, B. F. FitzpatTick, C. C. Gray, J. T. Griffin,
W. T. Harlan, J. L. S. Hill, William Hill, Thomas Hague, William M. Moffatt,
James Martin, J". R. Mcintosh, B. F. Owen, A. A. Pack, Thomas U. Pearsall, L. .
A. Porter, J. J. Ruff, John Smith, J. R. Smith, John D. Smith, J'. M. Staggs, R.W.
Thompson, C. E. Taft, Allen White, F. G. Wood, A. G. Wood, J. B. Wilson, W. L.
Walker, C. T. Woodall—Total, 46.
Exaltations—Matthew Brown, J. L. Evans, Wm. A. Flynn, J. C. Mooneyhan,.
J. J. Ruff, Chas. T. Woodall—6.
Reinstated—William M. Moffat—1.
Dimitted—Z. K. Flynn, William A. Flynn, John C. Mooneyhan—3.
Died—P. C. Steger—1.
Suspended, (for non-payment of dues)—S. C. Williams, Jack E. Lyon—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter ..,$58 00"
Officers, 1872:
.T. N.Martin H. P.
W. W. Wood K.
R. P. Mitchell S.
J. M. Woodall C. of H.
J.J. Ruff P. S.
J. L. S. Hill R. A. C.
C. S. Woodall M. 3d Y.
Isaac Paulk M. 2d V,
L. A. Porter M. 1st V.
D. K. Woodall Treasurer.
C. E. Taft ". Secretary,
F. G. Wood - Tylers
Note—'Warren Harrill,in membership last report, is not accounted for.. J. M.
Stagg appears for the first time since 1868, and James B. Wilson for the first
time since 1869, in which years they were respectively published as suspended
for non-payment of dues. This return should show that they were duly rein-
stated. Grand Secretary recapitulates as follows :
Total in above report, 45 $45 00
Comp. Harrill, not accounted for, J 1 00
Back dues on account of reinstated Companions 2 00*
Six Exaltations 12 00
$60 00
WAYNE CHARTER, No. 24-Shubuta, Clarice County.
Regular Convocations, 2nd Monday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Peter Parker, h. p.; J. F. McCormick, k.; W. West, s.; C. L.
Watson, e. of h.; D, R. Red, p. s.; J. W. Lankford, r. a. c.; M. Greenhood, m. 3d v^;
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S. Myer, m. 2d v.; m. 1st v.; James Turner, Treasurer; W. J. Minor,
Secretary ; T. G. Sullivan, Tyler.
Members.—J. A. Crosby, Robt. Collins, J. M. Floyd, C. F. Goodwin, Jas. Leg-
gett, G. 1). McCormick, D. S. Welch—Total, 18. "
Affiliated—G. D. McCormick—1.
Dimitted—J. M. Brown, J. F. Wilson—2.
Suspended—for non-payment of dues—G. C. Bandy, James A. Heard—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter , $20 00
Officers, 1872.
C. L. Watson H. P.
J. W. Lankford K.
S. Meyer S.
Peter Parker C. of H.
J. M. Floyd P. S.
W.J. Minor R. A. C.
M. Greenhood M. 3d V.
J. A. Crosby M. 2d V.
M. 1st V.
Jas. Turner Treasurer.
D. S. Welch : Secretary.
T. G.J3ullivan Tyler.
"Note—Comps. John W. Collins and Angus McDonald, in membership last
report, not being accounted for in this, are hereby added. Correct total is 20,
-and dues §20 00.—G. Src'y.
MERIJMAM CHAPTER, Mo. 25—Meridian, Eandcrdalc
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Tuesday of each month.
Officers, 1871—A. Wolff, h. p.; John Armstrong, k.; J. T. Taylor, s.; A. G.
Freideritci, c. of h.; R. Y.Chadwick, (dead) p. s.; J. H. Gibbs, r. a. c:; J. R. Smith,
m. 3d v.; A. L. Burwell, m. 2nd v.; C. H. Williams, m. 1st v.; D. Rosenbaum,
Treasurer; D. C. Smith, Secretary; .James Welch, Tyler.
Members.—Charles Beese, J. W. Brooke, Joseph Eakins, W. C. Ford, W. Gas-
ton, R. E. Harris, James Holbrook, W. G.Jones, J. D. Klien, G. H. Lesser, A. J.-
Peck, B. T. Rush, L. Shackleford, W. H. White, Aaron Weil, J. W. Young—Total
•28. *
Exaltations—Charles Beese, Julius Elsom, L. C. Elsom, E. V. Early, J. D.
Klien, G. H. Lesser, Marx Levy, J. R. Moseley, A. J. Peck, M. Roos, H. W. Wil-
son, Aaron Weil—12.
Affiliated—W. Gaston—1.
Reinstated—J.W.Brooke, G. Henderson—2.
Dimitted—N. Feibelman, Thos. .Sullivan—2.
Died—R. Y. R. Chad wick, p. h. p., W. J. Berry, ii. p., 1870.
Dues to Grand Chapter —f. ..$60 00
Officers, 1872:
A. G. Freideritce H. P.
G. Henderson K.
D. Rosenbaum S.
Julius Elsom C. of H.
H.W. Wilson P. S.
L. C. Elsom - A- C.
M. Roos ~.M.3d V.
E. V. Early M. 2d V.
R. J. Moseley M. 1st V.
M. Levy Treasurer.
A. Wolff, p. h. p Secretary.
James Welch Tyler.
Note—The following Companions, Exalted in 1871, should have been added to
roll of members: Julius Elsor, L. C. Elsom, E. V. Early, Marx Levy, J. R. Mose-
ley M. Roos, H. W. Wilson. Also, G. Henderson, reinstated. The Grand Chap-
ter'claims dues for 1870, on the two Companions reinstated—$1 each. Seven
names were repeated in roll. Companion Eakin was "James" in last return,
but turns up "Joseph" in this. The eorrect total in membership is 34, and dues
•$6®—Gr. Sec'y.
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RETURNS OF
©KOLONA CIIAXTEIS, No. «7 — ©koloua, CJaicli&saw
County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday night of each month.
Officers, 1871—John S. Cain, h. p.; T. W. Williams, k.; John McCurley, s.;
Charles N. Simpson, c. of h.; Amzi Babbitt, p. s.; James R. Noe, r. a. c.; Oscar
Pollard, m. 3d v.; William M. Buchanan, m. 2d v.; Henry Rafalsky, m . 1st v.;
William D. Carr, Treasurer; William A. Bodenhamer, Secretary; J. H. Mauldin,
Tyler.
Members—Joseph Bretney, p. h. p.; Horry L. Hill, p. h. p.; William G. Arnold,
Isaac D. Blumenthal, Ambrose D. Brooks, William H. D. Crawford, Jenks J. Hor-
ton, Jacob A. Lou^hridge, James It. Mcintosh, James W. Miller, Charles J.
Moore, William M. Penny, Austin Pollard, J. Hartwell Tueker, John R. Wren—
Total, 27.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—William E. Knox, S. W. Townsend—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter ....$27 00
Officers, 1872.
T. Wesley Williams H. P.
Charles N. Simpson K.
J. Hartwell Tucker S.
Amzi Babbitt C. of H.
John McCurley P. S.
Isaac D. Blumenthal R. A. C.
William M. Buchanan M. 3d V.
Oscar Pollard M.2d V.
Henry Rafalsky M. 1st V.
William D. Carr Treasurer.
W. A. Bodenhamer Secretary.
J. H. Mauldin Tyler.
WALEER CISAE»XEI2, No. 2®—Sardis, S»»3sola Couuty.
Regular Convocations, 1st Monday night in each month.
Officers, 1871—E. F. McGehee. ii. p.; John R. Dickins, k.; George R. Hunt, s.;
William C. Musgrove, c. of h.; John C. Brahan, p. s.; M. F. Gilchrist, r. a. c.; Jo-
siah Allen, m. 3d v.; Robert P. Sorrels, m. 2d v.; William T. McGehee, m. 1st v.;
William C. Maxwell, Treasurer; M. W. Shanahan, Secretary; T. J. Carey, Tyler.
Members—A. F. Betts, John Bryant, Charles J. Boucher, Thomas F. Brahan,
Stephen R. Blann, Adam Brown, S. B. G. Caruthers, C. K. Caruthers, D. L.
Childress, L. D. Greenlaw, John I). Hightower, Hiram W. Harris, John C. Har-
rison, John W. Jones, John W. Johnson, David A. Kinchloe, Marion A. Myers,
Burrel R. Perry, Robert H. Rivers, Robert H. Strauss, Thomas F. Wilson, John
Wright, William II. Wall, John H. White, Cornelius B. Young, A. I. Ellis—To-
tal, 38.
Exaltations—John Wright, Robert H. Strauss, William H. Wall, Adam
Brown, Stephen R. Blann—5.
Affiliated—L. D. Greenlaw, David A. Kinchloe, Hiram W. Harris, Burrell R.
Perry, John W. Johnson, John C. Harrison, A. I. Ellis—7.
Dimitted—F. M. White, I. N. Davis, William T. McGehee—3.
Died—William C. Maxwell—1.
Expelled—John A. Small—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J, W. Scott—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter .$18 00
Officers, 1872:
Ed. F. McGehee II. P.
JohnR. Dickins K.
David A. Kinchloe S.
John Wright C. of H.
R. H. Strauss P. S.
Hiram W. Harris R. A. C.
Charles J. Boucher M. 3d V.
Burrell R. Perry M.2d V.
Stephen R. Blann M. 1st V.
John D. Hightower Treasurer.
John C. Harrison Secretary.
Adam Brown .Tyler.
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WASHINGTON CHATTER, No. 89-Cayuga, Himds County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Wednesday of each month.
Officers, 1871—Samuel McCleilan, n. p.; William M. Weils (dead), k.; Joseph
Regan, s.; S. G. Relker, c. of h.; Samuel Hutchins, p. s.; T. J. Hutchins, r. a. c.;
James E. AV. Cook, m. 3d v.; James May, m. 2d v.; William D. McCleilan, m. 1st
v.; James C. Ross, Treasurer; Hayward Foote, Secretary; William Taylor, Tyler.
Members—AVilliam J. Allen, Thomas W. Brown, J. H. Campbell, Samuel E.
Dudley7, John Fisher, Middleton Ford, D. J. Hartzhog, W. W. Johnston, William
J. Lum, William McPherson, Joseph Jacobs, D. A. J. Parker, Charles R. Regan,
Lorenzo White, Robert White—Total, 27.
Reinstated—D. J. Hartzhog, W. W. Johnston—2.
Died—John C. Chappcll, Jacob Mack, William M. Wells—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $28 00
Officers, 1872:
Samuel McCleilan H. P.
Joseph Regan K.
John Fisher S.
Samuel Hutchins C. of H.
Thomas J. Hutchins P. S.
James E. W. Cook R. A. C.
William J. Lum M. 3d Y.
James May M. 2d V.
James C. Ross M. 1st Y.
William D. McCleilan Treasurer.
Hxvward Foote Secretary7.
William Taylor Tyler.
Note.—Companions C. P. Vaughn and L. D. Yates, in membership last return,
are not accounted for. Their names added, makes correct total 28, and dues $28.
—Gr. Sec'y.
SHONGAEO CHATTER, No. 30—Vnidcn, Carroll County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday of each month.
Officers, 1871—T. C. Everett, h. p.; S. C. Bains, k.; E. P. Gorden, s.; J. A. Ap-
plewhite, c. of h.; T. C. Harris, r. s.; G. W. Gernigan, r. a. c.; S. Lichtenstein,
m. 3d v.; S. R. Sproles, m. 2d v.; Ben Forscheimer^m. 1st v.; R. C. Wilson, Treas-
urer; J. A. Webb, Secretary; W. S. Myers, Tyler.
Members—J. L. Anderson, James Applewhite, Daniel Adair, R. S. Allen, Zac.
Blackman, A. H. Brantlv, Henry Blackman, W.D. Brock, W. C. JJellingsly, L. II.
Cohron, J. M. Cross, J. B. Dunn, S. N, Ely, J. C. Harris, G. W. Humphries, J. II.
Haslitt, Frank Hawkins, S. L. Ilirsh, T. B. Kennedy, B. J. Kopperl, J. W. Low-
ery, Geo. Oldham, W. W. Philips. A. J. Sanderson, j. M. Ship, J. J. Tate, W. E.
Whittle, Atwood Wilshire, T. J. Fullilove—Total, 41.
Reinstated—Wiley Kelly, E. L. Wood—2.
Dimitted—S. Weiner—1.
Suspended (for unmasonic conduct—J. W. Holman—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. T. Poindexter, T. C. Ship—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter.... - $47 00
Officers, 1872:
T. C. Evei-ett H. P.
S. C. Bains... K.
E. B. Gorden S.
J. A. Applewhite C. of II.
T. C. Harris P. S.
B. J. Kopperl - R* A. C.
S. R. Sproles M. 3d V
T. B. Kennedy M. 2d V-
H. C. Blackman M.lst V-
R. C. Wilson Treasurer*
S. N. Ely Secretary.
J. T. Harris.... Tyler-
Note. Wiley Kelly and E. L. Wood, reinstated, should have been added to roll of
members. Chapter owes dues on each for 1870 and 1871—$4. G. W. Jernigan,
and J. T. Harris, in membership last report, are not accounted for, and are hereby
added" Chapter owes dues for 1870 on account, of S. L. Ilirsh and B. T. Kopperl,
who were omitted in previous return. W. C. Bellingsley appears in roll for first
time without explanation. Correct total is 45, and dues to Grand Chapter $47.—
Gr. Sec'y.
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RETURNS OF
EMORY CII1PXEK, No. 33-Black Hawk, Carroll County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Friday in each month.
Officers, 1871—T. C. Parish, h. p.; R. D. Meek, k.; C. J. Coleman, s.; R. C.
Jenkins, c. of h.; B. F. Kittrell. p. s.; S. A. Eggleston, r. a. c.; A. J. Reeves, m. 84
v.; H. J. Reid, m. 2d v.; H. S. Wade, m. 1st v.; W. K. Turner, Treasurer; J. M.
Johnson, Secretary; J. C. Towns, Tyler.
Members—William Anderson, J. C. Burtron, G. W. Comstock, W. R. Cade, A.
1). Cook, W. P. Clement, John H. Downer, I. B. Eubanks, Henry Gilliam, J. M.
Hill, William B. Helm, J. A. Hamilton, H. T. Hampton, B. M. Hicks, D. H. Jor-
dan, John H. Johnson, B. H. McGee, H. B. McGce, J. W. McRae, R. B. Prince, W.
Berry Prince, John H. Porter, J. T. St.reat.er, T. S. Threadgill—Total, 36.
Exaltations—W. P. Clement., J. C. Burtron, H. B. Prince, D H. Jordan, I. B.
Eubanks, W. Berry Prince—6.
Affiliated—G. W. Comstock, W. B. Helm, B. H. McGee, H. B. McGee—4.
Dimitted—J. R. Young, David Kyle—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $48 00
Officers, 1872:
T. C. Parish H. P. I T. S. Threadgill M. 3d V.
R. D. Meek K. | ! M. 2d V.
C. J. Coleman S. I H. J. Reid M. 1st V.
B. H. McGee..., C. of H. | W. K. Turner Treasurer.
B. F. Kittrell P. S. I J. M. Johnson Secretary.
S. A. Eggleston R. A. C. | D. H. Jordan -..Tyler.
LAFAYETTE CHAPTER, No. 33—Oxioi-d, Eafayette County,
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Wm. Delay (deceased), p. h.; T. L. Harris, k.; W. L. Lyles, s.;
D. M. Smith, c. of h.; J. H. McKie, p. s.; J. Bernheim, r. a. c.; G. W. Smith, m. 3d
v.; W. W. Wyatt. m. 2d v.; Wm. Marshall, m. 1st v.; C. H. Myer, Treasurer; J.
W. McPherson, Secretary- J. B. Surprise, Tyler.
Members.—C. H. Bel), p. h. p., W. E. Avant, Josiah Abel, Julius Bernheim, W.
S. Burney, S. G. Burney, J. R. Burney7, T. J. Chandler, J. D. Delbridge, JA1.
Dooley, J. A. Duncan, F. M. Farrell, A. M. Graham, J. C. Hudgins, B.F.Houston,
J. L. Kendel, W. W. McMahon, P. H. McCutchen, E. M. Matthews, W. B. Morris,
W. M. Marshall,, W. S. Neilson, H. E. Rascoe, A. H. Sanders, W. H. Smither, P.J.
Slate, Wm. Thompson, John Thompson, C. M. Thompson, R. B. Thacker, Henry
Worley, Robert Webster—Total, 43.
Affiliated—W. J. Driver—1.
Reinstated—A.J. Buford, F. A. Perry, W. Webster, G. W. Humphreys—4.
Dimitted—J. II. Howry, M. Sartorious, M. G. Knight—3.
Died—Wm. Delay7, h. p., D. W. Jones—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $57 Oo
Officers, 1872.
J. H. White M. 3d Y.
G. W. Delbridge M. 2d V.
J. M. Howry, p. G. h. p H.P.
N. A.Isom K.
Chas. Myer S.
D. M. Smith C. of H.
J. H. McKie P. S.
G. W. Smith R. A. C.
WAV. Wyatt M. IstV.
T. L. Harris Treasurer;.
J. W. McPherson.... Secretary.
J. B. Surprise Tyler.
Note.—The four Companions reinstated, and the one affiliated, should have
been added by Secretary to the roll of members. General Regulation No. 27 re-
quires that where Companions are reinstated upon payment of dues, the Chapter
shall pay the usual back dues to Grand Chapter on account of same. The
Chapter, therefore, owes $4 on account of the Companions reinstated. Compan-
ions Jas. M. Howry, N. A. Isom, G. W. Delbridge and J. H. White are omitted
from the roll of members for 1871. Their names appear as officers for 1872, but
they should also be included in roll of 1871. Their names included, the correct
total is 53, and dues to Grand Chapter $57.—G. Sec'y.
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XESIIOBA CHAPTER, !\o.31—Laurel Hill, Neshoba County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday of each month.
Officers, 1871—E. L. Lewis, h. p.; Hugh McDonald, k.; A. McKay, s.; W. P.
Frasier, c. of h.; J. E. Simmons, p. s.; S. E. Steel, r. a. c.; Jno. M. McMichael, m.
3d v.; James Watkins m. 2d v.; Chas. Holland, m. 1st v.; Jno. M. McMillan-,
Treasurer; J. S. Lewis, Secretary; J. M. Germany, Tyler.
Members—J. G. Deskin, W. C. Dowd, James Anderson, J. W. Anderson, D. 0.
Anderson, A. G. Amis, L. C. Franklin, H. C Greer, E-. D. Gamblin, John C.
McBeath, J.R. Pace, Samuel Williams—Total, 21.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—M. B. Kirk, Thos. B Richmond W. D.
Riehmond, W. J. Seale—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter $24 00
Officers 1S72:
(None reported.)
LOIIISVILLE CHAPTER, No. 36—Louisville, Winston
County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday in each month.
Officers, 1871—E. Foster, h. p.; Jas. D. Dayis, it.; E. Gaston, s.; L. Lieben-
field, c. of h.; J- B. Gage, p. s.; T. M. Bradley, R. a. c.; Wm. Barnes, m. 3d v.; N.
AVoodward, m. 2d v.; Jas. P. Shaw, m. 1st v.; B. B. Lindsey, Treasurer; G. Y.
AVoodward, Secretary; FI. C. Edwards, Tyler.
Members—C. H. Cagle, J. II. Cornwell, AV. II. Fox, J. C. Foster, J. C. Holmes,
H.J. D. Hendricks, A. Gillis, John Kennedy, G. AV. Fulton, M. A. Metts, Hugh
McQueen, J. A. Graham, A. G. Patty, J. C. Shaw, J. L. Speakes, Rufus Sullivan,
11. M. White, J. M. AVard, A. Burroughs—Total, 31.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Ira Tucker, C. Y. Thompson—2.
Dues to Grand-Chapter $41 00
Officers, 1872:
J. B. Gage.„ H. P. I James D. Davis M. 31 V.
James C.Shaw K. | AVilliam Harper. M. 21 V.
AV. H. Fox S. I J. P. Shaw M. 1st Y.
L. Libenfield C. of H. | AVilliam Barnes Treasurer.
E.Gaston P. S. i G. Y. Woodward Secretary.
J. A.Graham R. A. C. | H. C. Edwards Tyler.
Note.—R. D. Brown and Wm. Harper, in membership last report, are hereby
added. They are .not accounted for. R. M. AVhite was published in 1868 as sus-
pended for non-payment of dues, and A. Gillis was dropped from lastreport for
same reason. Their names being in roll above, should also appear under the
head of reinstated. Chapter owes dues on each for 1870. See Reg. 27. It should
have been explained how A. G. Patty, J. C. Shaw and A. Graham are introduced
iu the roll for the first time. It is presumed they were Exalted, as three are so
reported. Correct total is 33, and dues $41, including $2 arrears on reinstated
members. Of the 27 returned as suspended for non-payment of dues, all but two
have been heretotore so published. Unless reinstated, hope Comp. AVoodward
will not continue to encumber his return with their names. The gains and losses
of one year should not be confused with those of another.—Gr. Sec'y.
UNION CHAPTER, No. 37—Richmond, Lee County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Friday in each month.
Officers 1871—G. AV. Stovall, h. p.; J. M. Armstrong, k.; William Beaohum, -
s.; George Martin, c. of a.; A. S. AVear, p. s.; Thomas Brooks, r. a. c.; W. E.
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RETURNS OP
Estes, jr., m. 3d v.; Edward Martin, m. 2d v.; Jolin Edwards, m. 1st v.; R. M.
Borum, Treasurer; R. S. Thomas, Secretary; F. M. Threlkeld, Tyler.
Members—G. F. Burdine, W. R. Burdine, R. A. Burton, Cornelius Dowd,
Martin Gross, W. H. Keys, J. B. Little, A. D.* Martin, Sugar Mayfield, Eli Phil-
lips, Bailey Schempert, T. B. Smith, G. C. Thomason, Owen Williams—Total, 20.
Reinstated—W. F. Hamilton, Eli Phillips, T. B. Smith, J. B. Webb—4.
Dimitted—W. F. Hamilton, T. B. Smith, G. C. Thomason—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter <£25 00
Officers, 1S72:
G. W. Stovall H. P.
William Beachum K.
R. M. Borum S.
George Martin C. of II.
T. Brooks P. S.
W. E. Estes R. A. C.
J. B. Little M. 31 Y.
E. Martin M. 2d V.
John Edwards M. 1st Y.
A. D.Martin Treasurer.
A. S. Wear Secretary.
J. B. Webb.* Tyler.
Note.—Comp. M. Pounds, in membership last report, is not accounted for, and
must therefore be considered as still a membei*. Comp. J. B. Webb, reinstated,
should have been added to roll. Correct total is 25, and dues $25. Comp. W. F.
Hamilton, reinstated and dimitted, was added to roll of members. Name erased
by—Gr. Sec'y.
MAKSIIAIL.IL, CIIAPTEES, No. AO-Nortli Ml. Pleasant, Mar-
shall County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday of each month.
Officers, 1871—A. Webb, h. p.; J. Albright, k.; D. E. Curie, s.; W. W. Walker,
r. of h.; Jackson Steele, p. s.; B. Norris, r. a. c.; T. B. Gatewood, m. 3d v.; G. W.
Bowling, m. 2d v.; A. L. Pearson, m. 1st v.; Drury Smith, Treasurer; W.J. Coop-
wood, Secretary; R. A. Waid, Tyler.
Members—Jeff. Bankhead, J. H. Shoffner, T. C. Jowers, J. M. Cavett, H. S.
Rodgers. J. F. Crawford, A. J. Vaughan, T. J. Lockhart, John Lenderman, E.
Roach, E. Connor, L. H. Knox, Garrett Parker, J. West., W. R. Crawford, J. E.
Walker, R. Baird, John Wilson, W. L. Shaw, G. H. Hale, M. H. Boyd—Total, 33.
Exalted—D. L. Cogdell, J. H. Shoffner, J. F. Crawford, Jeff. Bankhead, T. C.
Jowers, J. M. Cavett, John Lenderman, H. S. Rodgers, R. Baird, A. J. Vaughan,
T. J. Lockhart, L. H. Knox—12.
Affiliated—Garrett Parker—1.
Reinstated—W. R. Crawford, G. H. Hale—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter $57 00
Officers, 1872.
A. Webb H. P.
H. S. Rodgers K.
G. W. Bowling ...,S.
W. W. Walker C. of H.
Jackson Steele P. S.
J. F. Crawford R. A. C.
B. Norris M. 3d Y.
J. R. Walker M.£d Y.
D. E. Curie M. 1st Y.
Drury Smith Treasurer.
Jacob Albright Secretary.
T. C.- Jowers Tyler.
Note.—Comp. D. L. Cogdell, exalted, should have been added to roll of mem-
hers. Comp. Secretary, will oblige by having his roll of members alphabetically
arranged; besides the convenience of the same, it will help to avoid mistakes.—
Ge. Sec'y.
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AMITE CHAPTER, No. <13—I>ill»erty, A unite County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Charles P. Neilson, n. p.; James E. Jagers, k.; W. P. Ander-
son, s.; B. F. Johns, c. of h.; E. Safford. p. s.; D. Wilson, r. a. c.; J. R. Aumock,
m. 8d v.; J. G. Morgan, m. 2d v.; W. L. Davis, si. 1st v.; C. Carroll, Treasurer; C.
E. Davis, Secretary ; D. Jewett, Tyler.
Members—-M. M. P. Bates, Z. P. Butler, Josiah Cerf, W. D. Davidson, S. Gard-
ner, M. B. Gillespy, C. C. Germany, James Hinson, J. A. Jerkins. J. H. Nun-
nery, H. H. Ratcliff, Thomas Reed, V. F. Swearingen, E. L. Tarver, W. A. Tarver,
John Tebow, W. M. Weatherby, F. C. Wren, A. F. Stravvn—Total, 31.
Died—M. H. McCraine—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $32 00
Officers, 1872:
C. P. Neilson II. P.
C. E. Davis K.
E. Safford S.
W. P. Anderson C. of H.
Charles Carroll... P. S.
D. Wilson R. A. C.
James Hinson M. 3d V.
M. B. Gillespie ...M. 2d V.
Thomas Reed M. 1st V.
Charles Carroll Treasurer.
B. F. Johns Secretary.
D. Jewett Tyler.
Note.—Comp. A. F. Strawn should have been reported as reinstated. He was
suspended in 1869 for non-payment of dues, and in again placing his name in
roll, the fact of reinstatement should appear. Chapter oaves $3 on his account
for 1870.—Gr. Sec'y.
TALSjA EI ATCISBE CHAPTER, No. 4-1—Charleston, Talla-
liateliie County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Monday in each month.
Officers, 1871—W. H. Fitzgerald, h. p.; Geo. B. Roberson, k.; M. F. Holshou-
ser, s.; S. C. Barnes, c. of n.; C. J. F. Merriweather, p. s.; R. Quarles, r. a. o.; J.
M. R. Simmons, m. 3d v.; W. H. Roberson, m. 2d v.: J. P. Rhew, m. 1st v.; J. M.
Buckley, Treasurer; J. W. Bellamy, Secretary; W. R. Erwin, Total.
Members—A. Ball, J. S. Bailey, S. Barns, T. W. Boisclair, J. A. Crofford, T.
F. Crofford, J. H. Dame, W. W. Finlay, B.F. Lester, J. W. Erwin, B. F. A. Lilley,
A.G. Murphy, James McClane, G. P. Rice, J. A. Ross, J. D. Steele, J. W. Tanner,
F. A. Wilkerson, J. F. M. Young—Total, 31.
Reinstated—J. N. Harper—1.
Dimitted—J. N.Harper, J. A. Julian, J. J. McBride, D. A. Richards—4.
Suspended—for non-payment of dues—R. K. Stevens, T. P. Walton—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter 531 00
Officers, 1872.
G.P. Rice M. 3d Y.
W. H. Roberson M, 2d Y.
J. D. Steele M. 1st V.
W. H. Fitzgerald H. P.
G. B. Roberson K.
M. F. Holshouser S.
J. A. Crofferd C. of H.
C. J. F. Meriweather P. S.
S. C. Barns R- A. C.
J. W. Buckley Treasurer.
J. W. Bellamj' Secretary.
W. R. Erwin Tyler.
ENTIRES I*KIS E CHAPTER, No. 415—Enterprise, CSsarlie
County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday of each month.
„ iQ7i_s_ -vy. Lee, h. p.: H. Harding, k.; J. A. Andrews, s.; G. M. Shaw,
A V Woolverton, p. s.; F. S. Pickle, r. a. c.; G. W. Ilolden, m. 3d v.; Sam. R. Oli-
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RETURNS OF
pliant, m. 2d v.; John Kampe, m. 1st v,; C. Kramer, Treasurer; A. G. Levy, Sec-
xetary ; J. M. Buntyn, Tyler.
Members—S. Ballard, C. Corbett. I. J. Garter. W. P. Davis, W. H. Hardy,
Jacob Hurst, G. W. Holden, C. F. Myerhoff, H. D. Moody, J. U. McCormick—
Total, 23.
Exaltations—I. J. Carter, W. H. Hardy* H. D. Moody—3.
Affiliated—J. U. MeCormick—1.
Dimjtted—S. B. Brown, B. Easterling—2.
Suspended—for non-payment of dues—J. L. George, Alex. McMillian, L. H.
M orrow, E. E. Hand—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter $22 00
Officers, 1872;
John Kamper M. 3d Y.
S. W. Lee M. 2dV.
A. G. Levy— M. 1st V.
C. Kramer..— Treasurer.
J. U.McCormick Secretary.
J. W. Winn— Tyler.
J. M. Hand H. P.
H. D. Moody K.
W. H. Hardy - S.
F. S. Pickle C. of H.
J. A. Andrews - .P. S.
G. M. Shaw R. A. C.
Note.—Companions Harding, Oliphant and Woolverton, were twice in roll.—
Companions J. M. Hand, J. W. Winn, W. K. Flowers, James W«od and T. H.
Wilson, are omitted from roll of members for 1871. Deducting three and adding
four names, the correct total is 26, and dues $32 00s—Gr. Sec'y.
VERONA CHAPTER, No. 47—Verona, Eee County.
'Regular Convocations,'3rd Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1871—R. C. Cunningham, h. p.; P. A. Scales, k.; J. S. Cobb, s.; B. It.
McGaughy, c. of H.; R. L. Trice, P. s.; James R. Johnson, r. a. c.; J. H. Gannon,
m. 3d v.; —. , m. 2d v.; H. C. Wilson, m. 1st v.; B. S. Trice, Treasurer;
A. H. Raymond, Secretary; H. L. Porter, Tyler.
Members—B. T. Armstrong, W. C. Bromley, James M. Burton, G. C. Besson-
nett, R. C. Clark, James L. Carruth, T. E. Cannon, J. N. Davis, AYilliam Gibson,
T, B. Smith, James M. Trice—Total, 22.
Affiliated—T. E. Cannon, T. B. Smith, W. C. Bromley, G. C. Bessonett, B. T.
Armstrong—5.
Reinstated—Wm. Gibson—1.
Dimitted—Marion Forbes—1.
Died—Sal. Dixon—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $22 00
Officers, 1S72:
W. C. Bromley M. 3dV.
B. T. Armstrong M. 2d V.
R. C. Cunningham H. P.
T. E. Cannon K.
T. B. Smith .. .• V.S.
R. L. Trice C. of H.
B. S. Trice - P. S.
G. C. Bessonett R. A. C.
B. R. McGaugliey M. 1st Y.
J. S. Cobb— Treasurer.
A. IT. Raymond Secretary.
J. H. Gannon Tyler.
Note.—Returns for 1870, and dues $18 for same year, received with foregoing.
—Gr. Sec'y.
RIPLEY CHAPTER, No. 48—Ripley, Tippah County,
Regular Convocation, 2nd Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. IE. Rogers, p. ii. p., h. p.; W. D. Carter, p. h. p., k.; J. H-
SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
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Buchanan, s.; John Y. Murry, cr.of h.; A. C. Rucker, p. n. p., f. s.; J. C. Speight,
k. a. c.j H. A. fetubbs, m. Bel v.; L. S. McCown, m. 2d v.; J. T. Martin, si. 1st v.;
J. P. Peeler, Treasurer; W. IV. Robinson, Secretary; E. F. Jordan, Tyler.
Members—E. A. Cox, J. A. Crook, B. W. Dickson, J. A. Fife, C. G. Haynes R.
I. Hill, J. 0. Kelly, J. W. Luter, J. S. Laird, M. P. Lowcry, C. P. Miller, Mose
McCarley, Joseph Pearce, C. C. Rucker, B. B. Rutherford, W. 0. Rutherford B.
B. Smith, jr., S. R. Speight, A. H.Wilson, Samuel White, J. M. Walker II.' F„
Wells, J. W. Wilson, W.T. Young—Total. 36. '
Reinstated—W. T. Young—1.
Dimitted—H. T. Counsceille—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter - $3G 00
Officers, 1S72:
J. E. Rogers, p. ii. p H. P.
W, D. Carter, p. h. p K.
A. C. Rucker, p. h. p...,_ S
John Y. Murry C. of H.
J. H. Buchanan P. S.
J. C. Speights R. A. C.
J. F. Martin M. 3d Y.
C. G. H ay ne s M. 2d V.
A.H.Wilson r M. 1st Y.
L. S. McCown Treasurer.
W. W. Robinson Secretary.
E. F. Jordan Tyfer.
Rote—S. R. Speight, in roll of members, having been returned in previous re-
port as suspended for unmasonic conduct, should have been returned as rein-
stated in this report.—Gr. Sec'y.
NEW ALBANY CIIAJPTERy No. 49—New Alluuiy, tnloia
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday in each month.
' Officers, 1871—C. T. Bond, h. p.; Norbin J. Mayes, k.; Joseph A. Robbins, s.;
William C. Gillen, c. of h.; BooPer Foster, p. s.; Madison Orr, r. a. c.; J. H. Wil-
liamson, m.3d v.; Adlai Beard, m. 2d v.; Nimrod A. Wilkins, m. 1st v.; E. M.
Coker, Treasurer; Joel A. Hearne, Secretary; Jeflerso-n Orr, Tyler.
Members—Waddy A. Bacon, John W. Buchanan, John B. Butler, Elislia C.
Clary, Jo Jeff. Davis, Willis Dean, Giles L. Driver, Joseph Porter Duff, Wiley M.
Ellis, Ancil H. Ferguson, J.R. Ford, Joseph F. Graham, Willia„. H. Harris, P.R.
Harris, William J. Huston, Stephen A. Heard', James A. Hill, Elnathan D. Hogge,
Ben. C. S. McAllister, Major W. Martin, C. G. Mitchell, Wyand Pennebaker. Wil-
liam L. Reynolds, William C. Swindoll, Jr., David D. Stewart, William B. Sand-
ford, John S. Swofford, Russell T. Turner,. Shadrack S. Tyer, Durant L. Tyer,
William C. Talley, T. A. J. Wade, Nathaniel S. Watson, William West—Total, 46.
Dimitted—J. Harry Roberson—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter •• $46 00
Officers 1872:
C.T.Bond H. P. I James H. Williamson M. 3d Y.
N.J.Mayes K. | Adlai Beard M. 2d V.
Joseph A. Robbins - S. I N. A. Wilkins....... .. M; 1st V„
William C. Gillen - C. of H. | E. M. Coker Treasurer.
Booker Foster P. S. | Joel A. Hearne Secrerary.
Madison Orr R- A. C. | Jefferson Orr Tyler.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHAPTER, No. «»1—ClBiiIalioinii,
Marshall County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers 1871—B. N. Alexander, h. p.; P. H. Jenkins, k.; E. W. Bloodworth,
R. P. Bowen c. of h.; J. W. Stephenson, p. s.; William McKie, r. a. c.; George W.
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RETURNS OF
McKie, m. 3d v.; David Lawman, m. 2d v.; N. J. Wilson, m. 1st v.; C. S. Bowen,
Treasurer; J. H. Alexander, Secretary; D. M. Davis, Tyler,
Members—H. L. Alexander, J. II. Amaker, J. H. Brooks, R. T. Bowen, J.
D. Collins, J. C. Cooper, W. R. Cooper, J. G. Coleman, J. S. Coleman, Isaac
Dotson, Calvin Falkner, J. D. Gordon, A. M. Gordon, W. H. Gant, Albert
Hamilton, W. F. Ilyer, W. A. Jeffries, B. F. McKie, D. H. Minis, W. R
Moore, J. L. McGowan, S. H. Pryor, Robert Sanders, C. J. Smith, Joe II'
Smith, C. C. Stephenson, G. W. Stephenson, James II. Still, T. L. Wilson, W
H. Young—Total, 42.
Dimitted—S. D. Coyle, J. L. Mabry, W. K. Rogers—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter „ $42 0<l
Officers, 1872.
B. N. Alexander . H. P.
P. II. Jenkins ......K.
E. W. Blood worth S.
J. W. Stephenson C. of H.
R. P. Bowen P. S.
W.F. liyer R. A. C.
William McKie M. 3d V.
G. W. McKie M. 2d V.
C. Falkner M. 1st V.
C. S. Bowen Treasurer.
J. H. Alexander Secretary.
D. M. Davis Tyler.
PATTO.li CHAPTER, 53—Esmdcrtlaie, Eawtfertlale
County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—R. McKinley, h. p.; J. C. Porter, k.; C. M. Kelley, s.; R. B.
Weldon, c. ot'iu; E. C. Gibbs, p. s.; J. L. Nunery, r. a. c.; Thomas Simmons, m. 31
v.; Elias Moore, m. 2d v., J. L. Simmons, m. 1st v.; C. G. Miller, Treasurer; IV.
R. McKinley, Secretary; E. W. Smithwick, Tyler.
Members—W. S. Patton, p. g. ii. p.; T. Y. Armstrong, Wesley Brown, Robert
Brown, J. W. Crawley, J. M. Crawley, J. L. Cooper, E. A. R. Cocke, John Dove,
S. II. Ferguson, N. G. Joiner, S. P. Kennedy, W. A. Kelley, J. G. McArthur, A.
D. McCullough, William Moore, R. W. Miller, James McCarty, W. R. Perkins, D.
W. Pace, Alfred Pace, Reuben Smith—Total, 34.
Exaltations—W. A. Kelley, N. G. Joiner, Alfred Pace—3.
Dimitted—L. D. Belk—1.
Died—S. S. Granbery, W.L. Cole—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter , - $40 00
Officers, 1872.
(None reported.)
5PALO ALTO CHAPTER, Ao. 53-Palo Alto, Chickasaw
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
' Officers, 1871—W. C. Coopwood, h. p.; H. M. Joy, k.; R. M. Garvin, s,; D. B.
Hill, c. of ii.; Clifton St. Clair, p. s.; John L. Armistead, r. a. c.; T. C. William-
son, m.Sd v.; David Robertson, m. 2d v.; E. J. Townsend, sr. 1st v.; J.S. Williams,
Treasurer; William II. Ilill, Secretary; Absalom Medlock, Tyler.
Members—W. L. Beall, S. A. Deanes, James P. Deanes. S. G. Ivy, William P.
Malone, John C. Miller, W. C. McVey, T. L. Reid, Jehu White, J. B. Watkins, A.
M. Ward—Total, 22.
Exaltations—W. L. Beall, T. L. Reid, A. M. Ward—3.
Died—James P. Deanes—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—John K. Allen, J. J. McPherson—3.
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Dues to Grand Chapter $29—received $28 09
Officers, 1872,
D. B. Hill P. H.
J. B. Watkins . IT.
S. A. Deanes S.
T. E. Williamson C. of II.
C. J. Townsend .... P. S.
John L. Armistead...... K. A. C.
D. Robertson M. 3d V,
T. L. Reid M. 2d V-
W. L. Beall M. 1st V,
A. M. Ward Treasurer,
William H. Hill Secretary,
Absolom Medlock Tyler,
35ETTSSESIBA OfAI^TTEIS, No. 55—S^jalmer's Spring's, Mosci-
uslco Post Oflicc, Attala County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—A. W. Mitchell, ii. p.: P. Mayfield, k,; W. W. Moore (dead), s.; J.
R. Greer, c. of h.; P. A. Hudson, P. sr H. P. Moore, r. a. c.; S. J. Lineback, m. 3d
v.; T. K. Gaddy, m. 2d v.; AV. N. Stuckey, m. 1st v.; L. Ayers, Treasurer, C. W,
Clark, Secretary; J. B. Ellard, Tyler.
Members—J. N. Adams, J. F. M. Arterbery, S. C. Armstrong, W. M. Bigbee, IT,
H. Dickerson, J. IT. Evans, G. IV. Guntcr, J. W Gilbert, Sato Mitchell, S. G
Noah, G. W. Price, J, N. Richburg, D. N. Stuckey, S. W. Land, R. N. Smith, W
P. Skinner—Total, 30.
Affiliated—G. W. Humphries—1.
Reinstated—S. G. Noah, W. P. Wingo—2,
Dimitted—W. AV,.Stuckey, W. P. Wingo, M. J. Bell—3.
Died—W. W. Moore—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter .....$30 00
Officers, 1872:
A.W.Mitchell H. P.
W. F. Skinner . K.
H. T. Moore S.
J. K. Greer C. of H.
D.N. Stuckey.. P. S.
S, J. Lineback R. A. C.
T. K. Gaddy M. 3d V.
L. Ay res. M. 2d V.
J. N. Richburg M. 1st V.
J. W. Gilbert Treasurer.
0. AV. Clark Secretary.
P. A. Hudson Tyler.
Note.—N. G. Hudson, J. G. Humphries, and S. B. Martin, in membership last
report, not being accounted for, are hereby added. G. W. Humphries, affiliated,
should have been added to roll of members. Chapter account stands thus :
Members, as reported in roll $28 CO
Three members unaccounted for, and one affiliated 4 00
Dues on account of AV. M. Bigby, G. W. Price, and J. N. Adams, for 1870, not
reported in previous returns - 3 CO
AV. P. Wingo, reinstated, dues for 1870 1 CO
Total ?S6 00
The latter, having dimitted, after reinstatement, his name was improperly
entered on roll of members for 18il.—Gr. Sec y.
WRIGHT CHAP'FEIS, A©. S©—Independence) Bfegoto
County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
" Officers 1871—B. R. Chambliss, n. p.; James A. Harrison, k.; J. AV.,Bowdcn,
8/J P Mc'Crackin, c. of h.; AV. T. Richmond, p. s.; John Q. Sandidge, r. a. c.;
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RETURNS OF
James A. Harris, m. 3d v.; W. R. P. Jones, M. 2(1 v.; G. R. Sandidge, M. 1st v.;
Robert Jamison, Treasurer; J. T.Harry, Secretary; W. F. Walker, Tyler.
Members—D. W. Allen, A. Cathey, A. Caradine, C. Campbell, Josiah Daily,
W. Pitt Eason, J. C. Graham, J. L. Graham, W. W. Grady, Sampson Key, Thomas
Leonard, R. C. Grr, M. B. Peterson, D. J. Perry, W. A. Russwurm, Evins Perry,
A. J. Wallace—Total, 29.
Dimitted—W. J. Laycook—1.
Died—Joel Joyner—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $29 0"
Officers, 1872:
J. P. McCrackin....." H. P. I G. R. Sandidge M. 3d V.
J. W. Bowden K. | Johp Q. Sandidge M. 2d V.
James A. Harrison S. J. C. Graham M. 1st V.
B. R. Chambliss C. of H. | Robert Jamison Treasurer.
J.L. Graham P. S. I J. T. Harry Secretary.
James A. Harris R. A. C. | W. F.Walker Tyler,
Note.—Return should show how C. Campbell obtained membership.—Git.
Seg'y.
MAEHWYA CHAPTER, Ao. 57—Baldwyn, Lee Cosiiity.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—P. M. Savery, n. p.; J. D. Bills, k.; A. J. Taylor, p. h. p., s.;
A. G. Crockett, c. of H.; James H. Kennedy, p. s.; Isham R. Wallis, R. A. c.; I).
M. Crockett (suspended), m. 3d v.; R. H. Allen, m. 2d v.; T. W. Butler, m. 1st v.;
J. R. Bristow, Treasurer; L. C. Prather, Secretary; J. L. Price (suspendedl,
Tyler.
Past Htgh Priest—W. R. H. Moseley.
Members—John G. Cole, R. E. Delany, S. W. Hankins, L. L. Harwell, J. M.
Herring, T. W. Houston, W. W. Lowrey, Walker Lynn, M. D. McWhorter, J. C,
Oliver, William Pannel, W. W. Pierson, R. H. Porter, W. J. Reeves, J. P. Robin-
son, A. D. Sadler, A. W. Sandelin, B. B. Sanders, J. C. Shvage, B. A. P. Selmair,
John' Stevenson, Haven Stidham. Thomas G. Stocks, Thomas B. Stubbs, J. A.
Thompson, E. J. Williams, J. R. Williams—Total, 40.
Exalted—R. E. Delany, S. W. Hankins, J. M. Herring, "W. W. Pierson, J. C.
Savage, B. A. P. Selman, Thos. G. Stocks, J. A. Thompson, Jno. R. Williams—9.
Affiliated—W. M. Lowrey, Haven Stidham—2.
Reinstated—T. W. Houston—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. J. Andrews, David Johnson, William
Lee, J. L. Price (late Tyler, has never paid for degrees nor any dues), J. H. I\
Stevenson, W. B. Williams, W. J. Wilson, D. M. Crockett (late m. 3d v., has paid
no dues since 1865)—8.
Dues to Grand Chapter, including $1 fo-r reinstated member $57 00
Officers, 1872:
Phineas M. Savery H. P.
James H. Kennedy K.
John D. Bills S.
Andrew G. Crockett C. of H.
Robert H. Porter P. S.
Thomas B. Stubbs R. A. C.
Robert E. Delany M. 3d V.
Thomas G. Stocks M. 2d T.
B. A. P. Selman M. 1st V.
Isham R. Wallis Treasurer.
Lee C. Prather . Secretary.
John Stevenson Tyler.
PANOLA CHAPTER, No. 60-Batesrille, Panola County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—G. G. Nelson, h. p.; Thomas P. Brown, k.; John C. Harri«nn,
a.; W. E. Farmer, c. of h.; W. M. Marshall, p. s.; M. N. Phillips, r. a. c.; R. M.
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Kyle, m. 3<1 v.; J. C. Wright, m. 2d v.; J. J. Wright, m. 1st v.; J. Wylie Callaway,
Secretary; B. L. Ballard, Treasurer; A. J. Browder, Tyler.
Members—J. M. Boyles, F. J. Boyles, L. J. Ballard, J. J. Byars, W. H. Brown,
J. M. Cox, J. A. Cooper, J. W. Darby, William Dugger, D. J. Goff, D. P. Gillespie,
H. W. Harris, W. S. Harris, Peter Hubbard, W. S. Hudson, H. A. Johnson, J. A.
Kuykendall, D. A. Kincliloe, William Lester, P. V. Lester, Samuel Martin, E. C.
Maxwell, F. Randolph, W. E. Stone, W. M. Marshall, M. H. Trantham, D. M.
Whitten, J. M. Wright, J. C. Wright, J. J. Wright—Total, 42.
Exalted—L. J. Ballard, H. A. Johnson, E. C. Maxwell, L. D. Nickle, F. Ran-
dolph, M. H. Trantham—6.
Affiliated—W. S. Hudson—1.
Reinstated—*D. P. Gillespie—1.
Dimitted—J. C. Harrison, D. A. Kinchloe, J. A. Kuykendall, W. M. Marshall,
D. P. Gillespie, F. J. Boyles—6.
Suspended (t'or non-payment of dues)—G. M. D. Bowers, P. W. Perry, M. M.
Randolph, S. F. Sorsby, S. P. Lester, G. W. Deaton, E. V. Dickens, J. F. Essary,
G. Finch, W. J. Floyd, Truss Hubbard, L. P. Jones, W. B. Johnson, G. G. Love,
C. Miller, W. J. Mills, A. R. McWilliams, J. R. Taylor—18.
Dues to Grand Chapter $59 00
Officers, 1872;
R. M. Kyle M. 3d V.
P. V. Lester M. 2d V.
W. H. Brown M. 1st V.
J. Wylie Callaway Secretary.
J. M. Boyles Treasurer.
A. J. Browder Tyler.
G. G. Nelson H. P.
L. D. Nickle K.
J. J. Byars S.
J. M. Cox C. of H.
T. P. Brown P. S.
S. J. Ballard R. A. C.
* Inadvertently dropped from the roll of members in making up the roll after
the war, the books having been destroyed.
Note.—Several errors in this return. John C. Harrison and W. M. Marshall
should not be reported as dimitted for the year in which they held office. The
name of the latter appears twice in roll. The following names are also dupli-
cated: J. C. Wright, J. J. Wright, D. A. Kuykendall, and D. A. Kinchloe. The
two latter having dimitted, should have been dropped from roll of members. F.
J. Boyles and D. P. Gillespie having dimitted, should also have been dropped
from roll. Here is a gain of $7 to the Chapter. L. D. Nickle, exalted, should
have been added to roll; also the names of Companions F. Moore, David Butts,
D. H. Bowers, and R. H. Moore. The following is a statement of membership
and dues; ,
Actual membership—39.... $39 00
Dues for six Companions exalted 12 CO
Back dues of D. P. Gillespie, reinstated 5 00
Total $56 00
EUREKA CHAPTER, No. ©1—Goodman, Holmes Cowaity.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday of each month.
Officers, 1871—David Mitchell, p. h. p., h. p.; James II. Douglass, k.; John T.
Shines, s.; M. L. Harman, c. of h.; A.J. Knapp (dead), p. s.; S. W. Smith, r. a.
c., B. L. Norvell, m. 3d v.; C. M. Ashley, m. 2d v.; J. B. Doty (suspended), m. 1st
v.; J. W. Taggart, Treasurer; J. W. Mitchell, Secretary ; It. J. Moody, Tyler.
Members—S. A. Arnold, J. C. Ashley, Jasper M. Ball, H. Burkenroad, J. II.
Buster, J. G. Cain, W.S. Henley, K. Harrington, L. B. Lipsey, J. F. McMillan,
W H Maerruder, J. J. Pickens, W. A. Pope, D. G. Pepper, John Tackett, O. II. P.
Tackett, Redick Smith, W. J. Taylor, B. L. Taylor, W. D. Young—Total, 30.a
Exalted—R. S. Clarke, W. D. Young, H. Burkenroad—3.
Reinstated—K.Harrington, L. B. Lipsey, D. G. Pepper, B. L. Taylor, W. J
Taylor—5.
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Dimitted—R. S. Clarke, R. G. Childress, M. L. McGuire, M. C. Pankey—4.
Died—John Falls, p. h. p., A. J. Knapp, p. s.--2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. P. Ashford, A. G. Doty, W. B. Field,
J. B. Doty—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter^ including $7 for reinstated Companions $43 00
Officers, 1872.
David Mitchell, p. h. p .H. P.
Kennedy Harrington K.
John G.'Cain S.
James H. Douglass C. of H.
J. J. Dickens P. S.
B. L, Taylor R. A. C.
W. D. Young— M. 3d V.
H. Burkenroad M. 2d V.
J. W. Mitchell M. 1st V.
John T.. Shine Treasurer.
M. L. Harman Secretary.
R. J. Moody Tyler.
G. W. PERKINS CHAPTER, No. 63—Morn Ea&c, ©eSoto
County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. W. Rutland, h. p.; W. L. Lundy (dead), k.j W. G. Elmore,
s.; W. D. Davis, c. of h.; Ed. R. Gill, p. s.; Felix Davis, r. a. c.. Jas. A. Torian,
m. 3d v.; John C. Clements, m. 2d v.; R. C. Lea, m. 1st v.; S. A. Bell, Treasurer;
W. J. Bynum, Secretary; J. N. Bradford, Tyler.
Members—A. H. Adams, A. F. Bell, E. A. Edmondson, F. M. Fletcher, L. C.
Gabbert, W. B. Gwin, R. P. Harris, L. C. Taylor, S. D. Irwin, S. S. Robinson, B.
Peebles, S. L. Raines, James A. Smith, Ed. S. Nesbit, J. Robinson—Total, 26.
Dimitted—E. Bouldin, J. L. Robinson—2.
Died—W. L. Lundy—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $26 00
Officers, 1872:
J. W. Rutland H. P.
W. G. Elmore K.
James A. Torian S.
YV. D. Davis C. of H.
J. C. Clements P. S.
F. Davis R. A. C.
Ed. R. Gill.
R. C. Lea-
R. Pf Harris
B. Peebles
W.J. Bynum....,
J. N. Bradford.
....M. 3d V.
....M. 2d Y,
...M. 1st Y.
•Treasurer.
.Secretary.
Tyler.
©OYER CHAPTER, No. 64—Dover, Yazoo County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in ea'ch month.
Officers, 1871—V. H. Fugate, h. p.; B. L. Sandidge, k.; R. P. Fraisier, s.; J.
G. B. Collins, c. of h.: A. M. Hicks, p. s.; W. G. N. Strickland, r. a. c.; J. W.
Kirk, m. 3d v.; W. T. Hodge, m. 2d v.; James T. Jordan, m. 1st v.; John A. Cheat-
ham, Treasurers W. H. Collins, Secretary; J. H. Ferriss, Tyler.
Members—T. E. Bradshaw, C. Bowman, Thomas Brumfield, M. P. Cheatham,
William F. Gartley, J. R. Moseley, Isaac W. Martin, L. Rice, S. D. Robertson, C.
M. White—Total, 22.
Non-Affiliated—Paid—A. E. Russell—1.
Reinstated—C. Bowman, J. R. Moseley—2
Dimitted—C. Bowman—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $23 00
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Officers, 1872:
V.H. Fugate ...H. P.
B. L. Sandidge K.
R. P. Frazier S.
J. G.B. Collins C. of H
C. M. White P. S.
A. M. Hicks R. A. C.
J. M. Martin M. 3d V.
J. W. Kirk M. 2d V.
W. G. N. Strickland M. 1st V.
J. A. Cheatham Treasurer.
W. H. Collins Secretary.
J. H. Ferriss Tjler.
Note.—Comp. C. Bowman having dimitted, should have been dropped from
roll of members. Chapter account stands thus:
Actual membership—21.. $21 00
Dues for reinstated members (Reg. 27) 2 00
Total $23 00
CHICKASAW CHAPTER, No. 65—Sparta, Chickasaw Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. H. McLendon, h. p.; G. N. Robuck, k.; J. A. White, s.; R.
A. Nichols, c. of h.; W. R. Wade, p. s., James Griffith, r. a. c.; T. W. England,
n. 3d v.; J. M. Paden, m. 2d v.; J. R. Davis, m. 1st v.; J. B. E. Caradine, Treas-
urer; E. J. Windham, Secretary; F. M. Robuck, Tyler.
Members—H. C. Avant, A. P. Hasting, J. L. Jennings, G. L. Jennings, Hugh
Logan, J. O. McMullen, S. H. Paden, L. B. Robuck, J. S. Thomas, W. T. Watkins
—Total, 22.
Dimitted—R. W. Barton, J. M. Woolard—2.
Died—R. A. Nichols—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—F. M. Paden, J. W. Powell, Hugh Pon-
der, W. A. Wamack—i.
Dues to Grand Chapter $22 00
Officers, 1872:
A. P. Hasting : M. 3d V.
T. W. England M. 2d Y.
Hugh Logan M. 1st V.
J. B. E. Caradine Treasurer.
E. J. Windham Secretary.
F. M. Robuck Tyler.
G. N. Robuck H. P.
J. A. White K.
J. R. Davis S.
James Griffith C. of H.
W. R. Wade P. S.
J. M. Paden R. A. C.
RBKYZI CHAPTER, No. 66—Rienzi, Alcorn County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Jno. F. Arnold, h.p.; Jno. W. Stevens, Sr., k.; 0. D. Fitzgerald,
s • B. F. Williams, c. of h.; Jno. W. Stevens, Jr., p. s.; John C. Johnston, r. a. c.;
Jno. G. Barton, m. 3d v.; H. H. Isom, m. 2d v.; J. W. Morris, m. 1st v.; B. C. Stanley,
Treasurer; Robt. Henderson, Secretary; Jesse Johnsey, Tyler.
Members—W. C.Blythe, J. S. Britton, W.H. H. Boone, E. W. Carmack, Andrew
Cathey M B Feemster, Wm. Gilmer, Jno. Gordon, W. S. Martin, M. L. Martin,
Randolph Mott, E. F. Sorrell, Pryor Scally, Pat, Smith Wm. A Taylor, H. S.
Whiteside, J. N. Whiteside, C. W. Williams, Wm. Williams, Jno. Wilson—
Total, 32. '
Exalted—Jno. Gordon, M. L. Martin, W. S. Martin—3.
Affiliated—Randolph Mott—1.
Reinstated—J. S. Britton, Wm. Gilmer—1.
Dimitted—S. J. Jumper 1.
Expelled—W. T. Adair—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $40 00
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Officers, 1872:
J no. F. Arnold H. P. I Jesse Johnsey M. 3d V.
J. W. Stevens, Sr K. | J. N. Whiteside., M. 2d v.
Jno. Gordon S. I E. F. Sorrell ........... M. 1st V.
B. F. Williams C. of H. | B. C. Stanley........ Treasurer.
Jno. W. Stevens, Jr ..P. S. I Kobt. Henderson .............Secretary.
John G.Johnston R. A. C. | W. H. H. Boone ........ Tyler.
Note.—Dues to Grand Chapter—For 32 members, $32; three Exaltations, $6;
for 2 Companions reinstated, dues 1870, $2—See Regulation 27—Total, $40,—
Gr. Sec'y.
EUCLID CISAPTEK, Ao. 67—Cockrnm, DeSoto County,
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1872—A. F. Powers, h. p.; S. C. Powers, k.; G. W. McCall, s.; G. H,
Anderson, c. of h.; R. P. Riley, p. s.; S. O. B. Crockett, r. a. c.; Wm. L. Parsons,
m. 3d y.; J. G. Edwards, si.2d v.; J. C. Langston, jr. 1st y.; G. W.Fogg, Treasurer;
M. B. Peterson, Secretary; Robt. Holaway, Tyler,
Members—W.P. Bowen, Jared Collins> J. R. Crumpler, Jessie Greer. A. M.
Harwell, Nathan Ingram, J. J. Ingram, Phillip Lrvin, Ransom Lee, C. W. Mobley,
J. T. Pullen, John Richardson, W. Robinson, John Thomas, J. H.Jeans, J, W,
Lyde, H. B. Manes, J. R. Holla way—Total, 30,
Dimitted—J. D. Miller, B. F. Martin—2.
Died—John Riley—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. C. Culbertson, W. R. Hope, Crockett
Phillips—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter .. — ,..$30 00
Officers* 1S71:
S. O. B. Crockett H. P.
J. C. Langston K.
H. B. Manes ..S.
Geo. H. Anderson C. of H.
S.C. Powers ~P. S.
P.Riley R. A.C.
J. Riley ~...M. 3d V.
J. G. Edwards — ,.M. 2d V.
J. Thomas — M. IstV,
J. W. McCall Treasurer..
J. W. Lyde Secretary.
J. R. Hollaway ......Tyler,
Note.—Secretary has reversed the order in which the list of officers for each
year are usually returned. The officers for 1871 should have preceded the roll of
members.—Gr. Sec'y.
BRANDON CHAPTER, No. «9—ISrandoiB, Rasbin Coanly.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday, before the Full Moon' of each month.
Officers, 1871—Richard Cooper, h. p.; A. J. Erantz, k.; W. L.Pickering, s.; J.
L. Hargroves, c. of h.; J. A. Ray, p-. s.; Benj. Kaufman, r. a. c.; Henry Hoskins,
m. 3d v.; L. Washuurn, m. 2d v.; L. A. Kunge, m. 1st v.; -.Treasurer;
Samuel R. Collier, Secretary; Tyler.
Members.—Henrv Atkinson, James Baker, Joseph Bennett, E. H. Brinkley,
D. H. Brown, H. S. Cole, J. D. B. Cole, L. L. Griffin, J. L. Hancock, Edward Jack,
Hiram King, A. G. Mayers, C. H. Meadows, W. A. P'eacher, W.. M. Smith, J. B2
Stevens—Total, 28. 1
Reinstated—J. D. B. Cole, Edward Jack—2.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J.F. Barnett, Alexander Chisholm, J.
T. B. Cocke, D. W. Denson, J. P. Giles, Thos. D. Harris, Thus. H. Johnson, Jamer
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Marshall, J. W. McMaster, W. A. Moore, J. W. Patton, I. M. Quiniji, Richard
Shields, J. P. Starr, Wesley Taylor, H. P. Tinnin, James Ware—17.
Dues to Grand Chapter:
For 26 Officers and Members, at$l each ; $26 00
For back dues on 2 members Reinstated 4.. 2 00
Total $28 00
Officers, 1872:
Richard Cooper H.P. | D. H. Brown M. 3d V.
A. J. Frantz K. ] W. M. Smith M.2d V.
J. R. Stevens S. | L. Washburn M. lstV.
J. A. Ray C. of H. j Treasurer.
.Edward Jack P.S. j Samuel R. Collier Secretary.
J. L. Hargroves R. A. C. ] W. A. Peacher Tyler.
JOHNT HEBRON CHAPTER, No. 7I-Bovina, Warren
County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Daniel A. Cameron, h. p.; James C. Newman, k.; E. Fox, s.
protem.; J. H. Newman, p. t., c. of h.; J. H. Featherston, p. s.; S. B. Wall, r.a.c.;
G. A. Chappell, m. 3d v.; John B. Youug, m. 2d v.; W. R. Billingslea, m. 1st v.; J.
B. Brabston, Treasurer; John L. Hebron, Secretary; W. M. Bullock (dead),
Tyler.
Members—H. Young, J. A. Fox, J. W. Finch, G. Y. Roland—Total, 16.
Died—W. M. Bullock—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $15 00
Officers, 1872.
Daniel A. Cameron.*. H. P.
James C. Newman K.
Elisha Fox S.
John H. Newman C. of H.
W. R. Billingslea P. H.
J. L. Hebron R. A. C.
S. B. Wall M. 3d Y.
John B. Young M. 2d V.
J. H. Featherston M. 1st V.
J. B. Brabston Treasurer.
J. W. Fineh Secretary.
G, A. Chappell Tyler,
DENfT IS. MLE§ CHAPTER, No, ?3—Satartia, Yazoo
County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—John Stampley, h. p.; F. M. Hairing, k.; Thomas H.White, s.;
James H. Martin, c. of h.; Thomas R. Holloman, p. s.; J. S. Stampley, r. a. c.;
Jos. W. Lear, m. 3d v.; William A. Mansfield, m. 2d v.; William W. Wiles, m. 1st
v.; Wiliiam H. Richardson, Treasurer; Dent H. Miles, Secretary; John Potter,
Tyler.
Members—James R. Bell, W. J. Brigman, William H. Coursey, David Carter,
Samuel H. Childress, James Futreal, W. D. Gibbs, Julius Hornthal, John B.
Holloman Isaac Hamberlain, Philip G.. Hilderbrand, John W. Jones, Lewis H.
Jones Robert G.Johnson, W.W. Lumbley, Turner Lumbley, Claiborne McAlpin,
John H McCutcher, George Smith, Asa Sibley—Total, 32.
Exalted—William H. Coursey, J. W. Brigman, George' A. Smith, Isaac
Hamberlain, W. W. Lumbley, Philip G Hilderbrand-5
Affiliated—James Futreal, Lewis H. Jones, David Carter—6.
Dues to Grand Chapter ...$44 00
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RETURNS Or
Officers, 1S72:
Thomas H. White H. P.
J. S. Stampley K.
William W. Wiles S.
James H. Martin C. of H.
William H. Coursey P. S.
Asa Sibley R. A. C.
F. M. Haining M. 3d V.
David Carter M. 2d V.
Isaac Hamberiain M. 1st V.
William H. Richardson Treasurer.
Dent H. Miles Secretary.
William W. Lumbley Tyler.
WARD CHAPTER, ?*©. 73-Senatobia, DeSoto County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1871—M. D. Johnsohn, h. p.; M. L. Benge, k.; J..M. Yeach, s.; L. W.
Pearce, c. of h.; J. E. Mathews, p. s.; H. L. Anthony, r. a. c.; W. W. Gilmore, m.
3d v.; J.W. Benton (expelled), m. 2d v.; J. E. Wolfolk, m. lstv.; J. S. Jones,
Treasurer; J. M. Williams, Secretary; E. C. Townsend, Tyler.
Members—W. H. Bounds, John Carlock, R. J. Carter, W. T. Cole, M. A)
Douglass, W. A. Embry, Jeptha Evans, A. T. Hudson, C. B. Hood, H. Hall, J. M-
Logan, J. M. Lindsey, J.M. Lively, D. T. Neighbours, James Pickle, James Ruffin,
R. P. Ramsey, R. Stewart, A. P. Sage, H. J. Smith, D. H. A. Sanders, A. H.
Toombs, L. C. Underwood, G. B. Wright, 0. F. West, N.M. Williams, R. P. White.
B. B. Waddel—Total, 41. •
Expelled—J. W. Benton—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—S. A. Bailey, A. J. Howard, S. M.
Laramore—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $41 00
Officers, 1872:
J.S. Jones H. P.
M. L. Benge K.
J.M. Yeach S.
J. E. Wolfolk C. of H.
Robert Stewart P. S.
W. W. Gilmore R. A. C.
R. J. Carter M.3d Y.
W. A. Embry M. 2d V.
E. C. Townsend..... .M. 1st V,
R. P. White Treasurer.
J. M. Williams Secretary.
A. T. Hudson Tyler,
W. I>. FERRISS CHAPTER, Ao. 74—Benton, Yazoo County.
.Regular Convocations, 3d Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—H. Yandell, h. p.; J. H. Elliott, k.; Geo. M. Powell, s.; J. A.
Sconyers, c. of h.; W. A. Stricklin, p. s.: W. P. King, r. a. c.; James H. Burrus, m.
3d v.; John Blaylock, m. 2d v.; W. A. Hendricks, m. 1st v.; D. Bunch, Treasurer;
J. W. C. Smith, Secretary: E. Peters, Tyler.
Members—T. B. Alsop, F. M. Beal, E. Berry, A. R. Blaylock, S. H. Brister*
J. P. Briggs, W. T. Brister, A.T. Carson, J. M. C'nisholm, J. L. Deason, W. C-
Day, S. Z. Dixon, Wm. Ewing W. D. Ferriss, J. H. Frazier, John F. Green, B. H>
Griffin, B. R Grayson, W. F. Heard, C. R. Henderson, J. F. Hendricks William
Hewett, A. S. Henderson, H. J. Hanks, A, H. Johnson, L. P. King, R. Ledbetter,
L. D. Langford, A. A. Lomax, W. R. McCutchen, E. A. Moore, R. M. Middletom
J.W.Penny, J. H. Pepper, Z. Pepper, jr., G. M. Powell, J. A. Purvis, J. W.
Ricketts, J. J. Simms, J. M. Smith, D. Stubblefield, W. H. Stubblefield, D. W."
Thomas, J. M. Tyler, L. B. Warren, James Vaughn—Total, 60.
Exaltations—A. S. Henderson, B. R. Grayson, E. Peters, J. M. Tyler, H. L
Hanks—5.
Affiliated—R. M. Middleton, L. D. Langford, William Ewing—3.
Reinstated—D. Stubblefield—1.
Dimitted—J. L. Deason, E. Peters, R. H. Sanders, Rev. Flowers—4.
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Suspended—for non-payment dues—W. F. Watlington, W. J. Watlington B. F.
Williams—4.
Dues to Grand Chapter $68 00
Officers, 1872:
Jas. H. Elliott H. P.
Jas. A. Sconyers K.
Jas. M. Smith S.
R. M. Middleton C. ofH.
L. D. Langford P. S.
A. H. Johnson R. A. C.
D. Stubblefield M. 3d V
W. H. Stubblefield M. 2d V.
W.P. King M. 1st V.
D. Bunch Treasurer.
J. W. C. Smith Secretary.
W. A. Strieklin. Tyler.
WALNUT GROTE CMAPTER, No. 75—Walnut Grove,
Jones County, Dlonroe I®. ©., !*erry County.
Regular Convocations, Thursday before fourth Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—C. F. Gillaspie, h. p. ; Wm. Bayliss, k.; D. M. Carter, s.; Wm.
Hood, c. of h.; J. A. Tisdale, p. s.; W. S. Tisdale, r. a. c.; W. P. Tisdale, m. 3d v.;
James Edmondson, m. 2d v.; L. L. Bryant, Jt. 1st v.; J. M. Baylis, Treasurer;
John Gillis, Secretary ; J. B. Read, Tyler.
Members—W. S. Carter, C. M. Edmondson, L. S. Myers, P. J. Myers, A. Mc-
Swain, Richard Welch, Stephen Lee, J. H. Tisdale, S. H. Smith, S. V. McManus,
G. B. Lee, A. McDonald, Wm. Mclnnon, J. Ingram—26.
Exaltations—G. B. Lee, S. V. McManus, A. McDonald, William Mclnnon, S.
H. Smith, J. H. Tisdale—6.
Affiliated—C. F. Gillaspie—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $38 00
Officers, 1872.
C. F. Gillaspie ....H. P.
C. M. Edmondson K.
D. M. Carter .: S.
William Hood C. ofH.
J. A. Tisdale P. S.
William Baylis R. A. C.
S. H. Smith M. 3d V.
S. V. McManus M. 2d V.
A. McDonald M. 1st V.
J. M. Baylis Treasurer.
John Gillis Secretary.
G. B. Lee Tyler.
CORINTH CHAPTER, No. 76—Corinth, Alcorn County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday in each month.
Officers 1871—L- M. New, h. p.; J. W. Dorsey, k.; D. L. Malone, s.; *R. W-
Ritchie, c. of n.; W. E. Wood, p. s.; F.E. Whitfield, r. a. c.; E. H. Bradley, m. 3d v.;
R. M. Young, m. 2d v.; W. W. Dancer, m. 1st v.; R. J. Fleming, Treasurer; C. F.
Sawyers, Secretary ; John Butler, Tyler.
Members—W. Y. Baker, Daniel Baum, W. W. Dancer, J. F. Freeman, E. C.
Gillenwaters, William Gilbert, Elem Harris, J. H. Howard, D. L. James, T. R.
Maury Thos. Mitchell, W. A. Overton, W. S. Reynolds, J. M. Stone, Frank
Tobin, T. P. Young—Total, 28.
Exaltations—Eugene Allen, J. M. New, B. P. Scrugg—3.
Affiliated—W. G. W. Jowers—1.
Dimitted—Sam'l Sloss—1.
Suspended—for non-payment of dues—J. G. Lowry—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter. $38 00
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RETURNS OF
Officers, 1872:
L. M. New H. P.
D. L. Malone K.
J. W. Dorsey S.
Daniel Baum C. of H.
W. A. Overton P. S.
E. H. Bradley R. A. C.
J. H. Howard M. 3d M.
W.S.Reynolds M. 2d V.
R. M. Young M. 1st V.
James McAmis Treasurer.
R. J. Flemming Secretary.
W. G, W. Jowers Tyler.
Note—The three Companions exalted,, and the one affiliated, should have been
added to the roll of members. Correct total1 is 32, and dues to Grand Chapter
$38.—G. Sec'y.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, No. 77—Crystal Springs, Copiah
County.
.Regular Convocations, 8d Friday of each month.
Officers 1871—H. R. Smith, h. p.; J. M. K. Alford, p. h. p., k.; E. N. Sumrall,
s., B. F. Wilson,* c. of h.; G. McLeod,* p. s.; B. A. .Smith, r. a. c.; T.J. Cammack,
m. 3d v.; R. W. Brown, p. h. p., m. 2d v.; S. Reno, m. 1st v.; M. W. Eagan, Treas-
urer; J. F. Alford, Secretary; J. W. Bailey, Tyler.
Members—J. C. Alford, p. h. p., J. T. Alford, J. Bridges, T. M. Barr, J.B*
Catchings, V. L. Coalson, G. W. Clemment, O. D. Clemment, E. W. Corlev. J. D-
Cammack, C. C. Clatworthy, J. W. Didlake, J. B. Fields, 0. P. Holiday, W. M-
Keathley, A. J. McKennon,* G. W. Locke, A. Mcintosh, J. H. Mcintosh, 0-
Osborn, C. Price,* L. J. Rymes, S. D. Robinson, W. J. Smith, J. C. Smith, A. J-
Sturges, J. Terry, A. T. Wolfe, J. N.Wilson, H.L. Williams,R. Barnes*—Total,43-
Dimttted—S. Corley, J. II. Parsons—2.
Died—T. M. Scott—1.
Suspended—for non-payment dues—A. F. Andre, W. S. Alsop, W. P. Barnes,
J. W. Massie, J. W. Mathis, I. N. Tower, D. P. Welch, J. W. Young-8.
Dues to Grand Chapter
Officers, 1872:
J. M. K. Alford, p. h. p... H. P.
J. D. Cammack- r. K.
E. N. Sumrall S.
H. R. Smith, p. h. p C. of H.
T. J. Cammack P. S
B. A. Smith R. A. C.
$48 00
J. B. Field M. 3d V.
W. M. Keathly M. 2d V.
R. W. Brown, p. h. p M. 1st V.
S. D. Robinson —...—....Treasurer.
J. F. Alford Secretary.
J. W. Bailey Tyler.
Note—Companions J. D. Cammack, L.J. Rhymes and J. Terry having been
dropped from previous return for non-payment of dues, should have been re-
ported in this as re-instated. Under Regulation 27, dues are claimed on each
for 1870. Grand Secretary is unable t/> determine how the six^ Companions
marked thus * obtained membership. Will Comp. Alford please rise to an ex-
glanation? W. A. Wadkins, in membership last report, is not accounted for.
orrect total is 44.—Gr. Sec'y.
WOONA CHAPTER, No. 78—Wm<rna, Montgomery County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Friday of each month.
Officers, 1871—E. Huntley, n. p.; Ralph Harvey, k.; A. C: Stovall, s.; G. A.
Spivey, c. of h.; C. J. Marshall, p. s.; E. N. Hammous, R. A. c.; Tip. Gamble,
m. 3d v.; W. W. Cowan, (died) m. 2d v.; T. A. Baskins, m. 1st v.; W. W. Mar-
shall, Treasurer; J. J. Campbell, Secretary; W. J. Nugent, Tyler.
Members—C. A. Arnold, C. M. Brooke, Green T. Bledsoe, T. J. Blackmore, J.
T. Cain, Jesse M. Doyle, G. C.Everett, B. R. Eskridge, W. G. Gunn, H.J.. Gooch,
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J. T. Harvey, W. F. Hamer, H. H. Hudgins, W. A. Hunt, W. H. Johnson, J. W.
May, J. Y. Oliver, J. A. Pyron, R. D. Palmer, H. P. Turner, J. P. Thompson, F.
M. Shryock, J. R. Watson—Total, 35.
Dimitted—Richard Williams—1.
Died—W. W. Cowan—1
Suspended—for non-payment of dues—M. II. Allen, J. W. Bootlie, A. H.
Boothe, Isaac H. Curtis, W. W. Gainey, A. R. Gooch, John Killings worth, G. P'.
Lake, W. B. Peery, Nathan Pittman, A. M. Rafter, D. L. Young—12.
Dues to Grand Lodge $34 00
Officers, 1872 :
G. A. Spivey H. P.
T.J. Blackmore .K.
R. D. Palmer U.
W. H. Johnson ~C. ofH.
C.M.Brooke P. S.
F. M. Shryock R. A. C.
J. T. Cain M. 3d Y.
W. G.rfJunn M. 2d V.
C. Y. Marshall M. 1st Y.
W. W." Marshall Treasurer.
J.J. Campbell Secretary.
W. J. Nugent Tyler.
BROOKISAYEN CHAPTER, Wo. 80—Brootliaven, Lincoln
County.
Regular Convocations, Thursday before 4th Saturday of each month.
Officers, 1871—T. F.Rawls, h. p.; A. 0. Cox, k.; L. Blue, s.; Jas. A. Hoskins,
c. of h.; B. T. Atkins, p. s.; A. E. Moreton, r. A. c.; A. E. Maxwell, sr. 3d v.; E.
E. Seavey, m. 2d v.; H. Lowenthall, si. 1st v.; E. Pfeifer, Treasurer; John II. Stew-
art, Secretary; C. Lessing, Tyler.
Members—E. Browsky,* W. G. Ford, C. R. Harvey, William Hopson, Ezra
Knapp, J. W. Oliver, P. R. Fleeman, J. W. McMillian,* M. M. Sammit,* S. H.
Whitworth—Total, 23.
Dimitted—H. C. Hoskins—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues—R. R. Applewhite, Frank Heuck, Charles
Heuck-3.
Dues to Grand Chapter „...$30 00
Officers, 1872.
James A. Hoskins .11. P.
B. T. Atkins K.
A. E. Maxwell - S.
A. E. Moreton C. of II.
H. Lewenthall P. S.
J. W. McMillian ~R. A. C.
E. Browsky M. 3d Y.
E. Pfeifer .M. 2d Y.
E. Knapp M. 1st V.
E. E. Seavy.... Treasurer.
John H. Stewart Secretary.
C. Lessing„ ...Tyler.
Note.—R. J. Bowen, and J. W. Martin, in membership last return, and not ac-
counted for in this, are hereby added to total. A. 0. Cox was twice in roll.—
Three are reported exalted, but names should be so reported under proper
heading. Grand Secretary presumes they are the Companions marked thus w
as he cannot find such names in any previous return. Correct totalis 24, and
dues, $30.—Gr. Sec'y.
S. H. JOHNSON CHAPTER, Wo 81—Mnzleliurst, Copiah Co.
Regular Convocations, 1st Wednesday in each month.
Officers, 1871—John A. Hull, h. p.; M J. Massengill, k.; J. R. Groome, s.; D.
B. Low, c. of H.-j J- B. Fortenimry, r. s.; R. D. Middleton, r. a. c.; Budd Higdon,
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RETURNS OF
m. 3d v.; Joseph Price, m. 21 v.; G. W. Purnell, m. 1st v.; G. W.«Killcrease,
Treasurer; J. C. Pitts, Secretary; W. T. Lambright (not a member), Tyler.
Members—J. W. Anderson, M. Beasley, A. P. Barry, W. H. Bondurant, H. H.
Cook, Morris Cook, D. K. Coor, Martin Faler, Benjamin Harris, A. D. Harris,
Josiah Hester, H. Hanslow, M. J. Howard, W. M. Haley, G. W. Jones, S. H. John-
son, G. D. Low, W. W. Miller, J. B. Middleton, J. H. McElwea, B. F. Martin, A.
L. Potter, S. T. Rogers, George Rea, W. J. Rea, T. M. Rea, J. P. Rembert, J. H.
Starnes, W. J. Wilso'n, Samuel Wilson, Erastus Wheeler—Total, 41.
Exalted—H. H. Cook, G. W. Jones, S. T. Rogers—3.
Reinstated—W. H. Bondurant, H. Hanslow—2.
Dimitted—W. T. Lambright, S. S. Starnes-r-2.
Died—J. D. Howard—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—H. J. Alford, George Morrison, M. G1
Norman, A. Page, W. P. Poole, T. J. Ramsey, W. C. Weeks—7.
Dues to Grand Chapter, including balance on last year $52 00
Officers, 1872:
John A. Hull H. P.
M. J. Massengill K.
S. T. Rogers ....S.
D. B. Low C. of H.
J. R. Fortenbury P. S.
W. J. Rea R. A. C.
J. C. Pitts M. 3d V.
J. R. Groome M. 2k V.
A. P. Barry M. 1st V.
George Rea Treasurer,
H. H. Cook Secretary.
D. K. Cook Tyler.
S'EARKTIEEE CHAPTER, No, 83—StarkviUe, Oktibbeha
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Friday in each month.
Officers, 1871—F. H. Duquercron, h. p.; William E. Saunders, k.; Homer C.
Powers, s.; Louis Martin, c. of h.; T. G. Sellers, p. s.; William H. Cross, r. a. c.;
M. E. Owens, m. 3d v.; C. W. Westmoreland, m. 2d v.; J. W. Woodward, m.lstv.;
L. Rosenfield, Treasurer; W. C. Bishop, Secretary; W. H. Gunn, Tyler.
Members—William B. Aikin, Joab Martin Brooks, W. Horace Carpenter, Jno.
William Caldwell, Lemuel B. Friday, Herod Fondren, J. B. Long, James Mc-
Ilwain, Henry A. McCreight, James H. Steel, Joseph W. Woodward, W. Frank
Yeager—Total, 24.
Reinstated—John Henry—1.
Dimitted—John H. Gay, John Henry, J. T. Randolph—3.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—James W. Bell, James W. Butler, J. G.
Carroll, Robert A. Lampkin, D. F. Montgomery, C. S. Sikes—6.
Dues to Grand Chapter, including $1 for reinstated member $25 00
Officers, 1872;
W. Frank Yeager M. 3d V.
H. A. McCreight M. 2d V.
T. G. Sellers M. 1st V.
J. W. Caldwell Treasurer.
W. A. Hale Secretary.
M. E. Owens Tyler.
Note.—The name of Comp. Woodward appears twice in the foregoing roll, and
the name of Comp. C. N. Terry is omitted from the roll altogether. He appears,
however, as Scribe for 1872. For Comp. Henry, reinstated, the Chapter owes
dues to Grand Chapter on his account for 1870. See Reg. 27. Correct total is 24.
—Gr. Sec'y.
F. II. Duquercron H. P.
W. H. Gunn K.
C. N. Terry S.
Louis Martin C. of H.
W. E. Saunders P. S.
W. H. Cross R. A. C.
SAILENI CHAPTER, Wo. 83—Union Church, JefTcrsom Co.
Regular Convocations, 2d Saturday of each month.
Officers, 1871—John A. Galbreath, h. p.; R. A. Sibley, k.; Lewis Cato, s.;
James H. Freeman, c. of h.; Titus Linton, p. s.; Hezekiah Short, r. a. c.; Wm.
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N. Havis, m. 3d v.; E. T. Tucker, m. 2d v.; M. A. Galbreath, m. 1st v.; Sterling
Cato, Treasurer; Isaac G.Clark, Secretary; David G. Clark, Tyler.
Members—Davis Applewhite, George C. Armstrong, B. F. Bailey, R. C. Bcr-
thea, William H. Bowen, John B. Bowen, Henry P. Bowen, John D. Bridger,
Robert Buie, Joseph P. Buie, Henry Cato, Jo^ph W. Cato, James F. Cato, John
H. Clark, William H. Clark, James N. Clark, T. H. Cleland, Augustus Cobb, Wm.
D. Coleman, William N. Davis, John J. Embrv, C. C. Erwin, D. P. Fairley, E. R.
Flowers, Thomas J. Furness, Charles M. Gordon, Levi R. Godbold, T. W. God-
bold, B. M. Godbold, F. F. Herring, Thomas 0. Herring, Isaac Hercum, B. F.
Jones, Mid. Kelley, W. N. Maddox, Elijah Miller, A. J. Moore, T. J. Mullins, W.
T. McArn, Jj B. McCormick, J. W. McDaniel, Moses Mitchell, Wm. H. Mathews,
John S. McCormick, W. A. McLean, J. J. McLean, W. G. Millsaps, J. R. Nevills,
Martin Nevills, J. P. Newman, W.R. Newman, C. Nesmith, Sam'l Nesmith, R. K.
Scott, J. F. Sessions, Saxton II. Shaw, Cyrus Tankersley, States Trevillion, D.
Warren, J. J.Warren, William A.Watson, N. R. C.Watson, J. W. Whitstine,
Clark N. Woods, Williams Wells—Total, 77.
Exalted—Isaac G. Clark, Isaac Hercum, J. B. McCormick, W. T. McArn, Wm.
H. Mathews, Moses F. Mitchell, J. W. McDaniel, C. C. Nesmith, Samuel Nesmith,
Cyrus Tankersley, States Trevillion, William Wells—12.
Died—W. J. Smith—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $102 00
Officers, 1872:
John A. Galbreath H. P. I Zetus Linton M. 3d V.
Lewis Cato K. | States Trevillion M.2d V.
John R. Nevills S. I T. W. Godbold M. 1st Y.
James H. Freeman C. of H. | Sterling Cato Treasurer.
Samuel Nesmith P. S. I Isaac G. Clark Secretary.
William Wells R. A. C. | H. Short Tyler.
Note.—This Return is so very neatly prepared. Grand Secretary is reluctant
to note the only error which he has been able to discover. Comp. A. R. Lum, in
membership last report, is not accounted for. His name added, makes correct
total 78, and dues $102.—Gr. Sec'y.
CATO CHAPTER, Wo. 8©—Cat©, Rankin County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Jno. Russell, h. p.; Jno. Colquhoun, k.; W. H. Barnette, s.;.P. H.
Overbv, c. of n.; A. Colquhoun, p. s.; Esau Bass, r. a. c.; C. H. Baker, m. 3d v.;
F. II. C. Dent, m. 2d v.; S. H. Mangum, m. 1st v.; S. L. Tucker, Treasurer; F. M.
Martin, Secretary; E. Floyd, Tyler.
Members—F. C. Clark, O. L. Corley, L. J. Coleman, U. P. Dent, Solomon Dob-
son, A. L. Daniel, T. J. Franklin, W. L. Manning, John Morrison, Dan. Morri-
son, Alex. Murry, C. R. Norman, J. P. Rainwater, G. W. Barnette, J. W. Dent—
Total, 27.
Reinstated—G. W. Barnette, J. M. Dent—2.
Dimitted—J. A. Barnette—1.
Died—Daniel Giddens—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter, including reinstated Companions $33 00
Officers, 1872:
F. M. Martin H- T- Franklin M. 3d V.
F H C Dent R- Esau Bass M. 2d V.
W: 1 Barnette'. S. J. M. Dent ~M. 1st V.
John Russell C- of H. John Colquhoun Treasurer.
G. W. Barnette'..". S. U. P. Dent Secretary.
W. L. Manning R- A- Ch L. Corley Tyler.
Note —Under Regulation No. 27, adopted by Grand Chapter, January, 1871,
the Chapter owes dues for 1870 for the Companions reinstated—$1 for each.—
Gr. Sec'y.
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RETURNS OF
SUMMIT CHAPTER, No. 90—Summit, Pike County.
Regular Convocations 2d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1871—George T. Gracey, h. p.; H. Hiller, k.; G. B. May, s.; J. Moyse,
c. of h.; E. H. Mogan, p. s.; Samuel HyTman, r. a. c.; P.L. Marsalis, m. 3d v.; P.
C. Quinn, M. 2d v.; J. G. Parsons, m. 1st v.; Benj. Hilborn, Treasurer; W. T.
Tyler, Secretary; C. H. Lyston, Tyler.
Members—H. S. Anderson, A. A. Boyd, W. F. Cain, E. W. Flowers, G. P. God-
bold, B. Haynes, p. H. p., J.M. Hart, Geo. W. Huffman, Solomon Hyman, Jacob
Hart, J. D. McDowell, W. F. McDowell, Jehu May, George Nicholson, Hyram
Norman, D.H. Quinn, H. M. Quinn, T. R. Stockdale, George C.Taylor, S. Wolf,
L. Wolf, N. Williams—Total, 34.
Dues to Grand Chapter $34 00
Officers, 1872:
J. Moyse H. P.
N. Williams K.
H. Hiller S.
E. H. Mogan C. of H.
Samuel Hyman P. S.
P. C. Quinn R. A. C,
H. M. Quinn M. 3d V.
J. G. Parsons M. 2d V.
P. L. Marsalis M. 1st V,
Benj. Hilborn Treasurer.
W. F. Tyler Secretary.
C. H. Lyster Tyler.
CENTRE RIDGE CHAPTER, No, 93—Centre Ridge, (Lan.
derdalc Post Office,) Kemper County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—G. J. Fortner, h. p.; James S. Nethery (dead), k.; J. C. Gil-
bert, s.; J. C. Spinks, c. of h.; J. S. Ross, p. s.; McM. Hudson, r. a. c.; L. M. Mc-
Lendon, m. 3d v.; A. Lilly, m. 2d v.; R. G. Betsill, m. 1st v.; N. Grace, Treasurer;
R. Fowler, Secretary ; C. Bell. Tyler*
Past High Priest—James Watts.
Members—A. Barfield, J. R. Rrittain, C. Creed, J. C. Carpenter, A. G. Ellis,
William Flake, W. A. Lampley, R. H. Harmon, M. J. Bush, E. Roberts, E. E.
Spinks, A. Sanders, H. Wells, John White, H. D. White, Geo. L. Welsh—Total,29.
Exalted—R. H. Harmon, A. G. Ellis, W. A. Lampley, H. Wells, A. Sanders,
J. C. Carpenter, H. D. White, William Flake, C. Creed—9.
Affiliated—E. Roberts, John White—2.
Dimitted—William Stevens, John Moore, J. B. Ramsey, D. Butcher, T. C. Mur-
phy, W. P. Keiser—6.
Died—James Nethery, k.—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $46 00
Officers, 1872:
James Watts H. P.
G. J. Fortner K.
H. D. White S.
A. G. Ellis : C. of H.
J. S. Ross P. S.
McM. Hudson R. A. C.
C. Creed M. 3d M.
E. Roberts M 2d ¥.
W. J. Flake M. 1st Y.
A. Lilly Treasurer.
R. Fowler Secretary.
C. Bell Tyler.
i>URANT CHAPTER, No. 91-1)urant, Holmes County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—C. T. Murphy, h. p.; C. H. Weston, k.; S. W. Red, s.; J. Jeff
Cooper, c. of h.; Louis Glazier, p. s.; S. W. Weatherby, r. a. c.; R. M. Murphy,
m. 3d v.; J. S. Weatheroy, m. 2d v.; W. W. Godfrey, m. 1st v.; S. W. Weems,
Treasurer; J. R. Heflin, Secretary; R. M.Stroud, Tyler.
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Members—J. W. Allen, G. W. Bacliman, C. A. Crowder, J. W. Cook, F. M,
Glass, James Hays, William Irish, James Meggs, James Moorhead, John Murphy,
E. F. Shuler, W. B. Sanders, Nicholas Smith, W. P. Strowd, S. W. Weems—
Total, 27.
Exalted—Wm. Irish, James Meggs, E. F. Shuler—3.
. Affiliated—G. W. Bachman—1.
Dimitted—J. W.Sproles, M.C. Shepherd—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter, (including 2 names dropped from previous return...":85 00
Officers, 1872:
J. Jeff Cooper H. P.
S.W. Red K.
James Meggs S.
F.M.Glass C. of H.
S. W. Weatherby P.S.
J.R. Heflin R. A. C.
R. M. Murphy M. 3d V.
E. F. Shuler M.2d V.
Nicholas Smith M. 1st Y.
B. W. Moore Treasurer.
C. T. Murphy Secretary.
B. M. Strowd Tyler.
Note.—The name of Companion S. W. Weems appears twice in this Return.
Correct total is 26. The names of Companions James Moorhead and S. W.
Weatherby were not included in the total of previous Return. Dues for each $1.
—G. Sec'y..
WEST POINTS' CHAPTER, Nio. 95—West Point, Lowndes
County,
Regular Convocations, 3d Friday in each month.
Officers, 1871—B. T. Palmer, h. p.; P. H. White, k., W. G. White, s.; W. F.
Franks, c. of h.; R. L. Cannon, p. s.; J. F. Crockett, r. a. c.; W. B. Shelley, m.3dv.;
J. H. Shipman, m. 2d v.; J. K. Allen, m. 1st v.; D. W. Storey, Treasurer; J.
. Frenkle, Secretary; J. D. Travis, Tyler.
Members—Henry Anderson, J. G. Babtiste, B. F. Capshaw, J. A. Cox, J. S.
Carothers, B. A. Duncan, J. P. Dancer, P. B. Dugan, J. B. Ellis, A. S. Gerdine,
A. C. Echols, F. E. Harris,"R. S. Harris, J. P. Hampton, H. Henly, G; AV. Hines,
S.J. John, AV. N. Killingsworth, L. T. Martin, M. M. McElroy, D. McCarthy, W.
W.Robinson, J. C. Symons, Jerry Troy, P. AV. Taylor, J. H. Westbrook, T. D.
Williamson B. T. AVilliams—Total, 40.
Affiliated—S. J. John, A. S. Gerdine, B. F. AVilliams—3.
Dimitted—J. A. Cox, F. E. Harris, J. C. Symons—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $50 00
Officers, 1872:
A. S. Gerdine H. P. I B. C. Williams M. 3d V.
A.C.Echols K. W.G.White M.2d V.
J.K.Allen S. J. Frenkel M.lstV.
W. F.Franks C. of H. P. H. AVhite Treasurer;
J. H. Shipman P. S. B. T. Palmer Secretary.
S. J. John R. A. C. J. D. Travis Tyler.
Note.—Several items in this Return not understood. In last Return J. H.
Westbrook was reported dimitted. He is again in roll of members, without ex-
planation. George T. Baber and Con. McCarthy were in membership last report,
but are unceremoniously dropped in this. F. E. Harris and J. A. Cox are reported
as having dimitted, and yet their names are retained in roll of members. D.
McCarthy and J. C. Symons appear in roll for first time, without explanation.
Companions J. P. Hampton, W. N. Killingsworth, L. T. Martin, M. M. McElroy
and G. AV. Hines were all suspended in 1869 for non-payment of dues. In order
to again bring their names to roll of members they should have been reported as
Reinstated and dues for 1869 and 1870 sent up for each to Grand Chapter, in all
$10. The actual membership of this Chapter is 40, and dues (including amount
for reinstated members) $50—G. Sec'y.
G2
RETURNS OF
ZUcCOXXICO C3IAI»TE!E, No. OS—Water Valley, Yalobusha
County.
Regular Convocations, 1st Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. N. Wilson, h. p.; C. P. Kennedy, k.; T. W. Whitsey, s.;
Thomas J. West, c. of h.; W. S. Harrison, p. s.; G. A. Sims, r. a. c.; W. A. Craw-
ford, M. 3d v.; J.O.Hendricks, M. 2d v.; J. Q. Morrison, M. 1st v.; E. Badley,
Treasurer; L. M. Lawshe, Secretary; F. Hulihan, Tyler.
Members—J. K. Eulson, Henry Gibbon, W. E. Beir, G. W. Fulmer, A. S.
Campbell, B. H. Carr, Robt. Martin, D. W. Rogers, P. 1). Woods, E. C. Davidson,
W. Taliaferro, L. Marble, G. Berglund, S. B. McConnico, J. H. Rothwell, W. H,
Leach, C. T. Hope, W. F. Palmer, M. D. L. Stephens, p. h. p.; A. J. McConnico, T.
J. McFarland, U. D. Payne, T. J. Berry, H. L. Duncan, Wm. Simmons, Sr., F.H.
Green, C. Montgomery, J. C. Knight., W. H. Harris—Total, 41.
Exalted—T. J. McFarland, U. D. Payne, T. J. Berry, C. Montgomery, J. C.
Knight, W. H. Harris—6.
Dimitted—W. H. Sthreshley, A. L. Guntharp, in 1870—2.
Died—D. F. Rogers—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $55 00
Officers, 1872.
L. M. Lawshe H. P. I W. F. Palmer M. 3d Y.
T. W. Whitsey K. | T. J. McFarland M. 2d V.
T. J. West S. G. Berglund M. IstV.
C. P. Kennedy C. of H. | A. J. McConnico Treasurer.
J. Q. Morrison P. S. I J. 0. Hendricks Secretary.
U. D. Payne R. A. C. | F. Hulihan Tyler.
Note.—Companions B. R. Harding and J. C. Butler, in membership last re-
port, are not accounted for. Their names added, makes correct total 43, and
dues $55. Secretary will oblige by having names of members alphabetically
arranged.—G. Sec'y.
12. W. PAYNE CIIA PYEB2, No. 97— Morton, Scott County.
Regular Convocations, 3d Thursday of each month.
Officers 1871—T. F. Pet.tus, h. p.; L. H. Jones, k.; L. R. Moore, s.. A. P. Sim",
c. of h.; H. H. Moore, p. s.; W. A. Flanigan, r. a. c.; Jno. R. Owen, m. 3d v.; W.
Lee Wilkins, m. 2d v.; D. L. Mitchell, m. 1st v.; J. B. Finch, Treasurer; W. L.
Lowry, Secretary; W.Jennings, Tyler.
Member—M. K. Meyers—Total, 13.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—&. D. Dudley—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $14 00
Officers, 1872:
John R. Owen M. 31 V.
D. L. Mitchell M. 2dV.
B. H. Moore M. 1st V,
J. D. Finch Treasurer.
T. F. Pettus H.P.
Mark Meyers K.
W. J. Flanigan S.
A. P. Sims C. of H.
L. R. Moore P.S.
L. H. Jones R. A. C.
W. L. Lowry Secretary.
W. Jennings Tyler.
Note.—Comp. J. M. Brossell, in membership last report, is not accounted for.
His name added makes correct total 14.—Gr. Sec'y.
SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
63
McHONAEH CHAPTER, No. 98—9IcI>onaM^ Store, Asli-
land Post OiSce, Benton County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Wednesday of each month.
Officers, 1871—R. L. Bouton, h. p.; J. M. McDonald, k.; G. N. Dickerson, s.;
Benjamin Bright, c. of h.; A. J. Jordon, p. s.; J. J. Brown, r. a. c.; B. T. Kim-
brough, m. 3d v., M.J. Cox, m. 2d v.; J. J. Hicks, m. 1st v.; J. II. Prescott, Treas-
urer; N.W. Bouton, Secretary; J. A. Cox, Tyler.
Members—A. M. Ayres, S. D. Bookout, W. P. Bouton, W. A. Campbell, L. P.
Cossett, J. M. Finger, Lewis Glenn, J. II. Godsey, William Hudspeth, J.W.John-
son, William Katz, H, F. Lipford, D. A. McDonald, J. B. Montgomery, W. G. Pe-
gram, A. G. Parrott, J. R. Roberts, Marion Ray, R. J. Sharp, II. G. Spencer, R.
W. Tate, J. P. Winget, D. B. Wright—Total, 35.
Exalted—W.P. Bouton, J. M. Finger, William Hudspeth, J. W. Johnson, Wm.
Katz, D. A. McDonald, J. B. Montgomery, Marion Ray, R. W. Tate—9.
Dimitted—Alfred Freeman, in 1870—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter $53 00
Officers, 1872:
R. L. Bouton H. P.
J. M. McDonald K.
G. N. Dickerson S.
Benjamin Bright C. of H.
A. J. Jordon P. S.
J. J. Brown R. A. C.
B. T. Kimbrough M. 31 V.
S. D. Bookout M. 2d Y.
J. B. Montgomery M. 1st V.
J. H. Prescott Treasurer.
N. W. Bouton Secretary.
J. A. Cox Tyler.
TOO USUI? A CHAPTER, No 99-Tooms«l»a, Lauderdale Co.
Regular Convocations, 1st. Saturday in each month.
Officers, 1871—J. R. McLaurin, h. p.; M. V. White, k.; D. Kelly, s ; J. T.
Wilson, c, of h.; J. G. Knox, p. s.; H. D. Cameron, r. a. c.; W. C. Day, m. 3d v.;
W. H. Moody, m. 2d v.; Thomas Graham, m. 1st v.; G. Bancroft, Treasurer; N.
Wood, Secretary; J. P. Welch, Tyler.
Members—Robert Brown, J. H. Hemphill, W. W. Mitchell, T. S. Pigford, R.
F. Pearce, A. A. Pringle, W. A. Sims, S. H. Shannon, J. R. Sayler—Total, 21.
Exalted—W. W. Mitchell, J. H. Hemphill, Robert Brown, T. S. Pigford, A. A.
Pringle, R. T. Pearce, W. A. Sims, S. H. Shannon, J. R. Sayler—9.
Died—John Calhoun—1.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—M. Riffle, Robert Rogers, J. G. Wil-
son—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter $39 00
Officers, 1872:
J. R. McLaurin H. P.
Duncan Kelly K.
J. G. Knox S.
H. D. Cameron C. of H.
W. H. Moody P. S.
J. R. Sayler R. A. C.
R. F. Pearce M. 3d V.
W. A. Sims .'. M. 2d V.
A. A. Pringle M. 1st V.
T. S. Pigford Treasurer.
S. H.Shannon Secretary.
Robert Brown Tyler.
ATTALA CHAPTER, No. lOO—Eil>erty Cliapel, Wells Post
Office, Attala County.
Regular Convocations, 4th Saturday of each month.
n ~ ig7i—W. J. Wasson, h. p.; L. G. W. Harrison, k.: John A. Wasson,
s • W W Adams, c. of h.; J. G.Riley, p. s.; M. D. Wasson, r. a. c.; E. Treada-
'' ' qj v • J W Cole, m. 2d v.; W. T. Sweat, m. 1st v.; James A. Wasson,
Treasurer; c.'G.'Harris, Secretary; E. A. P. Lucas, Tyler.
u
RETURNS OP SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
Members—S. C. Conly, J. M. Thompson, J. M. Chatman, J. H. Sweat, E. S.
Toler, N. C. Wasson, J. G. Carlisle—Total, 19.
Exalted—J. M. Chatman, E. S. Toler, J. II. Sweat—3.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—B. F. Normon, J. D. Matkis—2.
Dues to Grand Chapter . . $'25 00
Officers, 1872:
W. J. Wasson ......—
L. G. W. Harrison.
J. G. Riley
W. W. Adams
M. D. Wasson
A. P. Lucas...
H. P. E. Tredaway M. 3d V.
K. J. H. Sweat.; M. 2d V.
S. E. fi. Toler M. 1st V.
C. of H. J. W. Cole Treasurer.
P. S. C. G. Harris...-...'. Secretary.
R. A. C. W. T. Sweat - Tyler.
.Note.—Return should show how J. G. Carlisle became a member since last re-
port.—Gr. Sec'y.
COFFEETILLE CMAE»TEIE, No. 101—Cofioerille, Yalobusha
County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Tuesday of each month.
•Officers, 1871—R. S.Thomas, «. p.; J. H. Kennedy, k.; H. Ray, s.; A. L. Gun-
lliarp, c. of h.; J. D. Haile, p. s.; J. A. P. Kennedy, r. a. c.; W. L. Brannon, m.
3d v.; W. J. Melton, m. 2d v.; W. R. Spencer, m. 1st v.; John S. Collins, Treas-
urer; F. P. Tempel, Secretary; J. J. Melton, Tyler.
Members—G.P. Bondurant, R. D Byles, M. P. Durden, J. L. Eskridge, Henry
Gaines, W. B. Hooper, J. C. Hannah, R. W. Jones, E. 0. Perkins, R. W. Perkins,
M. A. Perkins, S. M. Ross, Samuel Strousc, E. W. Smith, 0. W. Shipp, W. C.
Shackleford, John O. Vann, S. M. Willie, B. E. Williams, L. R. Wilson, E. A.
Ware, B. L. Wynn, W. D. York—Total, 35.
Exalted—B. L. Wynn, M. P. Durden, W. C. Shackleford^3.
Affiliated—Henry Gaines, R. D. Byles—2.
Dimittep—B. C. W ells—1.
Dues to Grand Chapter.— $11 00
Officers, 1872:
A. L. Guntharp - H. P. I W. D.York...'. M. 3d Y.
H. Ray K. R. W. Jones M. 2d V.
W. L. Brannon.— S. I W. C. Shackleford. M. 1st V.
F. P. Tempel C. of H. | John L. Collins Treasurer.
J. A. P. Kennedy P. S. I J. D. Haile ....Secretary.
W. R. Spencer - R. A. C. | J. J. Melton , Tyler.
G52EE.YWOOJ) CHAPTER, U. »,*-Grcenwood, Leflore
County.
Regular Convocations, 2d Thursday in each month.
Officers, 1871—Robert Ettinger, h. p.; A. A. Stoddard, k.; John K. Allen, s.;
Littleton Upshur, c. of h.; W. Af Gillespie, p. s.; Joseph B. Ettinger, r. a. c.; T.
K. Nelson, m. 3d v.; W. W. Wiley, m. 2d v.; J. L. Ball, m. 1st v.; J. T. McNeill,
Treasurer; F. W. Goff, Secretary; J. L. Ball, Tyler.
Members—John H. Lucas, S. T. East, S. Auter—Total, 14.
Exalted—John H. Lucas, S. Auter, S. T. East—3.
Dues to Grand Chapter. $6 0)
* Chartered January 19, 1872, as No. 102.
CHAPTERS FAILING TO MAKE RETURNS.
The following Chapters made Returns for the year 1870, but as yet no
Returns have been received for the year 1871:
Mt. Carmel, No, 50—Mt. Carmel, Covington county. Isaac Williams,
H.-. P,*.; Louis W. Gray, Secretary. Last total reported, 29,
Shubuta, No. 59—DeSoto, Clarke county, M. B. Kniglit, II.\ P.*.; G. W.
Ferrell. Last total reported, 20.
Scooba, No. 70—Scooba, Kemper county. II. C. Robinson,II.'. P.-.; J. C.
Hardin, Secretarj'. Last total reported, 2G,
Tampico, No. 79—Tampico, Oktibbeha county. Jas. B. Cheny, II.'. P,\;
David W. Williams, Secretary. Last total reported, 18.
Summerville, No. 83—Summerville, Noxubee county. Thos. S. Gath-
right, II.*. P.*.; M. Edwards, Secretary. Last total reported, 22.
gc5
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Chapters making Returns for 1871 . 75
Chapters failing to make returns for 1871, but which had made Keturns
for 1870 5
Chapters represented at Annual Convocation 59
Total membership in 75 Chapters 2,528—
Estimated in Chapters not reporting 135—
Total affiliated Royal Arch Masons 2,663
Exalted 186
Affiliated « 65
Reinstated * 75
Dimitted 96
Died * 50
Suspended for non-payment of Dues 156
Suspended for Unmasonic conduct 3
Expelled for Unmasonic conduct 5
STATISTICS OF PREVIOUS YEAR.
Exaltations 167
Affiliations 56
Reinstated 76
Dimissions 132
Deaths 50
Suspended for non-payment of dues 169
Suspended for Unmasonic conduct 1
Expelled for Unmasonic conduct 2
PAY ROLL—JANUARY, 1872.
(Mileage and Two Days' Per Diem included in Total,)
NAME OF CHAPTER,
Natchez No,
Clinton
Vicksburg
Columbus,
Wilson
Jackson
Magnolia
Yazoo f
•Lexington '
Canton
DeWitt Clinton
Euphemia
Fayette
Carrollton
Shields
Kosciusko
Quitman
Houston
Wayne
Meridian
Walker
Shongalo
Emory
Lafayette
Neshoba
Louisville
Marshall
Amite,,
Enterprise
Ripley. '
New Albany.
George Washington
Patton
Bethseda
Wright
Baldwyn.,
Panola
Eureka
Chickasaw,
Rienzi
Euclid
Dent H. Miles
Ward
W. D. Ferriss
Walnut Grove
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
18
20
21
23
24
25
2S
30
32
33
34
36
40
42
45
48
49
51
52
55
56
57
60
61
65
66
67
72
73
74
AMOUNT.
$38 50
25 50
40 65
34 35
6 00
33 90
28 00
30 00
32 40
30 45
17 25
18 00
21 00
23 50
18 20
23 10
17 00
28 05
15 00
44 25
23 35
22 80
25 10
10 35
17 20
33 70
9 00
24 75
24 75
14 95
12 00
9 00
30 50
25 85
22 10
20 55
26 10
26 40
18 00
20 35
22 45
34 35
26 70
31 43
30 00
TO WHOM PAID.
C. F. Merrick.
A, J, Lewis.
E. T. Henry.
N, Reynolds.
H. H, Field.
John Nelson,
J, J. Birdsong.
R. B. Mayes,
N. E. Whitehead.
John T, Cameron.
R. Coffman.
R. B. Brannin-
M.Eiseman.
W. M. Stansbury.
E. C. Bolton.
D. L. Smythe.
J, O. Lusher.
R. P. Mitchell.
John F. McCormick.
A. J. Friederitce.
D. A. Kinchloe.
T. C. Everett.
C. J, Coleman.
J. M, Howrv,
W, C, Dowd.
N. Woodward.
A. Webb.
D. Jewett.
G- M. Shaw.
J. E. Rogers.
C. T. Bond.
J. H, Alexander.
W. R. McKinley.
A. W. Mitchell.
B. R. Chambliss.
P. M. Savery.
M. N. Phillips'.
D. Mitchell.
G, N, Robuck.
J. F. Arnold.
S. O. B. Crockett.
Dent H. Miles.
J. S. Jones.
J. H. Elliott.
C. F. Gillespie.
08
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
PAY -ROLL—Continued .
name op chapter.
amount.
to whom paid?
Corinth No.
7G
$ 19 20
L. M. New.
Crystal Springs
77
37 G5
E. N. Sumrall.
Winona
78"
20 70
G. A. Spivey.
Brookhaven
80
16 95
J. S. Hoskins.
S.H.Johnson
81
39 15
M. J. Massengill.
Salem
85
45 90
Jno, A. Galbreath.
Summit
90
22 15
Bythel Haynes.
Centre Ridge
93
36 00
James Watts.
Durant
94
22 50
J. Jeff. Cooper.
West Point
95
30 35
A. S. Gerdine.
McDonald
98
11 85
R. L. Bouton.
Toomsuba '
99
30 75
H. V. Cameron.
100
20 25
W. J. Wasson.
Coffee ville
101
15 00
A. L. Guntharp.
Total
$1,455 23
GRAND OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
M. Cook, Deputy G.-. H.\ Priest $ 30 15
John Y. Murry, Grand King 15 60
E. Geo. DeLap, Grand Scribe 65 45
A- P. Barry, Grand Treasurer 40 65
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary 23 90
W. D. Ferriss, Grand Lecturer 26 70
H. Denio, Grand Captain of Host 40 65
. A- P. Saunders, Grand Principal Sojourner 23 55
B. B. Paddock, Grand Royal Arch Captain 59 65
John T. Buck, Grand Master 2d Vail 33 90
J, M. McDonald, Grand Master 1st Vail 9 ft
IV". H. Carkeet, Grand Tyler, appropriation, per diem and accounts
allowed 43 05
J. M. Howry, Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence 13 35
Chas. T. Murphy, same Committee, as per Resolution (page 25) 25 20
Wm. S. Patton, Chairman, Foreign Correspondence 100 00
Total $ 570 55
Add Representatives' Pay-Roil 1,45a 21
Total $2,025 78
LIST OF GRAND CHAPTERS,
WITH THE ADDRESS OF THEIR GRAND SECRETARIES,
GRAND CHAPTER. GRAND SECRETARY. ADDRESS.
Alabama Daniel Sayre Montgomery.
Arkansas— Luke E. Barber Little Rock.
California Chas. Louis Wiggin San Francisco.
Canada Thomas Bird Harris. Hamilton, Ontario.
Connecticut Joseph K. Wheeler Hartford.
Delaware Wm. F. Godwin Milford.
District of Columbia.. ,C. W. Hancock Washington City.
Florida W. M. Mcintosh Tallahassee.
Georgia J. Emmett Blacksliear Macon.
'Illinois James H.Miles Chicago.
Indiana John M. Bramwell Indianapolis.
Iowa William B, Langridge Muscatine.
Kansas E.'T. Carr Leavenworth,
"Kentucky J. M.S. McCorkle Louisville.
Louisiana James C.Batchelor Hew Orleans.
Maine Ira Berry Portland.
Missouri George Frank Gouley Saint Louis.
Massachusetts Alfred F. Chapman Boston.
Maryland W. A. Wentz Baltimore.
Michigan J. Eastman Johnson Centerville,
.Minnesota William S. Combs Saint Paul.
Mississippi J. L. Power .Jackson,
Nebraska R. W. Furnas Brownsville.
New Hampshire Abel Hutchins Concord.
New Jersey John Woolverton Trenton.
New York Christopher G. Fox Buffalo.
North Carolina Thomas B. Carr Wilmington.
Nova Scotia James Gossip Halifax.
Ohio James Nesbitt Troy.
Oregon R« P. Earhart Salem.
Pennsylvania John Thomson Philadelphia.
Rhode Island Geo. H. Burnham Providence,
South Carolina Augustine T. Smytlie Charleston.
Tennessee John Frizzell .'. Nashville.
Texas V Robert Brewster Houston.
Vermont..... . W. H, S, Whitcoinb Burlington.
Virginia ... John Dove Richmond.
Wisr-nnssin ...William T. Palmer Milwaukie.
West Virginia. O. S. Long Wheeling.
Gen'l Gr."ChapterU.S. ..Christopher G.Fox Buffalo, N, Y.
INDEX.
Page,
ADDRESS—Of Grand High Priest C
AMITE CHAPTER, Ho. 42 43
ANNUAL CONVOCATION—Time and place of next 22
ATTALA, No. 109 G3
BALDWYN, No. 57 48
BETHESDA, No. 55 47
BOND, CHAS. T.—Address as Grand H-\ P.- 6
Resolution of thanks to . 25
BRANDON, No, 69 52
BROOKHAVEN, No. 80 57
CANTON, No. 10 31
CARROLLTON, No. 15 34
CATO, No. S9 59
CENTRE RIDGE, No. 93 GO
CHARTERS—Declared forfeited 24
CHAPTERS—not represented and not making returns 5
Delinquent for Returns and Dues 14, 24
CHICKASAW, No, 65 51
CLINTON No. 2 27
COFFEEVILLE, No. 101 04
COLUMBUS, No, 4 28
COMMITTEE—On Credentials 3
On Address of Grand High Priest 11
On Report of Grand Secretary 17
On Complaints and Appeals IS
On Finance . IS
On Unfinished Business IS
On Visiting Companions IS
On Order of High Priesthood 20
On Deceased Companions.. 21
On Grand Representatives 21
On Masonic Law and Jurisprudence 20
On Foreign Correspondence 20
CORINTH, No. 76 55
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, No. 77 50
DENT II. MILES, No. 72 53
DeWITT CLINTON, No. 12 32
DOVER, No. 64 5(1
DURANT, No. 94 00
ELECTION—Of Officers 19,22
EMORY, No. 32 40
ENTERPRISE, No, 45 43
EUCLID, No. 57 52
EUPHEMIA, No. 13 33
EUREKA, No.61 ' 40
FAYETTE. No. 14 •. 35
index.
71
FEES TO GRAND CHAPTER—Resolutions to increase 20, 23
FINANCE—Action concerning 23
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE REPORTS—Action concerning... .19, 20
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE—Committee on 29
GEORGE WASHINGTON CHAPTER, No. 51 45
GRAND CHAPTERS—Directory of 07
GRAND OFFICERS—In attendance 3, 5
GRAND SECRETARY—Annual Report of 11
GRAND TREASURER—Annual Report of 17
GRAND TYLER—Account in favor of, and apnropriation to 23, 25
GREENWOOD CHAPTER, U. D.—Reference to IS
Charter granted to 13
Return of Membership 04
GREENWOOD, No. 102 04
G'. W. PERKINS, No.63 50
HIGH PRIESTHOOD—In reference to organization of 19
HOUSTON, No. 23 30
PALO ALTO. No. 53 40
PANOLA, No, 60 4S
PAST GRAND OFFICERS—In attendance 3
PATTON, No, 52 46
PATTON, Wm. S,—Appropriation to 25
OFFICERS—Election of 19,22
OKOLONA, No. 27 3S
NATCHEZ, No. 1 27
NESHOBA, No. 34 41
NEW ALBANY, No.49 45
MACON, No, 11 32
MAGNOLIA, No. 7. 30
MARSHALL CHAPTER, No. 40—Duplicate Charter granted to IS
MARSHALL, No. 40 42
MASONIC LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE—Committee on 26
McCONNICO, No. 96 62
Mcdonald, no.os 63
MERIDIAN, No. 25 37
McCARMEL, No. 50—Failed to make Return 65
LAFAYETTE, No, 33 40
LEXINGTON, No. 9! 91
LOUISVILLE, No. 36 41
KOSCIUSKO, No, 20 95
JACKSON, No, 6 29
JEWEL OF OFFICE—Representatives not required to wear 19
JOHN HEBRON, No. 71 93
QUITMAN, No. 21 95
REPORT OF—Committee on Credentials 7
Grand Secretary 44 to 47
Grand Treasurer 1 <
Committee on Chapters U. D.. .. is
Committee on Grand Treasurer's Report IS
Committee on Foreign Correspondence 11,19
Committee on Unfinished Business 20, 2.>
Committee on Address of G.-, ID..P.- 21
Committee on Grand Representatives
Committee on Grand Secretary's Report J|
Committee on Subordinate Chapters 24
REPRESENT ATIVES-In attendance 4
Of other Grand Chapters 22
RESOLUTION—For issuance of Duplicate Charter to Marshall Chapter
No. 18
72
INDEX.
RESOLUTION—In reference to Order of High Priesthood 18
Providing for Amendment to Constitution 20
Abridging Foreign Correspondence Reports 20
To furnish Grand Representatives with Proceedings 21
In reference to next Annual Convocation 22
Authorizing the use of Substitutes 25
Endorsing proposed Masonic Tablet ;. 25
Making an Appropriation to Grand Tyler 25
Of thanks to the citizens of Holly Springs 25
Making an Appropriation to Comp. Wm. S. Patton 25
Of thanks to Past Grand H.\ P.*. Chas. T. Bond 25
In reference to Mileage and Per Diem to Grand Officers 25
Allowing Mileage and Per Diem to Comp. Murphy 25
RIENZI, ISTo. 66... 51
RIPLEY, Ho. 48.. 44
ROBINSON, H. C.—Elected Gr. H.\ P.- .♦ 19
R, W.PAYNE, No. 97 .. 62
SALEM, No. 85 58
SCOOBA, No. 70~Failed to make Return 65
SHIELDS,No. 18 : 34
S. H,p JOHNSON, No 57
SHONGALO No. 30, 39
SHUBUTA, No. 59—Failed to makeReturn, 65
STARKVILLE, No. 82 58
STATISTICAL SUMMARY 66
SUBSTITUTES—Action concerning 24,25
SUMMERVILLE, No. 83—Failed to make Return 65
SUMMIT, No. 99 60
TALLAHATCHIE, No- 44 43
TAMPICO, No. 79—Failed to make Return .65
TOOMSUBA,No. 99 63
UNION, No. 37 41
VERONA, No. 47 44
VICKSBURG, No. 3 28
WALKER,No.28..: 38
WALNUT GROVE, No, 75-Organization of 13
WALNUT GROVE, No. 75 55
WARD, No, 73 54
WASHINGTON, No.29 :.... 39
WAYNE,* No. 24 36
W, D. FERRISS, No. 74 54
WEST POINT, No. 95 v 61
WILSON. No. 5 29
WINONA, No. 78 56
WRIGHT, No, 56 47.
YAZOO, No. 8 30 ,
PROCEEDINGS
M.'.E.'.GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
at mississippi,
25TH AND 26TH ANNUAL CONVOCATIONS,
HELD AT CANTON,
February 7 th, 1873, and February 6th 7th, 1874•
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GRAND CHAPTER.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI:
PRINTED AT THE EXCELSIOR BOOK AND JOB OFFICE.
1874.
GRAND
OFFICERS—1874-
-75.
M.-.E.-. George It. Fearn,
* - - Canton, * * -
Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-. John Y. Murr*, *
- - * Ripley, - - - -
- D. G. H. Priest.
R.-.E.-. B. S. Trice, - - -
- - ■> Verona, - - -
Grand King.
R.-.E.-. It. L. SatjNdErs, *
- - - Jackson, - - * -
- Grand Scribe.
R.-.E.-. Joftft Nelson, - -
G. C. erf Host.
- G. P. Sojourner.
R.\E.\ W. H. wllburn, -
- - - Senatobia, - - -
G. R. A. Captain.
R.-.E.-. Dent H. Miles,
- . •» - Saiartia, - - -
- G. M. 3d Vail.
R.-.E/. Frank Blrkitt, -
- ■» - Houston, - " -
G. M. 2d Vail.
R.-.E.-. M. Levy, - - - -
R.-.E.-. A. P. Barry, - -
Gr. Treasurer.
R.-.E.-. J, L. Power, - - -
- Gr. Secretary.
M.-.Rev. J. H. Alexander,
- - * Kosciusko, - - *
- Gr. Chaplain.
R.-.E.-. W. H. Carkeet,
• - - Natchez, - - - -
- Grand Tyler.
The next Grand Convocation will be held at the City of Meridian, on the
Thursday preceding the Second Monday in February, 1875,
INDEX.
Addresses, of Grand High Priests 5, 19
Bond, Chas. T., death of announced 5
Cato Chapter, No. 89, allowed 90 days to pay arrearages 32
Chickasaw Chapter, No. 65, allowed to change place of meeting 15
Committees, Standing and Special, 1873, 1874 8, 15, 24, 35
Constitution, proposed Amendment to . 33
Cooper, Richard, death of announced 20
Debt, of Grand Chapter 10, 25
Election of Grand Officers 14, 31
Eearn, Geo. R., address of as G. H. Priest .» 19
re-elected G. H. P 31
Foreign Correspondence, Report on 35 to 47
General Grand Chapter, assessment for dues to 34
Grand Officers, election of 14, 31
Grand Representatives, report concerning 38
Grand Tyler, allowances to 15, 32
Lusher, J. O., death of announced 5
Meridian, selected for next Convocation 33
Mitchell, John H., death of announced 20
Officers for 1873, '74 2, 14, 31
Order of High Priesthood—Organization and proceedings of 79
Panola Chapter, No. 6—L. D. Nickles installed as H. P. of 34
" " " Return of 65
Past Master's Degree—Special Committee on 34
Representatives, at Convocation of 1873 4
" at Convocation of 1874 18
" at other Grand Chapters 7
" from other Grand Chapners • 7, 8
Report of Grand Secretary 8, 24
of Grand Treasurer 13, 29
of Committee "on Dispensations and Charters 14, 32
of Committee on Law and Jurisprudence 14, 32
on organization of Order of High Priesthood 24
of Committee on Finance 30, 31
of Committee on Complaints and Appeals 30
on Address of G. H. P. in reference to proficiency in preceding symbolic degrees 31
on the system of Grand Representatives 34
on Foreign Correspondence 35 to 50
Returns of Chaptf.rs:
Jackson, - - No. 1 31
Clinton, " 2 - 51
Yicksburg, " 3 52
Columbus, " 4 52
5 53
.53
.53
Wilson,
Jackson,
Magnolia,
Yazoo, " 8 54
Lexington, " 9 54
Canton, " 19 54
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Retubnh ot Chapters Continued
Macon, - - No 11 i 54
DeWitt Clinton, " 12 55
Euphemia, " 13 55
Fayette, " 14 5(i
Carrollton, " 15 56
Wm. H. Wilkinson, " 16 56, 76
Shields, " 18 56
Kosciusko, " 20 57
Raymond, " 22 57
Houston, " 23 57
Meridian, " .25 J 58
Okolona, " 27 58
Walker, " 28 58
Washington, " 29 59
Shongalo, " 31) - 59
Ernorj, " 32 59
Lafayette, " 33 60
Neshoba, " 34 60
Louisville, " 36 60
Union, " 37 60
Marshall, " 40 61
Amite, " 43 62
Tallahatchie, " 44 62
Enterprise, " 45 62
Yerona, " 47 62
Ripley, " 48. 63
New Albany, " 49 63
Mt. Carmel, ' 50 63
Geo. Washington, " 51 64
Patton, " 52 64
Palo Alto, " 53 64
Bethesda, " 55 64
Wright, " 56 65
Baldwyn, " 57 65
Shubuta, u 59 65
Panola, " 60 65
Eureka, ' 61 66
G. W Perkms, " 63 66
Dover, "64 66
Chickasaw, " 65 66
Rienzi, " 66 67
Euclid, " 67 67
Scooba, " 70 67
Dent H. Miles, " 72 68
Ward, " 73 68
W D. Ferriss, " 74 68
Walnut Grove, " 75 69
Corinth, . " 76 69
Crystal Springs, " 77 69
Winona, " 78 70
Brookhaven, " 80 70
S.H.Johnson, " 81 7(1
Starkville, " 82 71
Summerville, " 83 71
Salem, " 85 71
Cato, " 89 72
Summit, " 90
Huntsville, " 91 73
Centre Ridge, " 93
Ill
Durant,
No. 94...
West Point,
" 95.,
McConnico,
" 96..
R. W. Paine,
" 97..
McDonald,
" 98
Toomsuba,
" 99
Attala,
" 100 .
Coffeeville,
" 101.:
Greenwood,
" 102,,
Cherry Creek,
" 103..
Bluff Springs,
" 104
Hudson,
" 105..
Retuiinh of Ohafteks— Continued.
7
....7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
Resolution to apportion address of G. H. P 9, 2
Requesting representatives to relinquish mileage 1
Deferring the printing of proceedings of 1873 1
Recognizing Grand Chapters Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 1
Selecting Canton for Convocation of 1873 1
Of thanks to the citizens of Canton 15, 3
In reference to printing proceedings 1873,'74 3
Selecting Meridian for Convocation of 1874 3
In reference to Past Master's Degree 3
In reference to Uniformity of Work 3
Robinson, H. C„ address of as G. H. P
Statistics, of other Grand Chapters • . 49, 5
" of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi 7
Uniformity of Work, resolution in reference to 3
Washington Chapter, No. 29, allowed to change place of meeting 1
W. D. Ferriss Chapter, No. 74, removal of confirmed 3
Westville Chapter, No. 88, in reference to revival of 2
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION
OF THE
(grand JLopl %xch Chapter of the of Iferapl
PROCEEDINGS.
At the Twenty-Fifth Annual Grand Convocation of the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, held in Odd Fellows Hall, in the City
of Canton, on Friday, the 7th day of February, A. D. 1873, A. I. 2403, at 10
o'clock, A. M., there were
Grand Officers Present:
M.-.E.-.H. C. ROBINSON Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-.J. S. JONES Dep. Grand High Priest.
R-.E.-.T. C. EVERETT Grand King.
R.-.E.-.JOHN T. BUCK Grand Scribe.
REV.-.COMP. C. F. GILLESPIE as Grand Chaplain.
R.-.E.-.A. P. BARRY Grand Treasurer.
R.-.E.-.J. L. POWER Grand Secretary.
R.-.E.-.H. DENIO Grand Capt. of the Host.
COMP. WM. FRENCH as .Grand Principal Sojourner.
COMP. W. G. PAXTON as Grand Royal Arch Captain.
COMP. A. J. LEWIS as Grand Master 3d Vail.
R.-.E -.DENT H. MILES Grand Master 2d Vail.
R.-.E.-.G. A. SPIVEY Grand Master 1st Vail.
R.-.E.*.W. H. CARKEET Grand Tyler.
ALSO PRESENT:
R.-.E.-.Morris Cook Grand Lecturer and Past Dep. G.-.H.-.Priest.
M.-.E.-.Wm. D. Ferriss Past Grand High Priest.
Wm. S. Patton " " " "
R. B. Mayes " " " "
Wm. Cochran " " " "
Jas. M. Howry " " " "
R.-.E.-.Dent H. Miles Past Deputy Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-.R. P. Bowen . Past Grand King.
Geo. R. Fearn " " "
Thos. Hardeman, M " " "
John Y. Murry " " "
J. H. Mitchell Past Grand Scribe.
John A. Galbreath, Sr Past Grand Capt. of the Host.
E. Geo. DeLap Past Grand Scribe.
J. W. Patty Past Grand R. A. Captain.
Frank Moore Past Grand Orator.
Thos. S. Gathright '.. Past Grand Orator.
J. Jeff. Cooper Past Grand Master 2d Vail.
Together with a Constitutional number of Representatives of Subordinate
Chapters.
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The Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present—■
The Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi was
opened in Ample Form, with solemn prayer by Acting Grand Chaplain, Com-
panion C. F. Gillespie.
The Grand High Priest appointed the following
Committee on Credentials—Companions P. M. Savery, W. D. Ferriss,
J. B. Ellis, who immediately thereafter presented the following Report, which
was received and agreed to :
To the M.\ E.\ Or and Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials, beg leave respectfully to report
' that they find the following Companions present, and entitled to seats in this
M.\ E.\ Grand Body, as the Representatives of the Chapters named:
NATCHEZ, No. 1—E. Geo. DeLap, P.*. H.\ P.-., and proxy for H.\ P.-.
Clinton, No. 2—A. J. Lewis, proxy for King and Scribe.
Vicksburg, No. 3—Wm. French, H.*, P.*,; W. G. Paxton, Scribe.
Columbus, No. 4—Nelson Reynolds, H.\ P.\
Wilson, No. 5—R. S. Stith, H.\ P.-.; H. W. Walter, P.-. H.-. P.-.
Jackson, No. 6—John A. Galbreath, Jr., H.\ P.-.
Yazoo, No. 8—H. B. Kidd, P.1. H.\ P.*., and Representative.
Canton, No. 10—Geo. R. Fearn, H.\ P.*.; John T. Cameron, P.-. H.\ P.\
Macon, No. 11—J. W. Patty, Kins:, and P.\ H.\ P.-.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—A. P. Saunders, H.\ P.-.
Eufhemia. No. 13—R. B. Brannin, H.\ P.-.
Carrollton, No. 15—Wm. Cothran, proxy for H.*. P.*.
Kosciusko, No. 20—W. W. Baccus, proxy for H.\ P.*.; D. L. Smythe, proxy for
King; David Carr, P.*. H.\ P.-.
Wayne, No. 24—J. F. McCormick, H.\ P.-.
meridian, No. 25—Wm. S. Patton, proxy for H •. p.'. (This is improper, as he
is not a member of Chapter.)
Okolona, No. 27—C. N. Simpson, Representative.
Walker, No. 28—David A. Kinchloe, H.\ P.-.
Washington, No. 29—H. J. Sarrett, King.
Shongalo, No. 30—T. C. Everett, H.-. P.-.
Lafayette, No. 33—Jas. M. Howry, P.-. G.\ H.\ P.-., proxy for H.\ P.-.
Neshoba, No. 34—W. C. Dowd, Representative.
Louisville, No. 36—L. Liebenfeld, P.*. H.\ P.\, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Marshall, No. 40—A. Webb, H.\ P.-.
Amite, No. 42—Elias Safford, Scribe.
Verona, No. 47—G. C. Bessonett, Representative.
Ripley, No. 48—John Y. Murry, King.
New Albany, No. 49—Joel A. Hearne, H.\ P.-.
Mount Carmel, No. 50—James A. Bass; Representative.
Wright, No. 56—B. R. Chambliss, P.-. H.\ P.-., and Representative.
Baldwyn, No. 57—P. M. Savery, P.*. H.\ P.-., and proxy for H.\ P.-.; J. A
Thompson, proxy for King; W. D. McWhorter, proxy for Scribe. .
Shubuta, No. 59—R. J. McLeod, King.
Panola, No. 60—Frank Moore, H.-. P.'. and P.*. H.\ P.\
G. W. Perkins, No. 63—W. G. Elmore, King.
Chickasaw, No. 65—G. N. Robuck, H.\ P.-.
Rienzi, No. 66—B. F. Williams, Representative.—No Return.
Scooba, No. 70—H. C. Robinson, H.\ P.-.
Dent PI. Miles, No. 72—Wm. Richards, H.\ P.-.
Ward, No. 73—W. H. Wilburn, King; J. S. Jones, P.-. H.-. P.-.
Corinth, No. 76—R. J. Fleming, H.\ P.-.
W. D. Ferriss, No. 74—W. D. Ferriss, Representative. No Return,
Walnut Grove, No. 75—C. F. Gillespie, H.\ P.*.
Crystal Springs, No. 77—A. L. Williams, H.\ P.-.
Winona, No. 78—G. A. Spivey, H.\ P.-.
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S. H. Johnson, No. 81—T. J. Catchings, Scribe; Geo. T. Howard, proxy for K.,
A. P. Barry, proxy for Scribe—the latter (Catchings)
leaving before close of Grand Chapter.
Summerville, No. 83—Thos. S. Gathright, H.\ P.-.
Salem, No. 85—John A. Galbreath, H. P.
Huntsville, No. 9—John Crowder, Representative.
Durant, No. 94—J. Jeff. Cooper, H.\ P.-.
McDonald, No. 98—G. N. Dickerson, Representative.
Greenwood, No. 102—W. A. Gillespie, Representative.
Fraternally submitted,
P. M. SAVERT,
WM. D. FERRISS,
JAS. B. ELLIS, (?)
Committee.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest then read the following
ANNUAL ADDRESS:
Companions of the Or and Chapter:
Another year has passed, and we are permitted by an overruling Providence
to meet in Annual Grand Convocation, to legislate for the good of Royal Arch
Masons.
Death, the great leveler, has removed hence our beloved Companion, P.-. G.\
H.\ P.*. Chas. T. Bond, one of the purest and best of our great lights. "To
know him was to love him."
Companion J. 0. Lusher, P.-. G.\ H.*. P.*., has also fallen. I recommend that
the Grand Chapter give suitable expression of its fraternal regard for their mem-
ory. Others may have fallen; if so, let them be remembered.
In accordance with your action at the last Convocation, I have appointed Com-
panions to represent you near all the Grand Chapters with which we are in cor-
respondence. So far as heard from, they have accepted, with a single exception:
the Companion appointed to represent you near the Grand Chapter of Ireland
declines, because he is not a member of his Grand Chapter, and for the further
reason that said Grand Chapter has not adopted the Representative system. In
this I think they are right. If you think best to continue the system, I' suggest
that you fix the term of office of Grand Representative, as I have acted upon the
principle that I have no authority to extend it beyond my own term, although
the Commissions are not limited.
So far as I know, harmony prevails throughout our jurisdiction; yet I fear
that this harmony is not real, but only apparent. The punishment of Masonic
offenses is generally left to the Lodges, and if an offender escapes punishment
there, he is continued in good standing in his Chapter, no matter what the offence
charged; and if he is expelled or suspended by his Lodge and afterward restored,
he is continued in full fellowship in his Chapter. If we claim to be higher in
degree, should we not also be higher in morality and virtue? I think we should.
If I had the power, I would consolidate, not only the Grand Chapter and Coun-
cil, in one body, but the whole of Masonry—Symbolic, Capitular and Cryptic—
Under one Grand Lodge and Grand Master, in each jurisdiction. As it is, our
funds are squandered in costly charters, regalia, high salaries and printing, and
Very little left for the destitute brother and the widow and orphans.
I-think that no good results from subordination to the General Grand Chapter,
and* recommend that steps be taken to dissolve our connection therewith.
I recommend that the regulation prohibiting the subordinate Chapters from
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conferring the P. M. degrees, except on petition for the M. and P. M. degrees, be
repealed. A "Worshipful Master elect is entitled to the degree without fee or
reward, and the regulation embarrasses officers of Chapters in uniting with Past
Masters in conferring it, and results in no good to the Chapters.
During the past year I have granted special dispensations, as follows:
To Meadville Chapter to resume work, on condition they paid all dues to the
Grand Chapter; to Charles Scott Chapter for the same purpose on same condition;
and authorized the Grand Secretary to give authority in my name to revive all
Chapters on the same condition, where failure to pay dues to Grand Chapter was
the sole cause of forfeiture.
I have granted special dispensation to Natchez and R. W. Paine Chapters to
ballot and confer the degrees out of the usual order; to McDonald Chapter to
remove to Ashland, in Benton county; also to Companions Morris Cooke and W.
D. Ferriss to confer the Chapter degrees out of the usual order in Chapters lec-
tured by them, for the purpose of exemplifying the work.
Early in the year I instructed the Grand Secretary to furnish me a statement
of the indebtedness of the Grand Chapter and prepare "a memorial to the Grand
Lodge, asking the remission of the debt to that Grand Body. That duty has been
faithfully performed, and the memorial presented to the Grand Lodge; and the
Grand Lodge has generously remitted the debt.
Various plans have been suggested for the liquidation of the debts of the Grand
Chapter, but all seemed likely to fail. The Chapters refused to amend the Con-
stitution vand increase the dues to the Grand Chapter; the members refused to
remit their mileage and per diem; anjd the Constitution requires annual Convo-
cations. Under these pressing circumstances, I instructed the Grand Secretary,
by circular letter, to call the attention of the Chapters to the absolute necessity
of adopting some plan to pay the debts, and suggested that if no quorum an-
swered to roll-call, I would not call a special Convocation, and we would save the
expense of one Convocation, and by that means be able to pay our debts; or, if
only a small number attended, the business could be disposed of in a few hours
and effect the same object.
Companions, if the mileage and per diem is too high, let us reduce it; but do
not censure members for receiving whatever the law aHows, even if members are
transported at half fare over the railroads. They have generally been the zealous
working officers, who have kept up the Lodges and Chapters, and, I think, are
fully entitled to what the law allows them.
If the printing bills have been extravagant, reduce them, and adopt some rule
by which Grand Secretaries shall let out the printing in future so as to prevent a
recurrence of exorbitant charges. In a word, let us economize until we get out
of debt, and proceed on a sound basis in future.
For information as to the financial condition of the Grand "Chapter, I refer you
to the reports of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary; and as to the Work
and Lectures to Companion Morris Cook, Grand Lecturer, and Companion W. D.
Ferriss, his Assistant. They are all efficient officers, and have, no doubt, dis-
charged their duties faithfully. Companions, if the good only were received, the
erring reformed, the bad expelled without the hope of restoration, our laws aim-
plified and rigidly enforced, we would soon flourish and have no cause to complain
of non-attendance at our meetings, and only the good would seek to gain admis-
sion into our sanctuaries.
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Companions, my year's work is done—whether well or otherwise, I leave for
others to judge. My time has been almost entirely devoted to the duties of an-
other office—so much so that I have been unable to visit the subordinate Chapters.
May your labors, now and hereafter, result in good to our beloved Order; and
may harmony and brotherly love prevail, is the earnest desire of my heart.
H. C. ROBINSON, Grand High Priest.
REPRESENTATIVES AT OTHER GRAND CHAPTERS.
STATE. NAME. P. O. ADDRESS. REMARKS.
Alabama David Clopton Montgomery
Arkansas Luke E. Barber Little Rock
California Geo. R. Grimes San Francisco
Connecticut Jas. L. Gould Bridgeport
Delaware Dan'l C. Godwin.. . Milford Accepted JulylS, 1872.
Dist. of Columbia..Albert Pike Washington City.. " " June 30,'72.
Florida David Jones Jacksonville
Georgia Sam'l G.. Lawrence. Atlanta Accepted July 17, '72.
Illinois ' John M. Pearson... Alton
Indiana R. J. Chestnutwood.South Bend
Iowa Zephaniah C. Luse.Iowa City Accepted Sept. 11, '72.
. Kansas Richard R. Rees. ..Leavenworth
Kentucky Henry Hudson Louisville
Louisiana J. Q. A. Fellows. . .New Orleans Accepted July 4, '72.
Maine Joseph P. Gill Lewistown
Maryland John L. Yeates Baltimore
Massachusetts Chas. W. Moore.. .. Boston
Michigan Wm. L. Greenly. .. Adrian
Minnesota E. D. P. Porter St. Paul Accepted July 13, '72.
Missouri Geo. Frank Gouley. St. Louis
Nebraska H. P. Dewell Omaha
New Hampshire. ..Dan'l R. Marshall. .Nashua *..
New Jersey M. Higginbotham.. Jersey City s.
New York: John W. Simons. ..New York
North Carolina E. F. Watson Graham Accepted July 3, '72.
Ohio Jacob Graff Cincinnati " June 29,'72.
Oregon Geo. A. Eades Salem 1< July 5,'72.
Rhode Island Oliver Johnson Providence " July 8,'72.
South Carolina Robert S. Bruns. .. Charleston " " 18,'72.
Tennessee A. J. Wheeler Memphis Accepted.
Texas W. T. Austin Houston Accepted.
Vermont Chas. A Miles Brattleboro July 18,'72.
Wisconsin Thos. B. Tyler Sparta
Pennsylvania John Thomson Philadelphia
Virginia John Dove Richmond
Canada Henry Robertson
Ireland Chas. Walmsley. .. Dublin Declined Nov. 14, '72.
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND CHAPTERS AT THE GRAND
CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI, COMMISSIONED DURING 1872.
STATE. NAME. P. O. ADDRESS. DATE OP COMMISSION.
Alabama Geo. R. Fearn Canton June 28, 1872.
• Arkansas W. D. Ferriss Pickens Station.. ..July 2, 1872.
California Chas. T. Murphy... Durant October 10, 1872.
Florida Chas. T. Bond New Albany July 24, 1872.
Indiana Thos. Hardeman M.Grenada June 29, 1872.
Maryland Dent H. Miles Satartia July 15, 1872.
New Jersey A. P. Barry Martinsville August 10, 1872.
Ohio J. O. Lusher Hernando September 7, 1872.
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REPRESENTATIVES COMMISSIONED PRIOR TO 1872.
Louisiana Wm. S. Patton Meridian.
Minnesota Jas. M. Howry Oxford.
Missouri R. B. Mayes Yazoo City.
Tennessee Richard Cooper Brandon.
Oregon R. B. Mayes • Yazoo City.
The Secretary of the Grand Chapter of Texas says that Grand Chapter has not
adopted the Representative system.
The reading of the Address being concluded, Comp. Walter offered the follow-
ing resolutions, which were adopted:
Resolved, That so much of the Address of the G.*. H.\ Priest as relates to
deceased Companions be referred to a Special Committee of three: so much as
relates to Representation in sister Grand Chapters, to a like Committee; so much
as relates to Punishment for Offenses to the Committee on Subordinate Chapters;
so much as refers to the Past Master's Degree to the Committee on Masonic Law
and Jurisprudence; so much as relates to Debt, Mileage, and other matters of
Finance, to the Committee on Finance; and so much as relates to General Grand
Chapter of the United States, to a Special Committee of three.
Resolved, That the Address be spread upon the minutes and published with the
proceedings of this Convocation.
The M.\ E.\ High Priest announced the following
STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
Complaints and Appeals—W. S. Patton, Geo. R. Fearn, Wm. D. Ferriss.
Finance—John Y. Murry, John A. Galbreath, Jr., John Y. Murry.
Unfinished Business—David A. Kinchloe, G. A. Spivey, Nelson Reynolds.
Subordinate Chapters—John A. Galbreath, Sr., Jas. T. Fant, (?) W. G. Paxton.
Visiting Companions—Morris Cook, W. D. Ferriss, H. Denio.
Dispensations and Charters—R. B. Mayes, E. C. Bolton, (?) W. C. Dowd.
Deceased Companions—H. W. Walter, W. S. Patton, P. M. Savery.
Grand Representative System—Thos. S. Gathright, John Y. Murry, R. S.
Stith.
General Grand Chapter—Thos. Hardeman, (?) J. S. Jones, R. B. Mayes.
The following Companions presented their Credentials as Representatives of
the Grand Jurisdictions named, and were fraternally received and welcomed
as such:
R.-.E.-.Geo. R. Fearn, From Grand Chapter of Alabama.
M.,.E.-.Wm. D. Ferriss.
E.-.Chas. T. Murphy.
R.-.E.-.John Y. Murry. .
M.-.E.-.Wm. Cothran.
E.-.Thos. Hardeman.
R.-.E.-.Dent H. Miles. .
R.-.E.-.A. P. Barry
M.-.E.-.R. B. Mayes
Arkansas.
California.
District of Columbia.
Illinois.
Indiana.
Maryland.
New Jersey.
Oregon.
The Grand Secretary presented his Annual Report and Account Current,
which being read, were, on motion, referred to the Finance Committee.
GRAND SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Mr. Er. Or and Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned fraternally submits his Annual Report and Account Current
for the past Masonic year.
The receipts, from all sources, amount to $3,143.15, of which sum $144.00 was
donated by nine Chapters, in accordance with a recommendation to that effect at
the last Grand Convocation. This amount was applied exclusively to the widow
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of late Grand Secretary, Companion Oscar T. Keeler. The amount still due
Mrs. Keeler is $125.50.
On the 2d March, I transmitted to the several Chapters the proposed Amend-
ment to the Constitution, increasing the fee to the Grand Chapter for each Exal-
tation to $3.00, and for each member $1.50. Nine Chapters only reported their
action—3 for, and 6 against.
At the last Grand Convocation the charters of several Chapters were declared
forfeited for failure to make Returns and pay dues to the Grand Chapter. Under
Dispensations from the Grand High Priest, the following named Chapters have
been revived, and charters restored, during the past year:
Wm. H. Wilkinson, No. 17, at Woodville. Raymond, No. 22, at Raymond.
Meadville, " 86, atMeadville. Chas. Scott, " 36, at Olive Branch.
Yerona, " 47, at Yerona. Huntsville, " 91, at Huntsville.
Wm. H. Wilkinson, Raymond and Meadville Chapters, paid all claims against
them. Charles Scott and Huntsville Chapters were revived conditionally; but
have not complied with the conditions, but still continue to meet and transact
business.
I respectfully recommend that the charters of Charles Scott and Huntsville
Chapters be again declared forfeited.*
I would also respectfully raise the point where a Chapter has incurred a for-
feiture of charter, and where the same has been formally declared forfeited by
the Grand Chapter, that the Grand High Priest, in vacation, has not the consti-
tutional right to restore the charter. I suggest that this prerogative belongs
alone to the Grand Body. A dispensation to resume labor until the next Grand
Annual Convocation, is, I submit, as far as the M.\E.\ Grand High Priest can
authorize.
Among the Chapters in default in my last Report, and which were allowed
ninety days for settlement, I have the pleasure of stating that
Meridian Chapter, No. 25,
Palo Alto " " 53,
Walnut Grove " " 75,
Corinth " "76,
Have made Returns and paid dues. Meridian Chapter, however, still owes a
ledger balance of $41.00, besides Returns and dues for 1869.
On the 20th *ilt., I received the petition of Companion Hiram Hood, and eight
others, accompanied with dimits, for Dispensation to open a Chapter at Cherry
Creek, Pontotoc county. I was notified several months since by the M.\E.\ Grand
High Priest that such a petition would be forwarded, .and to issue the Dispen-
sation accordingly. In view of the fact that it was received so recently, and that
the Dispensation would expire before the Companions would have opportunity
to organize, and further that the petition is not recommended by the nearest
Chapter,, as is required by Sec. 21 of Permanent Regulations, I respectfully refer
the petition to the Grand Chapter, with the recommendation that the Regulation
referred to be suspended, and that Dispensation be issued.
As a matter of record, and as part of this Report, I respectfully submit the
following special Circular which was communicated to the Chapters early in De-
cember:
* Huntsville Chapter settled in full during Grand Convocation.
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SPECIAL CIRCULAR.
To the High Priest and Companions of Chapter, No.—■
At the last Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter, it Was my disagreeable
duty to report an aggregate indebtedness of nearly five thousand dollars, inclu-
ding two notes to the Grand Lodge due since 1860 and 1861, for $1,480.57. I
had the honor to suggest a series of propositions for the payment of this indebt-
edness, some of which were adopted, but the most material ones did not meet
with favor.
This indebtedness was created, it may not be improper for me to say, before I
entered upon the office of Grand Secretary. It is a most unpleasant duty to be
bringing it forward from year to year in the Annual Reports, and the publication
theieof furnishes data for unfavorable comment in other jurisdictions. One chief
item of the indebtedness consists in an account of $2,335.00 for the reprinting
of two volumes of Grand Chapter Proceedings. The Grand Chapter, by a reso-
lution, ordered this work to be done, but failed, it seems, to provide the means for
payment. Comp. Keeler, and his partner, Comp. J. A. Martin, done the printing
at their office in Columbus, and the above is the bill rendered for same. Only a
small amount has been paid thereon, and that was advanced by a few Chapters,
and since paid back to the Chapters. Comp. Martin, and other creditors of the
Grand Chapter need, and ought to have the money justly due them, and the
object of this circular is to suggest a mode of early payment.
The receipts of the Grand Chapter from all sources for the present year, (de-
ducting $146.50 in loans by Chapters, which were paid as fast as received to Mrs.
Keeler, on account of salary due Companion Keeler,) amount to $2,995.65. The"
Pay-Roll of last Grand Convocation, which was cashed out of this amount, was
$2,025.78. The payment of other bills due, and the current expenses of the
present year, take up the balance, and leave the Grand Secretary $25.26 for his
services for 1872!
Now, inasmuch as the mileage and per diem of Representatives amount to
about two thousand dollars for each Annual Convocation, and inasmuch as the
total income is under three thousand dollars, it is manifest that the debts cannot
be paid unless expenses are reduced or the income increased. A plan has been
suggested, that there be no session of the Grand Chapter next year, and the M.\
E.\ Grand High Priest has been called upon to issue his order accordingly; but
while there are constitutional difficulties in the way of such action on the part of
our Grand High Priest, and while it will be his duty to order the roll of Chap-
ters called on the day appointed, I have reason to believe that Comp. Robinson
would understand and appreciate the absence of Representatives. Should a quo-
rum of Chapters (three) be represented, the business of the Convocation could be
dispatched in a few hours, and with trifling expense.
Now, if the Chapters concur in the propriety of the foregoing, they are request-
ed to send up the Annual Return and dues as soon after the 27th inst., as prac-
ticable; and where the Grand Secretary has information that the Chapter will
not be represented at the next Annual Convocation, the amount Of dues received
from the Chapter will be set apart towards the payment of the debt.
Fraternally, J. L. POWER, Or. Secretary.
I have been officially advised by a large number of Chapters of the approval
of the foregoing. Others, however, without concurring in the object, expressed
their intention to be represented, at the expense of the Chapters, and hence, on
the 22d ult., I notified the several Chapters that there would be a stated Convo-
cation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter.
The present indebtedness of. the Grand Chapter may thus be stated :
On re-print of Proceedings ..$2,074.10
Mrs. Keeler 142.80
Natchez Chapter, advance 20.00
Grand Secretary - .. 574.74
Grand Treasurer 412.26
Grand Lodge, (since 1860) 1,480.5?
$4,704.47
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This indebtedness, which cannot be materially diminished under the present
system of compensating Representatives, is a serious drawback to the prosperity
of the Royal Craft. The debt should be extinguished at once, and policy inau-
gurated that will save the G-rand Chapter in future from financial embarrassment.
There are about 2,500 names on the rolls of the subordinate Chapters. Let the
fee—and the only fee to the Grand Chapter, be 75 cents for each member, which
will make a total income of $1,875.00, and then concur in the following resolu-
tion adopted by Carrollton Chapter, No. 36:
Resolved further, That it should be adopted as a Permanent Regulation that in
future Subordinate Chapters shall pay the actual expenses of their delegates to
the Grand Chapter.
The said Chapter resolved still further, that a general system of economy and
retrenchment should be adopted, and to this end that fees and dues should be
reduced.
If therefore, the fees cannot be increased so a's to provide for the present mile-
age rates, I respectfully recommend the adoption of the following as a substitute
for Sec. 1, Art. 5:
Sec. 1. Every subordinate Chapter shall contribute to this Grand Chapter
the sum of seventy-five cents per. annum for every member, an account and return
of which, and payment, shall be made at each Annual Convocation.
And also, the following, as a substitute for Art. 6 of the Constitution:
Sec. —. Representatives of subordinate Chapters shall be allowed and paid by
the Chapters they severally represent, their actual expenses incurred in attending
the Grand Chapter, and the elected Grand Officers shall be allowed their actual
expenses out of the funds of the Grand Chapter, upon an account made out and
duly certified by each.
And in order that these Amendments, if accepted and ratified, may go into
effect as soon as practicable, I submit the following substitute for Art. 7 :
Art. 7. All amendments to the Constitution of this Grand Chapter shall be
proposed at a regular Convocation, and if received and agreed to, shall be pub-
lished and sent to each Chapter for action. The vote of each Chapter shall be
transmitted as soon as practicable to the Grand Secretary, who will advise the
M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest of the result; and if two-thirds of the Chapters shall
ratify the amendment, the same shall be officially promulgated by the Grand
High Priest, and shall take effect without further action on the part of the Grand
Chapter.
I would also respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolution :
Resolved, That in order to the payment of existing indebtedness of the Grand
Chapter, the Representatives and Officers present, remit, for this Convocation, the
usual allowance of mileage and' per diem.
I would again call attention to the following action of the General Grand
Chapter at the Triennial Convocation in September, 1871:
Resolved, That the State Grand Chapters throughout the jurisdiction, be re-
quested to cause to be paid annually to the General Grand Secretary of this
General Grand Chapter, the sum of one cent for each Royal Arch Mason borne
upon the rolls of their subordinates at the date of their annual reports; the fund
so created to be used to defray the necessary expenses of the General Grand Chap-
ter; and the General Grand Secretary be .and hereby is instructed to pay the
General Grand Treasurer the amounts so collected, and make report thereof at
each Triennial Convocation.
At the last Grand Convocation, the report of the Finance Committee was adopted
to the effect that owing to our financial condition, it was deemed inexpedient
to comply with the request of the General Grand Chapter; but I submit that so
long as this Grand Chapter is an integral part of the General Grand Chapter, is
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represented therein, and avails itself of its legislation, that we should strain a
point to comply" with the above very moderate assessment. I earnestly recom*
mend it. Fraternally submitted,
J. L. POWER, Or. Secretary.
GEAND SECEETAEY'S ACCOUNT.
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary,
In
1872.
Natchez
Clinton
Vicksburg
"W ilson
Magnolia
Yazoo
Lexington
Canton
Macon
DeWitt Clinton
Euphemia
Payette
Carrollton
Shields
account with the Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Dr.
Chapter, No. 1....Dues 1871 . $51.00
32.00
Quitman
Houston
Wayne
Meridian
Okolona
Walker
Washington
Shongalo
Emory
Lafayette
Neshoba
Louisville
Marshall
Amite
Tallahatchie
Enterprise
Verona
New Albany
Geo. Washington
Palo Alto
Patton
Bethesda
Wright
Baldwyn
Panola
Eureka
Chickasaw
Rienzi
Euclid
John Hebron
Dent H. Miles
Ward
W. D. Ferriss
Walnut Grove
Corinth
Crystal Springs
Corinth
Winona
Brookhaven
S. H. Johnson
Starkville
Salem
Cato .
Summit
Centre Ridge
Durant
R. W. Paine
5....
7....
8....
9....
10....
11... .
12....
13....
14
15....
93.00
51.00
28.00
30.00
42.00
65.00
23.00
45.00
23.00
26.00
33.00
18....Dues 1869, 1870 and 1871 77.00
20....Dues 1871 51.00
21.... " 17.00
23.... " 58.00
24.... " 18.00
25.... " 55.00
27.... " 21.00
28.... " .. 48.00
29.... " 26.00
30.... " 41.00
32.... " 48.00
33.... " 50.00
34.... " 24.00
36.... " 37.00
.Dues 1868 and 1869 32.00
-Dues 1871 31.00
40..
42..
44..
45..
" 31.00
.Dues 1870 and 1871 40.00
....Dues 1871 36.00
47.00
51....
53....
52....
55....
56....
57....
60....
61....
65....
42.00
28.00
30.00
56.00
59.00
43.00
22.00
67.... " #.«■
71.... " , lf>.
72 " 44.
73.... " 41.
74 Dues 1870 51.
".... " 1871 68,
75... .In full to include 1870 100,
"....Dues 1871 38,
76.... " 1870 40
77.... " 1871 43
76.... " 1871 34
78.... " 1871 34
80.... " 1871 29
81.... " 1871 52.00
82.... " 1871 24.00
85.... Balance 1870 43.00
" Account of Dues 1871 45.90
89.... Dues 1871 31.00
90.... " 34.00
93....Account of 1871.. 36.00
94.... Dues 1871 33.00
97.... " 13.00
$2,611.90
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Amount brought forward . $2,611.90
McDonald Chapter, No. 98....Dues 1871 53.00
Toomsuba " " 99 " 39.00
Attala " " 100 On account ; 20.25
Coffeeville " " 101... .Dues 1871 41.00
Greenwood " " 102 " 6.00
C. r. Balfour of late Union " " 19... .Back Dues io.OO
Union " " 37 Dues 1871 24.00
Corinth " " 76... .Balance 1870-71 12.50
Starkville " " 82 " " 1.00
Shongalo " " 30.... " " g.00
"Wilkinson " " 16 Back Dues 121.00
Meadville " " 86....Dues 1871 23.00
Raymond " 22.... " 18.00
Palo Alto " " 53.... Dues 1870 10.00
Salem " " 85 On account 1872 50
ADVANCES BY CHAPTERS.
North Mt. Pleasant, No. 40 8.50
West Point, " 95 10.00
Walker, " 28 « 19.00
DeWitt Clinton " 12 20.00
Shongalo, " 30 : 20.50
Yazoo, " 8 15.00
Shields, " 18 10.00
Natchez, " 1 24.50
Carrollton, " 15 16.50
Total Receipts. $3,143.15
Cb. By two receipts from Grand Treasurer 3,142.15
Balance to credit of Grand Chapter $1.00
Note.—Jackson Chapter, No. 6, remitted of previous advance $50.00; Columbus Chapter, No.
4, remitted of previous advance $21.00.
A communication from the proprietor of Excelsior Job Printing Office, at Co-
lumbus, was presented, and pending the reading of the same, by Grand Secretary,
on motion the same was referred, together with the claim of said office, and the
correspondence of Grand Secretary upon the subject, to a special Committee of
three, with full power to investigate and audit the account.
The M.\E.\ Grand High Priest appointed as said Committee, Companions T. S.
Gathright, N. Reynolds and D. L. Smythe.
Companion A. P. Barry presented his Report as Grand Treasurer, which was
received and referred to the Finance Committee :
GRAND TREASURER'S REPORT.
A. P. Barry, Grand Treasurer,
In account with Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
1872. Dr.
Oct. 4. To amount received from Grand Secretary .$2,025.78
Dec. 18. " " « 1,116.37
To balance due Grand Treasurer. 412.26
Total $3,554.41
1872. Cr.
Jan. 18. By balance due Grand Treasurer last Report .$333.71
Oct. 4. " Cash on Pay Roll 1872 2,025,78
Paid Starkville Chapter . 20.00
" Columbus " . 48.00
" J.A.Martin.. 21.00
" Mrs. Keeler 125.50
" Grand Secretary balance on 1871 457.40
« " 1872 25.20
" Printing Proceedings 312.50
" Postage... 16.71
" W. S. Patton, Foreign Correspondence 90.00
Commissions on $3,142.15... 78.55 $3,554.41
Grand ll.-.Ar. Chapter of Mississippi:
Above is a correct statement of your funds in my hands for past year, together with vouchers.
All of which is respectfully submitted. ' A. P. BARRY.
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Companion J. M. Howry offered the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Grand Officers, and the Representatives of Subordinate Chapters, be
requested to relinquish the mileage to which they are entitled at the present Convocation, co the
Grand Chapter of Mississippi, to relieve it of its pecuniary embarrassments; and that this rule
apply to all except those representatives and proxies who were not such in the Grand Lodge,
and received no mileage and per diem from that Grand Body.
Companion B. F. Williams offered the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the proceedings of this Convocation of the M.\ E.\ Grand Chapter be printed
with the proceedings of next Annual Convocation, and Committees are instructed to report at
said next Annual Convocation.
Companion H. W. Walter presented the following Report, as Chairman of
Committee on Foreign Correspondence, which on motion was received and ordered
published with the proceedings.*
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Dispensations and Charters respectfully report that nothing has been
presented for their consideration. They therefore beg to be discharged. N
Respectfully submitted,
R. B. MAYES,
W. C. DOWD.
To the M.\ E.\ G.m. H.-. P.*. and Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee to whom was referred the Petition of Comps. A. B. Smith, Hiram Hood,
J. W. Roberson, J. P. Pitts, W. L. Souter, R. B. Pitts, Thos. J. Babb, W. F. Ausbrurn and
R. W. Saddler, accompanied by their respective Dimits, praying permission to organize a new
Chapter, would respectfully report that they have examined and find same correct, and would
recommend that the prayer be granted.
They have also had before them a petition from Mount Carmel R.-. A.-. Chapter No. 50,
representing that they are not now able to pay dues to this Grand Chapter for the year 1871, and
asking an extension of time. In view of the fact that they are prepared to pay their dues for
the year 1872, the Committee would respectfully recommend that the prayer be granted, and
that they be allowed until the 1st day of May next to make the said payment.
J. A. GALBREATH,
W. G. PAXTON,
For the Committee.
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The Committee on Complaints and Appeals have the pleasure to report that no appeal has
come before them. W. S. PATTON, Chairman.
The Grand Chapter proceeded to the election of Officers for the ensuing year,
which resulted as follows:
Geo. R. Fearn
P. M. Savery
.. Deputy Grand High Priest.
D. L. Smythe
... Grand King
Chas. P. Neilson
Wm. French
G. A. Spivey
J. W. Yeargain
C. F. Gillespie
Dent H. Miles
J. A. Galbreath, jr...
W. G. Paxton
A. P. Barry
J. L. Power
W. H. Carkeet
The following reports were presented, and were severally adopted:
To the M.\ E.\ Grand R.\A.\ Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, have considered many questions of
Masonic usage during the year, but as no new principle has been evolved, your Committee do
not think it advisable to encumber the proceedings by the publication of their opinions.
Respectfully submitted,
THOS. S. GATHRIGHT, Ch'n.
R. B. MAYES,
C. T. MURPHY.
To the Mr. E.\ Grand R.~. A.\ Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence to whom was referred that portion of
the M.\ E.-. Grand High Priest's address on the subject of dissolving our present connection
with the General Grand Chapter of the U. S. ask most respectfully to report that/they deem any
*Omitted pursuant to a resolution offered by Comp. Walter at Grand Convocation, 1874.
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action on that subject at this time, as inexpedient. They do not deem it necessary to discuss
the question of power, upon which they entertain serious doubts.
The following Amendment to the Constitution of the Grand Chapter, having
been offered at last Grand Convocation, and referred to the Subordinate Chapters,
was taken up, considered and duly rejected:
Amend Art. 5, Sec. 1, so as to read as follows:
Sec. 1. Subordinate Chapters shall contribute to this Grand Chapter Three
Dollars for each Exaltation, and One Dollar and Fifty Cents per annum for
every member, an account and return of which, and payment, shall be made at
each Annual Convocation.
Companion A. P. Barry offered the following Amendment to the Constitution
of the Grand Chapter, which was adopted with a view to the reference thereof to
the Subordinate Chapters:
Amend Article VI, by striking out all after the words "funds of this Grand
Chapter," 1st and 2d lines, and insert in lieu thereof "their actual and necessary
expenses."
Companion E. Geo. DeLap offered the following resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the Grand Tyler be allowed the sum of Thirty-Five Dollars tor his expenses
and services at this Communication of the Grand Chapter.
On motion of Companion —, Companion H. W. "Walter was allowed the
sum of Eifty Dollars for preparing the Report submitted by him to this Grand
Chapter, as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
Memorials from Subordinate Chapters were presented, and agreed to, as
follows:
Washington Chapter, No. 29—Asking permission to change place of meeting
from Cayuga to Utica, in Hinds county.
Chickasaw Chapter, No. 65—Asking permission to remove from Sparta, to
Cumberland in Choctaw County.
Companion H. W. Walter offered the following, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the Grand Chapters of Nova Scotia and West Virginia be, and the same are
hereby recognized and welcomed into the Brotherhood of Grand Chapters.
Companion W. D. Ferris offered the following, which was adopted;
Resolved, That the next Annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter shall be held in the City
of Canton during the first week in February, 1874, immediately following the adjournment of
Grand Lodge.
Companion J. Y. Murry offered the following, which was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That the cordial thanks of this Grand Chapter are due, and are hereby tendered, to
the Companions and citizens of Canton for the very kind and hospitable manner in which the
officers and members of this Grand Chapter have been entertained at its present Convocation.
The various officers elect of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter were then duly
installed into their respective stations and places—M.\ E.\ H. C. Robinson
installing his successor, H.\ E.\ Geo. R. Fearn, and the latter installing the
other Grand Officers. "
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest appointed the following Committees, to serve
until the next Annual Convocation:
Masonic Law and Jurisprudence—'T. S. Gathright, C. T. Murphy, R. B.
Mayes.
Foreign Correspondence—H. W. Walter, E. Geo. DeLap, J. L. Power.
No further business appearing, the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Mississippi, was then closed, in due and Ample Form, after prayer by
THOS. S. GATHRIGHT, Ch'n.
R. B. MAYES.
the M.". Rev. Grand Chaplain.
Attest: J. L. Power,
Grand Secretary.
GEO. R. FEARN,
Grand High Priest,
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I hereby certify that the foregoing pages contain a true and perfect record of
the proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi at
its Grand Annual Convocation in the City of Canton on February 7th, A. D. 1873.
In Witness Whereof, I have here-
unto attached my official signature, and
the Seal of the Grand Chapter, this 10th
day of February, A. D. 1873.
Grand Secretary.
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION.
At the Twenty-Sixth Annual Convocation of the M.\E.\ Grand Royal Arch
Chapter op the State op Mississippi, held at Odd-Fellows' Hall, in the city
of Canton, on Friday the 6th day of February, A. D. 1874, A. I. 2404, at 11
o'clock, A. M., the following Grand Officers were
Present:
M.\E.\GEO. R. FEARN Grand High Priest.
R.\E.\P. M. SAYERT Deputy Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-.D. L. SMYTHE Grand King.
R.-.E.-.E. GEO. DeLAP as Grand Scribe.
"R. • E.-.WTTiT.TAM FRENCH Grand Captain of the Host.
COMP. R. L. SAUNDERS as Grand Principal Sojourner.
R.-.E.'.JOHN W. YEARGAIN Grand Royal Arch Captain.
R.-.E.-.DENT H. MILES Grand Master 3d Yail.
COMP. JOHN S. CAIN as Grand Master 2d Vail.
R.-.E.-.W. G. PAXTON Grand Master 1st Vail.
REV. COMP. J. H. ALEXANDER as Grand Chaplain.
R.-.E.-.A. P. BARRY Grand Treasurer.
R.\E.*.J. L. POWER Grand Secretary.
R.-.E.-.W. H. CARKEET Grand Tyler.
ALSO PRESENT:
R.\E.\Morris Cook Grand Lecturer.
M.\E.\Wm. D. Ferriss Past Grand High Priest.
M.\E.\Wm. S. Patton.; " " " "
M.-.E.-.R. B. Mayes " " " "
M.-.E/.Jas. M. Howry " " " "
M.-.E.-.H. C. Robinson " " " "
R.\E.\Benj. Springer . •. Past Deputy Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-.J. S. Jones " " " " "
R.-.E.-.R. P. Bowen Past Grand King.
R.-.E.-.Thos. Hardeman, M " " "
R.-.E.*.John Y. Merry " " "
R.-.E.-.T. C. Everett " " "
R.-.E.-.J. F. Arnold Past Grand Scribe.
R.-.E.*.Jno. A. Galbreath, Sr Past Grand Captain of Host.
R.-.E.-.Thos. S. Gathright Past Grand Orator.
R.-.E.-. Jas. T. Fant Past Grand Royal Arch Captain.
R.-.E.-. J. J. Birdsong Past Grand Principal Sojourner.
Also, the following Past High Priests, not representing Chapters:
Companions E. T. Henry, John Nelson, Nelson Reynolds, J. Peebles, J. T. Cam-
eron, R. B. Brannin, S. C. Conley, G. W. Stovall;
Together, with a Constitutional number of Representatives of Subordinate
Chapters.
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The following were also present as
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND CHAPTERS:
Alabama—M.-.E.-. Geo. R. Fearn.
Arkansas—M.-.E.-. Wm. D. Ferriss.
California—Comp. Chas. T. Murphy.
Indiana—R.-.E.-. Thos. Hardeman M.
Louisiana—M.-.E.-. "Wm. S. Patton.
Maryland—R.-.E.-. Dent H. Miles.
Minnesota—M.-.E.-. James M. Howry.
Missouri—M.\E.\ R. B. Mayes.
N#ew Jersey—R.-.E.-. A. P. Barry.
Oregon—R.-.E.-. R. B. Mayes.
The Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present—
The M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi was opened ill Atnple
Form, with solemn prayer, by Acting Grand Chaplain, Rev, Companion J. H,
Alexander.
The M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest appointed the following
Committee on Credentials—Companions "Wm. D. Ferriss, Frank Burkitt,
Isydore Strauss.
On motion of Comp. DeLap, the reading of the Minutes of last Grand Convo-
cation was dispensed with.
The Committee on Credentials submitted the following Report, which, on mo-
tion, was received and the Committee continued :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials beg leave to report that they find
the following Companions entitled to seats in this Grand Body as Representatives
of the several Chapters named. Respectfully submitted,
W. D. FERRISS,
FRANK BURKITT,
ISYDORE STRAUSS,
Committee.
Natchez Chapter, No. 1—E. Geo. DeLap, proxy for H.- P.-. and P.-.H.-.P.-,,
and J. Peebles, P.-.H.-.P.-. and proxy for K.-.& S.-.
Clinton, No. 2—Robert F. Gordon, H.\P.\ (?) x
Vicksburg, No. 3—Wm. French, H.-.P.-., P.H.P. W. G. Paxton, proxy for S.*.
Columbus, No. 4—B. A. Vaughan, K.\
Wilson, No. 5—H. H. Fields, H.-.P.-., J. T. Whitehead, proxy for S.\
Jackson, No. 6—I. Strauss, H.-.P.-., R. L. Saunders, K.\, Matt F. Ash, Scribe.
Magnolia, No. 7—J. J. Birdsong, H.-.P.-.
Yazoo, No. 8—R. B. Mayes, proxy for H.-.P.-., J. C. Young, S.\
Lexington, No. 9—Wm. Eggleston, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Canton, No. 10—J. W. Yeargain, H.-.P.-., C. L. Gross, K,-., A. M. Gurley, S.',
Macon, No. 11—J. J. Beauchamp, Scribe, and P.-.H.-.P.-.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—Thos. Hardeman M., K.\
Euphemia, No. 13—S. T. Sykes, proxy for K.\ and S.\
Fayette, No. 14—Henry Key, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Carrollton, No. 15—W. M. Stansbury, H.-.P.-.
Shields, No. 18—M. R. Fontaine, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Kosciusko, No. 20—J. S. Comfort, H.-.P.-.
Raymond, No. 22—Geo. C. Porter, K.\
Houston, No. 23—Frank Burkitt, proxy for H.-.P.-., K.\ and S.\
Meridian, No. 25—Wm. S. Patton, proxy for H.-.P.-., M. Lev}-, K.\
Okolona, No. 27—J. S. Cain, proxy for H.-.P,-.
Walker, No. 28—D. H. Kinchloe, H.-.P.-.
Shongalo, No. 30—T. C. Everett, H.-.P.-.
Emory, No 32—C. J. Coleman, H.-.P.-.
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Lafayette, No. 33—J. M. Howry, Representative.
Neshoba, No. 34—W. C. Dowd, Representative.
Louisville, No. 36—N. Woodward, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Union, No. 37—G. W. Stovall, K.-.
Marshall, No. 40—A. Webb, H.-.P.-.
Amite, No. 43—Elias Saff'ord, S.\
Enterprise, No. 45—J. A. Andrews, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Verona, No. 47—Barney Trice, proxy for H.-.P.-., K.-. and S.\
Ripley, No. 48—M. F. Rogers, proxy for H.-.P.-., J. Y. Murry, proxy for K.\
New Albany, No. 49—Joel A. Hearne, H.-.P.-., 0. G. Mitchell, proxy for K.*.
Mt. Carmel, No. 50—J. L. Beavers, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Geo. Washington, No. 51—R. P. Bowen, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Patton, No. 52—R. McKinley, H.-.P.-.
Baldwyn, No. 57—P. M. Saveiy, Representative.
Shubuta, No. 59—O. B. Collins, H.-.P.-.
Panola, No. 60—L. D. Nickle, H.-.P.-.
Eureka, No. 61—D. Mitchell, H.-.P.-.
G. W. Perkins, No. 63—J. W. Rutland, H.-.P.-. and P.-.H.-.P.-.
Dover, No. 64—A. M. Hicks, P.-.H.-.P.-. and proxy for H.-.P.-.
Chickasaw, No. 65—G. N. Robuck, P.-.H.-.P.-. and proxy for H.-.P.-.
Rienzi, No. 66—J. F. Arnold, H.-.P.-.
Euclid, No. 67—W. P. Bowen, H.-.P.-.
Dent H. Miles, No. 73—Wm. Richards, H.-.P.-. and P.-.H.-.P.-.
Ward, No. 73—W. A. Embrey, H.-.P.-., W. H. Wilbourn, K.\
W. D. Ferriss, No. 74—W. D. Ferriss, H.-.P.-.
Walnut Grove, No. 75—Jas. M. Bradley, Jr., H.-.P.-.
Corinth, No. 76—John E. Young, Representative.
Crystal Springs, No. 77—A. L. Williams, P.-.H.-.P.-. and Representative.
S. H. Johnson, No. 81—J. A. Hull, H.-.P.-.
Starkville, No. 82—C. N. Terry, H.-.P.-. and P.-.H.-.P.-.
Summerville, No. 83—Thos. S. Gathright, H.-.P.-.
Salem, No. 85—John A. Galbreath, H.-.P.-.
Summit, No. 90—W. T. Tyler, H.-.P.-.
Centre Ridge, No. 93—J. C. Gilbert, K.\
Durant, No. 94—C. T. Murphy, proxy for H.-.P.*.
West Point, No. 95—J. H. Shipman, proxy for H.-.P.-.
McConnico, No. 96—M. D. L. Stephens, proxy for H.-.P.-.
R. W. Payne, No. 97—T. F. Pettus, H.-.P.-.
McDonald, No. 98—G. N. Dickerson, S.\
Toomsuba, No. 99—H. D. Cameron, S.\
Attala, No. 100—L. G. W. Harrison, H.-.P.-.
Coffeeville, No. 101—W. R. Spencer, proxy for H.-.P.-.
The M.-.E.*. Grand High Priest announced the appointment of the following
committees :
Subordinate Chapters and Chapters Under Dispensation — B. A.
Vaughan, C. N. Terry, Henry Key.
Finance—E. Geo. DeLap, J. S. Cain, J. A. Hull.
Complaints and Appeals—J. J. Beauchamp, J. F. Arnold, O. B. Collins.
The M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest read his Annual Address, as follows:
ANNUAL ADDRESS:
Companions of the Grand Chapter :
The hour appointed by law for our Annual Convocation has arrived, and we
are again assembled for the dispatch of such business as shall properly come
before us.
I congratulate you upon being permitted to meet under circumstances so favor-
able. Throughout the broad limits of the country, the utmost peace and harmony
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prevail, with scarcely an interruption; the tidings from the East, the West, the
South and the North reveal the gratifying fact that the glorious mission of the
Royal Craft is successfully prosecuted, and the principles of a higher and a nobler
morality are being each day and year more fully disseminated.
While some of our sister Grand Jurisdictions have been visited by the fearful
epidemic, we, by the protecting care of the Supreme High Priest have been
spared the ravages of the "pestilence that walketh in darkness, and the destruc-
tion that wasteth at noonday." Eor these dispensations of His Providence let
grateful incense rise from our hearts to the Great I Am, whose dwelling place is
beyond the celestial vails in the eternal Heavens.
But our congratulations upon this re-union are not unmingled with sorrow,
for Death has since we last met summoued two members of this Grand Chapter
from the scene of their labor among us. Companion John H. Mitchell, P.*. G.\ S.-«
died 21st March, 1873, and Companion Richard Cooper, the 4th January, 1874.
Both of these Companions for many years filled the highest position in their
respective Lodges and Chapters. Companion Mitchell was in 1868 your Grand
Scribe, and at the time of his death filled the important place of D.\ D.\ G.\ M/.
in Grand Lodge. Companion Cooper was for two years Grand Master of Masons
in this jurisdiction, and in 1867 was your Grand Bang. As long as health and
strength permitted both of these Excellent Companions were prompt and regular
attendants upon your Annual Convocations, and took efficient part in your delib-
erations; and when disease laid upon them his blighting hand, we may well
believe that in spirit they were with us, bidding us God-speed in the great work
in which we were engaged. While, with humility we bow to the behests of
'Him who doeth all things well—though beyond our comprehension, let us exer-
cise the melancholy pleasure of according to their memory, tributes commen-
surate with their merit.
The record of such of my official acts as are necessary to be submitted to you,
will be brief.
Dispensations have been issued to the Constitutional number of Companions
authorizing them to open and work Royal Arch Chapters at two places, viz:
Long Creek, Attala County, and Evansville, Tunica County; a detailed statement
of which will be exhibited by your efficient Grand Secretary. I have granted
several dispensations for the election of Officers of Chapters, after the Constitu-
tional time had passed; in three instances I allowed the ballot to be spread with-
out the usual delay, having been first satisfied in each-Case that the petitioner
was well known in the community, and for six months last past was a Master
Mason; and in one case authorized the ballot to be re-taken, the objection having
been removed, and the objector joining in the petition to that effect.
In last, I authorized Walnut Grove Chapter, No. 75, to change its place
of meeting\from Leaf River to Evon, Perry County; and in December like per-
mission was given to W. D. Ferris Chapter, No. 74, authorizing a change from
Benton to Deasonville. I suggest that these changes be made permanent.
Complaint having been made to me that DeWitt Clinton Chapter had conferred
the degrees upon a Master Mason residing within the limits of Carrollton
Chapter, No. 15 ; upon investigation I found that the candidate resided nearer
to Carrolton Chapter, but the Lodge in which he held membership was situated
within the jurisdictional limits of DeWitt Clinton Chapter, and the High Priest
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holding that the question should be determined by the location of the Lodge,
rather than by that of the residence of petitioner, entertained the petition and
Upon his election exalted the candidate. There being no controversy as to the
facts, I decided that that Chapter had jurisdiction, within whose limits was sit-
Uated the residence of the petitioner, and ordered DeWitt Clinton Chapter to
pay to Carrollton Chapter the fees received for the degrees. This has been done,
and I suggest that no further action be taken in the matter, as the High Priest
acted under a misapprehension of the law, and with no intention to violate the
established rule of this G-rand Body upon the subject.
Application has twice been made to me to authorize one Chapter to confer the
degrees upon a M.\ M.\, residing within the jurisdictional limits of another, but
they were both refused ; the Gr.\ H.\ Priest having no power to authorize a
Chapter to invade the jurisdiction of another.
I decided also that a Companion, against whom charges are pending in the
Lodge in which he holds membership, is not thereby disqualified from sitting and
Voting in the Chapter.
At the last meeting in 1873 of Canton Chapter, No. 10, I directed the Secretary
not to enter as suspended those members who were twelve months in arrears for
dues. I am aware, Companions, that this order or decision is in direct conflict
with a regulation of this Grand Chapter. I do not believe that regulation correctly
interprets the will of this Grand Chapter; nor is it in my opinion in accord with
the spirit of our Institution. It has been held in the Grand Lodge that no
Mason shall be deprived of any of his Masonic privileges until an opportunity
has been given him to be heard. Is there any good reason why a departure
should be had in the Chapter, from a principle which so heartily commends itself
to our every sense of justice and Masonic charity. I am no advocate of those
who, having the ability, neglect or refuse to pay their just dues ; such men are
not fit to be Masons, and should be debarred the privilege of entering our Chapters.
But let them be heard—do not proceed against them without notice ; if they
neglect their duty, let us not forget ours. I trust these views may meet your
approbation, and that you will so alter that section of our regulation that it will
no longer be obnoxious because of such objections.
I deem it unnecessary to make mention of any other decisions rendered during
the year now closing ; but before dismissing this subject, think it my duty to recom-
mend a revision of our Regulations. Those now in force are totally inadequate to
the wants of the Fraternity, and are in some cases inconsistent, even unintelligi-
ble, the result, I fear, of hasty action in the past. It cannot be said "we are too
much governed," unless it be by tjie individual opinions of presiding officers
unaided by the utterances of the Grand Chapter, and hence in a great degree,
there is confusion among the Craft. In some of our sister Grand Chapters, by
special enactment, the laws and regulations of the Grand Lodge, are made to
apply to the Subordinate Chapters, except where inconsistent and inapplicable.
With this brief mention of what I consider a matter of deep interest, I leave it
with you.
I desire to Gall your attention to the fact that at the Annual Convocation in
1872, steps were taken looking to the establishment of the Order of High Priest-
hood in this Grand Jurisdiction, and a Committee was raised for that purpose.
There has been no report of that Committee, as appears from the proceed-
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ings; and I invite your attention to the subject, that some disposition may be
made of it.
I have made no appointment of Representatives to other Grand Chapters, not
that I dissapprove of the system, on the contrary it meets my most hearty appro-
bation. But this Grand Body has, by the adoption of the report of a Committee
at a previous Convocation, making it the duty of the G.\ H.\ Priest to accredit
annually, a Representation to every other Grand Chapter with whieh we were in
correspondence, placed me in an unpleasant position, and at a loss to know how to
proceed.
My predecessors had already appointed able representatives to many other
Grand Bodies, and to remove them without just cause, seemed to me to be dis-
courteous, to re-issue commission to the same Companions involved a useless
expense, which this Grand Chapter could but ill afford. I preferred then to wait an
expression of opinion from you, and this I hope you will give for the benefit of
my successors.
I congratulate you sincerely upon the improved condition of your finances.
The large indebtedness which for so long a time has embarrassed the Grand
Chapter, and which last year, had reached to nearly the sum of five thousand dol-
lars, is now reduced to but little more than one thousand. This happy result is
due in a great measure to the prompt and favorable action of the delegates to
your last Convocation, and a similar concession at this time—which 1 feel assured
will be cheerfully granted—will place the Grand Chapter out of debt. This
being accomplished, prudence would dictate the inauguration of a policy by
which the receipts should at least equal the disbursements, and your Grand
Chapter become self-sustaining. How this can be best done, I leave to your
wisdom to determine.
The rapid manner in which candidates are hurried through the Degrees of
Capitular Masonry is a subject which demands your attention. I am informed
that there are many cases in which the seven degrees of Symbolic and Capitular
Masonry have been conferred upon the same individuals in less than four months.
May we not in this great haste to make Masons, see in a great degree, the
causes of that indifference and apathy, and I grieve to say, even contempt for
their obligation, manifested by so many who claim to be of the Royal Craft. We
are told that Masonry is "a system of morality veiled in allegory, and illustrated
by symbols," to arrive at a proper appreciation of its beauties and excellencies, it
must be closely studied, and deeply reflected upon. At the building of the
Temple of Solomon, not only was the rough stone carefully selected free from aU
defect or flaw, but each was required to be so square as to pass the strict scrutiny
of the Overseer. And so Companions, in the.erection of the far nobler temple of
which we are in part the builders, should we not be as diligent and careful in
the selection of the material, and in their forming and fashioning for appropriate
places in the edifiee P
I very much fear there is too much anxiety and eagerness to add to our num-
bers, rather than to our material and substantial strength; too little scrutiny into
the character and fitness of the materials offered for our use; and when the
selection has been made—when the portals of our Chapters have been opened, and
the candidate has crossed the threshold, he fails utterly, to imbibe the glorious
principles concealed beneath our beautiful and impressive system of symbols^
from the hasty, hurried and informal manner in whieh they are imparted; they
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Vnake no impression upon his mind, they find no lodgment in his heart; he sees,
but he does not perceive; he hears but he cannot understand ; the ritual degen-
erates with him into unintelligible jargon, and he too often leaves the Chapter
room, confused, bewildered and disgusted.
"What wonder is it that we have among Us so many indifferent, apathetic mem-
bers. Can we be surprised that year after year the roll of dimitted and suspended
"Masons, so fearfully increases P Can we expect Companions to love and appre-
ciate that they cannot comprehend—and how'can they understand except they
be properly taught.
I commend this subject to your thoughtful consideration. To the Officers of
Subordinate Chapters I would say: when a candidate applies, let there be no
haste; make the inquiry into his character, standing and qualifications full and
complete; permit no improper consideration to induce you to recommend to an
association with the Royal Craftsmen any one whose "abilities and knowledge
of the preceding degrees you cannot fully vouch for, and whom you do not firmly
and confidently believe will conform to the principles of our fraternity, and fulfil
the obligations of Royal Arch Masonry," and when the investigation is concluded,
and he is admitted, let not his Masonic education and instruction be hurried or
neglected, but so explain and impress upon him the solemn and beautiful lessons
of Masonry, that they may be indelibly engraven upon his mind and conscience.
To this Grand Chapter I recommend less haste, more care and reflection in its
deliberations; for surely if the members of this Body in their great anxiety to
dispatch business proceed hurriedly and unadvisedly, may not your subordinates
be somewhat excused for following your example in the transaction of their
affairs. While legislation will not wholly remove the evil to which allusion has
just been made, it occurs to me that more good will result from the adoption of
a resolution requiring of every candidate for the degrees conferred in the Chapter,
suitable proficiency in the preceding degrees, and a L6dg§ membership of at least
six months next before the application.
Companions, having placed before you an account of my official acts for the past
year, and suggested such recommendations as seem to me right and proper, I
desire to thank you for the high honor conferred upon me ; and for the uniform
courtesy extended me by the Officers of the Grand Chapter, and to the Companions
of this Grand Jurisdiction; and to assure you that while I live I shall carry
with me the fondest recollection of your confidence, kindness and generosity.
"And now, Companions, may you be so guided by the beautiful precepts of
Royal Areh Masonry, and governed by its maxims, as never to deviate from the
paths of honor and virtue "—may your Grand Chapter become as beautiful as the
Temple—peaceful as the Ark—and sacred as the most holy place; may your hearts
be pure as the altar—and your conduct acceptable as the offering; may the appro-
bation of Heaven be your encouragement—and the testimony of a good conscience
your support. May you be endowed with every good and perfect gift while
travelling the rugged paths of life, and finally admitted within the veil of Heaven
to the full enjoyment of life eternal.
GEO. R. FEARN,
Grand High Priest.
On motion of Companion William French, the Address of M.\E.\ Grand High
Priest was received, and ordered to be spread upon the Minutes.
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On motion of Companion H. W. Walter, it was
Resolved, That so much of the Address of the M.\E.\ Grand High Priest as
relates to
1st. Deceased Companions—be referred to a Special Committee of three ;
2d. That in reference to Official Acts and Decisions, Rules and Regulations, to
a Special Committee of three;
3d. That in reference to Grand Representatives, to a Special Committee of three;
4th. That in reference to Finance, to the Committee on Finance;
5th. That in reference to Qualification and Proficiency of Candidates, and to
the manner of conferring the degrees, to a Special Committee of three.
Whereupon, the M.\E.\ Grand High Priest appointed.the following
SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
On Deceased Companions—R. B. Mayes, R. P. Bowen, J. S. Cain.
Rules and Regulations—J. F. Arnold, I. Strauss, W. M. Stansbury.
Grand Representatives—H. W. Walter, Jno. A. Galbreath, Sr., Thos. Har-
deman M.
Qualifications and Proficiency of Candidates—W. D. Ferriss, Morris
Cook, R. B. Brannin.
ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
The following Report was presented and adopted:
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee to whom were referred the resolutions presented at your Twenty-fourth An-
nual Convocation, by Companion J. F. Arnold, with reference to the organization of a permanent
Order of High Priesthood, respectfully report that they found it impossible, during the hurry of
business at that Convocation, to consult and deliberate upon the subject as its importance de-
mands; but having now carefully considered the subject, they respectfully recommend the adop-
tion of the resolutions referred to them, and that they be carried into effect at this Convocation.
Respectfully submitted, J. M. HOWRY,
W. D. FERRISS,
W. S. PATTON,
Committee.
The Grand Secretary read his Annual Report and submitted his Account Cur-
rent.
On motion of Companion Arnold, the same were received, and referred to the
Committees on Finance and Subordinate Chapters.
GRAND SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT.
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
I beg leave to submit my Fourth Annual Report as Grand Secretary.
On the 7th February last, by authority of this Grand Body, I issued a Dispen-
sation for the formation of a new Chapter, at Cherry Creek, Pontotoc county,
styled Cherry Creek Chapter, Companion H. Hood, as High Priest, J. T. Pitt's, as
King, and A. B. Smythe, as Scribe, and a constitutional number of other Com-
panions.
On the 27th May, by authority of the Grand High Priest, I issued a Dispen-
sation for the formation of a new Chapter at Long Creek, Attala county, styled
Bluff Springs Chapter, Companion F. M. Glass, as H.*.P.\, L. S. Terry, K.\, J. C.
Ashley, S.\
On the 6th September, by same authority, I issued a Dispensation for the for-
mation of a new Chapter at Evansville, Tunica county, styled Hudson Chapter,
C. A. Marshall, as H.-.P.-., A. T. Hudson, as K.\, Jeptha Evans, Scribe.
The petitions of these Chapters for a charter from this Grand Body are here-
with presented.
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On the 25th August, I transmitted to the several Chapters, the Amendment
proposed at the last Grand Convocation, by Companion Barry, to so change Ar-.
ticle VI of the Constitution as that Representatives shall be allowed " their
actual and necessary expenses," instead of a fixed rate for mileage and per diem.
I also gave notice that final action would be taken thereon at this Grand Con-
vocation.
In obedience to the action of last Grand Chapter, its Proceedings were not pub-
lished. I have had many inquiries from this and other jurisdictions for our usual
Annual Report, to all which there was but one reply—our as yet embarrassed
financial condition. During the past month I received many applications from
Companion Secretaries for the Annual Return of the previous year, or a copy
thereof, to aid in the preparation of the Return for 1873—they having heretofore
mainly relied upon the Return as printed with the Proceedings.
THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF GRAND CHAPTER.
The total receipts for 1873, from all sourees, amount to $3,030.75, as will be
seen by the Account Current and receipts from Grand Treasurer herewith sub-
mitted.
The total indebtedness at the commencement of last Convocation, was estima-
ced at the sum of $4,704.47.
Of the items embraced in that amount, the following have been satisfied or
paid during the past year:
Remission by Grand Lodge of amount due tbat Body.... .... .... $1,480.57
Payments to Comp. J. A. Martin, on account of claim for Grand Chap-
ter Reprint ........ .... 1,600.00
Paid Mrs. Keeler, in full of balance on salary due Comp. O. T. Keeler. 105.30
Grand Secretary, balance on salary for 1872 .... . 574.74
Total $3,760.61
PRESENT DEBT.
Balance due Comp. J. A. Martin, to January 31, 1874 $810.00
Due Grand Treasurer to February 1, 1873 412.26
" " " commissions on receipts 1873 76.77
" " Secretary, balance on 1873 420.29
" Natchez and DeWitt Clinton Chapters, loans to Grand Chapter. .. 40.00
$1,759.32
By a statement accompanying this Report, it will be seen that there are Annual
Dues and Ledger balances due from Subordinate Chapters to the amount of
$1,212.55. To the extent that the same can be collected, will the above debt of
$1,759.32 be reduced. Additional legislation seems to be necessary in reference
to delinquent Chapters. The present regulation is, that " every Chapter failing
to be represented, make returns and pay its dues to the Grand Chapter, for two
years in succession, shall forfeit its charter." It will thus be seen that it is
necessary that there shall be three distinct delinquencies before the charter
becomes forfeited. In lieu of the foregoing, I would respectfully submit the
following:
Sec 48. Every Subordinate Chapter failing to make return and pay dues for
the year preceding the Annual Grand Convocation shall not be entitled to repre-
sentation in the Grand Chapter; and if said Chapter fails to make return and
pay dues within ninety days aftefr the adjournment of Grand Chapter, it shall
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thereby be suspended from working; and if it fails within ninety days thereafter
to comply, after being first duly notified by Grand Secretary, its charter shall be
'thereby forfeited.
In reference to balances now due by Subordinate Chapters, I would recommend
that some action be adopted that shall insure their settlement within a reasonable
time. Some of the larger amounts are due from Chapters that are in a languish-
ing condition
Estimating the amount that may be realized from Chapters in arrears, at say
$700.00, and supposing an excess of receipts over expenditures for the present
year, it is reasonable to presume that the existing debt can be discharged during
the present year. This improved condition of our finances is due to the liberal
act of the Grand Lodge in remitting an ante bellum loan, and to the Representa-
tives at last Grand Convocation, in declining, with few exceptions, their consti-
tutional allowance of mileage and per diem. The present allowance of mileage
absorbs two-thirds of the innual receipts in the event of a full representation ot
Chapters, and the necessity of making the one in due proportion to the other, is
respectfully urged.
The Committee appointed at the last Grand Convocation to audit and settle
the claim of Companion J. A Martin against the Grand Chapter, met in May last
The Report of Companion Gathright, Chairman of the Committee, is herewith
submitted. The amount found to be due to June 1st, 1873, was $2,382.03. I
immediately drew a warrant for $1,000.00, and subsequently for $100.00, as
payments thereon. The amount still due is $810.00.
I herewith submit a communication from Mrs. Amanda H. Meek, in reference
to an appropiiation made by this Grand Chapter to the family of her father, Past
Grand Lecturer, Thos. J. Hawkins. The statements contained in this communi-
cation are supported by the records of the Grand Chapter.
It appears that at the Annual Convocation in 1854, the Grand High Priest,
after calling Attention to the decease of Companion Hawkins, " who for six sue-
cessive years had ably, faithfully and zealously discharged the duties of Grand
Lecturer of this Grand Chapter," stated that the family were in dependant cir-
eumstances, aud that " their claims to the care and protection of the Grand Chap-
ter would be the more readily acknowledged, when it was known that he had
appropriated the earnings of several years to erecting a comfortable residence,
which was destroyed by fire as soon as finished." The Grand High Priest there-
fore suggested the occasion as "a fit opportunity tor a practical illustration ot
the cardinal principles of our institution."
Accordingly, a Committee to whom this subject was referred, recommended an
appropriation of five hundied dollars, and that Companions L. Y. Dixon and Jno
T. Hull be a Committee " to take charge of the fund and appropriate it for the
purpose specified, in any manner which to them may seem most proper and bene-
fic.ial to said family."
The Committee loaned the amount to Mr. Jas. H. Bowman, who paid interest
on same until 1863. In the meantime Mrs. Hawkins applied for the principal,
having an opportunity for good investment. Mr. Bowman informs me that he
paid the amount to Comp. T. W. Caskey, who turned it over to Grand Treasurer,
Comp. B. S. Tappan, and in his Report, made to Grand Chapter January 1864, is
the following item:
" I also annex a special account, showing a balance in favor of the Grand Chap-
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ter of $500.00, the interest of which is to be appropriated for the benefit of Mrs.
Hawkins' family. I have been unable to loan the money out."
Mrs. Meek being the only member of the family who needs or claims the amount
thus appropriated, I would recommend that the claim be recognized by the Grand
Chapter, and that the principal, without interest, be paid in such instalments as
the finances of the Grand Chapter may warrant. It will be a timely aid to her,
in her efforts to support and educate her children.
On the 24th ult., I received the charter of Quitman Chapter, No. 21, Her-
nando, which was returned by order of Grand High Priest.
On the 17th October^ I made a formal demand for the return of the charter of
Chas. Scott Chapter, No. 35, which this (5rand Body had declared forfeited. This
demand was made after due correspondence with Grand High Priest, • and by his
special authority. No attention was paid to communication, if received.
N Brandon Chapter, No. 69, has ceased to exist. There has been no meeting for
two years.
The whole number of working Chapters in the jurisdiction, is 81 chartered,
and three Under Dispensation.
The general condition of Capitular Masonry in our Jurisdiction may be esti-
mated by the following summary from the Returns of 69 Chapters, received to
date. It is to be regretted that less than one-third of the Secretaries complied
with the Regulation to have the Annual Return at Grand Secretary's Office by
10th January. As far as Returns were received to 31st January, they were care-
fully examined, and corrected where necessary:
gains:
Exaltations .... .... .... .. 126
Affiliations 31
Reinstatements.... ..... 88—245
dosses:
Dimissions .103
Deaths 46
Suspended for non-payment of dues 187
" " Unmasonic conduct 5
Expulsions 4—345
Total membership in — Chapters reporting 2,030
" ' Dues of same . , $2,405.00
Fraternally submitted,
J. L. POWER,
Canton, Feb. 5th, 1874. Grand Secretary.
GRAND SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT.
J. L. Powek, Grand Secretary,
In account with the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi :
1878. Dk.
Natchez Chapter, No. I....Dues 1872
Clinton "
Vickshurg "
Columbus "
Wilson "
Jackson
Magnolia it
Canton "
DeWitt Clinton.
Euphemia
Fayette
Carrollton
2 " 56.00
3.... " - 81.00
4....Balance 37.00
5....Dues 1872 65,00
6 " 58.00
7.... " 27.00
" Balance on 1871 1.00
10....Dues 1872 52.00
11.... " 32.00
12.... " 44.00
13 " * ............... 49.00
14.... " 24.00
15.... " 38.00
644.00
28
Amount brought forward
W.H.Wilkinson Chapter No. 16...
Shields
Kosciusko
Raymond
Wayne
Meridian
Okolona
Walker
Washington
Shongalo
Emory
Lafayette
Neshoba
Louisville
Union
Marshall
Amite
Tallahatchie .
Verona
Ripley
New Albany
Mt. Carmel
Wright
Baldwyn-
Shubufa
Panola
G. W. Perkins
Dover
Chickasaw
Rienzi
Euclid
Scooba
Dent H. Miles
Ward
W. D. Ferriss
Walnut Grove
Corinth
Crystal Springs
Winona
Brookhaven
S. H. Johnson
Starkville
Summerville
Summit
Huntsville
Durant
McConnico
R. W. Paine
McDonald
Attala
Coffeeville
Greenwood
Cherry Creek
Hudson
22...
24..,
25..
27..,
28..
29..
33...
34...
36...
37...
40...
42...
44...
47...
48...
49...
50...
56...
57...
60...
63...
64.'.'.'
65...
66...
67...
70...
72...
73...
74...
75...
76...
77...
78...
80...
81...
91...
94...
96...
97...
100.'.'!
101...
102...
U. D...
U. D...
$644.00
Dues *1872''. 55.00
54.00
« 24.00
« 26.00
« 32.00
44.00
57.00
« 29.00
« 39.00
" 74.00
51.00
« 21.00
39.00
25.00
» « 56.00
33.00
« 32.00
35.00
43.00
39.00
21.00
23.00
31.00
23.00
19.00
27.00
17.00
26.00
22.00
24.00
47.00
33.00
Dues 1871 and 1872 45.00
" 1872 36.00
65.00
Dues 1872 in part 33.00
" 30.75
" 1872 51.00
" 1872 and balance 48.00
1871
1872
1871
1872
1872.
36.00
23.00
38.00
47.00
23.00
22.06
32.00
" 1872
" 1872
" 1872
" 1871
" 1872
" In full 76.00
" 1872 61.00
" 1872 57.00
" 1872 31.00
" 1872 43.00
" 1872 28.00
" 1872 48.00
" 40.00
Dispensation fee 90.00
90.00
Companion E. M. Alexander, of late Byhalia Chapter, No. 68, back dues 3.00
Companion B. A. Beeson, of late Monticello " " 92, " 4.00
Bluif Springs Chapter, U. D., Dispensation fee. (Not received.) 90.00
Total receipts $3,030.75
Cb.
By receipts from Grand Treasurer, herewith filed $3,030.75
Respectfully submitted,
J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
STATEMENT OF CHAPTERS IN ARREARS FOR ANNUAL RETURNS,
DUES AND LEDGER BALANCES.
Vicksburg
Jackson
Yazoo
Lexington
Canton
Macon
Euphemia
Fayette
Chapter, No. 3..
•' 6..
10...
11...
13...
14...
Balance on dues of 1870 3.00
Ledger balance to date 7.50
Deficit on dues of 1870, 1871 and 1872 6.00
Dues of 1872, less $1.00 to credit 44.00
Deficit on dues of 1870 and 1871 3.00
" « " 1870 1.00
" " « 1870 and 1872 10.00
" " " " " 10.00
84.50
29-
Amount brought forward..
Carrollton Chap
Shields
Kosciusko
Quitman
Houston
Wayne
Meridian
Okolona
Walker
Washington
Lafayette
Neshoba
Louisville
Union
Amite
Enterprise
Verona
New Albany
Mt. Carmel
Geo. Washington
Patton
Palo Alto
< $84.50
.Deficit on dues of 1870 1.00
" " " 1872 1.00
" " " 1870 and 1872 18.00
" " " 1872
" " " 1870 and 1871 3.00
.Dues of 1872 34.00
.Ledger balance to date 10.00
" " to 1867 41.00
" " since 5.00
.Deficit on dues 1871 and 1872 7.00
.Ledger balance to 1868 75
.No Returns or Dues for 1869 or 1870
.Ledger balance to date 2.00
.Deficit on dues of 1870 and 1871 9.00
. Ledger balances to date 8.00
" " " 5.00
.Deficit on dues of 1871 and 1872 10.00
" 1870 and 1871..-. 3.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1872
.Deficit on dues of 1872 17.00
1871 1.00
" 1870 10.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1871
.Ledger balance to 1871 25.70
.No Returns or Dues for 1872
.Balance to 1871 16.00
.Dues 1872 28.00
.Deficit on dues of 1870 3.00
.No Return or Dues for 1872
.Deficit on dues 1871 and 1872 2.00
" 1872 46.00
.Ledger balance to date 30.00
.Deficit on dues of 1870 and 1871 4.00
.Dues of 1871 41.00
.Deficit on dues of other years 10.00
.Dues 1871 28.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1872 (Dead)
Baldwyn
Eureka v
Dover
Rienzi
Euclid
Brandon
John Hebron
W. D. Eerriss
Walnut Grove
Corinth
Tampico
Brookhaven
S. H. Johnson
Starkville
Salem
Meadville
Cato
Centre Ridge
Durant
West Point
McConnico
Robert W. Paine
McDonald
Toomsuba
Attala
Total ascertained balances due
Estimated dues of Chapters failing to make Returns 845.00
Total due Grand Chapter $1,212.55
Respectfully submitted, J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
REPORT OE GRAND TREASURER.
The R.-.E.'. G-rand Treasurer submitted his Annual Report, as follows:
A. P. Barky, Grand Treasurer,
! on dues of 1872 27.00
" " " 5.25
.Balance to 1871, inclusive 22.00
.Deficit on dues of 1872.1 10.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1871 or 1872.
.Deficit on dues of 1871 and 1872 _ 2.00
" 1870 2.00
" « 1871 1.00
1872 36.00
.Balance due to date .157.60
.No Returns or Dues for 1872.
.Deficit on dues 1871 8.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1872.
.Balance to 1871, inclusive 9.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1872.
.Deficit on dues of 1871 2.00
1870 1.00
.No Returns or Dues for 1871 or 1872.
.Deficit on dues of 1870 3.00
.Dues of 1871 55.00
.Deficit on dues 1870 and 1871 5.00
" " 1870 1.00
" " 1870 1.00
" 1870 4.75
1873.
Feb'y-
In account with Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
DR.
To amount received from Grand Secretary $2,811.84
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Dec'r.
1873. Ck.
Feb'y. By balance due Grand Treasurer as per last Report $412.26
" amount paid Grand Secretary, balance salary 1872 574.74
" Excelsior Office » 1,500.00
" " " 100.00
" Mrs. Keeler 105.30
Pay Roll 1873 481.80
" Committee Foreign Correspondence 50.00
" Commissions on $2,811.84 . 70.29
$3,294.39
B alance due Qrand Treasurer 482.55
Mr.Er. Grand Rr.Ar. Chapter of Mississippi:
Above is a correet statement of your funds in my hands for past year, together with vouchers.
All of which is respectfully submitted. A. P. BARRY, Gr. Treasurer.
On motion of Companion Walter, the Report was received and referred
to the Committee on Finance.'
Companion W. D. Ferriss offered the following, which was laid on the tahle
for the present:
Resolved', That the next Annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter shall be held at the city
of on Wednesday after the third Monday of January next, at 12 o'clock, M.
The Grand Chapter at 1^ o'clock, P. M., was called to refreshment until 3
o'clock, P. M.
THREE O'CLOCK, P. M.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor.
Companion H. W. Walter, as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Corres-
pondence, presented and read his Report.
On motion of Companion Wm. French, the Report was received, and ordered
to be printed with the proceedings.
Companion Thos. S. Gathright offered the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That Summerville R. A. Chapter, No. 33, be permitted to remove to Shuqualak,
Noxubee County, Miss.; retaining the same name and number, and its original jurisdiction.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest appointed Companion A. H. Barkley to fill
a temporary vacancy in the Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence.
The Committee on Finance submitted the following Report, which was received
and adopted:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The Committee on Finance have considered the several matters referred to it, and beg leave
to report:
That they find the Accounts of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer correct, and sus-
tained by proper vouchers.
In reference to balances due by Chapters, we recommend that an indulgence of ninety days be
granted to all delinquent Chapters, and that the Grand Secretary be directed to ijotify all
Chapters in arrear of the balances due, and demand an early settlement of same.
We recommend that in view of the as yet embarrassed condition of the Grand Chapter, and
the necessity and duty of relieving the Grand Body from debt, that the Representatives in
attendance, and especially such as received per diem and mileage from Grand Lodge, be requested
to remit so much thereof as may be in excess of actual expenses for attendance.
Your Committee further recommend that the claim presented by Mrs. Meek, daughter of
Past Grand Lecturer Thos. J. Hawkins, deceased, be recognized, and that the Grand Treasurer
be authorized to make payments upon the same in such sums, and at such times as the ability
of the Grand Treasury may warrant. E. GEO. DELAP,
J. S. CAIN,
For Committee.
The Committee on Complaints and Appeals submitted the following Report,
which was received and adopted:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The Committee on Complaints and Appeals in the case of Companion A. Rollins, an expelled
member of the Clinton Royal Arch Chapter, No. 10, applying to be reinstated as a member in
the same upon his own application and that of said Chapter. Your Committee, after considers-
tion of the premises respectfully submit the following report:
Resolved, That the request of Clinton Royal Arch Chapter to reinstate Companion A. Rollins,
in said Chapter is hereby granted and the same is authorized by this Grand-Chapter.
J. F. ARNOLD,
Chairman of Com.
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Companion 0. B. Collins offered the following resolution, which was unani*
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks ot this Grand Chapter are due and are hereby tendered to the
citizens and the Masonic fraternity of Canton, for the courtesies and hospitality extended to its
members during this Grand Convocation.
Companion J. F. Arnold offered the following resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That the Grand Chapter proceed instanter to the election of Grand Officers for the
ensuing year.
The M.\ E.-. Grand High Priest appointed as Tellers, Companions John Y.
Murry, N. Reynolds, and M. F. Rogers.
GRAND OFFICERS ELECTED :
Companion Geo. R. Fearn was re-elected to the office of Grand High Priest.
Companion John Y. Murry was elected to the office of Deputy Grand High
Priest.
Companion B. S. Trice was elected to the office'of Grand King.
Companion R. L. Saunders was elected to the office of Grand Scribe.
Companion John Nelson was elected to the office of Grand Captain of the Host.
Companion O. B. Collins was elected to the office of Grand Principal Sojourner.
Companion W. H. Wilburn was elected to the office of Grand Royal Arch
Captain.
Pending the election, the Grand Chapter was called to refreshment until
o'clock, P. M.
o'clock, f. m.
The Grand Chapter was called to labor, and resumed the election of Grand
Officers.
Companion Dent H. Miles was elected to the office of Grand Master of the
Third Vail.
Companion Frank Burkitt was elected to the office of Grand Master of the
Second Vail.
Companion M. Levy was elected to the office of Grand Master of the First Vail.
Companion A. P. Barry was re-elected to the office of Grand Treasurer.
Companion J. L. Power was re-elected to the office of Grand Secretary.
Rev. Companion J. H. Alexander was elected to the office of Grand Chaplain.
Companion W. H. Carkeet was re-elected to the office of Grand Tyler.
The Committee on Finance presented the following additional Report, which
was received and adopted :
To the M.\ Er. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Finance Committee to whom was referred the report of the Grand Treasurer, respect-
fully submit, that they have carefully examined the same and find it correct.
We also find that there has been a balance due that officer each year since 1870 up to and
including 1874, as follows, to-wit: 1870, $191.48; 1871, $263.58; 1872, $333.71; 1873, $412.50;
1874, $482.55; and we are of the opinion that simple justice demands the payment to that Officer
of a reasonable interest on the money advanced to this Grand Chapter by him, and we therefore
recommend that the sum of one hnndred and thirty-four dollars and seventy cents be
allowed the Grand Treasurer for that account, making the balance due him $617.25. In this
conneotion your Committee take occasion to congratulate the Grand Chapter upon the possession
of officers of so much zeal and faithfulness as characterize Companions Grand Treasurer and
Grand Recorder, evidenced by the first in paying warrants upon the Grand Treasury, out of
his own funds, and the latter by the manner in which he has engineered this Grand Chapter
through the shoals of bankruptcy. All of which is respectfully submitted.
. E. GEO. DELAP.
Companion J. F. Arnold, from a Special Committee on Address of M.\ E.\
Grand High Priest, submitted the following Report:
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter :
Your Special Committee to whom was referred that part of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest's
Address relating to the rapid manner in which Candidates are hurried through the degrees, has
had the same under consideration, and would heg leave to report that we endorse the recom-
mendation of our M.-. E.-. Grand High Priest, requiring candidates for the Chapter Degrees to
have been in membership in a Blue Lodge for at least six months preceding the conferring of
the said" Chapter Degrees, and not then unless they have made suitable proficiency in all the
preceding Symbolic Degrees, to be determined by an examination in relation thereto prior to
receiving said Chapter Degrees. j F ARN0LDj
Chairman.
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The Committee on Chapters Under Dispensation, submitted the following-
Report, which was received and adopted :
To the Mr. Er. Grand Rr. Ar. Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Subordinate Chapters report they have examined the petition, work and
records of Cherry Creek and Hudson Chapters Under Dispensations, and while we find some
want of due form in work and records, yet upon thorough examination and inquiry we find
very good material in both these Chapters Under Dispensation, and know from inquiry that the
Officers and Companions have already taken proper steps to procure instruction from Grand
Officers of this Grand Chapter, in the work and records; and we therefore recommend the
Charters applied for be granted, to Cherry Creek Chapter, No. , and Hudson Chapter, No. .
Your Committee have examined the petition for Charter, together with the work, and records
of Bluff Springs Royal Arch Chapter, No. , Under Dispensation, and find them in compliance
with the Constitution, Rules and Regulations of the Grand-Chapter of the State of Mississippi,
and do recommend the granting of the Charter as prayed for. B. A. VAUGHAN,
C. N. TERRY,
HENRY KEY,
Committee.,
The same Committee, having considered the memorial of certain Companions
of Cato Chapter, No. 89, for indulgence in the payment of two years' dues,
recommend that said Chapter be allowed ninety days within which to pay
arrearages, and that on payment thereof said Chapter be revived, which was
agreed to.
The same Committee submitted the following Report, which was received and
agreed to:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
Your Committee on Subordinate Chapters, to whom was referred so much of the Grand
Secretary's report relative to the non-payment of dues, from Chapters in this jurisdiction, beg
leave to report, that the Grand Chapter having acted upon the suggestion of the Grand Secretary,
referred to your Committee, when considering the report of the Committee on Finance, askto
be discharged from its further consideration. B. A. VAUGHAN,
HENRY KEY,
Committee.
Companion T. C. Everett offered the following, which was adopted:
Whebeas, The Masonic Hall at Vaiden, belonging in part to Shongalo Royal Arch Chapter,
No. 30, was, on the night of 27th March last, destroyed by fire, with all its contents, and being a
total loss to Shongalo Chapter, therefore
Resolved, That the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi remit the dues of Shongalo Chap-
ter to this Grand Chapter for the year 1873.
The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence submitted the following
Report, which was received and adopted:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to which that portion of the Most
Excellent High Priest's Address was referred, which relates to his "direction to the Secretary of
Canton Chapter, No. 10, not to enter as suspended those members who were twelve months in
arrears for dues," have had the same under consideration, and are clearly of the opinion that
the direction of the Most Excellent High Priest and his views touching the hardship which the
exercise of the laws of this Grand Chapter, would work to Companions in arrears, are perfectly
in accord with the will of this Grand Body, and your Committee would recommend that the
regulation governing dues be so altered as to conform to the regulation adopted by the Lodge.
Respectfully submitted, R. B. MAYES,
A. H. BARKLEY,
Committee.
The Grand Chapter was called to refreshment until to-morrow morning,
o'clook.
Second Day.
Saturday, Feb. 7th, 1874, 8^ o'clock, A. M.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor.
. On motion of Companion E. Geo. DeLap, the consideration of the proposed.
amendment to the Constitution in reference to expenses of Representatives for
attendance on Grand Chapter, was postponed until the next Annual Convocation;
An account of the Grand Tyler for fuel, lights, servant hire, etc., amounting
to $11.25, was presented, and on motion the same was allowed.
On motion of Companion J. S. Jones, the Grand Tyler was allowed the sum of
twenty-five dollars for personal services.
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On motion of Companion R. F. Gordon, the question of the time and place of
the next Annual Convocation was referred to a Select Committee.
The M.-.E;*. Grand High Priest appointed as said Committee, Companions R. F.
Gordon, P. M. Savery, "William Richards.
Companion B. A. Vaughan presented a proposition from Companion J. A. Mar-
tin, of Columbus, in reference to amount due him, and the printing of the Pro-
ceedingsof Grand Chapter, which having been read,
Companion Vaughan offered the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the proposal of Companion Martin, relative to the extinguishing of an interest
bearing debt of this Grand Chapter, due Companion J.A.Martin, together with proposal to
print Proceedings of 1873 and 1874 of this Grand Chapter, be referred to a Committee of three,
one of whom shall be the Grand Treasurer.
The M.\E.\ Grand High Priest (subsequently) appointed as the Select Commit-
tee to consider the foregoing, Comps. A. P. Barry, J. L. Power, Frank Burkitt.
Companion H. W. Walter offered the following resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, That in printing the Proceedings of this Grand Convocation, the Grand Secretary
shall also print with the Returns for 1873, a list of the officers, exaltations, affiliations, dimis-
sions, suspensions, expulsions and deaths, for 1872, as were reported to the last Grand Chapter.
Companion W. D. Ferriss offered the following Amendment to the Constitution,
which was adopted with a view to its reference to the Subordinate Chapters:
Resolved, That Article III of the Constitution of this Grand Chapter, be amended by striking
out the words " at such time and place" and inserting in lieu thereof, " at the town of , at.
such time," so as to read " The annual meetings of this Grand Chapter shall be held at the
town of , at such time as may be directed at the previous Convocationand that the blank
be filled by inserting the name of the place of meeting after the adoption of the proposed
amendment.
On motion of Companion T. S. Gathright, the action taken in reference to the
removal of Summerville Chapter, No. 83, to Shuqualak, was reconsidered.
A communication from the widow of Past Grand Tyler, Almon Robbins, was
read.
On motion of Companion R. L. Saunders, said communication was referred to
Jackson Chapter, No. 6.
TIME AND PEACE OF NEXT CONVOCATION.
The following Report was presented and received :
To the Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The undersigned Commiteee on time and place of next Annual Grand Convocation, respect-
fully submit the following Report:
That it is deemed expedient that this Grand Chapter, Grand Council and Grand Commandery
should convene at the same place and during the same week; therefore •
Resolved, That the next Annual Grand Convocation of the Grand Chapter shall be held at
Vicksburg, on the first Monday of May, 1875, at 12 M. R. E. GORDON,
WM. RICHARDS,
P. M. SAVERY,
Committee.
Companion J. S. Jones moved to substitute Meridian for Vicksburg, and the
Thursday before the second Monday in February, 1875, as the time.
Companion D. L. Smythe moved to amend by inserting Jackson, which was lost.
The question recurring on the substitute offered by Companion Jones, the same
was adopted.
Companion Morris Cook offered the following, which was adopted:
■ Wheueas, "Westville Chapter, No. 88, was suspended for non-payment of dues, and the Com-
panions of said Chapter desiring to resume work, therefore
Resolved, That Westville Chapter, No. 88, and all other Chapters in like circumstances, under
this jurisdiction, shall be revived on payment of all dues for which they are now in arrears.
Companion M. F. Rogers offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the removal of W. D. Eerriss Chapter, No. 74, by dispensation of the M.\E \
Grand High Priest, be and is hereby confirmed by this Grand Chapter.
Companion R. B. Mayes offered the following:
Resolved, That Chapter Past Masters present when the Past Master's degree is conferred on
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i he Master elect of a Lodge, as a qualification for office, shall not assist in conferring more of the
degree than is necessary for that purpose.
Which, on motion of Companion Mayes, was referred to a Select Committee, to
report at next Grand Convocation.
The M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest (subsequently) appointed as said Committee,
Companions H. W. Walter, John A. Galbreath, Sr., Thos. S. Gathright.
Companion H. W. Walter offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That this Grand Chapter will pay the one cent per capita dues to the General Grand
Chapter of the United States; and the several Chapters in this Jurisdiction are requested to for-
ward to the R.-.E.-. Grand Secretary, within six months, an amount equal to three cents for
each member.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
The following Report was presented and adopted :
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
Your Committee to whom was referred that portion of the Address of the M.-.E.-. Grand High
Priest, as relates to General Representation, beg leave to report,
That the Report on this subject adopted at the Grand Convocation in 1872, be so amended, that
Grand Representatives heretofore appointed, and hereafter to be appointed, shall hold their
offices until their appointments are revoked, or expire by death or resignation.
Your Committee really believe the whole system to be of doubtful utility or value, but as the
same has obtained a general recognition, your Committee does not feel authorized, at this time,
to advise its discontinuance by this Grand Chapter, and ask time to report to the next Grand
Chapter. H. W. WALTER.
THOS. HARDEMAN M.
JNO. A. GALBREATH, Sr.,
Committee.'
Companion Walter offered the following, wbich was adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sincere desire of this Grand Chapter, that uniformity of Work in Ca-
pitular Masonry may be attained; and it believes this result can be reached by the advisory
action of a Convocation of Representatives from our sister Grand Chapters.
This Grand Chapter respectfully invites the attention of Grand Chapters everywhere. to this
subject, and hopes some action maybe had by which Capitular Masonry may work the same
Degrees and speak the same Masonic language amongst aU nations.
The several Grand Officers elect, were then duly installed into their respective
stations—the M.-.E.-. Past Grand High Priest, Jas. M. Howry, installing Com*
panion Geo. R. Fearn into the office of M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest, and the latter
installing the other Grand Officers.
The M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest reserved the appointment of the Standing
Committees until after the adjournment of Grand Chapter.
Companion L. D. Nickles, High Priest elect of Panola Chapter, No. 60, was
presented and installed as High Priest of said Chapter.
No further business appearing, the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Mississippi, was then closed, in due and Ample Form, after prayer by
the M.-. Rev. Grand Chaplain.
GEO. R. FEARN,
Grand High Priest.
Grand Secretary.
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STANDING COMMITTEES OF GRAND CHAPTER.
Office of Grand High Priest, >
Canton, Miss., Feb. 10,1874. 5
The following Standing Committees are announced, to serve until their sue-
cessors are appointed, or until relieved by the M.-.E.-.Grand Chapter:
masonic Law — Charles T. Murphy, Chairman, Durant; J. J. Beauchamp,
Macon; E. Safford, Liberty.
Foreign Correspondence—H. W. Walter, Thos. Hardeman M., J. L. Power.
Subordinate Chapters and Chapters Under Dispensation—R. B. Bran-
nin, John S. Cain, W. M. Paxton.
Finance—John W. Yeargain, P. M. Savery, C. A. Marshall.
Complaints and Appeals—J. M. Howry, T. C. Everett, P. M. Savery,
Credentials and Returns—W. D. Ferriss, G. N. Dickerson, Henry Key.
Unfinished Business—E. Geo. DeLap, W. S. Patton, J. A. Hull.
Printing—A. P. Barry, J. L. Power, Frank Burkitt.
Special Committee on Past Master's Degree—H. W..Walter, John A.
Galbreath, Sr., Thos. S. Gathright.
GEO. R. FEARN, Gr. High Priest
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence, adhering to the wise rule pre-
scribed by you, that it should condense the matter reported to " the smallest
practical space—omitting all local references," and reporting only such matters
as are of general interest or which require action on your part, beg leave to
report that they have carefully examined all Reports submitted to them, and
have thus ascertained, that Capitular Masonry exhibits a healthy growth and
condition in all countries speaking the English language, and in Chapters subor-
dinate to their respective Grand Chapters.
ENGLAND
Is divided into twenty-three Provinces, with eleven Provinces abroad. Of the
three hundred and seventy Chapters in active operation under its jurisdiction,
five are in other parts of Europe, three in China, twenty-three in the East Indies,
twelve in the West Indies, sixteen in Australia, two in New Zealand, seven in
America and five in Africa. With these subordinates scattered over the world,
this Grand Chapter can truthfully say that " the sun never sets" on its juris-
diction.
Venerable with age, and powerful in the number, intelligence and worth of its
members, it is nevertheless but nominally independent. It is under the juris-
diction of the Grand Lodge of England, with which it maintains the closest and
most fraternal relations, and in fact the two may be termed but one Grand Body.
Thus constituted, they recognize no degrees save the Entered Apprentice, Fellow
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Craft, Master Mason, and Royal Arch. By the Articles of Union between the
rival Grand Lodges of England in 1818, no other degrees can be worked. The
Grand Chapter recognizes the real worth and merits of the Mark, and the beauty
of the M.-.E.-. Masters Degrees, but works neither. There is a Chair Degree,
(something perhaps a little like our Past Master), with secrets attached, but it is
not viewed as part of Ancient Masonry. In 1872 the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Zet*
land was the Grand Zerubabel, and Companion Lorner Grand Secretary.
GRAND MARK LODGE OP ENGLAND.
In consequence of the refusal of the Grand Lodge to. recognize the Mark De-
gree, by some means not certainly known, Mark Lodges were established in
England. These Lodges, now numbering over one hundred and fifty, have
organized the Grand Mark Lodge of England. Powerful in the number of its
subordinates, in the intelligence, worth and rank of its members, it has won the
admiration of the Masonic world, and has secured a recognition by many of the
Grand Chapters of the United States, and we believe of the Grand Chapters of
Scotland and Ireland. It fails to obtain any recognition from the Grand Chapter
of England.
SCOTLAND.
Until quite recently, the Grand Chapter of Scotland recognized and worked
the Degrees in the following order, viz: Mark, Past, Excellent, Super-Excellent
and Royal Arch, the last three in working never being separated; also the side
Degrees of Royal Ark Mariner, and the Red Cross Degrees, consisting of the
Knights of the Sword, Knights of the East and Knights of the East and West.
It has lately abandoned the Past Master's Degree. It however permits its subor-
dinate Chapters in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Shanghae
to confer this, as a side Degree, so long as the work in America remains as at
present, but denies to the recipients of it any rights of the Ancient York Degree,
as usually pertaining to the ceremony of installing actual Past Masters. It is a
little remarkable that the Grand Lodge of Scotland also recognizes and permits
the working of the Mark Degree as part of the Fellow Craft. The Grand Chap-
ter has chartered subordinate Chapters not only in Europe, but also in New South
Wales, New Zealand, the East Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, Nova Scotia, South
America and elsewhere. It refuses to recognize the Grand Chapter of Nova
Scotia, and persistently retains its jurisdiction over two Chapters in that Province.
On this account some unpleasant feeling is exhibited between these Grand Bodies.
Of the Grand Chapter of Scotland, the Earl of Roslyn is first Grand Principle,
Lord Erskine the second, and Sir Malcom Stewart the third.
IRELAND.
The Grand Lodge and Chapter of Ireland are, as regards Constitution, more
nearly akin to England, but as to the Degrees recognized and worked by their
Lodges and Chapters, they more nearly resemble Scotland.
The Grand Chapter recognizes the Mark, the Excellent, the Super-Excellent
and Royal Arch Degrees. These last three, as in Scotland, form but one cere-
mony. The Past Master's Degree, as such, is not worked. Unlike Scotland it
does not work the Red Cross Degrees, but leaves them to the Grand Conclave of
Knights Templar. The Grand Chapter has as subordinates, two Chapters in
Ceylon, one in Peru, three in Canada, three in New South Wales, two in Victoria,
two in New Zealand, one in Queensland, two in Tasmania and others attached to
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Regiments of the army. In 1872 the Duke of Leicester was the presiding officer,
(King), R. W. Shackleton G.\H.\P.\, and C. T. Walmsly, Registrar.
In this short notice of Great Britain, we find that Capitular Masonry in Scot-
land and Ireland differs but little from that in the United States, whilst that in
England differs from all. So much is this the case that an English Royal Arch
Mason could not enter a Lodge of Mark or M.-.E.'.Masters in either Scotland,
Ireland or the United States. In order to remove this difficulty if possible, a
committee from the Grand Chapters of Scotland and Ireland met in conference,
informally, some of the officers of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Eng-
land. The object of the conference was to procure, if possible, uniformity of
work, and especially some recognition of the Mark Degree by the Grand Lodge
and Grand Chapter of England. These Grand Bodies recognized fully the an-
tiquity, beauty and worth of the Degree, but felt restrained by the Articles of
Union from taking any action on the subject.
It seems that the representatives of the Grand Chapters of Scotland and Ireland
believed, if the Grand Chapter of England would recognize the Mark Degree,
that uniformity of work in Capitular Masonry might be attained. May we not
hope that some General Conference of Grand Chapters will, at no distant period,
be assembled,—that the Past Master's Degree be universally recognized as a Side
Degree, or remitted to Grand Lodges—the Mark Master be fully worked as a
regular Degree, and the M.-.Excellent conferred as part of the Royal Arch,—and
that uniformity of work be attained in England, Scotland and Ireland,—in the
United States, Canada and Nova Scotia, and that thus, through the Grand Chap-
ters of these countries and their subordinate Chapters throughout the world,
Capitular Masonry may speak the same language and exemplify the same work.
ASIA, AFRICA AND THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE
Know but little of Capitular Masonry, save as found in subordinate Chapters
established amongst them by Grand Chapters of countries speaking the English
language. The Grand Orient holds a firm throne in almost every nation speak-
ing a different language.
Masons holding in sacred veneration its beautiful and sublime Rites and prac-
ticing a noble charity, but working in Degrees widely differing from our own,
claim us as brethren. Nobly have they won and -long may we continue this
sacred brotherhood.
BRAZIL.
Your Committee have received but one of the Quarterly Reports of the Grand
Orient of Brazil. This Grand Body has almost wholly overcome the difficulties
occasioned by claims of jurisdiction by other Bodies, and it has now secured the
friendly recognition of most of the ablest Grand Masonic Bodies of the world.
"We mark, with sincere pleasure, the general prosperity of the Order within its
jurisdiction. NOVA SCOTIA.
This Grand Chapter complains in forcible but fraternal terms of the refusal of
the Grand Chapter of Scotland to recognize it, and denies the claim of the latter
to exercise any Masonic rites within its jurisdiction. It has been recognized by
most of the Grand Chapters of the United States.
It decrees that no Chapter in its jurisdiction shaU be named after a living man.
CANADA.
We regret to say that we have no report from the Grand Chapter of Canada,
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We have thus succinctly reviewed the condition of Capitular Masonry in the
outside world.
THE UNITED STATES.
We report with sincere pleasure that the Order is in a most healthy condition
in our country. Its growth in numbers for the past year is perhaps not equal to
that of any other within the last decade. But the general morale of the Order
has been elevated. Fewer Chapters fail to make their annual Returns. Griev-
ance Committees have but little to do. Intemperance is less frequent. Bickerings
and misunderstandings amongst the Craft are almost unknown. Questions of
Masonic law are becoming infrequent, and fraternal kindness everywhere prevails.
CHARITY.
This virtue is universally practiced. But lately the cry of distress came from
the desolated portions of Northern Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, and the charred
cities of Chicago and Boston. Our Order heard the cry, and nobly responded to
the call of suffering and distress.
During the past year, " the pestilence that walketh in darkness and the sick-
ness that destroyeth in the noonday" invaded the cities of Shreveport and Mem-
phis. They threw their dark mantle of terror and death over Shreveport first.
The cry for relief from our brethren there, was heard by our Order over the whole
land, and their Treasury was filled to overflowing. Then came even a darker
day to Memphis; but men forgot the terrors of the scourge in admiration of the
Godlike charity that relieved its sufferings. Our brethren published again and
again that all their wants were supplied; but the flow of charity still continued,
and finally our Order of the stricken city of Shreveport, poured from its over-
flowing treasury a noble contribution to the suffering brotherhood of the desolated
Memphis. Charity was unbounded and sympathy without a limit. Men forgot
for a time the desolation which war had left, and the asperities it engendered
were softened or removed forever.
PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
The question of the partial physical disability of a Master Mason when apply-
ing for our Degrees, is forcing itself upon the attention of our Grand Chapters.
Whether the loss of a hand or a foot is to be regarded, in Capitular Masonry, as
more serious than weakness of mind, or of morals, must as a question, be at once
decided.
GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES.
Within the past year Kentucky and North Carolina have given their adhesion
to the General Grand Chapter. The Grand Chapters that do not recognize its
authority are those of Alabama, Georgia, Rhode Island and Texas, which seceded
from, and Pennsylvania and Virginia which never did acknowledge its authority.
Nearly all have provided for the payment of the one cent dues.
Royal Arch Chapters under its immediate jurisdiction, exist at Valparaiso,
Chili; Honolulu, Sandwich Islands; Smyrna, Turkey; and in the Territories of
Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Montana, New Mexico and Wyoming.
STATE GRAND CHAPTERS.
Your Committee have received the Reports of the following Grand Chapters,
viz: Arkansas, (Jan'y and Oct.), California, District of Columbia, Delaware, Geor-
gia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri,
North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
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Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin, for 1873 — and Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska and Tennessee for 1872.
The tables herewith submitted, show the names of- the Grand High Priests,
Deputy Grand High Priests and Grand Secretaries, and the times and places of
meetings of the several Grand Chapters, as also the growth and present state of
the Order under each Grand Chapter. These matters will not again be repeated
or referred to.
ALABAMA.
In saying that the Grand Chapter of this State has permitted the use of sub-
stitutes, and has postponed further consideration of the question of union with
the General Grand Chapter, we have reported all things of interest in its Pro-
ceedings. Peace and prosperity are within its borders.
ARKANSAS.
The Grand Chapter decides that the Degrees cannot be conferred on one who
does not believe in the immortality of the soul. It declares that the belief in the
resurrection is a land-mark of Masonry; that a belief in this indestructible " prin-
ciple" in man, inspires a hope of reward, for a well spent life, beyond the grave,
and this belief is naturally subordinate to the belief in the existence of God.
The Grand Chapter by a vote of 51 ayes to 47 nays decided, that affiliation with
the Lodge is not necessary to membership in a Chapter.
It fosters its noble charity—St. John's Masonic College—and devotes its surplus
funds to its aid. A full and valuable digest of all the Edicts of the Grand Chap-
ter is published.
CALIFORNIA.
The Grand High Priest removed the High Priest of a Chapter because he was
not a member of any Lodge, and was contributing nothing to any, and this was
approved by the Grand Chapter. Companion G. T. Grimes was received and ac-
credited as Grand Representative of Mississippi.
The Grand Chapter refused to recognize the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia on
the ground of its friendly relations with the Order of Scotland, and referred the
whole subject to the Committee of Masonic Jurisprudence for future report.
CONNECTICUT.
The utmost prosperity and harmony prevails in this State. So peaceful is the
existence of our Order, that no " questionings" even amongst the " Craftsmen"
exist, and consequently nothing of general interest beyond the foregoing, is found
to report. The Grand Chapter directed the Grand High Priest to appoint a
proxy to visit and instruct the Chapters, and appropriates ten dollars and actual
travelling expenses for each visit.
DELAWARE.
The Grand High Priest decided, (and the Grand Chapter approved), that a
member of a Chapter cannot be deprived of the privilege of voting on any sub-
ject, except those concerning himself, even though under charges.
The Grand High Priest decided that the present Grand Chapter is a new one,
and not a restoration of the old.
He also wisely suggests, that " the well known aphorism, the world is gov-
erned too much, though trite is as true in Masonry as in the affairs of State."
The Grand Chapter acted on this suggestion, and we consequently have nothing
of general interest to report beyond a healthy and prosperous condition of Ma-
sonry in its jurisdiction.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The Grand High Priest decides that a Brother elected to the Chapter Degrees
in Illinois and then removes to the District, cannot be again elected in a Chapter
in the latter place, but that such Chapter may confer the Degrees on the request
of the Chapter in Illinois, which made the election.
He also decides, that no one except a member of a Chapter electing a candi-
date, can enter a protest against the conferring of the Degrees.
He notices the high honor conferred upon Lafayette Chapter by the Grand
Chapter of Canada, by which the former was invited by the latter to exemplify
their work, and the hospitable treatment of the Companions who visited Canada
for this purpose, but complains, in kind words, that the invitation was extended
directly to this Chapter and not through himself as Grand High Priest.
GEORGIA.
The Grand High Priest earnestly counsels a return to membership in the Geri-
eral Grand Chapter, but the consideration of the question was postponed to the
next Convocation.
The Grand Chapter has no Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and the
Grand High Priest says, he is a " skeptic as to any value to be derived by our
members by the long Reports on Foreign Correspondence, which cumber our Min-
utes and tax our Treasury."
The Grand Chapter is considering the propriety of biennial in lieu of annual
sessions.
ILLINOIS.
The Grand High Priest speaks in touching and sad tones of the frightful con-
tiagration in Chicago, and alludes, in a beautiful tribute, to the charity of our
Order throughout the world, in relieving the distress of our suffering brethren
there.
Capitular Masonry is in a most flourishing condition in this State. Harmony
everywhere exists and the Proceedings beyond this are devoid of interest.
Companion J. M. Pierson was admitted and accredited as Grand Representa-
tive from Mississippi.
The Grand Chapter decides, that a Royal Arch Mason, everywhere, even out of
the State, may object to the advancement of a candidate; and when this objection
is made by a member of a Chapter, it holds good during his membership.
It holds that the installation of the officers of a Chapter, by proxy, is not proper
or legal.
INDIANA.
The following question was asked of the Grand High Priest, but not decided,
viz: " Does the loss of a right foot render a Master Mason ineligible to the De-
grees of a Chapter ?" The Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence thinks there is
nothing in our ceremonies that the candidate might not comply with in every
particular, but in turn ask the question, Does the law of Ancient Craft Masonry
in regard to physical defects, prevail in Capitular Masonry to an equal extent ?"
The Committee asked time for the further consideration of the subject.
The Grand High Priest does not approve of the system of Grand Representa-
tion, as he believes but little good is accomplished by it, beyond bringing a few
names prominently before the fraternity in the printed Reports. He therefore
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made no appointments. The Grand Chapter forbids the conferring of Degrees
on Ministers of the Gospel "without charge.
It devotes $400.00 to the suffering Brethren at Memphis, $100.00 to those at
Shreveport, and orders it surplus funds to he invested. Is not this action a
" widow's cruse of oil ?"
IOWA.
The Grand High Priest, in forcible language, condemns the practice of with-
drawing from membership in other bodies and retaining it with the Chapter. He
believes the practice of laying over petitions for Degrees for one month to he un-
wise, and thinks the Chapter as well prepared to act at once, as it would be after
this delay. He decides:
1st. The Constitution and Orders of the Grand Chapter of Iowa are the supreme
laws, even when conflicting with those of the General Grand Chapter.
2d. Dimission is absolutely necessary to a petitioner for a Dispensation.
3d. If a Royal Arch Mason is present when a Committee of Investigation is
appointed and also at the election, and makes no objection, he should not be per-
mitted to object to the conferring of the Degrees.
4th. An officer does not forfeit his office by" failing to attend the meeting for
installation. He should be installed at the next meeting. The Grand Chapter
endorsed these decisions except the third, from which it dissented.
Companion Z. C. Luce was received as Grand Representative from Mississippi.
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence characterizes as " cool impudence"
the action of this Grand Chapter in directing your Committee to condense its
Report to the smallest practicable space, &c. Other remarks are made in a tone
which is scarcely courteous to this Grand Body.
KANSAS.
Such is the prosperity of our Order in this State and such its peace and har-
mony, that the Committee on Grievances had nothing to do, and therefore but
little of general interest to the Craft is reported. Companion R. R. Reese was
received as Grand Representative from Mississippi.
KENTUCKY.
This Grand Chapter is aiding in erecting for itself an imperishable monument
of charity in the Widows' and Orphans' Home at Louisville. Its completion is
placed beyond question. The Grand Chapter possesses a charity fund of nearly
$12,000.00. It resumes its union with the General Grand Chapter and recognizes
the system of Grand Representation. It charges its subordinate Chapters no dues
for conferring the Degrees, and derives its income wholly from the charge for
Dispensation and a fee of a dollar for membership, and not even the latter as to
Ministers of the Gospel.
LOUISIANA.
In the address of the Grand High Priest, he states that he received from
Companion My rick, of Natchez Royal Arch Chapter of this State, a letter con-
taining a request that authority be granted to confer Degrees on Master Masons
living in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, and says that this had been done in several
instances under the belief that this privilege had been granted by the Grand
Chapter of Louisiana. The Grand High Priest very properly replied, that he had
no power to grant the request, and further that he could find no evidence of the
previous grant of this privilege. On investigation it was found that only one
candidate had been exalted under this mistake. Natchez Chapter promptly gave
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assurance that the irregularity would not again occur. The whole correspondence
upon ^he subject is characterized by a manly tone and fraternal courtesy, that
does honor to all the parties.
The Grand High Priest condemns the practice of appointing Committees of
character on petition for Degrees. He holds it a violation of the sacred secresy
of the ballot, and says, that if one member of the committee reports unfavorably
and the candidate is black-balled, the conviction of all is, that the objecting mem-
ber prevented the election. He recommends the old regulation of making the
whole Chapter a committee, or if this is not done, then a committee should be
appointed by the High Priest and known only to him, (the members not really
knowing their fellows), and that the report of each should be made to him. He
can announce the result.
The Grand Chapter decides that objections can be made by any member of a
Chapter against conferring the Degrees, but the reason for the objection cannot
be required, and this objection holds during the membership of the objector. It
does not hold him as rejected, or that his money shall be returned, as the objec-
tion may be withdrawn.
It holds that the dimission from a Lodge does not affect the standing of a
Companion in a Chapter.
MAINE.
The question, whether a Chapter could be called without the consent of the
High Priest, if in the jurisdiction, or whether a meeting could in any event be
held without nine members of the Chapter being present, was presented but not
decided. The Grrand Chapter decreed, that no candidate should receive the Royal
Arch Degree until he had selected and recorded his Mark. This Grand Body
has a large surplus fund, judiciously invested.
MARYLAND.
The Grand High Priest decides, that a Mason elected by one Chapter and re-
ceiving the Degrees, on request in another, becomes a member of the latter; that
objections to a dimit must be stated fully ; that a Mason suspended or expelled
by a Lodge and subsequently reinstated by it, can only be restored in the Chap-
ter by petition and ballot; that objections to advancement should be stated in
the Chapter, and finally that a Chapter should not be closed for work in the lower
Degrees, but called off. He has traced the history of the Grand Chapter to as
early a period as 1797. He says in 1816
Companion Jeremiah L. Cross
Came to Baltimore and received the Select Master's Degree, with permission to
confer it without charge, but that he violated the confidence reposed in him, did
charge for the Degree, and established Councils of Royal and Select Masters inde-
pendent of Chapters, and from these originated the Grand Councils in most of the
States. On his recommendation, in order to produce harmony and uniformity of
work, the Grand Chapter abandons jurisdiction over the Degrees and prevents
its Chapters from conferring them.
Some Chapters in this State have been disturbed by the visit of a Royal Arch
Mason of nonage, on whom the Degrees had been conferred by special dispensa-
tion in a foreign country. The Grand High Priest says this is frequently done
in favor of persons of royal birth, but the Committee on this part of his address
boldly say, that it is wrong, and that it is not in the power of any man to make
this innovation.
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Comp. G-. L. Yates, Past G. H. Priest, was received as our Grand Representative.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The G.\ H.\ Priest, Companion P. Chapman, on behalf of the Council, in a
most able, learned and exhaustive report, treats of the subject of the
' TETRAGRAMMATON.
He says it was the subject of discussion at the triennial Convention at Balti-
more in 1871, and it was there held to be error to give the Grand Royal Arch
Word, together with the name of Deity ; as it h&s hitherto been given in this
and many other jurisdictions in the United States and elsewhere. Jah was by
all admitted to be the Hebrew name of God, but it was broadly stated, that Baal
or Bel was the name of the Devil, whilst On was a city of Egypt; hence the
error and hence the impropriety of using them, or of alluding to God under either
of these names.
He combats the correctness of these conclusions and ably vindicates his position ;
that each of these names was used by different nations as the name of the
Supreme Deity. He further says that the Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians
and Carthaginians all worshipped a Supreme God under the name of Bel, though
other names were also employed, and that this conclusion is also reached by
James Freeman Clark, after having consulted one hundred and ninety-eight
different authorities. He quotes also as authority, amongst others, the Bible,
Dr. Oliver, Thos. Bulfinch and Mackey's Lexicon.
He proceeds to show by many authorities that On, whilst the name of a city of
Egypt, was nevertheless the name of the Supreme Deity of the Egyptians.
He quotes from Mackey's Lexicon as follows:
1st. "Jah." This name is found in 68th Psalm, verse 4th : "extol him that
rideth upon the Heavens by His name, Jah."
2nd. "Bel" or "Baal." "This word signifies a lord-master or possessor, and
hence it was applied by many nations of the East to define the Lord of all things
.and Master of the world. Baal was worshipped by the Chaldeans, Moabites,
Phoenicians and Assyrians, and sometimes even by the Hebrews."
3d. "On." This was the name by which Jehovah was worshipped amongst
the Egyptians. It is the God of whom Plato speaks in his Timaens, when he
says: "Tell me of the god, On, which is and never knew beginning."
Mackey further says, "I have made these remarks on the three names of God
in Syriac, Chaldaic and Egyptian—Jah—Bel—On—in the expectation, that my
Royal Arch Companions will readily recognize them in a corrupted form, and
thus be enabled to understand a mystery, which I confess, was to me, at first,
unintelligible."
He then proceeds to show that the "Word complained of by the Convention,
had been used for all time within the recollection of the oldest Masons.
He proceeds to say that the Indo-European nations—occupying Europe and
Asia—originally comprised one pastoral race known as the Aryan, and that the
heads of all these families worshipped God under the name of Jah, or Bel or On.
But we cannot follow further this interesting philological and historic Report.
In conclusion he and the Grand Chapter recommend, that the Chapters will
instruct in the Ritual as heretofore, but they may also instruct their members in
the way and manner of the change attempted to be made by the General Grand
Chapter.
We append a letter addressed to the Chairman of this Committee on this sub-
ject, by his esteemed and erudite friend, Hon. L. Johnson.
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The Grand Chapter disapproves of the system of Grand Representation.
The G.\ H.\ Priest, in an able address, vindicates the name of Companion
Webb against the charge of introducing the American System of Masonry, or the
division of one degree into several.
MICHIGAN.
The Grand Chapter decides, that when a Companion is suspended or expelled
from his Lodge, he has a like status in the Chapter without further action. If
subsequently restored by the Lodge, he is restored in his Chapter when the fact
is recorded. Expulsion or suspension for non-payment of dues cannot be effected
without charges in writing, due notice and fair trial.
Reports have to be made two weeks before the meeting of the Grand Chapter.
MINNESOTA.
The Grand Chapter approved the decision of the G.\ H.\ Priest, that a Master
Mason, having lost his left hand could not receive the degrees of the Chapter. It
disapproves his ruling, that a Master Mason became a member of the Chapter in
which he receives the degrees, when requested to do so by a Chapter in which he
was elected, but holds him to be a member of the latter. The Order is in a
healthy condition in this State.
MISSOURI.
The Grand Chapter has a considerable surplus fund. It prohibits a Chapter
under Dispensation from working until the members provide, or pledge them-
selves to provide suitable Regalia. It holds that a Companion on trial is not
properly notified thereof by leaving a summons with his wife, nor is he duly
expelled, when the charges are vague and uncertain, even where he does
not defend.
NEBRASKA.
Capitular Masonry is in a most healthy and enviable condition in this young
State. The Committee of Grievances have had nothing to do for six years. Its
proceedings, therefore, like the life of a truly good man, furnish everything to
admire, and but little to report. It earnestly commends the scheme of building
a grand Masonio Temple at Omaha, and it will accomplish it.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Capitular Masonry is almost dead in this noble old State. There were only
sixteen exaltations within its limits in the last year. Only twelve Chapters make
returns.
The G.\ H.\ Priest earnestly recommends the recall of the charters of all
Chapters which make no reports. He says there are too many drones in the
hive, and that it is better to have five living Chapters than the number of idle
ones. May a better day soon dawn on the Old North State.
NEW JERSEY.
The G.\ H.*. Priest decides, that a Chapter can only be opened by one of the
Council or by appointment by one of them in his presence, and that a High
Priest is authorized to expunge from the minutes that which is improper to be
committed to writing, but nothing else, but from this last decision the Grand
Chapter dissents.
The amended Constitution provides, that a Companion failing for twelve •
months to pay dues, may on notification be dropped from the roll by a two-thirds
vote, and restored by a like vote.
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NEW YORK.
This Grand Body had before it a resolution that it would not recognize the
Grand Chapter of West Virginia, until it had placed itself under the jurisdiction
of the General Grand Chapter, but the subject was postponed until the next
Convention. It decided that a subordinate Chapter has the same right to assess
a tax on its members for money for necessary Masonic purposes, as it has to
impose annual dues ; also that the removal of an elective officer from the State
with the intent to remain, creates a vacancy in his office, and his subsequent
return does not vary the case.
A Committee of three was appointed to furnish a narrative of Royal Arch
Masonry since its -introduction into this country, as also a history of the General
Grand Chapter and its relation to the several Grand and subordinate Chapters of
the United States, and of all matters connected therewith.
OHIO.
The Grand High Priest says, in his address, that the history of the Order " in
Ohio during the past year has been crowned with peace, and our Chapters have
enjoyed the results of peaceful labor—prosperity." We expected from this to
find in the proceedings of this Grand Ghapter but little' of general interest, and
were not mistaken. Discord, delinquency and apathy generally give rise to
questions novel in character and difficult of solution. Ohio may be congratulated
on the absence of these disturbing elements. We think the Companions must
have been actuated in their conduct by the sentiment so beautifully expressed
by their Grand High Priest, that " Masonry is an education both of the mind
and of the heart."
PENNSYLVANIA.
The Grand Chapter decided that no subordinate Chapter should receive an act of
incorporation from the State, believing a divided allegiance would thereby ensue.
In a proceeding in reference to its charity fund, this Grand Body styles itself
<f the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania."
The Grand Charity fund amounts to $17,000. It recognizes the Grand Chapter
of West Virginia. There are three Mark Lodges in this State, all in a languish-
ing condition. One of them proposed various ways of disposing of its funds, but
it seems reached the conclusion to invest it in a grand supper, and then surrender
its charter to the Grand Chapter.
The Grand High Priest censures the whole action in emphatic language.
He also decides " that the name of a Chapter cannot be used to cover the
business advertisements of a Brother, or a Companion, or a profane."
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Grand High Priest refused permission to a Chapter to confer the degrees
•on a most worthy Brother, who had lost part of his left hand. He bases this
refusal on a clause of the Constitution of the Grand Chapter, and suggests a
change in it. He cannot see why a worthy Mason should be denied the privileges
of our Order, when he is able to comply literally with all the requirements of its
several degrees. An amendment to the Constitution, in conformity with these
Views, was proposed, that when the degrSe of injury does not essentially disqualify
the applicant from conformity to the ceremonies and requirements of the Chapter,
the applicant may, by special dispensation from the Grand High Priest, receive
the degrees.
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TENNESSEE.
The same question as to physical defects of candidates, presented to the Grand
Chapter of South Carolina, were presented to the Grand High Priest of Ten-
nessee, and his views seemed to he in full accord with his Companions of South
Carolina, but the Grand Chapter held that the usages of Masonry were to the
contrary. The Grand High Priest suggested, that the present system of Repre-
sentation amongst Grand Chapters was of but little value, and recommended
that the Representatives make themselves familiar with the history and actions
of their constituents, and report the same to the Grand Chapters to which they
are accredited. These views were fully endorsed by -the Grand Chapter.
The" Masonic Jewel was adopted as the official journal of the Body, and recom-
mended to the Companions.
VERMONT.
Capitular Masonry is in a most flourishing condition in this State. The
harmony existing amongst the Companions and Chapters give the Grand Chapter
but little to do, and we find nothing of general interest in its proceedings to report.
VIRGINIA.
Our Order seems to languish in this State, and but little of interest appears in
the proceedings of the Grand Chapter. It had, however, one difficulty. It had
regularly chartered Adoniram Chapter, located in the heart of West Virginia.
This Chapter refuses to attach itself to the Grand Chapter of the latter named
State. The Grand High Priest kindly deprecates this action, and hopes the
Chapter will reverse its decision. The Committee on this portion of the address
recommends, that this Chapter be transferred to West Virginia, and says:
"Masonic justice is not met when legal demands or exactions have been paid. It
requires of us to do and to give to others what in similar circumstances we would
expect and desire, although we could not claim it as a right." The whole subject
was, however, postponed to the next Convocation.
WISCONSIN.
Masonry is in a most flourishing condition in this State, and the report of the
proceedings of its Grand Chapter furnishes, beyond this, but little of general
interest.
The Grand High Priest truthfully and forcibly declares that mere ritualism is
to Masonry what clothing is to the body, and that a candidate who does not,
whilst passing through the degrees, acquire some idea of that which their sym-
bolisms are intended to inculcate, is only a Mason in name.
It will be seen from the appended table, that the number of Royal Arch Masons
actually returned in the States of the TJnion, except Nevada, is 117,883. The
number of Chapters making returns is 1,823, whilst 119 make none. Your Com-
mittee believe that the number not returned, and the non-affiliated are fully
equal to that actually returned. So many are dropped for non-payment of dues;
so many dimit and never affiliate; so many even in the States are beyond the
jurisdiction of working Chapters, whilst thousands in the jurisdiction of extinct
ones, and in the Territories, are never reported. This estimate, full small, would
double the above number and- make .a grand total of 234,766. Royal Arch
Masons are one to every thirty-four adult white males. We may safely conclude
one-eighth of this class of our citizens are Master Masons.
In the table is also given the ratio of Royal Arch Masons to the adult white
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population of each State. The District of Columbia stands first, Mississippi
second, and North Carolina by far the lowest.
We repeat what was said in our last report, that the greatest prosperity of
Capitular Masonry is found probably in Connecticut, and the least in North
Carolina. By sections, it is the the most flourishing in the Eastern States, and
the least so in Maryland, the Virginias and Carolinas. The other Southern
States, the Middle States and the older Northern States are about equal, whilst
the smallest ratio to population is found in the new North Western States, owing
doubtless to the thinness of population. H. W. WALTER,
Chairman.
Holly Springs, January 4, 1874.
Col. H. "W. Walter Find. below a brief summary of the latest speculations on the Sacred
Names of which you inquired the Hebrew significance and origin. This is, as you know, v ery
much condensed, and on short notice, without the presence or aid of the authorities necessary to
sustain the propositions; but which I will be happy to give you more at large, if demanded.
I have the honor to be, &e., LAWRENCE JOHNSON.
THE TETRAGRAMMATON
Or quadrilateral name of God, communicated to Moses, according to the ancient
legend of the Burning Bush, is found in our Hebrew Bibles in Chaldaic charac-
ters rrrv which may be represented in Roman letters by JH JH. All the Semitic
dialects had corresponding alphabets. It is known these four, or rather, two
letters are only consonants. Vowels were not used-, until after the Hebrew had
become a dead language. Exactly what vowel sounds accompanied the original
Phoenician characters used by the writer of the Pentateuch are unknown; and
it is useless to speculate. Not those we now. use in Jehovah (which is not a He-
brew word),—for these belong to another but less revered name of God——
(Adonai,—my Lord), — adopted by the later Jews, when the incommunicable
name, was no longer pronounced. The word itself is undoubtedly a noun deriv-
ative from the substantive verb—to Be. The very connexion in the Biblical tra-
dition shows that it was intended to express the emphatic—I AM—the Supreme
Essence,—the Godhead.
During the early ages of the Hebrews, however, it was understood among the
nations surrounding them, only as the distinctive appellation of their BAAL, or
peculiar god: the Jupiter of Israel. Hence in the early books, Jehovah seldom
or never occurs alone, but connected with Baal, Lord, Master,—or with El,—God.
Instances of these combinations are translated in our King James version,—the
Lord God, and Lord Jehovah.
Among the Semitic nations, Deity was always signified by Baal,—written in
all the dialects with the three consonants, which the Chaldee give as —pro-
nounced variously however, according to the difference in the vowel sounds. In
the Canaanitish Ba-al—in the Syrian or Chaldee and Babylonian Be-el. This
last through the Greek and Latin has been transferred to us in one syllable—Bel.
Hence the later Biblical authors speak of the Phoenician system as a worship of
Baals; or as given in the Hebrew plural Baalim. M. Renan, a living oriental
scholar of renown, gives us the result of his learning and speculations on the
subject in the theory that the Semitic mind was essentially monotheistic. With
him concur Max Miller, and the Philosopher Strauss. The latter attempts to
assign the cosmical reasons for this. According to this authority then,—Baal is
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the high name for this one essential Divinity. These are gentlemen that easily
run off on fine spun generalizations. Whether they are right or wrong,—it is
evident the Semitic peoples regarded their Baals as distinct; and as a general rule
there was a several Bel for every city. One God,—but divided,—something after
the Greek and Roman notion of Jupiter; — who might be Olympic, Capitoline,
Stator or a Jupiter Ammon. So was the Baal or Bel or Lord, worshipped by dif-
ferent cities under different additional titles. To the Sidonians, He was Melek,
or Moloch—the King. At Azotus, He was Baal—Dag-on—the Great Fish. As
a Greek mind would express it;—a Jupiter of Fishermen, or seafaring people.
In Damascus, He was Beel Rimmon, the very high—the supreme;—or the God
of Rem or Aram—Syria.
This brings us to that suffix—On, which we invariably find added to the local
title ; except when, as in case of Moloch, the word itself expressed excellence or
dominion. In the later written languages On—or Own—appears only as the sign
of superlative quality; but, like all particles, no doubt it was in pre-historic
times an independent word,—meaning, Might, Excellence, Unity. Evidence of
this is abundant—not only in Semitic, but other neighboring races and tongues.
Such was the source of the suffix—On,—to Amm-on; the Baal or Jupiter of the
Western Desert tribes. The original word is preserved pure, in the Egyptian
name of Heliopolis, and the Deity venerated there. The Egyptians were not
themselves Semitic. They were essentially Fetich worshippers, like the cognate
Bantu tribes. But they were often under the dominion of Desert races; and no
wave of conquest ever retired, without leaving some relics in words or institu-
tions. If cosmical causes are to be relied on, they owed their very civilization to
these repeated subjugations. They would preserve a word like this—a name of
God,—all the more inflexibly, from its foreign origin.
It was according to regular laws, from the theocratic nature of their constitu-
tion, that the Jews should carry religious conceptions to the highest perfection
for the period. Tet, in their history we see how slowly they developed these
ideas, apparently inherent in the Semitic peoples. To them we owe the title Je-
hovah,—which may be regarded as the first ontological name of Deity. To them
we owe habits of awe and reverence in the use of all sacred symbols. Cultiva-
ting this devotion, in progress of time, the incommunicable name came to be
guarded by unbroken silence. Finally it ceased to be written; and was only sig-
nified by a contraction—the double yod—(J.J.), or rr (JH). The latter with the
initial vowel of Adonai,—meaning that the latter was to be spoken,—came in
time to be mistaken or used as a distinct name. So in the common English ver-
sion which gives it as—J AH. '
Oriental students give us many curious instances of the compoundings, and
corruptions of these sacred names. Among them the interesting one discussed
by Masonic authors—commonly written Jabulun or Jah-Bu-Lun. Dr. Mackey
and others, on good grounds, trace this to the very words and syllables here com-
mented upon. Restoring it first in Hebrew, or Chaldee, it will read jl^jrP—
which is easily resolved into the three syllables, or names, JAH—BAAL (orBEL)
—and ON. And it may be regarded as a collection of these appellations most
distinctive of Deity in the Eastern mind; or it may be understood as one name,—
the highest and most expressive: such as might have been used by Solomon, and
the High Priest, and Scribes, in the palmy days of Jerusalem,—meaning Jehovah,
—Lord,—Almighty.
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GENERAL CONDITION OF ROYAL ARCH MASONRY.
GRAND CHAPTERS.
Alabama t
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia.
Florida
Georgia
Illinois t
Indiana
Iowat
Kansas t
Kentucky t
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland!
Massachusetts t
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi!
Missouri
Nebraska !
New Hampshire*
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania!
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee!
Texas*
Vermont
Virginia!
West Virginia
Wisconsin
1942 1823 11202 3172
1914
1672
2161
4332
3059
755
3949
1617
3500
1207
7468
2528
3659
392
1804
2583
17656
528
7909
176
911
4211
3268
1744
1678
252
2525
136 1108 117383 117383 234766
*1871. ! 1872.
RETURNS OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
ABSTRACT, FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 27, 1872.
COMPLETE, FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 27, 1873.
(SHOWING OFFICERS FOR THE YEARS 1873, 1874.)
Note.—Great care has heen bestowed in the correction and preparation of these Retrains
far the press, and they may be relied upon as the basis for future Returns.
Secretaries will greatly add to the convenience of all who have occasion to refer to the Returns,
by arranging the membership in alphabetical order.
Special attention is called to the action of Grand Chapter in reference to suspensions for non-
payment of Dues. The Grand Chapter has adopted the Regulations of Grand Lodge upon this
subject, so that Companions cannot be deprived of membership until they have been at least
twelve months in arrears, and then only after due notice and summons.
In case of reinstatements from suspension for non-payment of dues, the sum of one dollar for
each year of suspension should be added in estimating dues to Grand Chapter.
In case of death, please give date.
Natchez, No. 1—Natchez, Adams County.
Ofeicers fob 1873—C. F. Merrick, H. P.; J. S. Holt, K.; M. Lemle, S.; C. H. Keim, C. of
H.; E. J. Van Court, P. S.; J. A. Dicks, R. A. C.; H. Silverburg, M. 3d Y.; R. S. Dixon, M.
2d Y.; S. Ullman, M. 1st V.; G. J. Bahin, Treasurer; W. H. Stewart, Secretary; J. Peebles,
Tyler.
Exalted—T. J. Adams, Chas. Coleman, J. A. Dicks, T. J. Hartigan, Wm. Lowry, Leon Meyer,
C. H. Mcllwaine, E. J. Van Court, H. C. Swayzie, Washington Weir, F. K. Winchester.
Dimitted—P. A. Barker, J. W. Charles, Ad. Meyer.
Died—Charles Katze.
Total members, 58. Total dues, $80.00.
Officers, 1874—Samuel Ullman, H. P.; Wm. Noonan, K.; R. S. Dixon, P.H.P., S.; E. J.
Van Court, C. of H.; R. F. Learned, P. S.; H. Silverburg, R. A. C.; C. C. Walden, M. 3d V.;
Washington Weir, M. 2d V.; Frank S. Shaw, M. 1st V.; G. J. Bahin, Treasurer; W. H. Stewart,
Secretary: Jacob Peebles, Tyler.
Members— F. F. Fowler, P.H.P.; E.Geo. DeLap, P.H.P.; A. H. Kendrick, P.H.P.; C. F.
Merrick, P.H.P.: T. J. Adams, Alphonse Bahin, J. C. Baker, Henry Ballard, W. G. Benbrook,
George M. Brown, W. H. Carkeet, Charles Coleman, A. V. Davis, G. J. Dicks, John A. Dicks,
C. F. Farrar, James S. Gaynor, E. J. Guice, Gus. Haase, John S. Holt, James Hardie, Thomas
J. Hartigan, Chas. H. Keim, J. S. King, Q. J. King, T. W. Leonard, M. Lemle, Gustave Lewis,
William Lowry, Will. T. Martin, Samuel A. Mason, H. C. Mayer, Simon Mayer, Leon Meyer,
T. Quit. Munee, Charles H. Mcllwaine, J. Q. Profilet, G. B. Rocca, C. M. Sawyer, T. H. L.
Smith, J. J. Smokey, John Smythe, D. G. Smythe, S. M. Stewart, H. C. Swayze, A. R. Tyler,
Ben. Wade, F. K. Winchester.—Total 60.
Exalted—R. F. Learned, Frank S. Shaw, C. C. Walden.
Affiliated—E. J. Guice.
Reinstated—Henry Ballard.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—William Dix, James Dixon, J. Lengsfield, W. M.
Lee, Zenas Preston, Henry Ray.
Total members 60. Dues $66.00. Convocations 3d Saturday.
Clinton, No. 2—Port Gibson, Claiborne County.
Officers, 1873—Jas. Wylie, H.P.; Jas. A. Gage, K.; Claud H. Barrot, S.; Stephen Thrasher,
C. of H.; R. F. Gordon, P.S.; Evan F. Price, R.A.C.; Wm. Brown, Jr., M. 3d V.; John H. Gor-
don, M. 2d V.; N. S. Walker, M. 1st V.; Louis T. Newman, Treasurer; Julian L. Foote, Secre-
tary; Frank H. Foote, Tyler.
Exalted—Wm. Cahn, H. M. Colson, John H. Gordon, Richard Hawkins, Meyer Levy, Fran-
cis Marschalk, A. Sager, N; S. Walker.
Affiliated—Evan F. Price.
Reinstated—Wm. Brown, Sr., Wm. Brown, Jr.
Died—Chester G. Chappell, July 13, 1873.
Total members 36. Total dues $56.00.
Officers 1874—Robert F. Gordon, H.P.; James A. Gage, K.; Nelson S. Walker, S.; Stephen
Thrasher C. of H.; Evan F. Price, P.S.; F. Marschalk, R.A.C.; John V. McPherson, M. 3d V.;
Wm B Fulkerson, M. 2d V.; Richard Hawkins, M. 1st V.; Louis T. Newman, Treasurer; Ju-
lian L. Foote, Secretary; Frank H. Foote, Tyler.
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Members—John W. Andrews, Thomas J. Aby, Joseph E. Barrot, Claude H. Barrot, William
Brown, Sr., William Cahn, H. M. Colson, John H. Gordon, John G. Hastings, Jr., William P.
Hughes, Richard Hawkins, John G. Jones, John A. B. Jones, J. J. KirkBride, Andrew J. Lewis,
Meyer Levy, William C. McCaleb, John V. McPherson, George W. Naasson, Middleton Kelly,
Thomas M. Rea, W. D. Sprott, ffm. McD. Sims, A. Sager, Cyrus Tanksley, J. H. Vaughn, L.
P. Williams, James Wylie, P.H.P.—Total 40.
Affiliated—Thomas M. Rea, Middleton Kelly, Cyrus Tanksley.
Total members 40. Dues $37.00. Convocations 3d Saturday.
Vicksburg, No. 3—Vicksburg, Warren County.
Officers, 1873—William Erench, H.P.; T. G. Birchett, K.; W. G. Paxton, S.; Charles Leh-
man, C. of H.; David Rice, P.S.; H. Hendren, R.A.C.; Jacob Strauss, M. 3d V.; D. Campbell,
M. 2d V.; J. L. Herman, M. 1st V.; W. A. Fairchild, Treasurer; J. W. Gray, Secretary; Wil-
liam Murray, Tyler.
Reinstated—Jacob Adler, (suspended in error), G. P. Theobald.
Dimitted—John Murphy, G. P. Theobald.
Died—E. Grammer, P.H.P.
Expelled—W. L. Coakley.
Total members, 79. Total dues, $81.00.
Officers, 1874—William Frenchq H.P.; D. Rice, K.; A. G. Russell, S.; T. G. Birchett, C. of
H.; E. T. Henry, P.H.P., P. S.; J. W. Powell, P.H.P., R.A.C.; J. Strauss, M. 3d V.; H. Hen-
dren, M. 2d V.; W. G. Moore, M. 1st V.; W. A. Fairchild, P.H.P., Treasurer; J. W. Gray, Sec-
retary; Wm. Murray, Tyler.
Members—B. Springer, P.H.P.; T. J. Harper, P.H.P.; F. Wood, P.H.P.; J. Adler, John
Allen, J. Bazinsky, E. S. Butts, M. Brown, O. M. Blanton, M. H. Blakemore, L. Baer, G. W.
Bookout, D. Campbell, W. M. Chamberlin, C. Eisleffel, John Flanagan, U. French, C. E. Fur-
long, W. S. Goodman, Thomas Hackett, L. Hornthall, L. Herman, A. L. Jacquith, W. C. John-
son, D. W. Keene, A. Kuhn, N. E. Klein, M. C. Klein, C. Lehman, L. M. Lowenburg, W. W.
Lord, O. Matthews, J. D. Miles, W. McD. Meggett, H. E. O'Reiley, A. M. Paxton, W. G. Pax-
ton, F. Piazza, R. Richardson, Thomas Rigby, J. Slilenker, S. Stein, W. J. Smith, F. Speed, J.
O. Stevens, J. M. Smith, G. H. Smith, C. E. Thomas, F. R. Turley, A. Tappan, T. Tonella, J.
D. Tinney, W. D. Wilson, A. Winstin, E. W. Wallin, U. F. Wilcox, S. H. Young.
Exaltations—F. Speed, J. O. Stevens, J. M. Smith, M. H. Blakemore, G. W. Bookout, G. H.
Smith, M. C. Klein, J. D. Tinney, L. Bear.
Reinstated—L. Weil, O. M. Blanton, N. E. Klein.
Dimitted—L. Weil, P. Spengler, M. Bodenheim, T. J. Baker, (since died.)
Died—W. Clague, C. S. Knapp.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. W. Allein, T. C. Catchings, H.' Denio, T. J.
Finney, J. E. Forney, H. H. Goodrum, H. J. Herrick, B. Jones, F. Keiser, N. Levy, S. Lewis,
J. Pohl, D. Rigby, F. A. Scanlan, E. M. Scott, G. Stiles.
Total members 69. Dues $97.00. Convocations 2d Saturday.
Columbus, No. g— Columbus, Lowndes County.
Officers, 1873—N. Reynolds, H. P.; B. A. Vaughan, K.; H. B. Boude,. S.; L. Beman, C. of
H.; C. L. Lincoln, P.S; W. A. Moore, R.A.C.; L. Q. Ayres, M. 8d V.; C. M. Ottley, M. 2d V.;
J. A. Martin, M. 1st V.; Gid. Warren Cox, Treasurer; Jos. H. Stevens, Secretary; L. L. Good-
rich, Tyler.
Exalted—L. (1. Ayres, John Gilmer, R. F. Hudson, H. C. Long. J. W. Merritt, Hampden
Osborne, C. M. Ottley, W. E. Rodwell, J. W. E. Soady.
Affiliated—H. B. Boude, W. F. Hamilton, C. W. Westmoreland.
Died—George Frazee.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—S. A. Brown, J. H. Curtis, J. E. Harvey.
Total members, 50. Total dues, $68.00.
Officers, 1874—C. L. Lincoln, H.P.; B. A. Vaughan, K.; Jos. E. Leigh, S.; Lansing Beman,
C. of H.; N. Reynolds, P.H.P., P.S.; H. C. Long, R.A.C.; L. Q. Ayres, M. 3d V.; C. M. Ottley,
M. 2d V.; J. A. Martin, M. 1st V.; G. W. Cox, Treasurer; Jos. H. Stevens, Secretary; D. D. L.
Quinn, Tyler.
Members—A. H. Barkley, Ira M. Boswell, H. B. Boude, H. E. Cox, H. B. Fields, N. E. Good-
win, L. L. Goodrich, John Gilmer, A. C. Halbert, W. W. Humphries, W. F. Hamilton, R. F.
Hudson, John P. Krecker, A. W. Kidd, E. F. Kemp, R. E. Lanier, 0. M. Meek, W. A. Moore,
R. L. Morris, F. M. McCabe, S. C. Munger, R. F. Matthews, J. W. Merritt, Milton Odeneal,
Hampden Osborne, James W. Prowell, Alexander Poleman, Albert G. Ramsey, William E.
Rodwell, J. W. E. Soady, L. M. Tucker, Isaac B. Tyler, James Whitfield, Clough W. West-
moreland.
Affiliated—H. B. Fields.
Reinstated—Milton Odeneal.
Dimitted—J. H. Cason, G. T. Stainback.
Died—A. S. Humphries, John N. Mullen.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—William Cady, Gabriel Shirley.
Total members 46. Dues $50.00. Convocations 2d Fridays.
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Wilson, No. 5—Holly Springs, Marshall County.
Officers, 1873—R. S. Stith, H.P.; E. W. Upshaw, K.; James T. Fant, S.; L. C. Abbott, C.
of H.; Oscar Hess, P.S.; R. N. Lawrance, R.A.C.; Robert Roth, M. 3d V.; Thomas Gregg, M.
2d V.; Charles Razelle, M. 1st V.; J. B. Potts, Treasurer; J. T. "Whitehead, Secretary; Clem
Reed, Tyler.
Exalted—L. Falkenburg, Oscar Hess, J. H. Morgan, J. B. Potts, Robert Roth, Charles Ra-
izelle, J. T. "Whitehead.
Dimitted—W". M. Compton, Edward Lea.
Died—J. B. Armistead, J. M. Farrington, N. B. Munn.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. H. Anderson, A. Cunningham.
Total members, 51. Total dues, $65.00.
Officers, 1874—H. H. Fields, H.P.; TJ. H. Ross, K.; Oscar Hess, S.; L. C. Abbott, C. of H.;
W. "W. Wallace, P.S.; R. N. Lawrance, R.A.C.; Robert Roth, M. 3d V.; J. B. Potts, M. 2d V.;
J. R. Denty, M. 1st V.; R. S. Stith, Treasurer; J. T. Whitehead, Secretary; Clem. Read, Tyler.
Members--H. Falconer, B. B. West, W. W. Clayton, William Clark, S.C.Carey, James T.
Fant, T. M. Farrell, T. A. Falconer, S. Frank, R. M. Glover, J. C. Julian, Thomas Gregg, I. C.
Levy, John S. McRaven, J. H. McClatchey, J. P. Norfleet, H. W. Walter. P. A. Willis, H. Win-
born, E. J. Wilkerson, H. C. Corey, W. R. Cox, W. E. Miller, J. B. Johnson, T. J. Malone, W.
T. Long, A. Q. Withers, T. B. Parker, J. H. Morgan, John Long, T. D. Jones, H. P. Megguison,
B. D. Matthews, W. Caldwell, Robert McGowen, T. J. Manuel, E. W. Upshaw, Charles Razell.
—Total 50.
Reinstated—John Long.
Died—J. R. McCarroll.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. L. Bledsoe, W. L. Jones, L. Falkenburg, J. P.
Gooch, (since '55, now asking to be reinstated.)
Total members, 50. Dues, $61.00. Convocations 2d Tuesdays.
Jackson, No. 6—Jackson, Hin^s County.
Officers, 1873—John A. Galbreath, Jr., H.P.; D. H. Wallace, K.; R. L. Saunders, S.; Chas.
McDonnell, C. of H.; Robert Bradley, P.S.; Gus. Asher, R.A.C.; James R. Yerger, M. 3d V.;
David J. Cohen, M. 2d V.; W. W. Bennett, M. 1st V.; H. M. Taylor, Treasurer; Edward Stein-
berg, Secretary; J, M. Cain, Tyler.
Affiliated—W. C. Harrell.
Reinstated—Samuel Putnam.
Died—Almon Robbins, August 8, 1872.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—B. F. Comfort, James A. Home, Benjamin G. Hum-
phreys, Henry Levy, Murray Peyton.
Total members, 53. Total dues, $59.00.
Officers, 1874—Isydore Strauss, H.P.; R. L. Saunders, K.; Matt. F. Ash, S.; Gus. Asher, C.
of H.; Henry Strauss, P. S.; Edward Steinberg, R.A.C.; Harris Barksdale, M. 3d V.; William
J. Brown, Jr., M. 2d V.; Robert Bradley, M. 1st V.; H. M. Taylor, Treasurer; John A. Gal-
breath, Jr., Secretary; J. M. Cain, Tyler.
Members—John T. Buck, S. P. Baley, P. T. Baley, E. Bloom, William J. Brown, Sr., J. W.
Burnett, W. W. Bennett, Oliver Clifton, David J. Cohen, Wm. Evans, George S. Green, W. M.
Gillaspie, F. B. Hull, A. J. Herrod, James A. Horne, R. D. Hardy, W. C. Harrell, Chris. John-
son, George Lemmon, C. H. Moore, R. F. McGill, Charles McDonnell, Austin Neeley, John Nel-
son, P.H.P., T. N. Norrell, John P. Norrvell, Thomas Palmer, (Life Hon. Mem.), J. L. Power,
George A. Smythe, W. J. Seaman, W. L. Ware, D. H. Wallace, B. H. Whitfield, James R. Yer-
ger, George S. Yerger.
Reinstated—James A. Horne.
Dimitted—I. F. Harrington, James A. Horne, John Martz, Sam. Putnam, Sol. Schwartz,
William B. Taylor.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. A. Hackett.
Total members, 47. Dues $48.00. Convocations, 4th Mondays.
Magnolia, No. 7—Brownsville, Hinds County.
Officers, 1873—M. T. Anderson, H. P.; G. J. Hulmne, K., J. H. McDowell, S.; W. S.
Elkins, C. of H.; J. J. Birdsong, P. S.; J. G. Sparrow, R. A. C.; W. H. Trotter, M. 3d V.; G. T.
Underhill, M. 2d "V.; B. W. Trotter, M. 1st V.; J. D. McConnell, Treasurer; J. B. Robertson,
Secretary; John Lqrance, Tyler. .
Died—Theo. Lamb—should have been so reported in last Return.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Chas. Roberts.
Total members 28. Total dues $28.00.
Officers, 1874-J. J. Birdsong, H. P.; J. H. McDowell, K.; J. A. Glover, S.; W. S. Elkins, C.
of H • M T Anderson, P. S.; A. B. Cates, R. A. C.; B. W. Trotter, M. 3d V.; G. T. Underhill,
M. 2d Y.-W. H. Trotter, M. 1st V.; J. D. McConnell, Treasurer; J. B. Robertson, Secretary;
j°members-jTJ1Birdsong, J. J. Gold, G. H. Hall, Wm. Klingman, Wm. McCatchey, H. T.
Sandidge, B. R. Wells, G. J. Hulmne—Total 20.
T)ted Thos A Mellon, G. W. Farr.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Hezzie Casper, John Cavalier, T. C. England, Thos.
Taylor, M. Hamberlin, W. J. Finley ^
Total members 20. Dues $20.00. Convocations 4th Saturdays.
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Yazoo, No. 8—Yazoo City, Yazoo County.
Officers, 1873—R. L. Dunn, H. P.: M. A. Jenkins, K.; H.Harrison, S.; E. Schaefer, C. ofH.;
R. Craig, P. S.; H. M. Thompson, R. A. C.; S. H. Kellogg, M. 3d V.; D. J. Dunn, M. 2d V.;
W. G. Delesdernier, M. 1st V.; H. C. Tyler, Treasurer; W. C. Williams, Secretary; P. Lander,
Tyler.
Exalted—W. Y. Gadberry, C. W. Gibson, H. M. Thompson.
Affiliated—A. M. Heath.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—John T. Russell, Harmon White.
Total members 33. Total dues $39.00.
Officers, 1874—E. Schaefer, H. P.; M. A. Jenkins, K.; John C. Young, S.; R. E. Craig, C. ei
H.; R. L. Dunn, P. S.; C. H. Wesling, R. A. C.; H. Haider, M. 3d V.; G. Stern, M. 2d V.; W.
G. Delesdernier, M. 1st V.; H. C. Tyler, Treasurer; W.C.Williams, Secretary; Peter Lander,
Tyler.
Membfrs—Robt. Bowman, A. J. Collins, D. J. Dunn, F. Gary, C. W. Gibson, C. W. Griener,
H. Harrison, John T. Heth, A. M. Heath, J. H. Hunter, H. B. Kidd, S. H. Kellogg, R. B. Mayes,
P. G. H. P.; L. McLaren, W. W. Mangum, J. O. Mohley, Abe Rosenthal, J. N. Rateliffe, R. C.
Shepherd, H. M. Thompson—Total 32.
Suspfndfd for Non-Paymfnt of Dufs—W. Y. Gadberry, John O. Hunter.
Total members 32. Dues $32.00 Convocations 3d Mondays.
Lexington, No. 9—Lexington, Holmes County.
Officers, 1873-Jno. C. Birkhead, H. P.; J. Marlow, K.; J. J. Baker, S.; N. E. Whitehead, C.
ofH.; W. F. Cole, P. S.; T. T. Bates, R. A. C.; David Levy, M. 3d V.; Sol. Southeimer, M. 2d
V.; W. L. McLean, M. 1st V.; J. M. Sargent, Treasurer; T. W. Smith, Secretary; W. F. Stigler,
Tyler.
Exalted—T. W. Smith, Jos. D. Newsom, Wm. F. Stigler, Jas. T. Meade, W. L. McLean,
David Levy. %
Reinstated—R. H. Montgomery.
Dimitted—F. A. Howell.
Died—Geo. W. Cole, Wm. H. Dyson, EL C. Keen.
Total members 32. Total Dues $44.00.
Officers, 1874—T. W. Smith, H. P.; Solomon Southeimer, K.; N. E. Whitehead, S., M. Levy,
C. of H.; H. W. Brown, P. S.; W. F. Cole, R. A. C.; David Levy M. 3d V.; T. T. Bates, M. 2d V.;
Jacob Southeimer, M. 1st V.; M. Levy, Treasurer; J. Marlow, Secretary.; J. J. Baker, Tyler.
Members—John C. Birkhead, P. H. P., P. M. M. Alexander, David Allen, Robt. H. Baker,
Wm. Eggleston, A. M. Green, Jas. W. Grace, W. D. Johnson, Wirt Johnson, W. L. McLean,
Wm. A. McMillian, F. C. Mercer, J. T. Meade, R. H. Montgomery, Jas. D. Newsom, C. Olten-
berg, B. M. Sheehy, Abram Schieid, Wm. F. Stigler, J. M. Sargent, Simon Stearn, T. S.
Wright—Total 34.
Reinstated—Henry W. Brown.
Total members 34. Dues $40.00. Convocations 2d Thursdays.
Canton, No. 10—Canton, Madison County.
Officers, 1873—Geo. R. Fearn, H. P.; J. W. Yeargain, K.; C. L. Gross, S.; B. C. Gough, C. of
H.; A. Karpe, P. S.; Thos. Stuart, R. A. C.; J. W. Baughn, M. 3d V.; C. Olston, M. 2d V.; Jno.
Erickson, M. 1st V.; A. W. Stanford, Treasurer; J. M. Mills, Secretary; Peter Heiser, Tyler.
Exalted—Thos Stuart, Jno. Erickson, Christian Olston.
Reinstated—J. T. Priestly, C. H. Dinkins, C. B. Galloway.
Dimitted—J. M. Lewis, R. C. Sanders, M. Bloomfleld.
Died—W. S. Bailey, John Dawson, John GL Montgomery.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. J. Cameron, M. Cameron, J. A. Simmons.
Total members 43. Total dues $52.00.
Officers, 1874—J. W. Yeargain, H. P.; C. L. Gross, K.; A. M. Gurley, S.; B. C. Gough, C. of
H.; J. W. Baughn, P. S.; V. Werner, R. A. C.; >1. B. Hesdoffer, M. 3d V.; C. Olston, M. 2d ¥.;
Thos. Stewart, M. 1st V.; A. W. Stanford, Treasurer; J. M. Mills, Secretary; Geo. Ernest, Tyler.
Members—F. M. Baldwin, Leon Bailey, John T. Cameron, P. H. P., W. H. Cassell, A. H.
Cage, L. B. Coffee, W. E. Dancy, C. H. Dinkins, John Errickson, Geo. R. Fearn, G. H. P.,
C. B. Galloway, D. C. Green, Joseph Hart, Peter Heiser, T. L. Holliday, M>. Joel, A. Karpe,
D. C. Landers, Samuel Loeb, R. A. Massey, J. H. Mumfort, J. R. Powell, John Preston, Wm.
Priestley, J. J. Richards, S. S. Shipp, W. B. Stmson—Total 39.
Affiliated—R. A. Massey.
Reinstated—T. T. Dew.
Dimitted—G. Hardee, S. A. Berry, T. T. Dew, J. T. Priestley.
Died—Malcom Cameron.
Total members 39. Total dues $49.00, including $3.00 back dues for Companion Dew, rein-
stated. Paid $46.00.
Macon, No: 11—Macon, Noxubee County.
Officers, 1873—J. C. Williams, H. P.; J. W. Patty, K.; M. B. Edwards, S.; C. B. Ames, C.of
H.; G. M. Dillard, P. S.; C. C. Eiland, R. A. C.; E. H. Cogburn, M. 3d V.; W. F. Eiland, M. 2d.
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V.; John C. Hodges, ML 1st V.; A. M. Bowling, Treasurer; W. F. Ferris, Secretary; C. A. Baiter,
Tyler.
Exalted—John C. Hodges, C. C. Eiland, W. F. Ferriss.
Total members, 24. Total dues, $32.00.
Officers, 1874—J. W. Patty, H. P.; J. C. Williams, K.; John J. Beauchamp, S.; C. B. Ames,
C. ofH.; G. M. Billard, P. S.; M. B. Edwards, R. A. C.; R. E. Y. Yates, M. 3d V.; Lewis
Etheridge, M. 2d Vail.; G. W. Clement, M. 1st V.; John D. Hodges, Treasurer; W. B. Shumaker,
Secretary; A. M. Bowling, Tyler.
Members—C. A. Baker, A. Buck, C. M. Boyce, John M. Cochran, F. E. Carleton, W.
F, Eiland, E. H. Cogburn, C. C. Eiland, W. F. Ferriss, M. N. Gooch, Jacob Holberg, Lou
Holberg, H. A. Minor, B. H. Thomas, Thomas H. Sargent.
Reinstated—W. A. Buck, (owes dues for 1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72, $6.00,) John M. Cochran,
(Owes dues for 1871 and 1872, $2.00.)
Bimitted—J. H. Mitchell, (since dead,) William Graham.
Bied—H. C. Harris, and some others who were under suspension for non-payment of dues.
Total members 27. Bues $35.00. Convocations 3d Mondays.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—Grenada, Grenada County.
Officers, 1873—A. P. Saunders, H. P.; W. B. May, K.; T. Rose, S.; O. B. Rollins. C. of H.|
E. W. Hughes, P. S.; John Moore, R. A. C.; J. M. Knox, M. 3d V.; W. H. Meador, M. 2d V."
C. L. Hardeman, M. 1st V.; J. Poitevent, Treasurer; Solon N. Sykes, Secretary; R. Highgate,
Tyler.
Exat.ted—A. Weigert, John George, Cicero Thompson.
Reinstated—John Powell, Solon M. Sykes.
Bimitted—W. V. Richards.
Bied—J. J. Baker.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Bues—J. M. Hunter. F. A. Martin, W. W. Hall, C. C.
Glover.
Total Members 38. Total dues $50.00. *
Officers, 1873, 1874—A. P. Saunders, H. P.; W. B. May, K.; Terrell Rose, S.; O. B. Rollins,
C. ofH.; E. W. Hughes, P. S.; John Mo^e, R. A. C.; J. M. Knox, M. 3d V.; W. H. Meador, M.
.2d V.; C. L. Hardeman, M. 1st V.; Jacob Poitevent, Treasurer; Solon Sykes, (not installed,) Sec-
retary, Robt Highgate, Tyler.
Members—S. S. Angevine, A. J. Baker, J. A. Binford, Jr., J. W. Byrne, L. Bodenheimer,
R. Coffiman, P. H. P., J. B. Crowder, T. C. Curry, James Eblin, S. H. Green, J. B. Gage, John
George, Thos. Hardeman, P. H. P., W. H. Leitz, Richard N. Owens, John S. Payne, R. R.
Perry, John Powell, W. T. Savage, B. F. Thomas, T. R. Trotter, Cicero Thompson, Mayer
Wile, A. S. Weigert, B. B. Willkins, Geo. W. Williamson, C. T. Wood. W. C. Chamberlain,
J. G. Gibbs, P. E. Fitzgerald, omitted, H. C. Horton, affiliated.
Exaltations—S. H. Green, B. F. Thomas, W. H. Leitz, R. N. Owens, L. Bodenheimer,
James B. Gage.
Affiliated—J. W. Byrne, H. C. Horton.
Bied—John B. Heath.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—R. S. Bowles (in Grenada Lodge, No. 31.)
Total Members 41. Bues $59.00, including deficit of $6.00 in last return. Convocations 1st
Thursdays.
Euphemia, No. 13—Aberdeen, Monroe County.
Officers, 1873—R. R. Brannin, H. P.; J. T. Lowe, K.; Jas. Oldshue, S.; W. G. Elkin, C. of
H.; J. W. Walker, P. S.; W. G. Sykes, R. A. C.; A. H. French, M. 3d V.; Jacob Gattman, M.
2d. V.; W. J. Stephenson, M. 1st V.; H. B. Spratt, Treasurer; W. S. Vestal, Secretary; A. R.
Wehb, Tyler.
Exalted—S. H. Beirg, S. H. Buckingham, Baniel Baniel, W. G. Elkin, A. H. French, T. S.
Hampton, Chas. Morawsky, W. G. Sykes, W. B. Walton.
Reinstated—R. M. Elder, J. B. Tatum.
Bimitted—R. M. Elder, J. B. Tatum.
Total members 31. Total Bues $58.00.
Officers, 1874—R. B. Brannin, H. P.; T. S. Hampton, K.; C. Morawski, S.; W. G. Elkin, C.
of H.; J. W. Walker, P. S.; W. G. Sykes, R. A. C.; Samuel Haas, M. 3d V.; S. H. Beirg, M. 2d
V.; S. T. Sykes, M. 1st V.; H. B. Spratt, Treasurer; W. S. Vestal, Secretary; G. W. Cook, Tyler.
Members—S» G. Beckham. S. H. Buckingham, P. C. Candidus, A. H. French, Jacoh Gattman,
J. M. Green, Lee CoIUds, A. M. Kupper, J. T. Lowe, C. Love, C. Morawski, James Oldshue, S.
A. M. Sadler H. C .Terrell, W. B. Walton, Marks Weiler, S. A. Balton. Total 29.
Exaltations—Samuel Haas, S. T. Sykes, A. M. Kupper, H. C. Terrell ,Gustave Straus.
Affiliated—Lee Collins.
Reinstated—S. L. Paine.
Bimitted—B. Baniel, J. B. Sale, James G. McKinney, Sidney Randle, Gustave Straus, S. L.
Paine, Ira W. Holloway.
Bied—A. R. Webb. a -rw n
Suspended for Non-Payment of Bues—S. B .Stegall.
Total members 29. Bues $57.00, including back dues of Companions Elder, Tatum and Paine.
Convocations first Wednesday after first Saturdays.
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Fayette, No. 1^-—Fayette, Jefferson County.
Officers, 1873—M. Eiseman, H. P.; Jas. MeClure, K.; F. Krauss, S.; Wm, Thompson, C. of
H.; Thos. Davenport, P. S.; H. B. MeClure, R. A. C.; B. Eiseman, M. 3d V.; E. R. Jones, M.
2d V.; J. W. Moore, M. 1st V.; M. Rubel, Treasurer; Henry Key, Secretary; T. J. Key, Tyler.
Reinstated and Dimitted—E. L. Guice.
Total members 24. Total Dues $28.00.
Officers, 1874—"William Thompson, H. P.; Thomas Davenport, K.; E. R. Jones, S.;
M. Eiseman, C, of H.; H. B. MeClure, P. S.; Jas. MeClure, R. A. C.; B. Eiseman, M. 3d V.;
J. J. Powell, M. 2d V.; M. Rubel, Treasurer; Henry Key, Secretary; E. M. Keyes, Tyler.
Members—Robert Davenport, W: F. Higdon, J. M. Lowe, T. J. Key, J. J. Ledden, J. W.
Moore, B. B. Paddock, W. C. Nichols, J. M. Ritchie, A. J. Scott, J. W. Scott, M. W. Trimble.
Total 23.
Exaltations—Edward M. Keyes, J. J. Ledden.
Reinstated—W. F. Higdon.
Dimittf.d—N. L. Guice, R. E. Richardson.
Died—Thomas C. Brown.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—A. J. Scott, J. M. Ritchie.
Total Members 23. Dues $31.00, including $4.00 back dues Comp. Higdon. Convocations 3d
Thursdays. .
Carrollton, No. 15—Carrollton, Carroll County.
Officers, 1873—W. M. Stansbury, H. P.; Samuel Hart, K.; O. L. Kimbrough, S.; J. A. J.
Askew, C. of H.; A. M. Nelson, P. S.; T. J. Johnson, R. A. C.; T. T. Kimbrough, M. 3d V.; W.
H. Curtis, M. 2d V.; Jos. H. Lawrence, M. 1st V.; Jas. R. Shackleford, Treasurer; Benj. Roach,
Secretary; T. M. Matthews, Tyler.
Exalted—H. D. Money, Jos. H. Lawrence, Lee McMillan.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—Peter W. Johnston, N. A. Clark, G. W. Yasser.
Total Members 32. Total Dues $38.00. '
Officers, 1874—Washington M. Stansbury, H. P.; Samuel Hart, P. H. P., K.; Jonathan
Durdin, S.; J. A. J. Askew, C. of H.; T. J. Johnson, P. S.; Geo. W. Vasser, R. A. C.; T. T.
Kimbrough, M. 3d V.; W. H. Curtis, M. 2d V.; Wm. Ray, M. 1st V.; James R. Shackleford,
Treasurer; Benjamin Roach, Secretary; T. H. Matthews, Tyler.
Members—William Cothran, P. H. P. and P. G. H. P., R. L. Bingham, M. S. Catron, Peter
W. Johnston, O. L. Kimbrough, Jos. H. Lawrence, M. M. Liddell, Aaron Lott, John P.
Marshall, Peter McCaskill, P. Money, H. D. Money, Lee McMillan, A. M. Nelson, John T.
Stanford. Total 27.
Reinstated—George W. Yasser, Peter W. Johnston.
Dimitted—W. C. Eskridge, A. G. Smith.
Died—B. Holt, Charles Hill.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—Green S. Fox.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Joseph H. Lawrence, G. N. Smith, Stephen
Thompson.
Total members 27. Dues $27.00 Convocations 1st Saturdays after full moons.
Wrn U. Wilkinson, No. 16—-Woodville, Wilkinson Co.
Officers, 1873—1. T. Hart, H. P.; Jas. R. Verry, K.; R. S. Brown, S.; R. W. McConnell, C.
of H.; Henry Habig, P. S.; N. Leopold, R. A. C.; John F. Therrell, M. 3d V.; E. Aarons, M. 2d
V.; John W. Bryant, M. 1st V., E. A. Robinson, Treasurer; E. H. Beaumont, Secretary; Thos.
Hickley, Tyler.
Exalted—H. L. Davis, M. V. B. Huff, Douglass Embree, N. Leopold, J. P. Lytton, Louis
Plitt.
Reinstated—L. L. Babers, Jos. Johnson, J. J. Morgan, A. McPhatter, Jas. Redhead, Chas.
E. Stewart.
Dimitted—Jos. Redhead, A. McPhatter, J. P. Lytton.
Died—H. J. Butterworth.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—R. C. Brower, Jno. M. Deloach, Jas. M. Higgins.
Total members 33. Total dues $55.00.
BSSF"No Return received for 1873.
Shields, No. 18—Pontotoo, Pontotoc County.
Officers, 1873—E. C. Bolton, H. P.; W. G. Gibson, K.; A. J. Clarke, S.; C. B. Hood, C. of H.5
M. R. Fontaine, P. S.; Jas. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; R. T. Gray, M. 3d V.; J. H. Miller, M. 2d
V.; A. J. Moore, M. 1st V.; T. J. Price, Treasurer; J. N. Sloan, Secretary; J. L. Gormon, Tyler.
Exalted—J. L. Gormon, W. F. Ausbon, G. W. Johnston, J. W. Roberson, R. B. Pitts, E.
M. Sadler.
Reinstated—J. W. Drake, Thos. Gorley, R. W. Edmondson, Oliver Williams, J. T. Pitts,
T. J. Babb, W. L. Souter, N. A. Lankford, R. B. Scott.
Dimitted—H. Hood, J. T. Pitts, T. J. Babb, W. L. Souter, R. B. Pitts, R. M. Sadler, J. W.
Roberson, G. W. Johnston, W. F. Ausbun, R.flB. Scott, R. W. Edmondson, S. E. Melson.
Total members 26. Total dues, (including back dues of reinstated Members) $75.00.
Officers, 1874—E. C. Bolton, H. P.; Jas. W. Drake, K.; A. G. Clarke, S.; M. R. Fontaine, C.
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0 H, J. H. Miller, P. S.j E. T. Gray, E. A. C.; J. H. Williamson, M. 3d V.; W. G. Gibson, M.
2d V.; A. J. Moore, M. 1st V.; J. A. McNeil, Treasurer; J. N. Sloan, Secretary; T. J. Price,
Tyler. " '
Members—Stephen Daggett, L. A. Ellison, H. L. Einley, G. E. Cherry, Thos. Gorley, C. B.
Hood, Jas. Gordon, S. D. Pinson, F. Souter, O. Williams, E. H. Bonner, Jas. A. Bonner, N. A.
Lankford, (reinstated in 1872, and should have been added to roll.) Total 25.
Dimitted—S. E. Melson.
Died—E. A. Pinson.
Expelled—J. L. Gorman, by Pontotoc Lodge. No. 81.
Total members 25. Dues $25. Convocations 2d Wednesdays.
Kosciusho, No. 20—Kosciusho, Attala County.
Officers, 1873—W. V. Davis, H. P.; J. S. Comfort, K.; W. W. Baccus, S.; David Carr, C. of
H.; I. W. Scarborough, P. S.; L. Glazier, E. A. C.: C. P. Oldecop, M. 3d V.; John B. Davis, M.
2d V.; John C. Lucas, M. 1st V.; D. L. Smythe, Treasurer; J. M. Lewis, Secretary; J. N. Taylor,
Tyler.
Exalted—J. S. Comfort, J. M. Lewis.
Affiliated—L. Glazier.
Eeinstated—F. Zollicoffer.
Dimitted—James Chestnut, F. Zollicoffer.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—C. H. Dobbs, N. T. Hanna, Geo. J. Hanna.
Total Members 50 Total dues $54.
Officers, 1874—Jas. S. Comfort, H. P.; Wm. W. Baccus, K.; Louis Glazier, S.; J. M. Lewis,
C. of H.; David Carr, P. S.; M. A. Clark, E. A. C.; Jno. B. Davis, M. 3d V.; Jno. C. Lucas, M.
2d V.; Jas. D. Bimmer, M. 1st V.; Wm. V. Davis, Treasurer; D. L. Smythe, Secretary; Jas. N.
Taylor, Tyler.
Members—Jas. H. Alexander, Eichard Bullock, M. J. Bell, Jr., B. A. Clark, Jno. M. Charp-
ings, A. F. Dotson, Wm. Dodd, Henry Jamison, D. W. Knox, Asa M. Keeth, W. E. Meek,
S. T. Oldham, C. F. Oldecop, S. P. Eimmer, Wm. F. Eimmer, John Eiley, M. Eoby, Jno.
W. Scarborough, Isaac W. Scarborough, E. C. Stewart, Eobt. B. Webb, Saml. Young, Jno.
P. Irving, W. N. Stuckey, J. M. Dodd, Joab L. Scarborough, J. K. Shrock, F. Zollicoffer,
M. H. Gregory.
Eeinstated—M. Eoby.
Dimitted—Wm. Allen, Jas. G. Sallis, L. S. Terry.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Eichard Henry, Isaac A. Herring, Wm. B. Thomp-
son, T. A. Tarbert, Stokley White, J. K. Coffee.
Total members 41. Dues $45.00. Convocations Monday night on or before full moons.
Raymond, No. 22—Raymond, Hinds County.
Officers, 1873—J. J. Dromgoole, H. P.; Geo. C. Porter, K.; C. D. Gillespie, S.; Wm. Goode,
C. of H.; D. J. Buckley, P. S.; B. S. Davis, E. A. C.; E. M.-Meacham, M. 3d V.; B. F. Edwards,
M. 2d V.; S. B. Thomas, M. 1st V.; J. M. Hawkins, Treasurer; Murray Peyton, Secretary;
Newell Bankston, Tyler.
Exalted—H. H. Heard, J. D. Bedwell.
Affiliated—Wm. K. Douglass, W. F. Fontaine.
Total members 20. Total dues $24.00.
Officers, 1874—Wm. Thomas, H. P.; Geo. C. Porter, K.; S. B. Thomas, S.; H. H. Heard, C.
of H.; D. J. Buckley, P. S.; J. D. Bedwell, E. A. C.; A. B. Sivley, M. 3d V.; B. F. Edwards, M.
2d V.; N. B. Smith, M. 1st V.; A. J. Willis, Treasurer; W. F. Fontaine, Secretary; A. B.
McGowan, Tyler.
Members—J. J. Dromgoole, p. h. p.; T. C. Austin, B. S. Davis, W. K. Douglass, H. T.
T. Eupree, C. D. Gillespie, E. M. Meacham—Total 19.
Exaltations—A. B. Sivley, T. C. Austin, N. B. Smith. A. B. McGowan.
Affiliated—Wm. Thomas.
Dimitted—Henderson Lowry.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Wm. Goode, J. M. Hawkins, N. W. Bankston, J.
B. Fairchild.
Total members 19. Dues $27.00. Convocations 1st Saturdays.
Houston, No. 23—Houston, Ghichasaw County.
Officers, 1873—W. W. Wood, H. P.; J. A. Purkey, K.; J. L. S. Hill, S.; E. P. Mitchell, C. of
H • A G Wood P S ; C. T. Woodall, E. A. C.; Wm. Hill, M. 3d V.: Isaac Paulk, M. 2d V.;
L.A.Porter, M. 1st V.; D. K. Woodall, Treasurer; J. M. Woodall, Secretary; F. G. Wood,
Tyler.
■ Eeinstated—J. A. Harrison.
Dimitted—Jas. T. Doss.
Dn?n—Wm Barton, "Wm. Harrell. _ _
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—D. C. Ausley, E. N. Dommick, Wm. Ellis, J. T.
Griffin C C Grav Wm T Harlan, F. M. Jamesl, Wm. M. Moffatt, J. R. Mcintosh, B. F.
Owem Thos. U. PearsaH, J. E. Smith, Allen White.
Total members 31. Total dues $34.00.
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Officers, 1874—W. W. "Wood, H. P.; J. A. Purkey, K.; J. L. S. Hill, S.; E. P. Mitchell,
p. h. p., C. of H.; A. G. "Wood, P. S.; C. T. Woodall, E. A. C.; ¥m. Hill, M. 3d"V.; Isaac Paulk,
M. 2d V.: L. A. Porter, M. 1st V.; D. K. Woodall, Treasurer; J. M. Woodall, Secretary; P. G.
Wood, Tyler.
Members—T. N. Martin, p. h. p., M. Brown, Frank Burkitt, J. !L. Evans, Littleton Hill,
John Smith, J. B. Wilson—Total 19.
Exalted—Frank Burkitt.
Eeinstated—B. F. Owen, T. U. Pearsall, S. C. Williams.
Dimitted—B. F. Owen, T. 0". Pearsall, S. C. Williams.
Died—Absolom Barton.
Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues—Wm. Hill, J. A. Harrison, Jas. Martin, A. A.
Park, J. M. Stages, E. W. Thompson, C. E. Taft, J. E. Miller, J. D. Smith, B. F. Fitzpatrick,
Thomas Hague, W. L. Walker, J. J. Buff.
Total members 17. Dues $26.00." Convocations 1st Saturdays, 2 o'clock, P. M.
Meridian, JVo. £5—Meridian, Lauderdale County.
Officees, 1873—J. D. Kline, H.P.; H. .W. Wilson, K.; M. Levy, S.; Julius Elson, C. of H.;
G. Henderson, P.S.; M. Eoos, K.A.C.; A. Wolff, M. 3d V.; E. J. Moseley, M. 2d V.; C. H. Wil-
liams, M. 1st V.; G. H. Lesser, Treasurer; L. C. Elson, Secretary; James Welch, Tyler.
Dimitted—J. E. Smith, J. T. Taylor.
Died—J. W. Brooks.
Total members, 32. Total dues, $32.00.
Officers, 1874—Granville Henderson, H.P.; M. Levy, K.; E. V. Early, S.; Julius Elson, C.
of H.; Joe Eakins, P.S.; H. W. Wilson, E.A.C.; B. T. Eush, M. 3d V.; G. H. Lesser, M. 2d V.;
, M. 1st V.; D. Kosenbaum, Treasurer; Louis C. Elson, Secretary; William S. Patton,
P.G.H.P., {not a member) Tyler.
Members—J. D. Kline, P.H.P., A. L. Burwell, W. C. Ford, John H. Gibbs, E. E. Harris,
James Holbrook, W. G. Jones, E. J. Moseley, Lee Shackleford, C. H. Williams, W. H. White,
J. W. Young.—Total 22.
Dimitted—A. G. Fredritce, A. J. Peck, M. Eoos.
Died—William Gaston, James Welch.
Expelled—A. Wolff, p.h.p., expelled by Lauderdale Lodge, No. 308.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—John Armstrong, Charles Beese, D. G. Smith, Aaron
Weill.
Total members 22. Total dues, $22.00. Convocations 1st Tuesdays.
Oholona, No. 27—0kolona, Chickasaw County.
Officers, 1873—T. W. Williams, H.P.; Jacob A. Loughridge, K.; James E. Noe, S.; Charles
N. Simpson, C. of H.; Isaac D. Blumenthall, P. S.; Eobert Leland, E. A. C.; James M. Carter,
M. 3d V.; E. M. Walker, M. 2d V.; Eobt. D. Abernathy, M. 1st V.; Jno. McCarley, Treasurer;
A. Greener, Secretary; J. Harris Mauldin, Tyler.
Exalted—James M. Carter, E. M. Walker, A. Greener, .Eobert D. Abernathy, C. W. Eich-
ardson, Eobert Leland.
Affiliated—John P. Porter.
Eeinstated—John Thornton, A. Buford.
Expelled—Charles J. Moore.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Jos. Bretney, p.h.p.; A. D. Brooks, G. G. Horton.
Total members, 32. Total dues, $44.00.
Officers, 1874—William M. Bodenhamer, H.P.; C. N. Simpson, K.; William M. Buchanan,
S.; A. Babbitt, C. of H.; J. S. Cain, P.8.; J. M. Carter, E.A.C.; E. M. Walker, M. 3d V.; John
McCurley, M. 2d V.; E. D. Abernathy, M. 1st V.; T. W. Williams, Treasurer; I. D. Blumen-
thall, Secretary; J. H. Mauldin, Tyler.
Members—J. S. Abernathy, A. Buford, J. A. Bell, H. L. Hill, A. Greener, J. W. Miller, R. C.
Leland, J. A. Loughridge, J. E. Noe, O. Pollard, A. Pollard, J. P. Porter, C. W. Eichardson, H.
Eafalsky, John Thornton, John E. Wren.
Reinstated—J. A. Bell, J. S. Abernathy.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. G. Arnold, W. H. D. Crawford, W. D. Carr,
William M. Penney, Jr., J. H. Tucker.
Total members 28. Dues $28.00. Convocations 2d Thursdays.
Walker, No. 28—Sardis, Panola County.
Officers, 1873—David A. Kinchloe, H. P.; J. J. Meek, K.; L. D. Greenlaw, S.; John Wright,
C. of H.; W. H. Wall, P. S.; C. C. Wilboum, E. A. C.; C. J. Boucher, M. 3d V.; B. C. Kyle,
M. 2d V.; Thomas M. Duval, M. 1st V.; John D. Hightower, Treasurer; John C. Harrison, Sec-
retary; J. W. Moore, Tyler.
Exalted—C. C. Wilbourn, B. C. Kyle, C. W. Duval, J. W. Moore, M. J. Williams, Thomas
M. Duval, Jos. R. Jackson, E. C. Balch.
Affiliated—John C. H. Rhodes, I. N. Davis, J. J. Meek, W. M. Marshall.
Expelled—R. H. Strauss.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—W. M. Shanahan, T. J. Cary, A. F. Betts, John W.
Jones.
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Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues—W. C. Musgrove, Marion A. Myers.
Total members 41. Total dues $57.00.
Officees,- 1874—David A. Kinchloe, H.P.; W. Ovid Mabry, K.; John C. Harrison, S.; John
"Wright, C. of H.; William H. Wall, P. S.; C. W. Duval, R.A.C.; S. R. Blann, M. 3d V.; B. C.
Kyle, M. 2d V.; Thomas M. Duval, M. 1st V.; John D. Hightower, Treasurer; R. W. Crump,
Secretary; Robert Jackson, Tyler.
Membees—Adam Brown, C. J. Boucher, R. C. Balch, D. L. Childress, L. P. Cooper, H. C.
Cary, A. L. Crumby, John R. Dickins, I. N. Davis, A. J. Ellis, L. D. Greenlaw, John W. John-
son, Joseph R. Jackson, William M. Marshall, Ed. F. McGehee, p.h.p., William M. Miller, Jeff.'
J. Meek, J. W. Moore, B. R. Perry, C. C. Wilbourn, Thomas F. Wilson, M. J. Williams, C. B.
Young.
Exaltations—William W. Miller, L. P. Cooper, R. W. Crump, Robert Jackson, H. C. Cary,
A. L. Crumby.
Affiliated—W. Ovid Mabry.
Dimitted—Hiram W. Harris, George R. Hunt, Ro. H. Rivers.
Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues—Josias Allen, John C. Brahan, John Bryant, Thos.
F. Brahan, S. B. G. Caruthers, C. K. Caruthers, M. F. Gilchrist, J. C. H. Rhodes, R. P. Sorrels,
John H. White.
Total members 35. Dues $47.00. Convocations 1st Thursdays.
Washington, No. 29—Utica, Hinds County.
Officees, 1873—Samuel McClellan, H.P.; H. J. Sarrett, K.; Robert White, S.; W. J. Allen,
C. of H.; James C. Ross, P.S.; Joseph Regan, R.A.C.; William Taylor, M. 3d V.; Lorenzo
White, M. 2d V.; D. J. Hartzog, M. 1st V.; W. D. McClellan, Treasurer; S. E. Dudley, Secre-
tary; C. P. Yaughn, Tyler.
Reinstated—H. J. Sarrett.
Died—William McPherson.
Total members, 27. Total dues, $28.00.
Officees, 1874—H. J. Sarrett, H. P.; Wm. D. McClellan, K., William Taylor, S.; William
J. Allen, C. of H.; John Fisher, P. S.; John C. Nixon, R. A. C.; James C. Ross, M. 3d V.; J. E.
W. Cook, M. 2d V.; H. F. Foster, M. 1st V.; D. J. Hartzog, Treasurer; Samuel E. Dudley, Sec-
retary; Middleton Ford, Chaplain; C. P. Yaughn, Tyler.
Membees--Samuel McClellan, p. h.p., Jacob H.Campbell, G. D.England, Hayward Foote,
H. F. Foster, L. Harrel, Joseph W. Jacobs, W. W. Johnston, W. J. Lum, D. A. J. Parker, Jos.
Regan, Robert White.—Total 25.
Exaltations—G. D. England, H. F. Foster, L. Harrel.
Affiliated—Nathan G. Martin, John C. Nix.
Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues—Thomas W. Brown, T. J. Hutchins, S. Hutchins,
S. G. Kelker, James May, Charles R. Regan.
Total members, 25. Dues $31.00. Convocations, 2d Wednesdays.
Shongalo, No. 30—Vaiden, Carroll County.
Officees, 1873—T. C. Everett, H.P.; J. A. Applewhite, K.; William Joyce, S.; S. C. Bains,
C. of H.; T. C. Harris, P.S.; S. Lichenstein, R.A.C.; S. R. Sproles, M. 3d V.; E. B. Gordon, M.
2d Y.; J. T. Harris, M. 1st V.; R. C. Wilson, Treasurer; B. J. Kopperl, Secretary; E. L. Wood,
Tyler.
Affiliated—S. J. Durham, G. P. Gillaspie, William Joyce.
Dimitted—G. W. Jernigan, Frank Hawkins.
Died—James Applewhite, J. A. H. Haslett.
Suspended foe Unmasonic Conduct—Daniel Adair.
Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues—A. H. Brantley, J. B. Dunn.
Total members, 39. Total dues, $39.00.
Officees, 1874—T. C. Everett, H.P.; J. A. Applewhite, K.; J. J. Tate, S.; J. L. Anderson, C.
of H.; B. Foreheimer, P. S.; S. Lichenstein, R.A.C.; S. L. Hirsh, M. 3d Y.; D. H. Cohron,SM.
2d Y.; S. C. Bains, M. 1st Y.; W. E. Whittle, Treasurer; B. J. Kopperl, Secretary; E. B. Gor-
don, Tyler.
Membees—R. S. Allen, Sr., Zack Blackman, W. D. Brock, W. C. Billingsley, J. M. Cross, S.
J. Durham, T. J. Fullilove, D. P. Gillaspie, G. W. Humphries, T. C. Harris, J. T. Harris, Wm.
Joyce, J. W. Lowry, W. S. Myers, Z. Oldham, W. W. Phillips, A. J. Sanderson, J. M. Ship, S.
R. Sproles, R. C. Wilson, Att Willshire, Wiley Kelly, J. A. Webb, E. L. Wood, S. N. Ely, T. B.
Kennedy, H. C. Blackman.—Total 39.
Note. -The three last names, omitted and not accounted for, are added by Gr. Secretary.
Reinstated—A. H. Brantley. . • ^ ^ ™ -r^
Total members, 49. Dues, (including $1.00 back dues for Companion reinstated) $40.00. Dues
remitted. Convocations 1st Fridays.
Emory, No. 32—Black Hawk, Carroll County.
0 „ 1873—J. M. Johnson, H. P.; C. J. Coleman, K.; B. H. McGee, S.; R. D. Meek, C.
of ' Kittrell, P. S.; S. A. Eggleston, R. A. C.; B. T. Sayer, M. 3d V.; W. P. Clement,
M. 2d V.'; G. W. Comstock, M. 1st V.; W. K. Turner, Treasurer; W. G. Ingram, Secretary;
D.*H. Jordan, Tyler.
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Exalted—J. L. C. Pate, L. H. Jenkins, H. H. McGehee, J. B. Garrott, W. G. Ingram, Fred
Attneave, J. A. Lundy, A. E. Stone, B. T. Sayer, H. W. Cooley, T. F. C. Hinson, T. H. Bibb.
Affiliated—J. M. Fansher, W. M. McGehee.
Total members 56. Total dues $74.00.
Officers, 1874—C. J. Coleman, H. P.; B. H. McGee, K.; J. B. Ewbanks, S.; R. D. Meek,
C. of H.; B. F. Kittrell, P. S.; S. A. Eggleston, R. A. C.; H. W. Cooley, M. 3d V.; W. P. Clem-
ent, M. 2d V.; W. R. Baker, M. 1st V.; W. K. Turner, Treasurer; W. G. Ingram, Secretary;
D. H. Jordan, Tyler.
Members—J. M. Johnson, p.h.p., W. R. Anderson, Fred Attneave, J. C. Bertron, T. H. Bibb,
G. W. Comstock, W. R. Cade, A. D. Cooke, John W. Downer, J. M. Fancher, Henry Gillum,
J. B. Garrott, T. F. C. Hinson, J. M. Hill, W. B. Helm, J. A. Hamilton, H. T. Hampton, C. A.
Hughes, B. M. Hicks, J. H. Johnson, L. N. Jenkins, R. C. Jenkins, J. A. Lundy, H. B. McGee,
H. H. McGehee, W. M. McGehee, J. W. McRae, R. B. Prince, W. B. Prince, J. H. Porter, J. L.
C. Pate, H. J. Reid, A. J. Reeves, B. T. Sayer, A. E. Stone, J. T. Streater, J. C. Towns, T. S.
Threadgill, H. S. "Wade.
Exaltations—W. R. Baker, C. A. Hughes.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—T. C. Parrish, p.h.p.
Total members 51. Dues $55.00. Convocations 4th Fridays.
Lafayette, No. S3—Oxford, Lafayette County.
Officers, 1873—D. M. Smith, H. P.; C. H. Bell, K.; C. Myer, S.; George W. Delbridge, C. of
H.; J. H. McKie, P. S.; N. A. Isom, R. A. C.; W. H. Smither, M. 3d V.; J. H. McPherson, M.
2d V.; "W. Wyatt, M. 1st V.; J. L. Harris, Treasurer; J. "W. Nabers, Secretary; T. H. Lynam,
Tyler.
Exalted—R. C. Arnold, A. M. Arnold, George A. Logan.
Dimitted—F. M. Ferrill, Julius Bernheim.
Total members 45. Total Dues $51.00.
Officers, 1874—Donnell M. Smith, H. P.; Thomas L. Harris, K.; Charles Myer, S.; New-
ton A. Isom, C. of H.; John H. McKie, P. S.; W. "W. Wyatt, R. A. C.; William H. Smither,
M. 3d V.; Thomas J. Chandler, M. 2d V.; George W. Delbridge, M. 1st V.; James M. Howry,
p.g.h.p, Treasurer; Edward Carter, Secretary; Thomas H. Lynam, Tyler.
Members—Claiborne H. Bell, p.h.p., Josiah Able, William E. Avent, R. C. Arnold, A. M. Ar-
nold, William S. Burney, James R. Burney, James D. Delbridge, Isaac A. Duncan, A. M. Gra-
ham, Jesse E. Hudgens, B. F. Houston, A. Hayes, James M. Dooley, James L. Kindel, George
A. Logan, P. H. McCutchen, J. W. McPherson, E. M. Matthews, William H. Marshall, Wm.
S. Neilson, H. E. Rascoe, A. H. Sanders, P. J. Slate, William Thompson, George W. Smith, Jno.
Thompson, Richard B. Thacker, Henry Worley, Robert Webster.—Total 42.
Affiliated—Edward Carter, Arthur Hays.
Reinstated—W. J. Jones.
Dimitted—S. G. Burney, J. H. White, J. B. Surprise, W. W. McMahan, W. L. Lyles.
Died—C. M. Thompson, W. J. Jones.
Total members 42. Dues $46.00, including $4.00 back dues of Companion reinstated. Convo-
cations 3d Thursdays.
Neshoba, No. 34—Laurel Hill, Neshoba County.
Officers, 1873—E. L. Lewis, H. P.; Hugh McDonald, K.; A. McKay, S.; W. P. Frasier, C.
of H.; J. E. Simmons, P. S.; S. E. Steel, R. A. C.; John McMichael, M. 3d V.; James Watkins,
M. 2d V.; Charles Holland, M. 1st V.; John M. McMillan, Treasurer; J. S. Lewis, Secretary;
J. M. Germany, Tyler.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. G. Deskins, E. D. Gamblin.
Total members 22. Total Dues $22.00.
Officers, 1874—E. L. Lewis, H.P.; Hugh McDonald, K.; A. McKay, S.; W. P. Frasier, C. of
H.; J. E. Simmons, P.S.; S. E. Steel, R.A.C.; John McMichael, M. 3d V.; Jas. Watkins, M. 2d
V.; Charles Holland, M. 1st V.; J. M. McMillan, Treasurer; J. S. Lewis, Secretary; J. M. Ger-
many, Tyler.
Members—James Anderson, D. O. Anderson, A. G. Amis, W. C. Dowd, H. C. Greer, J. R.
Pace, Samuel Williams.
Died—J. W. Anderson.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—L. C. Franklin.
Total members, 19. Dues $19.00. Convocations 4th Saturdays.
Louisville, No. 36—Louisville, Winston County.
Officers, 1873—H. J. D. Hendricks, H.P.; J. B. Gage, K.; James D. Davis, S.; L. Lieben-
feld, C. of H., J. C. Shaw, P.S.; J. A. Graham, R.A.C.; M. A. Coleman, M. 3d V.; D. W. Metts,
M. 2d V.; J. M. Ware, M. 1st V.; E. Foster, Treasurer; G. Y. Woodward, Secretary; H. C. Ed-
wards, Tyler.
Exalted—J. B. Brown, M. A. Coleman, D. W. Metts.
Dimitted—J. C. Foster, in 1871, A. Burroughs.
Suspended—R. M. White.
Total members, 33. Total dues, $40.00.
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Officers, 1874—H. J. D. Hendricks, H. P.; J. P. Shaw, K.; J. B. Gage, S.; L. Liebenfeld,
C. of H.; J. C. Shaw, P. S.; H. C. Edwards, R. A. C.; N. Woodward, M. 3d V.; M. A. Coleman,
M. 2d V.; J. D. Shaw, M. 1st V.; E. Foster, Treasurer; G. Y. Woodward, Secretary; C. H. Ca-
gle, Tyler.
Members—William Barnes, J. H. Cornwell, J. D. Davis, W. H. Fox, E. Gaston, J. A. Gra-
ham, J. C. Holmes, E. D. Hyde, T. B. Hooker, John Kennedy, T. P. M. King, B. B. Lindsey,
D. W. Metts, M. A. Metts, G. Y. Metts, T. P. Metts, J. W. Parker, J. B. Poteet, Rufus Sulli-
van, J. L. Speakes, J. M. Ware.—Total 33.
Exaltations—T. B. Hooker, T. P. M. King, G. Y. Metts, T. P. Metts, J. W. Parker, J. D.
Shaw.
Reinstated—A. Burroughs, E. D. Hyde, C. Westerfield.
Dimitted—A. Burroughs, J. B. Brown, A. G. Patty, C. Westerfield.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—T. M. Bradley, G. W. Fulton, A. Gillis, Hugh
McQueen.
Total members 33. Total dues $52.00, including back dues of Companions Hyde and Wester-
field, reinstated. Convocations 3d Monday nights.
Union, No. 37— Richmond, Lee County.
Officers, 1872, 1873—G. W. Stovall, H. P.; William Beacham, K.; R. M. Borum, S.; George
Martin, C. of H.; Thomas Brooks, P. S.; W. E. Estes, R. A. C.; J. B. Little, M. 3d V.; E. Mar-
tin, M. 2d V.; John Edwards, M. 1st V.; A. D. Martin, Treasurer; A. S. Wear, (dead) Secretary;
J. B. Webb, Tyler.
Affiliated—J. P. Stovall.
Reinstated—R. W. Palmer, William Vincent.
Dimitted—William Beacham, J. M. Armstrong, William Vincent.
Total members 25. Total dues $34.00.
Officers, 1874—George Martin, H.P.; G. W. Stovall, p.h.p., K.; M. Pound, S.; J. P. Sto-
vafi, C. of H.; T. H. Boothe, P.S.; J. W. Little, R.A.C.; William Blythe, M. 3d V.; H. C. Sto-
vail, M. 2d V.; W. E. Estes, M. 1st V.; A. D. Martin, Treasurer; R. W. Palmer, Secretary; J.
B. Webb, Tyler.
Members—Thomas Brooks, Robert Beene, R. M. Borum, William Cooper, W. H. Keys, Geo.
Martin, Edward Martin, G. K. Madry, H. J. Stone, A. C. Tatum, R. S. Thomas.—Total 23.
Exalted—William Cooper, G. K. Madry, T. H. Booth, H. J. Stone, William Blythe, H. C.
Stovall.
Reinstated—Robert Beene, M. Pound, A. C. Tatum, F. Finny.
Dimitted—E. G. TUbmas, F. Finny.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—G. F. Burdine, W. R. Burdine, R. A. Burton, C.
Dowd, Eli Phillips, F. M. Threldkeld, Sugar Mayfield, Martin Gross, Bailey Shumpert.
Total members 23. Dues $67.00, including $32.00 back dues of reinstated Companions. Con-
vocations 4th Fridays.
Marshall, No. 40—North Mt. Pleasant, Marshall County.
Officers, 1873—A. Webb, H. P.; W. W. Walker, K.; H. S. Rogers, S.; W. J. Coopwood, C.
of H.; W. W. Tapscott, P. S.; B. Norris, R. A. C.; J. F. Crawford, M. 3d V.; P. M. Teel, M. 2d
V.; T. B. Gatewood, M. 1st V.; D. Smith, Treasurer; J. Albright, Secretary.
Exalted—G. W. Albright, F. M. Davis, J. L. Edwards, J. M. Oliphant, W. H. Smith, P. M.
Teel.
Affiliated—W. W. Tapscott.
Reinstated—D. F. Bates, James Bates, J. C. Warren.
Dimitted—Jeff. Bankhead, J. L. Edwards.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—E. P. Kilpatrick.
Total members 44. Total dues $56.00.
Officers, 1874—A. Webb, H. P.; M. H. Boyd, K.; G. W. Bowling, S.; W. J. Coopwood, C. of
H.; W. W Walker, P. S.; B. Norris, R. A. C.; J. F. Crawford, M. 3d V.; J. W. Morton, M.
2d V.;'J. Albright, M. 1st V.; D. Smith, Treasurer; F. M. Davis, Secretary;. H. W. Smith,
Tyler.
Members—G W Albright, D. F. Bates, E. Cannon, T. B. Gatewood, A. J. Green, J. P. Ham-
ton, T. C. Jowers, L. M. Knox, R. L. Knox, H. S. Rogers, C. Sullivan, J. E. Teel, P. M. Teel,
W. W. Tapscott, A. J. Vaughan.—Total 27.
Exalted—A. J. Green, J. W. Morton, C. Sullivan.
Affiliated—R. L. Knox.
Reinstated—E. P. Kilpa-trick.
Dimitted—E. P. Kilpatrick.
for Non-Payment of Dues—J. Bates, R. A. Baird, W. R. Crawford, D. E. Curl,
D L Coo-sdell J M. Cavitt, G. H. Hale, J. Lindermon, T. J. Lockhart, J. M. Oliphant, A. L.
Pearson,°G. Parker, E. Roach, J. Steel, W. L. Shaw, J. West, J. C. Warren, J. R. Walker, R.
A Wade John Wilson.
Total members 27. Dues $38.00, including $5.00 back dues of Companions reinstated. Con-
vocations 1st Saturdays.
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Amite, JVo. ^—Liberty, Amite County.
Officers, 1873—Charles P. Neilson, H. P.; Joseph R. Williams, K.; Elias Safford, S.; Charles
E. Davis, C. of H.; Charles Carroll, P. S.; David Wilson, R. A. C.; Thomas Reed, M. 3dV.;
James R. Aumock, M. 2d V; A. F. Strawn, M. 1st V.; Charles Carroll, Treasurer; B. F. Johns,
Secretary; David Jewett, Tyler.
Exalted—Joseph R. Williams.
Died—John G. Morgan.
Total members 31. Total Dues $33.00.
Officeks, 1874—Charles E. Davis, H.P.; Elias Safford, K.; Joseph R. Williams, S.; David
H. Bryant, C. of EL; Charles Carroll, P. S.; Charles P. Neilson, R.A.C.; William P. Anderson,
M. 3d V.; William L. Davis, M. 2d V.; B. F. Johns, M. 1st V.; Charles Carroll, Treasurer; B. F.
Johns, Secretary; David Jewett, Tyler.
Members—M. P. Bates, Z. P. Butler, Isaiah Cerf, W. D. Davidson, W. L. Davis, S. Gardner,
C.C.Germany, M.B.Gillespie, James Hinson, James E. Jagers, James A. Jenkins, JohnH.
Nunnery, H. H. Ratcliffe, Thomas Reed, Y. F. Swearingen, A. F. Strawn, E. L. Tarver, W. A.
Tarver, W. M. Weathersby, F. C. Wrenn, David Wilson.—Total 32.
Affiliated—David H. Bryant.
Died—John Tebow.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—James R. Aumock.
Total members 32. Dues $32.00. Convocations, Mondays on or preceding full moons.
Tallahatchie, JVo. Charleston, Tallahatchie County.
Officers, 1873—W. H. FitzGerald, H.P.; J. A. Crofford, K.; G. B. Roberson, S.; S. C. Barnes,
C. of H.; C. J. F. Meriwether, P.S.; T. W. Turner, R.A.C.; M. F. Holshouser, M. 3d Y.; W. A.
Alcorn, M. 2d V.; W. H. Roberson, M. 1st V.; J. W. Buckley, Treasurer; J. W. Bellamy, Secre-
tary; W. R. Erwin, Tyler.
Exalted—W. A. Alcorn, J. J. Slack, T. W. Turner.
Died—J. M. R. Simmons, J. F. M. Young.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—S. Barnes, F. W. Boisclair, J. EL Dame, W. W.
Finley, B. F. Lester, J. W. Tanner.
Total members, 26. Total dues, $32.00.
Officers, 1874—W. EL FitzGerald, H.P.; T. W. Turner, IE.; J. W. Buckley, S.; W. R. Er-
win, C. of EL; C. J. F. Meriwether, P.S.; W. A. Alcorn, R.A.C.; M. F. Holshouser, M. 3d V.;
W. H. Roberson, M. 2d V.; J. D. Steele, M. 1st V.; G. B. Roberson, Treasurer; J. W. Bellamy,
Secretary; G. P. Rice, Tyler. •
Members—A. Ball, J. S. Bailey, John Blythe, T. F. Crofford, J. W. Erwin, B. F. A. Lilly,
Jerry Robinson, J. A. Ross, G. B. Roberson, J. J. Slack, N. P. Starke, R. Quarles, F. A. Wil-
kerson.
Exalted—John Blythe, Jerry Robinson, N. P. Starke.
Died—J. A. Crofford, Jan. 1, 1873; S. C. Barnes, Feb. 28, 1873; A. G. Murphey, June 7,1873.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—James McClane, James P. Rhew.
Total members, 25. Dues $31.00. Convocations 3d Monday nights.
Enterprise, JVo. Enterprise, Clarke County.
Officers, 1873—S. W. Lee, H.P.; John Kamper, K.; G. M. Shaw, S.; J. A. Andrews, C. of
H.; J. M. Hand, P.S.; J. U. McCormick, R.A.C.; F. 8. Pickel, M. 3d V.; Samuel Ballard, M. 2d
A. V. Woolverton, M. 1st V.; C. Kramer, Treasurer; Jas. W. Winn, Secretary; J. M. Buntyn,
Tyler.
Officers, 1874—J. M. Hand, H.P.; S. W. Lee, K.; F. S. Pickel, S.; J. U. McCormick, C. of
H.; J. W. Winn, P.S.; G. M. Shaw, .RA.C.; John Kamper, M. 3d V.; J. A. Andrews,M. 2d Y.;
A. V. Woolverton, M. 1st V.; C. Kramer, Treasurer; A. Gusman, Secretary; Samuel Ballard,
Tyler.
Members—S. J. Bingham, Ira J. Carter, W. P. Davis, A. Gusman, W. H. Hardy, Robert
Hanna.
Exalted—S. J. Bingham, A. Gusman, Robert Hanna.
Dimitted—C. Corbett, a.. G. Levy, T. H. Wilson.
Died—H. D. Moody, W. K. Flowers.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—S. R. Oliphant, C. F. Mayerhoff, G. W, Holden, H.
Harding, James Woods, Jacob Hurst.
Total Members, 18. Dues $18.00. Convocations 3d Thursdays.
BK3T Returns or dues for 1872 not yet received.
Verona, JVo. 4r?~Ver0Tia> Lee County.
Oiffcers 1873—R. C. Cunningham, H.P.; Thomas E. Cannon, K.; T. B. Smith, S.; Robert
L. Trice, C. of H.; G. C. Bessonett, P.S.; J. S. Cobb, R.A.C.; Z. T. Trice, M. 3d V.; B. S. Trice,
M. 2d Y.; J. R. Johnson, M. 1st V.; B. T. Armstrong, Treasurer; A. H. Raymond, Secretary;
J. B. Childers, Tyler.
Exalted—Z. T. Trice, J. B. Childers, H. H. Smith.
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Reinstated—S. C. Robinson, W. M. Cunningham, J. T. Borah, E. F. Jackson, W. J. Norwood.
Dimitted—E. F. Jackson.
Total members, 29. Total dues $52.00.
Officers 1874-R. C. Cunningham, H.P.; Thomas E. Cannon, K.; T. B. Smith, S.; Robert
L. Trice, C. of H.; G. C. Bessonett, P.S.; B. S. Trice, R.A.C.; A. H. Raymond, M. 3d V.; J. S.
Cobb, M. 2d Y.; C. W. Taylor* M. 1st V.; Z. T. Trice, Treasurer ; T. C. Wier, Secretary; J. B.
Childers, Tyler.
Members—B. T. Armstrong, W. M. Cunningham, R. C. Clark, J. M. Burton, J. T. Borah,
J. N. Davis, J. H. Garmon, J. W. Hunter, J. R. Johnson, J. R. McCanlas, B. R. McGaughey,
W. J. Norwood, J. A. Peebles, S. C. Robinson, H. H. Smith, P. A. Scales, Wm. Gibson.
Exalted—T. C. "Wier, J. W. Hunter, J. R. McCanlas.
Affiliated—J. A. Peebles.
Dimitted—J. M. Trice, H. L. Porter, W. C. Bromley.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—H. C. Wilson, J. L. Caruth.
Total members, 29. Dues $35.00. Convocations 3d Wednesdays.
* Appears in roll for first time without explanation.
Ripley, JVo. g8—Ripley, Tippah County.
Officers 1873—A. C. Rucker, H. P.; John T. Murry, K.; J. C. Spight, S.; J. E. Rogers, C. of
H.; J. H. Buchanan, P.S.; J. T. Martin, R.A.C.; R. I. Hill, M. 3d V.; J. A. Crook, M. 2d V.;
J. S. Downen, M. 1st V.; W. D. Carter, Treasurer; W. W. Robinson, Secretary; E. F. Jordan,
Tyler.
Exalted—B. H. Bounds, J. S. Downen, W. B. Spight.
Dimitted—B. H. Bounds, J. P. Peeler.
Total members, 37. Total dues, $43.00.
Officers, 1874—A. C. Rucker, H. P.; C. L. Harris, K.; J. C. Spight, S.; J. E. Rogers, C. of H.;
J. H. Buchanan, P.S.; J. Y. Murry, R.A.C.; S. R. Spight, M. 3d V.; H. T. Counceille, M. 2d V.;
J. S. Downen, M. 1st V.; W. D. Carter, Treasurer; W. W. Robinson, Secretary; E. F. Jordan,
Tyler.
Members—J. A. Crook, E. A. Cox, B. W. Dickson, J. A. Fife, R. I. Hill, J. O. Kelly, J. S.
Laird, M. P. Lowrey, J. W. Luter, C. P. Miller, J. T. Martin, Moses McCarley, L. S. McCown,
Joseph Pearce, C. C. Rucker, B. B. Rutherford, W. O. Rutherford, B. B. Smith, W. B. Spight,
H. A. Stubbs, Samuel White, J. M. Walker, H. F. Wells, J. W. Wilson, A. H. Wilson, W. T.
Young.—Total 38.
Affiliated—H. T. Counceille, C. L. Harris.
Died—C. G. Haynes.
Total members 38. Dues $38.00 Convocations 2d Wednesdays.
New Albany, No. Jf9—New Albany, Union County.
Officers, 1873—Joel A. Hearne, H. P.; Chas. G. Mitchell, K.; Adlai Beard, S.; Wm. H.
Harris, C. ot H.; Jo. Jeff. Davis, P. S.: J. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; Geo. W. Dorsey, M. 3d V.;
Wm. C. Gillen, M. 2d V.; Jas. A. Hill, M. 1st V.; Norbin J. Mayes, Treasurer, W. Preston
Smith, Secretary; Jefferson Orr, Tyler.
Died—Chas. T. Bond, Past Grand High Priest, Pressley R. Harris.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Waddy A. Bacon, John W. Buchanan, M. W.
Martin, Wm. C. Swindoll, Jr., David, D. Stewart.
Total members 39. Total dues $39.00.
Officers, 1874—Joel A. Hearne, H. P.; E. M. Coker, K.; F. W. Cullens, S.; J. H. Dalton,
C. of H.; N. A. Wilkins, P. S.; J. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; W. C. Gillen, M. 3d V.; J. L. Young,
M. 2d V.; G. W. Dorsey, M. 1st V.; A. Beard, Treasurer, C. G. Mitchell, Secretary; Jeff. Orr,
Tyler.
Members—J. J. Anderson, J. B. Butler, J. H. Crump, J. J. Davis, G. L. Driver J. P. Duff,
W. M. Ellis, J. H. Embry, John R. Ford, A. H. Ferguson, G. W. Hall, Wm. H. Harris, W. J.
Houston, E. D. Hogge, J. A. Hill, W. M. Love, J. A. MeBryde, B. C. S. McAlister, N. J. Mayes,
W. Pennebaker, J. A. Robbins, W. L. Reynolds, J. W. Russey, E. Y. Reaves, J. W. Smith,
W. B. Sanford, J. S. Swafford, Isaac Smith, Thos. H. Smith, W. P. Smith, R. J. Turner, W. C.
Talley, Wm. West, T. A. J. Wade, N. S. Watson, J. M. Wood, A. F. Yerby, J. W. Douglass—
Total 50.
Exaltations—J. A. MeBryde, G. W. Hall, J. W. Russe, J. H. Dalton, J. W. Douglas, J. M.
Wood, F. W. Cullens, E. Y. Reaves, J. J. Anderson, Thos. H. Smith, J. L. Young, A. F. Yerby,
W. M. Love, Isaac Smith, J. H. Crump.
Affiliated—J. W. Smith.
Dimitted—Willis Dean, Madison Orr.
DiED-Booker Foster, D. L. Tyler, J. F. Graham , c, c, m ,
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—E. C. Clary, S. A. Heard, S. S. Tyler.
Total members 50. Dues $84.00. Convocations 1st Saturdays after 1st Fridays.
Mt. Carmel, No. 50—Mt. Carmel, Covington County.
0 RS 1873—Isaac Williams, H. P.; Nathan Barnes, K.; John McRaney, S.; Jas. A. Bass,
C of h ; w. r. Hooker, P. S.; J. M. Applewhite, R. A. C.; Benj; Leonard, M. 3d V.; J. L.
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Beavers, M. 2d V.; W. L. Strahan, M. 1st V.; NeilMatherson, Treasurer; L. W. Gray, Secretary,
Jerry Bass, Tyler.
Reinstated— J. L. Beavers, Reter Fairley, Benj.'Leonard, John McRaney.
Dimitted—Henry P. Lewis.
Died—Calvin Barnes, Jacob Hollander.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Harris Barnes, Nathan Buckley, O. H. David, J. C.
Freeman, Archy Fairley, E. T. Hudnall, W. W. Roberson, W. A. Williams, R. M. Webster.
Total members 21. Total dues $29.00.
Officers, 1874—same as for 1873.
Members—C. S. Brinson, M. L. Banks, John Buckhalter, Peter Fairly, Hambrick Hooker,
J. N. Mclnnis, Wm. Rutledge, Wilson Price, John C. Freeman, Jacob Hollander.
Total officers and members 22. Dues $22.00. Convocations, Friday before first Saturdays.
Geo. Washington, JVo. 51—Chulahoma, Marshall Co.
No Return received for 1872.
Officers, 1873, 1874—B. N. Alexander, H. P.; P. H. Jenkins, K.; E. W. Bloodworth, S.; R. P.
Bowen, C. of H.; J. W. Stephenson, P. S.; W. F. Hyer, R. A. C.; G. W. McKie, M. 3d V.; L. J.
Wilson, M. 2d V.; David Lawman, M. 1st V.; C. S. Bowen, Treasurer, J. H. Alexander,
Secretary; D. M. Davis, Tyler.
Affiliated—J. C. Offutt.
Dimitted—S. H. Pryor, H. L. Alexander, Jos. H. Brooks.
Total members 13. Dues $13.00. Convocations 3d Saturdays.
Patton, No. 52—Lauderdale Station, Lauderdale County.
No Return received for 1872.
Officers, 1874—R. McKinley, H. P.; C. M. Kelly, K.; Elias Moore, S.; J. L. Simmons, C. of
H.; J. C. Porter, P. S.; L. H. Wedgworth, R. A. C.; Lewis Oches, M. 3d V.; J. L. Nunnery, M.
2d V.; R. B. Wilder, M. 1st V.; John Sanderford, Treasurer; Lewis Klein, Secretary, E. W.
Smithwick, Tyler.
Members—W. S. Patton, p. g. h. p., T. Y. Armstrong, Robert Brown, J. W. Crawley, John
Dove, Charles Hoffman, W. A. Kelley, S. P. Kennedy, R. W. Miller, C. G. Miller, W. R.
McKinley, J. G. McArthur, E. R. Perkins, Thos. Simmons, Hyman Yaretzky—Total 27.
Exaltations—Charles Hoffman, Lewis Klein, Lewis Oches, E. R. Perkins, John Sanderford,
L. H. Wedgworth.
Affiliated—Hyman Yaretzky.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—E. C. Gibbs, Wm. Moore, S. H. Furgerson, James
M. Crawley, E. A. R. Cocke, W. R. Perkins, James MeCarty, Reuben Smith, A. D. McCullough,
N. G. Joiner, Alfred Pace, Wesley Brown, J. L. Cooper.
Total members 27. Dues 39.00. Convocations Fridays before 4th Saturdays.
Palo Alto, No. 53—Palo Alto, Colfax County.
Officers, 1873—D. B. Hill, H. P.; S. A. Deanes, K.; J. B. Walkins, S.; W. C. Coopwood, C. of
H.; T. C. Williamson, P. S.; J. C. Hill, R. A. C.; W. A. Ward, M. 3d V.; Jno. M. Coleman, M.
2d V.; W. L. Beall, M. 1st. V.; D. Robertson, Treasurer; Wm. H. Hill, Secretary; A. Medlock,
Tyler.
Exalted—H. D. Bennett, Jno. M. Coleman, J. C. Hill.
Died—Jno. L. Armistead.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—R. M. Garvin, S. G. Ivy, W. P. Malone, Clifton
St Clair.
Total members 21. Total dues $27.00.
Officers, 1874—D. B. Hill, H. P.; Jas. B. Watkins, K.; J. M. Coleman, S.; J. C. Hill, C. of
H.; W. C. Coopwood, P. S.; S. A. Deanes, R. A. C.; C. J. Townsend, M. 3d V.; H. D. Bennett, M.
2d V.; John White, M. 1st V.; W. A. Ward, Treasurer; Wm. H. Hill, Secretary; A. Medlock,
Tyler.
Members—W. L. Beall, H. M. Ivy, T. L. Reid, David Robertson, J. S. Williams, T. C.
Williamson—Total 18.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—John C. Miller, W. C. McVey.
Total members 18. Dues $18.00. Convocations 1st Saturdays, 2 P. M.
Bethesda, No. 55—Palmer's Springs, Attala County, Kos-
euisho P. O.
No Return received for 1872 or 1873. Companion A. W. Mitchell was High Priest for 1872,
and Companion C. W. Clark, Secretary. Last total reported, 32. Charter forfeited.
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Wright, JVo. 56—Independence, DeSoto County.
Officers, 1873—J. P. MeCrackin, H. P.; J. W. Bowden, K.; A. J. Wallace, S.; J. a. San-
didge, C. of H.; Jas. A. Harris, P. S.; W. W. Grady, K. A. C.; W. R. J. Jones, M. 3d V.; G. R.
Sandidge, M. 2d V.; J. C. Graham, M. 1st V.; Robert Jamison, Treasurer; J. T. Harry, Seere-
tary; W. F. Walker, Tyler.
Dimitted—W. T. Richmond, Sampson Key, Thos. Leonard.
Died—W. A. Russwurm, M. P. Peterson.
Total members, 23. Total dues $23.00.
Officers, 1874—J. P. McCracMn, H. P.; J. W. Bowden, K.; A. J. Wallace, S.; J. Q. Sandidge,
C. of H.; J. A. Harris, P. S.; W. W. Grady, R.A.C.; W. R. P. Jones, M. 3d V.; J. L. Graham,
M. 2d "V.; J. C. Graham, M. 1st Y.; Robt. Jamison, Treasurer; J. T. Harry, Secretary; W. F.
Walker, Tyler.
Members—B. R. Chambliss, p. h. p., J. A. Harrison, D. W. Allen, A. Cathey, A. Carnitine,
Josiah Daily, W. P. Bason, R. C. Orr, G. R. Sandidge, D. J. Perry, Exm Perry—Total 23.
Total members 23. Dues $23.00. Convocations 3d Saturdays.
Baldwyn, JVo. 5 7—Baldwyn, Lee County.
Officers, 1873—Jas. H. Kennedy, H. P.; Edward J. Williams, K.; W. D. MeWhoiter, S.;
Andrew G. Crockett, C. of H.; Jerry A. Thompson, P. S.; Thos. G. Stocks, R.A.C.; Robert E.
Delany, M. 3d Y.; Thos. B. Stubbs, M. 2d V.; Wm. W. Lowry, M. 1st V.; Isham R. Wailis.
Treasurer; Lee C. Prather, Secretary; John Stephenson, Tyler.
Reinstated—David Johnson.
Dimitted—Lynn Walker, R. H. Porter.
Died—A. J. Taylor, p. h. p., W. W. Pearson.
Suspended for TJnmasonic Conduct—T. F. Parker, by action of Marietta Lodge, No. 188.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—A. W. Sandelin.
Total members 31. Total Dues $32.00.
Officers, 1874-Robt. H. Allen, H. P.; Jerry A. Thompson K.; L. L. Harwell, S.; A. G.
Crockett, C. of H.; B. W. Stubbs, S.; R. E. Delany, R.A.C.; (none installed! M. 3d Y.; J. R
Williams, M. 2d V.; T. N. Butler, M. 1st V.; J. R. Wailis, Treasurer; (none installed! Secretary:
Jno. Stevenson, Tyler.
Members, 1874—W. R. H. Mosely, p. h. p.; P. M. Savery, p. h. p.; J. H. Kennedy, p. h. p.;
C. H. Allen, J. J. Andrews, Jno. D. Bills, J. R. Bristow, Jno. G. Cole, S. W. Hankins, J. M.
Herring, T. W.Houston, David Johnson, O. Lucas, W. W. Lowry, W. D. McWhorter, E.
Oliver, Wm. Pannell, L. C. Prather, J. P. Robinson, W. J. Rogers, B. B. Sanders, A. D. Sadler,
B. A. P. Selman, T. G. Stocks, F. H. Stubbs, Thos. B. Stubbs, Jas. Watson, E. J. Williams—
Total 38.
Exaltations—C. H. Allen, D. F. Ragan, R. J. Rogers.
Affiliatd—Owens Lucas.
Reinstated—E. Oliver, F. H. Stubbs, B. W. Stubbs, James Watson.
Dimitted—D. F. Ragan.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. C. Savage, Haven Stidham, J. C. Oliver, W. J.
Reeve.
Total members 38. Dues $67.00. Convocations third Saturdays.
Shubuta, JVo. 59—Shubuta, Clarhe County.
Officers, 1873—A. Boykin, H. P.; R. J. McLeod, K.; G. W. Ferrell, S.; O. B. Collins, C. of H.;
Jno. W. Weems, P. S.; R. D. Weems, R.A.C.; G. W. Yarborough, M. 3d V.; Jacob Sumrall,
M. 2d Y.; Jacob Hurst, M. 1st V.; S. Scarborough, Treasurer; Jno. S. Dabbs, Secretary; T. C.
Bethea, Tyler.
Exalted—O. B. Collins, Jacob Hurst, L. S. Morrison.
Died—J. S. Bass, J. H. Owens, Jno. B. Gordon.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. W. Boykin, Jere Saunders, Sampson Gordon, T.
Tobias.
Total members IS. Total dues $24.00.
Officers, 1874—O. B. Collins, H. P.; S. H. Terrall, K.; Jno. W. Weems, S.; J. H. Barber,
C. of H.; R. J. McLeod, P. S.; R. D. Weems, R.A.C.; J. A. Garrard, M. 3d V.; S. Scarborough,
M. 2d V.; J. Sumrall, M. 1st Y.; A. Boykin, p.h.p., Treasurer; Jno. S. Dabbs, Secretary; T. C.
Bethea, Tyler.
Members—G. W. Ferrell, M. B. Knight, p.h.p., L. S. Morrison, D. R. Red, S. H. Terrall, G.
W. Yarborough—Total 18.
Dimitted—P. H. Napier.
Died—G. W. Yarborough.
Total members 18. Dues $18.00. Convocations 3d Saturdays.
Panola, JVo. 60—Batesville, Panola County.
n™T„RC, 1873_p. Moore, H. P.; P. V. Lester, K.; M. N. Phillips, S.; L. D. Nickle, C. of H.
.IoS cox, P- S.; T. P. Brown, R. A. C.; R. M. Kyle, M. 3d V.; L. J. Ballard, M. 2d V.; W.
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H. Brown, M. 1st V.; John M. Boyles, Treasurer; J. "Wylie Callaway, Secretary; A. J. Browder,
Tyler.
Reinstated—S. F. Sorsby.
Dimitted—S. F. Sorsby, F. Randolph. _
Died—G. G. Nelson.
Suspended fob Non-Payment op Dues—W. E. Farmer, B. L. Ballard, J. J. Wright, J. M.
Wright, R. H. Moore.
Total members 29. Total dues $27.00.
Officers, 1874—L. D. Nickle, H. P.; M. N. Phillips, K.; P. V. Lester, S.; John M. Cox, C. of
H.; R. S. Littleton, P. S.; G. W. Thedford, R. A. C.; W. H. Brown, M. 3d V.; J. J. Byers, M.
2d V.; Jos. Simmons, M. 1st V.; John M. Boyles, Treasurer; L. J. Ballard, Secretary; A. J.
Browder, Tyler.
Members—F. Moore, p.h.p., David Butts, T. P. Brown, J. A. Cooper, W. W. Caldwell,
J. Wylie Callaway, Wm. Dugger, D. J. Goff, W. S. Harris, H. W. Harris, W. S. Hudson, C. S.
Hentz, Peter Hubbard, H. A. Johnson, R. M. Kyle, Wm. Lester, Sam'l Martin, E. C. Maxwell,
W. E. Stone, Isaac Silverstone, M. H. Trantham, D. M. Whitten, J. C. Wright—Total 35.
Exaltations—W. W. Caldwell, C. S. Hentz, R. S. Littleton, Isaac Silverstone, Jos. Simmons,
G. W. Thedford,
Total members 35. Dues $47.00. Convocations 2d Thursday nights.
Eureka, No. 61—Goodman, Holmes County.
Officers, 1873—D. Mitchell, H. P.; W. M. Wade, K.; B. L. Norvelle, S.; B. L. Taylor, C. of
H.; W. H. Magruder, P. S.; W. J. Taylor, R.A.C.; W. D. Young, M. 3d "V.; M. T. Roby, M. 2d
V.; J. W. Mitchell, M. 1st V.; John W. Taggart, Treasurer; M. L. Harmon, Secretary; R. J.
Moody, Tyler.
Exalted—Jas. E. Harman, Jos. W. Stingley, W. B. Turner, M. T. Roby, S. O. Jenkins, W.
M. Wade.
Dimitted—J. M. Ball.
Died—W. A. Pope.
Total members 34. Total dues $46.00
No Return for 1873, and dues of previous year not yet paid, (March 20, 1874.)
G. W. Perkins, No. 63—Horn Lake, HeSoto County.
Officers 1873—J. W. Rutland, H. P.; W. G. Elmore, K.; J. A. Torian, S.; E. R. Gill, C. of H.;
W. D. Davis, P.S.; Felix Davis, R.A.C.; J. C. Clements, M. 3d V.; J. A. Smith, M. 2d V.; J. N.
Bradford, M. 1st V.; R. P. Harris, Treasurer; W. J. Bynum, Secretary; B. Peebles, Tyler.
Dimitted—L. C. Taylor, S. L. Raines.
Died—A. H. Adams.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—R. C. Lea, A. F. Bell, F. M. Fletcher, L. C. Gab-
bert, S. D. Irwin, S. S. Robinson.
Total members 17. Total dues $17.00.
Officers, 1874—Not elected at date of making Return for 1873. No change in membership,
except—
Reinstated—R. C. Lea.
Died—J. A. Smith, (M. 2d Y".)
Total members 17. Dues, (including back dues of R. C. Lea,) $18.00. Convocations 3d Sat-
urdays.
Hover, No. 61f—Hover, Yazoo County.
Officers, 1873—Y". H. Fugate, H.P.: R. W. Shipp, K.; R. P. Fraiser, S.; A. M. Hicks, C. ofH.;
J. G. B. Collins, P.S.; W. G. N. Strickland, R.A.C.; J. W. Martin, M. 3d V.; J. W. Kirk,
M. 2d V.; W. T. Hodge, M. 1st V.; John A. Cheatham, Treasurer; W. H. Collins, Secretary; J.
H. Ferriss, Tyler.
Affiliated—B. L. Mitchell.
Reinstated—R. W. Shipp.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—T. C. Bradshaw.
Total members 22. Total dues $29.00.
Officers, 1874—V. H. Fugate, H. P.; R. W. Shipp, K.; C. M. White, S.; A. M. Hicks, C. of
H.; J. G. B. Collins, P. S.; W. G. N. Strickland, R. A. C.; Isaac W. Martin, M. 3d V.; J. T,
Jordan, M. 2d V.; W. T. Hodge, M. 1st V.; John A. Cheatham, Treasurer; W. H. Collins, Secre-
tary; J. H. Ferriss Tyler.
Members—T. E. Bradshaw, Thomas Brumfleld, M. P. Cheatham, R. P. Fraiser, W. F.
Gartley, J. W. Kirk, J. R. Mosley, L. Rice, S. D. Robertson, B. L. Sandidge—Total 22.
Reinstated—T. E. Bradshaw.
Dimitted—B. L. Mitchael.
Total members 22. Dues $23.00, (including $1.00 back dues Companion Bradshaw.) Convoca-
tions 4th Saturdays.
Chickasaw, No. 65—Cumberland, Choctaw County.
Officers, 1873—G. N. Robuck, H. P.; J. H. McLendon, K.; H. C. Avant, S.; W. A. Worn-
mack, C. of H.; Jas. Griffith, P. S.; W. R. Wade, R.A.C.; W. T. Watkins, M. 3d Y-.; A. P.
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Hasting, M. 2d V.; Hugh Logan, M. 1st V.; J. B. E. Carodine, Treasurer; E. J. Windham,
Secretary; J. S. Thomas, Tyler.
Reinstated—Hugh Ponder, W. A. Wommack.
Dimitted—L. B. Robuck, Hugh Ponder.
Total members 21. Total dues $25.00.
Offioeks, 1874—J. H. McLendon, H.P.; W. T. Watkins, K.; H. C. Avent, S.; Jas. Griffith,
C. of H.; W. A. Wommack, P.S.; J. M. Paden, R.A.C.; T. W. England, M. 3d V.; Hugh Logan, M.
2d V.; T. 0. Parkerson, M. 1st V.; J. E. B. Carodine, Treasurer; J. A. White, Secretary; W R
Wade, Tyler.
Members—G. N. Robuck, p.h.p.; J. R. Davis, A. P. Hasting, J. A. White, F. B. Paden, E. J.
Windham—Total 18.
Affiliated—T. C. Parkerson.
Reinstated—F. B. Paden.
Dimitted—J. S. Jennings, G. S. Jennings, S. H. Paden, J. O. McMullen.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—J. S. Thomas.
Total members 18. Dues $20.00, (including two years back dues of Companion F. B. Paden.)
Convocations 4th Saturdays.
Rienzi, No. 66—Rienzi, Alcorn County.
Officers, 1873—J. F. Arnold, H.P.; J. W. Stevens, Sr., K.; J. G. Barton, S.; C. W. Williams,
Jr., C. of H.; J. W. Stevens, Jr., P. S.; J. C. Johnston, R. A. C.; W. M. Ross, M. 3d V.; E. L.
Spencer, M. 2d V.; W. C. Sledge, M. 1st V.; I. N. Whiteside, Treasurer; Robert Henderson,
Secretary; W. H. H. Boone, Tyler.
Exalted—W. H. McDougal, John P. Farris, W. M. Ross, E. L. Spencer, W. C. Sledge, C. W.
Williams, Jr.
Dimitted—H. H. Isom, H. S. Whiteside.
Suspended fob TJnmasonic Conduct—William Gilmer.
Total members 35. Total dues $47.00.
Officers, 1874—J. F. Arnold, H.P.; J. W. Stevens, Sr., K.; J. G. Barton, S.; C. W. Williams.
Jr., C. of H.; B. F. Williams, P.S.; W. M. Ross, R.A.C.; E. L. Spencer, M. 3d V.; W. M. Wil-
liams, M. 2d V.; W. C. Sledge, M. 1st V.; J. W. Stevens, Jr., Treasurer; Robert Henderson,
Secretary; J. C. Johnston, Tyler.
Members—W. H. H. Boone, J. S. Britton, W. C. Blythe, A. Cathey, E. W. Carmack, O. D.
Fitzgerald, M. B. Feemster, John P. Farris, W. W. Fertick, John Gordon, S. J. Jumper, J. W.
Lowrance, W. L. Martin, W. S. Martin, Randolph Mott, W. H. McDougal, S. A. Nicholson,
E. F. Sorell, Pryor Scally, B. C. Stanley, W. A. Taylor, I. N. Whiteside, C. W. Williams, Sr.,
Jno. Wilson, Pat Smith, J. W. Morris.—Total 38. The two last names are added by Gr. Secre-
tary—they having been reported as members for 1872, and not accounted for in Return for 1873.
Exalted—W. W. Fertiek, J. W. Lowrance, S. A. Nicholson.
Affiliated—S. J. Jumper.
Total members 38. Dues $44.00. Convocations 1st Thursdays.
Euclid, No. 67—CocTcrum, DeSoto County.
Officers, 1873—A. F. Powers, H.P.; S. C. Powers, K.; J. W. McCall, S.; G. H. Anderson,
C. of H.; R. P. Riley, P.S.; S. O. B. Crockett, R.A.C.; W. S. Parsons, M) 3d V.; J. J. Edwards,
M. 2d V.; J. C. Langston, M. 1st V.; G. W. Fogg, Treasurer; (deceased) Secretary ; J. R. Hoi-
loway, Tyler.
Exalted—J. W. Beall, J. L. Knight, Marion Dean, John Dean, H. B. Laughter, Jas. Riley
Reinstated—C. Phillips.
Dimitted—J. P. PuUen, J. R. Crumpler, Phil. Summers.
Died—John H. Jean, M. B. Peterson, James Riley.
Total members 32. Total Dues $36.00.
Officers, 1874—W. P. Bowen, H.P.; J. W. Beall, K.; H. B. Laughter, S.; T. M. Dean, C. of
H.; John Thomas, P.S.; C. E. Smith, R.A.C.; A. M. Harwell, M. 3d V.; J. G. Edwards, M. 2d
V.; J. A. Dean, M. 1st V.; S. C. Powers, p.h.p., Treasurer; J. W. Lide, Secretary; J. R. Hollo-
way, Tyler.
Members—A. F. Powers, p.h.p., G. H. Anderson, J. J. Brooks, Jerard Collins, S. O. B. Crock-
ett, G. W. Fogg, J. L. Greer, J. J. Ingram, N. Ingram, J. C. Langston, D. H. Lewis, Ransom
Lea, G W. McCall, C. W. Mobley, H. B. Manes, H. C. Morehead, C. H. Phillips, J. C. Phillips,
W. L Parsons, John Richardson. William Robinson, R. P. Riley, J. B. Shipp.—Total 35.
Exalted—J. J. Brooks, H. C. Morehead, J. B. Shipp, D. H. Lewis, C. E. Smith, J. C. Phillips,
Dimitted—J. L. Knight. .
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—P. H. Irwin.
Total members 35. Dues $47.00. Convocations 2d Saturdays.
Scooba, No. 7 O—Scooba, Kemper County.
nT,_, 1072. 1873—H. C. Robinson, H. P.; J.- C. Hardin, Secretary.
Total members 22. Total dues $22.00. Charter surrendered February, 1873.
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John Hebron, No. 71—Bovina, Warren County.
No Returns or Dues for 1872, 1873. Charter forfeited, in consequence.
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Satartia, Yazoo County.
Officebs, 1873—William Richards, H. P.; J. S. Stampley, K.; Isaac Hamberlin, 8.; James
II. Martin, C. of EL; James NewbakeT, P. S.; Thomas H. White, R.A.C.; J. R. Bell, M. 3d "V.;
T. EL Childers, M. 2d V.; P. G. Hilderbrand, M. 1st V.; C. H. McAlpin, Treasurer; Dent H.
Miles, Secretary; W. W. Lumbley, Tyler.
Exalted—William Richards, George Jones, James Newbaker.
Dimitted—William A. Mansfield.
Died—James Futrell, Julius Hornthall, John Potter.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—J. B. Holloman.
Total members 30. Total dues $36.00.
Officebs, 1874—William Richards, H.P.; J. R. Bell, K.; Thomas H. .White, S.; James H.
Martin, C. of H.; Asa Sibley, P. S.; James Newbaker, R. A. C.; P. G. Hilderbrand, M. 3d V.;
Charles H. Wilder, M. 2d V.; W. T. Williams, M. 1st V.; C. H. McAlpin, Treasurer; Dent H.
Miles, Secretary; Wm. W. Lumbley, Tyler.
Membebs—W. J. Brigman, David J. Carter, T. H. Childress, Wm. H. Coursey, W. D. Gibbs,
F. M. Haining, Isaac Hamberlin, Thomas R. Holloman, John W. Jones, Lewis H. Jones, George
W. Jones, Robert G. Johnson, Turner Lumbley, John H. McCutchen, John Pugh, William H.
Richardson, John Stampley, J. S. Stampley, George O. Smith, Wm. W. Wiles.—Total 32.
Exalted—Charles H. Wilder, W. T. Williams, John Pugh.
Dimrrted—J. S. Stampley.
Died—Joseph W. Lear.
Total members 32. Dues $38.00. Convocations 2d Saturdays.
Ward No. 73—Senatobia, Tate County.
No Return received for 1872.
Officebs, 1873—J. E. Matthews, H. P.; W. H. Wilburn, K.; P. C. Lee, S.; W. A. Embry,
C. of H.; R. Stewart, P. S.; J. S. Jones, R. A. C.; D. T. Neighbors, M. 3d V.; J. A. Moss, M. 2d
V.; W. W. Gilmore, M. 1st. V.; R. J. Carter, Treasurer; J. M. Williams, Secretary; E. C.
Townsend, Tyler.
Officebs, 1874—W. A. Embry, H. P.; W. H. Wilburn, K.; O. F. West, S.; J. E. Matthews,
p.h.p., C. of H.; R. Stewart, P.S.; J. S. Jones, p.h.p., R.A.C.; D. T. Neighbors, M. 3d Y.; E. C.
Townsend, M. 2d Y.; J. A. Moss, M. 1st V.; R. J. Carter, Treasurer; J. M. Williams, Secretary;
R. L. Wait, Tyler.
Membebs—H. L. Anthony, W. H. Bounds, M. L. Benge, W. T. Cole, M. A. Duglass, P. C.
Lee, W. W. Gilmore, J. C. Miller, J. T. Miller, J. L. Mabry, L. W. Peace, James Pickle, James
Ruffin, R. J. Ramsy, A. P. Sage, H. J. Smith, D. H. A. Sanders, O. H. P. Slaton, A. H. Toombs,
L. C. Underwood, G. B. Wright, R. P. White.—Total 34.
Dimitted—A. T. Hudson, H. Hall, M. D. Johnston, S- M. Larimore, J. M. Logan, J. M.
Lively, J. M. Linly, J. A. Miller, C. A. Marshall, N. M. Williams, B. B. Wadell.
Died—George Hardin.
Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues—Thomas Oglesby, Joe Woolfolk.
Total members 34. Dues $34.00. Convocations 3d Fridays.
W. D. Ferriss, No. 7Jj-—Benton, Yazoo County.
Officebs, 1873—W. D. Ferriss, H.P.; D. Bunch, K.; George M. Powell, S.; J. H. Elliott, C.
of H., D. W. Thomas, P.S.; J. H. Burruss, R.A.C.; George W. Johnston, M. 3d V.; W. C. Day,
M. 2d V.; J. A. Purvis, M. 1st V.; R. B. Carson, Treasurer; J. W. C. Smith, Secretary ; J. M.
Smith, Tyler.
Exalted—W. E. Glassey, J. H. Watson, George W. Johnston, B. R. Grayson, S. G. Carra*
dine, F. M. Vaughan.
Died— E. Berry, June, 1872.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—F. M. Beal, A. R. Blaylock, S. H. Brister, J. P.
Briggs, John F. Hendricks, W. P. King, W. R. McCutchen, A. A. Lomax, J. H. Pepper, Z.
Pepper, Jr., J. W. Ricketts.
Total members 48. Total dues $60.00.
Officebs, 1874—W. D. Ferriss, H.P.; Z. Pepper, K.; William Hewett, S.; J. J. Pepper, C. of
H.; W. A. Stricklin, P. S.; B. H. Griffin, R.A.C.: W. A. Hendricks, M. 3d V.; L. P. King, M.
2d V.; C. A. Ferriss, M. 1st V.; J. W. Penny, Treasurer; C. R. Henderson, Secretary; A. E.
Blalock, Tyler.
Membebs—T. B. Alsop, J. H. Burrus, D. Bunch, A. T. Carson, R. B. Carson, J. M. Chisholm,
S. G. Carradine, W. C. Day, J. H. Elliott, William Ewing, J. F. Green, W. E. Glassy, B. E.
Grayson, D. B. Harris, W. F. Heard, J. F. Hendricks, A. S. Henderson, G. W. Johnston, A. H.
Johnston, W. P. King, R. Ledbetter, R. M. Middleton, E. A. Moore, R. McAtee, Geo. M. Pow*
ell, J. A. Sconyers, D. A. Stubblefleld, J. W. C. Smith, J. M. Smith, W. Z. Smith, D. W. Thorn*
as, J. M. Tyler, James Vaughan, F. M. Vaughan, L. B. Warren, J. H. Watson.
Exalted—D. B. Harris, C. A. Ferriss, R. McAtee.
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ReinstaTfD-W. Z. Smith, A. R. Blalock, J. F. Hendricks, D. A. Stubblefield, Z. Pepper, Jr.,
J. J. Pepper.
Dimitted-J. J. Simms, W. H. Stubblefleld, H. Yandell, John Blalock.
Expelled—H. J. Hanks, by Stonewall Lodge, No. 285.
Suspended foe Non-Payment of Dues— S. Z. Dixon, J. H. Fraiser, J. A. Purvis, L. D.
Langford.
Total members 48. Dues $65.00, including $11.00 aggregate back dues of reinstated Com-
panions. Convocations 3d Saturdays.
Walnut Grove, JVo. 75—Enon, Perry County.
Officebs, 1873—C. F Gillespie, H.P.; J. M. Bradley, K.; William Baylis, S.; B. Stevens, C. of
H.; A. McDonald, P.S.; William Hood, R.A.C.; A. McSwain, M. 3d V.; T. W. Crandford, M.
■2d Y.; W. M. McKennon, M. 1st V.; J. M. Baylis, Treasurer ; John Gillis, Secretary; G. B.
Lee, Tyler.
Exalted—T. W. Crandford, William Crandford, B. Stevens, T. J. Roberts.
Affiliated—James M. Bradley, Jr.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—W. P. Tisdale, Stephen Lee, J. G. Ingraham.
Total members 28. Total dues $36.00.
Officebs, 1874—Jas. M. Bradley, Jr., H.P.; B. Stevens, K.; L. S. Myers, S.; A. McDonald,
C. of H.; J. A. Tisdale, P.S.; William Hood, R.A.C.; J. H. Tisdale, M. 3d V.; T. W. Crand-
ford, M. 2d V.; William Crandford, M. 1st V.; A. McSwain, Treasurer; John Gillis, Secretary ;
G. B. Lee, Tyler.
Membebs—C. F. Gillespie, p.h.p.. William Baylis, J. M. Baylis, S. V. McManus, P. J. Myers,
T. J. Roberts, S. H. Smith, W. S. Tisdale, J. A. Tisdale, Richard Welch.—Total 22.
Dimitted—C. M. Edmondson, J. B. Read.
Died—James Edmondson.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—D. M. Carter, W. W. Carter, L. L. Bryant,
Total members, 22. Dues $22 .00. Convocations, Thursdays before 4th Saturdays.
Corinth, No. 76—Corinth, Alcorn County.
Officebs, 1873—R. J. Fleming, H.P.; R. W. Ritchie, K.; J. M. New, S.; D. Baum, C. of H.;
T. D. Duncan, P.S.; H. C. Smith, R.A.C.; J. W. Stephenson, M. 3d V.; B. Samuels, M. 2d V.;
E. H. Bradley, M. 1st V.; James McAmis, Treasurer; John H. Bradley, Secretary; W. G. W.
Jowers, Tyler.
Exalted—T. H. Brewer, M. M. Sanders, B. Samuels, H. C. Smith, J. W. Stephenson, A. J.
Yancey.
Reinstated—Thomas Irions.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—D. L. James, T. R. Murray.
Total members, 42. Total dues, $61.00.
Officebs, 1874—R. J. Fleming, H.P.; A. J. Yancey, K.; W. H. Gilbert, S.; D. Baum, C. of
H.; W. S. Reynolds, P.S.; W. L. Martin* R.A.C.; John E. Young* M. 3d V.; W. Lynn* M.
'2d Y.; A. J. Morgan, M. 1st V.; James McAmis, Treasurer; J. H. Bradley,* Secretary; G. W.
G. Jowers, Tyler.
Membebs--E. C. Gillenwaters, p.h.p., L. M. New, p.h.p., Eugene Allen, J. J. Alexander., W.
Y. Baker, E. H. Bradley, John Butler, T. H. Brewer, B. H. Bounds,* D. W. Babb, J. J. Collier,
T. D. Duncan, J. W. Dorsey, W. W. Dancer, C. Dobbins, C. P. Elgin, J. T. Freeman, Jesse
Gurley, J. W. Gooch, E. Harris, J. H. Howard, Thomas Irions, D. L. James, A. E. Joyner,* W.
H. Kilpatrick, T. R. Murray, D. L. Malone, T. M. Mitchell, Joseph Marlar, C. McCord, J. M.
New, W. L. Overton, W. B. Pannell, T. H. Padgett,* R. W. Ritchie, S. L. Rogers, C. F. Saw-
yers, H. C. Smith, J. W. Stephenson, B. Samuels, H. C. Simmons, L. P. Scruggs, M. M. Sanders,
J. M. Stone, L. B. Thompson, F. O. Tobin, F. E. Whitfield, W. E. Wood, T. P. Young, R. M.
Young.—Total 62.
Exalted—J. J. Alexander, D. W. Babb, C. Dobbins, Jesse Gurley, J. W. Gooch, Jos. Marlar,
A. J. Morgan, C. McCord, S. L. Rogers.
Reinstated—T. R. Murray, D. L. James, W. H. Kilpatrick, W. B. Pannell.
Total members reported 62. Return fails to show how or when the seven Companions marked
thus * became members. Total dues $87.00, (including $7.00 back dues for reinstated members.)
Convocations 3d Thursdays.
Crystal Springs, No. 77—Crystal Springs, Copiah County.
Officebs, 1873—A. L. Williams, H.P.; T. M. Barr, K.; E. W. Corley, S.; J. W. Didlake, C.
of H.; T. J. Cammack, P.S.; J. W. Bailey, R.A.C.; J. B. Field, M. 3d V.; G. W. Loch, M. 2d
V.; S. D. Robinson, M. 1st V.; M. W. Eagan, Treasurer; A. J. Sturges, Secretary; B. A. Smith,
Tyler.
Dimitted—V. L. Coalson, O. D. Clemments, A. J. McKennon, R. F. Barnes, B. F. Wilson.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—G. W. Clemment, L. J. Rhymes, W. J. Smith.
Total members, 36. Total dues, $37.00.
Offtcfbs 1874—A. J. Sturgis, H.P.; J. C. Alford, K., A. L. Williams, p.h.p., S.; H. R. Smith,
C. of H ; T.'j. Cammack, P.S.; E. N. Sumrall, R.A.C.; G. W. Lock, M. 3d V.; D. P. Welch, M,
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12(1 V., J. D Cammack, M. 1st Y., M W Eagan, Treasurer; John Terry, Secretary; B. A
Smith, Tyler.
Members—J. F. Alford, J. T. Alford, J. M. K. Alford, James Bridges, T. M. Barr, J. W. Bhi-
ley, E. W. Corley, J. B. Catching, W. D. Carmichael, C. C. Clatworthy, J. W. Didlake, J. B
Field, O. P. Holliday, M. R. Jones, W. M. Keathley, A. Mcintosh, J. H. Mcintosh, O. Oshurn
C. Price, S. Reno, S. D. Robinson, J. C. Smith, J. N. Wilson.—Total 35.
Reinstated—M. R. Jones, J. N. Tower, D. P. Welch.
Dimitted—J. N. Tower.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—R. W. Brown, W G. MoLeod, A T Wolfe
Total members 35. Dues $35.01). Convocations 3d Fridays.
Winona, No. 78—Winona, Montgomery County.
Officers, 1873—G. A. Spivey, H.P.; R. D. Palmer, K.; W. H. Johnson, S.; E. N. Hammons
C. of H.; C. M. Brooke, P.S.; F. M. Shryock, R A.O.; T. A. Baskins, M. 3d Y.; J. T. Harvey,
M. 2d V.; R. H. Coleman, M. 1st V.; W W. Marshall, Treasurer; J. J. Campbell, Secretary,
W. J. Nugent, Tyler.
Affiliated—R. H. Coleman, S. Wiener, J M. Wells
Reinstated—A. H. Boothe.
Dimitted—C. A. Arnold, J. R. Watson.
Total members 36. Total dues $36.00.
Officers, 1874—Erastus Huntley, H.P.; R. D. Palmer, K.; W. G. Gunn, S.; G. A. Spivey,
C. of H.; W. H. Johnson, P.S.; T. A. Baskins, R.A.C.; R. H. Coleman, M. 3d V.; Ralph Har-
vey, M. 2d V.; T. J. Blackmore, M. 1st V.; W. W. Marshall, Treasurer; J. J. Campbell, Secre-
tary; W. J. Nugent, Tyler.
Members—A. H. Boothe, C. M. Brooke, Green Bledsoe, Isaac H. Curtis, B. R. Eskridge, Tip
Gamble, H. H. Hudgins, W. F. Hamer, E. N. Hammons, J. T. Harvey, W. A. Hurt, J. W. May
J. A. Pyron, A. C. Stovall, F. M. Shryock, H. P. Turner, S. Wiener, J. M. Wells.
Reinstated—Isaac H. Curtis.
Dimitted—J. M. Doyle, H. J. Gooch, J. Y. Oliver.
Died—J. T. Cain.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—G. C. Everett, 0 Y Marshall, J P Thompson
Total members 30. Dues $32.00. Convocations 2d Fridays.
Tampico, No. 79—Tampico, Oktibbeha County.
No Return or Dues for 1871, 1872, 1873 Charter forfeited.
Brookhaven, No. 80—Brookhaven, Lawrence County.
Officers, 1873—None reported; officers for 1872 held over
Affiliated—J. B. Deason, H. F. Johnson, K. R. Webb.
Reinstated—R. R. Applewhite.
Died—John W. Oliver.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—P R Fleeman
Total members, 23. Total dues $24.00.
Officers, 1874—B T Atkins, H.P.; E. Pfyifer, K.; K. R Webb, S.; J. A. Hoskins, C. of H
H. Lewenthall, P.S.; J. W. McMillan, R.A.C.; E. Bowsky, M. 3dV.; A. E. Maxwell, M. 2d V."
A E. Moreton, M. 1st V.; E. E. Seavey, Treasurer; J. H. Stewart, Secretary; C. Lessing, Tyler
Members—R. R. Applewhite, E. R. Applewhite, Luther Blue, J. B. Deason, C. K.Harvey,
William Hopson, H. F. Johnson, E Knapp, S. H. Whitworth.—Total 21.
Reinstated—R. R. Applewhite.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—A. O. Cox, T. F, Rawls, p.h.p., M. M. Sammit.
Total members 21. Dues $23.00, including two years back dues of Companion R. R. Apple-
white reinstated. Convocations, Thursdays before 4th Saturdays.
S. II Johnson, No. 81—Hazlehurst, Copiah County.
Officers 1873—J. A. Hull, H.P.; M. J. Massengill, K.; T. J. Catchings, S.; J. W. Anderson
O. of H.; J. R. Fortenberry, P.S.; W. J. Rea, R.A.C.; C. E. Oatis, M. 3d V.; S.T. Rogers, M. 21
V ; D. B. Lowe, M. 1st V ; Geo. Rea, Treasurer; G. T. Howard, Secretary ; D. K Coor, Tyler
Exalted—T. J. Catchings, Geo. T. Howard, C E Oatis
Affiliated—W. H. Streshley.
Reinstated—W. P. Poole, T. J. Ramsey.
Died—George W. Jones, Benjamin Harris.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. H. Bondurant, H. Hanslow, A D. Harris, Bui
Higdon, G. W. Kilcrease, G. D. Lowe, B. F. Martin, W. W. Miller, J. C. Pitts, G. W. Purnell
Joseph Price, J. P. Rembert, T. M. Rea, J. H. Starnes, W. J. Wilson, Samuel Wilson.
Total members, 30. Total dues $38.00.
Officers, 1874—J. A. Hull, H.P.; M. J Massengill, K.; M. Faler, S.; J. W. Anderson, C it
H ; J R. Fortenberry, P.S.; W. J Rea, R A C ; W. H Streshley, M. 3d V.; S. T. Rogers, M
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2d V.; D. B. Lowe, M. lstV.; George Rea, Treasurer; J. L. Ard, Secretary; T. J. Catchmgs,
Tyler.
Members—A. P. Barry, M. Beaseley, W. H. Bondurant, Morris Cook, H. H. Cook, D. K.
Coor, J. R. Groome, Josiah Hester, G. T. Howard, W. M. Haley, T. J. Henry. Allen Harris, S.
H. Johnson, G. W. Kilcrease, R. W. Millsaps, J. B. Middleton, R. D. Middleton, B. F. Martin,
George Morrison, C. E. Oatis, A. L. Potter, W. W. Poole, Joseph Price, T. J. Ramsey, T. M
Rea, Samuel Wilson, W. J. Wilson.—Total 39.
Exalted—J. L. Ard, T. J. Henry, R. W. Millsaps.
Reinstated—W. H. Bondurant, George Morrison, T. M. Rea, B. F. Martin, G. W. Kilcrease,
Allen Harris, Joseph Price, W. J. Wilson, Samuel Wilson.
Dimitted—M. J. Howard, T. M. Rea.
Died—J. H. McElwee, Erastus Wheeler.
Total members 39. Total dues $55.00, which includes $10.00 aggregate back dues of reinstated
Companions. Convocations 1st Saturdays.
Starkville, No. 82—Starkville, Oktibbeha County.
Officers, 1873—C. N. Terry, H.P.; W. E. Saunders, K.; Henry A. McCreight, S.; Frank
A. Duquercron, C. of H.; T. G. Sellers, P.S.; L. Martin, R.A.C.; W. F. Yeager, M. 3d V.; M.
E. Owen, M. 2d Y.; William A. Hale, M. 1st V.; J. W. Caldwell, Treasurer; H. C. Powers,
Secretary; W. H. Gunn, Tyler.
Reinstated--James W. Bell, James W. Butler, J. G. Carroll, Robt. A. Lamkin, D. F. Mont-
gomery, C. S. Sikes, R. W. Ellis, J. R. Ham, W. F. Montgomery, Paul Valentine, Britton Val-
entine, J. L. C. Hutchinson, L. O. Farker, J. H. Embry, Edward Hearon, W. G. Lamkin, W.
J. Perkins.
Dimitted—W. C. Bishop, L. Rosenfield, C. W. Westmoreland, J. W. Butler.
Died—R. C. Love.
Total members 48. Total dues, (including $36.00 back dues of reinstated members,) $84.00.
Officers, 1374—C. N. Terry, H.P.; W. E. Saunders, K.; Henry A. McCr.eight, S.; Frank
H. Duquercron, p.h.p., C. of H.; T. G. Sellers, p.h.p., P.S.; L. Martin, R.A.C.; M. E. Owen.M.
3d V.; J. W. Woodward, M. 2d V.; W. F. Yeager, M. 1st V.; J. W. Caldwell, Treasurer; H. C.
Powers, Secretary; J. G. Bell, p.h.p., Tyler.
Members—J. W. Bell, W. A. Hale, W. G. Lampkin, R. A. Lampkin, D. F. Montgomery, J.
L. Mcllwain, J. H. Steel.- -Total 19.
Dimitted—James W. Butler.
Died—W. H. Gunn, p.h.p., L. O. Parker.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Wm. B. Aikin, J. M. Brooks, M. G. Caston, J. G.
Carroll, Overton Cotton, W. H. Carpenter, W. H. Cross, C. L. Dismukes, R. U. Ellis, J. E. En-
nis, J. H. Embry, L. D. Friday, Herod Fondren, J. C. Griffith, J. L. C. Hutchinson, A. J. Hal-
bert, E. Hearon, J. R. Hamm, J. B. Long, W. T. Montgomery, J. A. Martin, J. A. MeReynolds,
W. J. Perkins, C. S. Sikes, Britton Valentine, Paul Valentine, G. W. Walker.
Total members; 19. Dues $19.00. Convocations 1st Fridays.
Summerville, No. 83—Qholson, Noxubee County.
Officers, 1873—Thos. S. Gathright, h.P.; Abram Greer, x.; J. R. Prince, S.; G. d. C. Reed,
C. of H.; Wm. Kellis, P.S.; Jordan Moore, R.A.C.; J. C.Vandevender, M. 3d V.; Gray Flora,
M. 2d V.; E. Edwards, M. 1st V.; R. Yoe, Treasurer; M. Edwards, Secretary; R. J. Shaw,
Tyler.
Exalted—Absalom Reed, R. J. Shaw, E. A. Pace.
Dimitted—J. W. Williams.
Died—L. V. Rosser.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—G. H. Fain, Robert J. Hudson, A. L. Nail, A. L.
Thompson, J. R. Larkin.
Total members 17. Total dues $23.00.
Officers, 1874—Same as for 1873, except Wm. Kellis and J. C. Vandevender, suspended for
non-payment of dues.
Members—W. H. Eichelberger, Z. C. Gathright, A. Reed, R. J. Shaw, E. A. Pace—Total
officers and members, 14.
Died—F. B. Greer, Jan. 17, 1873.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—R. A. Jackson, Wm. Kellis, Joseph Lyle, J. C.
Vandevender. „ „ ,
Total members 14. Dues $14.00. Convocations 2d Saturdays.
Salem, No. 85—Union Chureh, Jefferson County.
ovt7tr,t?tici 1871—John A. Galbreath, H. P.; Lewis Cato, K.; J. H. Clark, S.; H. Short, C. of H.;
A Cobb P S J S. McCormick, R. A. C.; J B. Bowen, M. 3d V.; Wm. T. McArn, M. 2d V.;
T) ft piorV M 1st V : H. B. Trevillion, Secretary; John R. Nevils, Tyler.
Exalted—J." W Shelton, Lot Smith, H. B. Trevillion, Jas. P. Meeks, A. M. Woods, R. S. M.
Watson. ^ _
pftwctitpti-—A.ndr6W lv. Juum.
dimtted-David Applewhite, E. F. Bailey, J. D. Bridger, J. F. Cato, E. F. Flowers, Levy R.
Godbold™ J. McLean, A. J. Moore, Sam'l Nesmith, R. A. Sibley, J. F. Sessions, E. T. Tucker,
J. J. Warren. „ T XT .
Died—Wm. H. Bowen, Jas. N. Clark.
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Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—J. P. Buie, J. W. Cato, T. H. Cleland, D P
Fairley, T. J. Furuis, J. H. Freeman, B. F. Jones, T. J. Mullins, J. W. Whitsine.
Note.—The name of B. M. Godbold should not have appeared in former Return, not being t
member or R. A. M.
Total members 60. Total dues $72.00.
Officebs, 1874—John A. Galbreath, H. P.; John H. Clark, K.; John R. Nevils, S.; Hesekiah
Short, C. of H.; Jas. H. Freeman, P. S.; Hiram B. Travillion, R. A. C.; N. R. C. Watson, M. 31
Y.; David G. Clark, M. 2d V.; Martin S. Nevils, M. 1st V.; Abram Woods, Treasurer; R. H. M
Watson, Secretary; Augustus Cobb, Tyler.
MEMBEBS--Geo. C. Armstrong, Robt. W. Buie, Henry P. Bowen, John B. Bow en, Henry Cato,
Sterling Cato, Lewis Cato, Isaac G. Clark, Jos. W. Cato, C. C. Erwin, Thos. J. Furniss, Malcolm
A. Galbreath, Ferdinand F. Herring, Thomas A. Herring, Isaac Hurcom, Zetus Linton,
Andrew R. Lum, William G. Millsaps, William A. McLean, Joseph B. McCormiek, John S
McCormiek, William T. McArn, John W. McDaniel, Moses F. Mitchell, William H. Matthews,
James P. Newman, William R. Newman, James R. Newsom, Samuel Nesmith, Lot Smith,
Robert L. Sauls, States M. Travillion, William A. Watson, Clark N. Woods, James P. Wise—
Total 47.
Exaltations—James R. Newsom, Robert L. Sauls, James B. Wise.
Reinstated—Thos. J. Furniss, James H. Freeman, Joseph W. Cato.
Dimitted—R. C. Bethea, William H. Clark, William D. Coleman, Thomas W. Godbolt, Mid-
dleton Kelley, Thomas J. McMillian, Cornelius R. Nesmith, R. K. Scott, John W. Shelton.
Cyrus Tankersley, James P. Weeks, William Wells.
Suspended fob Unmasonic Conduct—William A. Havis, Wesley N. Maddox, Daniel War-
ren.
Total members 47. Dues, $61.(1(1, including back dues of reinstated Companions Convoca-
tions second Saturdays.
Meadville, No. 86—Meadville, Franklin County.
No Returns or Dues tor 1872, 1870. Charter forfeited.
Cato, No. 89—Cato, Rankin County.
Officebs, 1873—F. M. Martin, H.P.; F. H. C. Dent, K.; W. H. Bamette, S.; John Russell
C. of H.; G. W. Barnette, P.S.; W. L. Manning, R.A.C.; T. J. Franklin, M. 3d V.; Esau Bass
M. 2d V.; J. M. Dent, M. 1st V.; John Colipihoun, Treasurer; U. P Dent, Secretary: O. L
Corley, Tyler
< (fficebs, 1874—John Russell, H.P.; John Morrison, K.; F. EL C. Dent, 8.; P. H. Overby, C
of H.; John Colquhoun, P.S.; O. L. Corley, R.A.C.; G. W. Barnette, M. 3d V.; T. J. Franklin
M. 2d V.; Arehey Colquhoun, M. 1st V.; C. H. Baker, Treasurer; F. M. Martin, Secretary; Esau
Bass, Tyler.
Membebs—W. H. Bamette, T. C. Clark, J. M. Dent, II. P. Dent, Everett Floyd, S. H Man-
eum, W. L. Manning, C. R. Norman,-8. L. Tucker.
Total members 21 Dues $21 00. Conventions 4th Saturdays.
Summit, No. 90—Summit, Pike County.
Officebs, 1873—George T. Gracey, H.P.; Solomon Hyman, K.; S. Wolf, S.; Isadore Moyst
C. of H.; E. H. Mogan, P.S.; Samuel Hyman, R.A.C.; H. Hiller, M. 3d V.; E. W. Flowers, II
2d Y ; J. D. McDowell, M. 1st V.; BenjaminHilborn, Treasurer; W. T Tyler, Secretary; Cho
H. Lyster, Tyler.
Died—G. B. May.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—George C. Taylor
Total members 32. Total dues $32.60.
Officebs, 1874—W. T. Tyler, H.P.; W. F. Cain, K.; N. Williams, S.; Isadore Moyst, C. ut
H.; E. H. Mogan, P.S.; Samuel Hyman, R.A.C.; C. A. Williams, M. 3d Y.; J. J. Englehora
M. 2d V.; John McClanahan, M. 1st V.; H. Hiller, Treasurer; A. A. Boyd, Secretary; Chaile-
H. Lyster, Tyler.
Membebs—George T. Gracey, p.h.p , H. S. Andeison, E. W. Flowers, G. P. Godbold, Ni
Greener, W. H. H. Garr, B. Haynes, p.h.p., J. M. Hart, George W. Huffman, Solomon Hymni
Benj. Hilborn, Jacob Hart, James N. Hall, James LeFevre, Jehu May, P. L. Marsalis, W. F
McDowell, John D. McDowell, H. M. Norman, George Nicholson, J. G. Parsons, H. Murrty
Guin, D. H. Gum, P. C. Quin, T. R. Rtoekdale, M. N. Tidwell, Henderson Wallace, L. Wnlt.
S. Wolf.—Total 41.
Exalted—M. N. Tidwell, Nic Greener, R. M. Aitkin, John McClanahan, W. H. H. Garr, (
A. Williams, James LeFevre, J. J. Englehorn, James N. Hall.
Affiliated—Henderson Wallace.
Dimitted—R. M. Aitkin.
Suspended fob Non-Payment of Dues—J. D Leggett, D. C. Walker P C. Guin
Total members 41. Dues $39.06 Convocations 2d" Fridays
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Huntsville, No. 91—Huntsville, Montgomery County.
Officers, 1873—W. C. Staples, H.P.; G. W. Holmes, K.; T. E. Bramlette, S.; W. C. Ridg-
way, C. of H.; W. H. Jeffcoat, P.S.; J. Crowder, R.A.C.; W. L. D. White, M. 3d V.; J. H. Ellis,
M. 2d V.; J. D. McAtee, M. 1st V.; W. F. Nunn, Treasurer; J. S. Holloway, Secretary; J. W.
Bramlette, Tyler.
Exalted—T. F. Bramlette, W. H. Jeffcoat, J. L. McAtee.
Dimitted—S. J. Atkins, J. M. England, J. H. Grisham, J. L. McAtee.
Died—H. H. Fancher.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—F. M. Buffkins, G. S. Bradford, W. E. Dorris, J.
H. Dorris, J. W. George, J. J. Hunt, A. Mass, Y. McCafferty, Calvin Philly, C. W. Richards,
D. M. Simmons, W. R. Ward, J. F. Wilson, T. C. Young.
Total members 21. Total dues $27.00.
1ST Return for 1873 not received.
Centre Ridge, No. 93—Daleville P. O, Lauderdale County.
Officers, 1873—James Watts, H.P.; A. G. Ellis, K.; E. Roberts, S.; J. C. Gilbert, C. of H.;
J. S. Ross, P. S.; McM. Hudson, R.A.C.; R. H. Harmon, M. 3d V.; John White, M. 2d V.; W.
J. Flake, M. 1st V.; A. Lilly, Treasurer; R. Fowler, Secretary; C. Bell, Tyler.
Dimitted—E. E. Spinks, John C. Spinks.
Total members 26. Total dues $26.00.
Officers, 1874—G. J. Fortner, H.P.; J. C. Gilbert, K.; A. Saunders, S.; Wm. Flake, C. of H.;
J. S. Ross, P.S.; McM. Hudson, R.A.C.; J. C. Carpenter, M. 3d V.; R. H. Harmon, M. 2d V.;
R. G. Betsill, M. 1st V.; E. Roberts, Treasurer; R. Fowler, Secretary; C. Bell, Tyler.
Members—James Watts, p.h.p., J. R. Brittain, C. C. Creed, A. G. Ellis, N.Grace, W. A.
Lampley, A. Lilly, L. McLenden, Wm. J. Rush, Geo. L. Welsh, H. D. White, John White.
Dimitted—H. Wells.
Died—A. Barfield.
Total members 24. Dues $24.00. Convocations 1st Saturdays.
Durant, No. 9g—Durant, Holmes County.
Officers, 1873—J. Jeff. Cooper, H.P.; S. W. Red, K.; B. W. Moore, S.; J. R. Heflin, C. of H.;
C. H. Foster, P.S.; William Irish, R.A.C.; R. M. Murphy, M. 3d V.; J. S. Weatherby, M. 2d
V.; D. L. Rogers, M. 1st V.; H. P. Davis, Treasurer; C. J. Hanks, Secretary; B. M. Stroud,
Tyler.
Exalted—A. G. Lott, A. Hays, D. L. Rogers, B. A. Harper, C. H. Foster, C. J. Hanks, J. T.
Lockhart, J. A. Cason, H. P. Davis, S. J. Rowe, R. J. Sallis, H. C. Glass.
Dimitted—Louis Glazier, A. Hays.
Total members 37. Total dues $61.00.
Officers, 1874—J. R. Heflin, H.P.; S. W. Weatherby, K.; J. W. Allen, S.; C. H. Foster, C.
of H.; J. Jeff. Cooper, P.S.; William Irish, R.A.C.; J. T. Lockhart, M. 3d V.; R. M. Murphy,
M. 2d V.; J. H. Johnson, M. 1st V.; H. P. Davis, Treasurer; J. S. Weatherby, Secretary ; B.
M. Stroud, Tyler.
Members—G. W. Bachman, C. A. Crowder, J. W. Cook, John A. Cason, J. B. Collum, W.
W. Godfrey, James Hays, B. A. Harper, C. J. Hanks, A. G. Lott, W. A. Lockhart, John Mur-
phy, C. T. Murphy, James Moorehead, B. W. Moore, W. P. Stroud, W. B. Sanders, L. Simon,
Henry Tracy, S. W. Weatherby, S. W. Weems.
Exalted—Henry Tracy, J. B. Collum, J. H. Johnson.
Affiliated—L. Simon, W. A. Lockhart.
Dimitted—D. L. Rogers, E. F. Shuler, N. Smith, JamesMeggs, H. C. Glass, R. J. Sallis, F. M.
Glass.
Died—S. J. Rowe, C. H. Weston.
Total members, 33. Dues $39.00. Convocations, 2d Thursdays.
West Point, No. 95—West Point, Colfaoc County.
13®" No Return received for 1872.
Officers, 1873—B. T. Palmer, H.P.; A. C. Echols, K.; B. F. Capshaw, S.; W. F. Franks, C.
of H.- J. H. L. Gerdine, P.S.; A. S. Gerdine, R.A.C.; J. W. Swinney, M. 3d V.; B. F. Williams,
M. 2d V.; H. W. Henley, M. 1st V.; P. H. White, Treasurer; J. H. Shipman, Secretary; John
D. Travis, Tyler.
Officers 1874—J. H. L. Gerdine, H.P.; A. C. Echols, K.; Benj. F. Capshaw, S.; William
F. Franks C. of H.; G. Messerole, P.S.; B. F. Williams, R.A.C.; P. Strider, M. 3d V.; I. Fren-
kell M. 2d V.; H. W. Henley, M. 1st V.; P. H. White, Treasurer; J. H. Shipman, Secretary;
John D. Travis, Tyler. _ T ^
Members--B. T. Palmer, p.h.p., Henry Anderson, J. K. Allen, G. T. Baber, R. L. Cannon,
A."s. Gerdine, P. B. Dugan, R. W. Evans, W. W. Robinson, J. W. Swinney, Jerry Troy, P. W.
Taylor.
a fftt.tated—G. Messerole, P. Strider.
Dimitted—J. S. Carothers, M. M. MeElroy.
Died—D. W. Story, September 18, 1873.
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Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—T. D. Williamson, J. G. Baptist, B. A. Duncan, W,
B. Shelly, R. B. Miller.
Total members, 24. Dues, $24,00. Convocations 3d Pridays.
McCoibTiico, No. 96^Water Valley, Yalobusha County.
Officers, 1873—C. P. Kennedy, H.P.; T. J. West, K.; C. Montgomery, S.; John K. Fulson,
C. of H., J. O. Hendricks, P.S.; U. D. Payne, R.A.C.; W. F. Palmore, M. 3d V.; John Ander-
son, M. 2d V.; George Prather, M. 1st V.; P. D. Wood, Treasurer; L. M. Lawshe, Secretary ;
F. Hulihan, Tyler.
Exalted—John Anderson, J. D. Berglund, J. K. Brown, J. C. Nations, George Prather, S.
Swenson.
Dimitted—W. A. Crawford, W. H. Harris.
Died—C. T. Hope, D. F. Rogers.
Total members 45. Total dues $57.00.
Officers, 1874—Thomas J. West, H.P.; C. Montgomery, K.; J. B. Hudspeth, S.; J. H. Wil-
son, p.h.p., C. of H.; T. W. Whitsey, P.S.; H. C. Goode, R.A.C.; H. E. Wagner, M. 3d V.; John
Anderson, M. 2d V.; J. Q. Morrison, M. 1st V.; P. D. Wood, Treasurer; L. M. Lawshe, p.h.p.,
Secretary; William F. Palmore, Tyler.
Members—Gus. Berglund, John D. Berglund, N. W. Berglund, Elijah Badley, Thomas J.
Bell, James K. Brown, William E. Bew, J. T. Berry, J. C. Butler, J. E. Becton, A. S. Camp-
bell, B. H. Carr, J. W. Copeland, H. L. Duncan, E. C. Davidson, G. W. Fulmer, John K. Ful-
son, p.h.p., Henry Gibbon, p.h.p., F. H. Green, Wm. S. Harrison, J. A. Harten, F. Hulihan,
C. P. Kennedy, p.h.p., J. C. Knight, W. H. Leach, Lewis Marble, A.JJ. McConnico, S. B. McCon-
nico, Robt. Martin, C. Montgomery, J. S. McKay, T. J, McFarland, J. C. Nations, U. D. Payne,
D. W. Rogers, M. D. L. Stephens, p.h.p., S. Swinson, George A. Sims, William Talliafero, Hen-
ry White.
Exalted—J. B. Hudspeth, J. A. Harten, T. J« Bell, H. C. Goode, N. W. Berglund, Henry
White, J. S. McKay, J. E. Becton, H. E. Wagner.
Affiliated—J. W. Copeland.
Died—William Simmons, George Prather.
Total members 52. Dues $70.00. Convocations 1st Thursdays.
jR. W. Paine, No. 97—Morton, Scott County.
Officers, 1873—Tom F. Pettus, H.P.; James A. Chambers, K.; J. D. Finch, S.; A. P. Sims,
C. of H.; L. R. Moore, P.S.; Thomas McCaul, R A.C.; H. H. Moore, M. 3d V.; W. L. Lowry,
M. 2d V.; Mark Myers, M. 1st V.; W. J. Flannagan, Treasurer; H. O. Pettus, Secretary; W.
Jennings, Tyler.
Exalted—H. O. Pettus, J. A. Chambers, T. W. McCaul, B. P. Cawthorn, J. D. Ferguson,
William Bland.
Died—Jabez Brassell.
Total members 19. Total dues $31.00.
Officers, 1874—Same as for 1873.
Members—John R. Owen, B. P. Cawthorn, J. D. Ferguson, D. L. H. Mitchell, Wm. Bland,
W. Lee Wilkins.
Died—L. R. Jones.
Total members, 18. Dues $18.00. Convocations 1st Mondays.
McDonald, No. 98—Ashland, Benton County.
Officers, 1873—J. M. McDonald, H.P.; R. L, Bouton, K.; A. J. Jordan, S.; B. T. Kim-
brough, C. of H.; G. N. Dickerson, P.S.; J. J. Brown, R.A.C.; W. A. Campbell, M. 3d V.; D.
W. McKenzie, M. 2d V.; J. W. Winburn, M. 1st V.; William Katz, Treasurer; N. W. Bouton,
Secretary; Lewis Glenn, Tyler.
Exalted—D. W. McKenzie, J. W. Byrd, J. W. Winburn.
Dimitted—Marion Ray.
Total members, 37. Total dues $43.00.
Officers, 1874—J. M. McDonald, H.P.; R. L. Bouton, K.; G. N. Dickerson,'S.; B. T. Kim-
brough, C. of H.; M. J. Cox, P.S.; W. A. Campbell, R.A.C.; J. J. Brown, M. 3d V.; J. W. Win-
burn, M. 2d V.; R. F. Swan, M. 1st V.; J. P. Winget, Treasurer ; N. W. Bouton, Secretary;
Lewis Glenn, Tyler.
Members—A. M. Ayres, Benjamin Bright, S. D. Bookout, W. P. Bouton, J. W. Byrd, J. T.
Beck, J. A. Cox, L. P. Cossett, L. M. Carruth, J. M. Finger, J. H. Godsey, J. J. Hicks, William
Hudspeth, J. W. Johnson, A. J. Jordan, William Katz, F. T. Leak, H. F. Lipford, D. A.
McDonald, J. B. Montgomery, D. W. McKenzie, A. G. Parrott, J. H. Prescott, W. G. Pegram,
J. R. Roberts, R. W. Tate, H. G. Spencer, R. J. Sharp, D. B. Wright.
Exalted—F. T. Leak, R. F. Swan, L. M. Carruth.
Affiliated—J. T. Beck.
Total members 41. Dues $47.00. Convocations 4th Wednesdays.
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Toomsuba, No. 99—Toomsuba, Lauderdale County.
Officers, 1873—J. R. McLaurin, H.P.; Duncan Kelly, K.; J. G. Knox, S.; H. D. Cameron,
C. of H.; W. H. Moody, P.S.; , R.A.C.; R. F. Pearce, M. 3d V.; W. A. Sims, M. 2d
V.; A. A. Pringle, M, 1st V.; T. S. Pigford, Treasurer; S. H. Shannon, Secretary.
Officers, 1874—J. R. McLaurin, H.P.; H. D. Cameron, K.; Duncan Kelly, S.; R. F. Pearce,
C. of H.; W. A. Sims, P.S.; S. H. Shannon, jR.A.C.; W. E. H. White, M. 3d V.; J. P. Welch,
M. 2d Y.; W. W. Mitchell, M. 1st V.; T. S. Pigford, Treasurer; J. G. Knox, Secretary; O. F
Hunter, Tyler.
Members—George Bancroft, W. C. Day, Thomas Graham, W. H. Moody, A. A. Pringle.
Expelled—J. R. Sayler, by Toomsuba Lodge, No. 130.
Total members 17. Dues $17.00. Convocations 2d Saturdays.
Attala Chapter, No. 100—Wells P. 0., Attala County.
Officers, 1873—S. C. Conley, H. P.; John A. Wasson, K.; J. G. Riley, S.; E. Tredway,
C. of H.; W. J. Wasson, P. S.; G. W. Harrison, R.A.C.; M. D. Wasson, M. 3d V.; E. S. Toler,
M. 2d V.; W. W. Adams, M. 1st V.; Jas. A. Wasson, Treasurer; C. G. Harris, Secretary, J. H.
Sweat, Tyler.
Exalted—W. J. Adams, J. W. Sweat, W. D. Holt.
Total members 22. Total dues $28.00.
Officers, 1874—L. G. W. Harrison, H. P.; J. G. Riley, K.; W. T. Sweat, S.; W. W. Adams,
C. of H.; E. Tredway, P.S.; W. J. Wasson, R.A.C.; J. N. Sweat, M. 3d V.; E. S. Toler, M. 2d V.;
S. C. Conley, M. 1st V.; Jas. A. Wasson, Treasurer; C. G. HaTris, Secretary; M. D. Wasson.
Tyler.
Members--W. J. Adams, J. M. Chatman, J. G. Carlisle, J. W. Cole, W. D. Holt, E. A. P.
Lucas, J. M. Thompson, J. W. Sweat, N. C. Wasson, J. A. Wasson.
Total members 22. Dues $22.00. Convocations 4th Saturdays, evening.
Coffeeville, No. 101—Coffeeville, Yalobusha County.
Officers, 1873—A. L. Guntharp, H. P., J. D. Haile, K.; J. B. Clayton, S.; J. C. McNeil,
C. of H.; F. P. Tempel, P. S.; W. C. Shackleford, R. A. C.; J. J. Melton, M. 3d V.; J. W.
Seay, M. 2d V.; J. T. West, M. 1st V.; J. L. Collins, Treasurer; B. L. Wynn, Secretary; W. R.
Spencer, Tyler.
Exalted—W. J. Clarke, J. T. West, J. W. Seay, J. C. McNeil, J. B. Clayton.
Affiliated—C. J. W. Murphree.
Dimitted—Sam'l Strouse.
Suspended—S. M. Willie.
Total members 38. Total dues $48.00.
Officers, 1874—J. A. P. Kennedy, H. P.; F. P. Tempel, K.; W. L. Brannon, S.; A. L.
Guntharp, p.h.p., C. of H.; W. C. Shackleford, P. S.; J. J. Melton, R. A. C.; J. W. Seay, M. 3d
V.; J. L. Eskridge, M. 2d V.; B. L, Wynn, M. 1st V.; J. L. Collins, Treasurer; J. D. Haile, Secre-
tary; W. R. Spencer, Tyler.
Members—R. S. Thomas, p. h. p.; G. P. Bondurant, W. J. Clark, J. B. Clayton, M. P. Dur-
den, Henry Gaines, W. B. Hooper, J. C. Hannah, R. W. Jones, J. H. Kennedy, C. J. W.
Murphree, E. O. Perkins, R. W. Perkins, M. A. Perkins, S. M. Ross, H. Ray, E. W. Smith, O.
W. Shipp, J. O. Vann, T. J. West, B. E. Williams, L. R. Wilson, W. D. York—Total 35.
Dimitted—W. J. Melton, R. D. Byles.
Died—J. C. N. McNeal.
Total members 35. Dues $35.00. Convocations 2d Tuesdays.
Greenwood, No. 102—Greenwood, Leflore County.
Officers, 1873—Robt. Ettinger, H. P.; A. A. Stoddard, K.; J. K. Allen, S.; L. Upshur,
C. ofH.; W. A. Gillespie, P.S.; S. T. East, R.A.C.; Sid. Auter, M. 3d V.; J. P. O'Neal, M. 2d V.;
E. D. Bondurant, M. 1st V.; Jacob Yondorf, Treasurer; L. L. Casey, Secretary; Wm. Warmack,
Tyler.
Exalted—L. L. Casey, Jacob Yondorf, J. P. O'Neal, T. G. Ledbetter, E. D. Bondurant, Wm.
Warmack, R. S. McLemore, P. P. McLemore, Wm. T. Jones.
Affiliated—J. I. Hilliard.
Dimitted—J. L. Ball.
Died—Jos. B. Ettinger, October, 1872.
Total members 22. Total dues $40.00.
Oeet<-<et?<5 1874—R. Ettinger, H. P.; A. A. Stoddard, K.; J. K. Allen, S.; R. S. McLemore,
C of H - S T. East, P. S.; Sid. Auter, R. A. C.; J. P. O'Neal, M. 3d V.; E. D. Bondurant,
M. 2d V.-W. A. Gillespie, M. 1st V.; Jacob Yondorf, Treasurer; L. L. Casey, Secretary; L.
L Ball, J. J. Hilliard, W. T. Jones, T. G. Ledbetter, J. Y. McNeil, R. P.
McLemore. T K Nelson, Wm. Wamack, W. W. Wiley.
Dimitiep—F. Ooff.
Total members 21. Dues $21.00. Convocations first Saturday after full moon.
76
Cherry Creek, No. 103—Cherry Creek, Pontotoc County.
Organized Under Dispensation granted February 7, 1873. Chartered Feb. 6, 1874.
Officers Under Dispensation—Hiram Hood, H. P.; J. T. Pitts, K.; A. B. Smyth, S.
Members—T. J. Babb, W. F. Osbon, R. B. Pitts, J. W. Robertson, R. M. Sadler, W. L.
Souter.
Exalted—W. C. Pitts, J. M. Roberson, J. W$ Dillard, W. A. Dozier, N. A. Hood, A. S.
Hopkins, M. L. Henry, J. G. Dozier, M. W. Andrews.
Total members, 18. Dues, for Exaltations, $18.00. Convocations 4th Fridays.
Bluff Springs, No. 10If—Bluff Springs, Attala County,
(Durant P. 0.)
Organized Under Dispensation, granted May, 27, 1873. Chartered February 6th, 1874.
Officers, 1874—F. M. Glass, H.P.; L. S. Terry, E. K.; J. C. Ashley, E. S.; E. F. Shuler, C.
of H.; Jas. Meggs, P. S.; H. C. Glass, R. A. C.; Wm. Allen, M. 3d V.; J. E. Harman, M. 2d V.;
J. P. Commander, M. 1st V.: R. J. Sallis, Treasurer; M. T. Roby, Secretary; J. Wingard, Tyler.
Exalted—J. Wingard, J. B. Stingley, Wm. Russell.
Other Members—Sam'l Martin, J. W. Stingley, N. Smith.
Total members 18. Dues, for Exaltations, $6.00. Convocations 2d Saturdays, 2% o'clock, p.m.
Hudson, No. 105—Evansville, Tunica County.
Organized under Dispensation granted September 6th, 1873. Chartered February 6th, 1874.
Officers Under Dispensation—C. A. Marshall, H.P.; A. T. Hudson, K.; Jeptha Evans, S.
Members—W. H. Hall, J. M. Lindley, J. M. Lively, J. M. Logan, John A. Miller, N. M.
Williams.
Exalted—A. M. Evans, T. A. Marshall, R. P. Dollehite, John B. Belcher, W. G. Jaquess, W.
H. Bizzell.
Total members 15. Dues, for Exaltations, $12.00. Convocations, 3d Saturdays,
Wm. H. Wilkinson, No. 16—Woodville, Wilkinson Co.
(Received too late for insertion in proper place.)
Officers, 1874—1. T. Hart, H. P.; R. S. Brown, K.; H. D. Holland, S.; R. W. McConnell,
p.h.p., C. of H.; H. S. Van Eaton, p.h.p., P. S.; Henry Habig, R.A.C.; N. Leopold, M. 3dV.;
J. F. Therrell, M. 2d Y.; Douglas Embree, M. IstV.; E. A. Robinson, Treasurer; Edward
Aaron, Secretary; Thomas Hickley, Tyler.
Members—L. K. Barber, p.h.p., W. D. Allen, L. L. Babers, E. H. Beaumont, J. W. Bryant,
H. L. Davis, D. E. Holt, T. J. Henderson, M. V. B. Huff, Joe Johnson, William J. Keller, C. E.
Keller, G. E. Lindermayer, G. T. McGehee, J. J. Morgan, T. Y. Noland, Louis Plitt, J. B. Sims,
C. E. Stewart, William Stamps, J. R. Verry.—Total 33.
Reinstated—C. E. Keller, D. Holland.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. H. Jones, A. C. Nelson.
Total members 33. Dues $44.00. Convocations, Tuesday after meeting of Blue Lodge.
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS,
For the year ending December 27, 1873.
CHAPTERS.
No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Natchez,
Clinton,
Vicksburg,
Columbus,
Wilson,
Jackson,
Magnolia,
Yazoo, 8
Lexington, 9
Canton, 10
Macon, 11
DeWitt Clinton, 12
Euphemia, 13
Fayette, 14
Carrollton, 15
W. H. Wilkinson 16
Shields, 18
Kosciusko, 20
Raymond, 22
Houston, 23
*Wayne, 24
Meridian, 25
Okolona, 27
Walker, 28
Washington, 29
Shongalo, 30
Emory, 32
Lafayette, 33
Neshoba, 34
Louisville, 36
Union,
Marshall,
Amite,
Tallahatchie,
Enterprise,
Verona,
Ripley,
New Albany,
Mt. Carmel,
Geo.Washington, 51
Patton,
Palo Alto,
Wright,
Baldwyn,
Shubuta,
Panola,
*Eureka,
G. W. Perkins,
Dover,
Chickasaw,
Rienzi,
Euclid,
Dent H. Miles,
Ward,
W. D. Fgrriss,
Walnut Grove,
Corinth,
Crystal Springs, 77
Winona, 78
Brookhaven, 80
S. H. Johnson, 81
Starkville, • 82
Summerville, 83
Salem, 85
Cato, 89
Summit, 90
Post Office.
Natchez
Port Gibson...
Vicksburg
Columbus
Holly Springs.
Jackson
Brownsville...
Yazoo City
Lexington
Canton
Macon
Grenada
Aberdeen
Fayette
Carrollton
Woodville
Pontotoc
Kosciusko
Raymond
Houston
Shubuta
Meridian
Okolona
Sardis
Utica
V aiden
Black Hawk...
Oxford
Laurel Hill
Louisville
Richmond
N.Mt.Pleasant
Liberty
Charleston ....
Enterprise
Verona
Ripley
New Albany..
Mt. Carmel...
Chulahoma ...
Lauderdale...
Palo Alto
Independence.
Baldwyn
Shubuta
Batesville
Goodman
Horn Lake,...
Dover
Cumberland...
Rienzi
Cockrum
Satartia
Senatobia
Benton
Enon
Corinth
Crystal Sp'gs..
Winona
Brookhaven....
Hazlehurst....
Starkville
Gholson
Union Church.
I Cato
Summit
County.
Adams
Claiborne..
Warren
Lowndes...
Marshall...
Hinds
Hinds
Yazoo
Holmes
Madison....
Noxubee...
Grenada...
Monroe ....
Jefferson...
Carroll
Wilkinson..
Pontotoc
Attala
Hinds
Chickasaw..
Clarke
Lauderdale
Chickasaw..
Panola
Hinds
Carroll
Carroll
Lafayette ..
Neshoba....
Winston...
Lee
Marshall...
Amite
Tallahatchie
Clarke
Lee
Tippah
Union
Covington..
Marshall...
Lauderdale.
Colfax
DeSoto
Lee
Clarke
Panola
Holmes....
DeSoto
Yazoo
Choctaw...
Alcorn
DeSoto
Yazoo
Tate
Yazoo
Perry
Alcorn
Copiah
Montgomery
Lincoln ...
Copiah....
Oktibbeha
Noxubee..
Jefferson..
Rankin ...
Pike
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STATISTICAL SUMMARY— Continued.
CHAPTERS.
*Huntsville, No. 91
Centre Ridge, 93
Durant, 94
West Point, 95
McConnico, 96
R. W. Payne, 97
McDonald, 98
Toomsuba, 99
Attala, 100
Coffeeville, 101
Greenwood, 102
Cherry Creek, 103
Bluff Springs, 104
Hudson, 105
Huntsville ....
Lauderdale...
Durant
West Point...
Water Valley.
Morton
Ashland
Toomsuba....
Wells
Coffeeville....
Greenwood....
Cheery Creek..
Durant P. O..
Evansville
County.
Montgomery.
Lauderdale ..
Holmes
Colfax
Yallobusha ..
Scott
Benton.......
Lauderdale ..
Attala
Yallobusha..
Leflore
Pontotoc
Attala
Tunica
Total.
£ &
35 66 133 54 235 7 4 2462
2 op
CD
21
$27.00
24
24.00
33
39.00
24
24.00
52
70.00
18
18.00
41
48.00
17
17.00
35
35100
21
21.00
18
18.00
18
6.00
15
12:00
2462
$2945.00
RECAPITULATION.
Chapters making Returns for 1873 77
Chapters marked thus * made no Returns for 1873—data being compiled from Returns for 1872. 3
Total number of working Chapters 80
Exaltations reported 182
Affiliated 35
Reinstated 66
Dimitted 133
Died 54
Suspended for non-payment of Dues 235
Suspended for unmasonic conduct 1
Expelled for unmasonic conduct 4
Total membership December 27, 1873 2462
Total dues to Grand Chapter $2945.00
ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD.
During the sessions of the several Masonic Grand Bodies of the State of Mis-
sissippi, held at Canton, Miss., on the 2d to 7th days of February, 1874, inclusive,
the Order of High Priesthood was conferred upon a considerable number of
Companions, who, in addition to such Companions in attendance at the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter who had received the Orders, were duly enrolled under the
authority of said Grand Royal Arch Chapter. Their names and residences are
as follows, to-wit:
1 ARNOLD, J. F Rienzi, Alcorn County, Mississippi.
2 Barry, A. P Hazlehurst, Copiah
3 Beauchamp, J. J Macon, Noxubee
4 Bell, J. G Starkville, Oktibbeha
5 Birdsong, J. J Brownsville, Hinds
6 Bowen, R. P Chulahoma, Marshall
7 Cameron, J. T Canton, Madison
8 Coleman, C. J Black Hawk, Holmes
9 Collins, O. B Enterprise, Clarke
10 Cook, Morris Gallatin, Copiah
11 Comfort, J. S Kosciusko, Attala
12 DeLap, Enoch Geo Natchez, Adams
13 Embry, W. A Senatobia, DeSoto
14 Everett, T. C Vaiden, Carroll
15 Fearn, Geo. R Canton, Madison
16 Ferriss, Vm. D Deasonville, Yazoo
17 Field, H. H. Holly Springs, Marshall
18 French, Wm Vicksburg, Warren
19 Galbreath, J. A., Sr Union Church, Jefferson
20 Gathright, T. S Gholson, Noxubee
21 Gordon, R. F Port Gibson, Claiborne
22 Hardeman, Thos. M Grenada, Grenada
23 Hearne, Joel A New Albany, Union
24 Hicks, A. M Sharon, Madison
25 Hood, Hiram Cherry Creek, Pontotoc
26 Howry, Jas. M Oxford, Lafayette
27 Hull, J. A Hazlehurst, Copiah
28 Jones, J. S Senatobia, DeSoto
29 Kinchloe, D. A Sardis, Panola
30 Mayes, R. B Yazoo City, Yazoo
31 Mitchell, D Goodman, Holmes
32 Nelson, John Jackson, Hinds
33 Nickles, L. D Batesville, Panola
34 Patton, William S Meridian, Lauderdale
35 Pettus, T. F Morton, Scott
36 Phillips, T. A Austin, Tunica
37 Richards, W. .. * Satartia, Yazoo
38 .Roebuck, G. N Sparta, Chickasaw
39 Rutland, J. W Horn Lake, DeSoto
40 Savery, P. M Baldwyn, Prentiss
41 Springer, Benj Vicksburg, Warren
42 Shifman, J. H West Point, Colfax
43 Smythe, D. L Kosciusko, Attala
44 stanburry, W. M Carrollton, Carroli
45 Stephens, M. D. L Water Valley, Yalobusha co.,
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46 Strauss, IsadORE Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.
47 Terry, C. N Starkville, Oktibbeha " "
48 Tyler, W. T Summit, Pike " "
49 Watts, James Meridian, Lauderdale " "
50 Webb, A Collierville, Tennessee.
51 Year gun, J. W Canton, Madison county, Mississippi.
On Saturday, Feb. 7th, a considerable number of the above named Anointed
High Priests assembled in Masonic Hall at Canton, where the following pro-
ceedings were had:
Past Grand High Priest J. M. Howry was called to the Chair, and Companion
P. M. Savery appointed Secretary.
President stated object of Convocation to be for the purpose of organizing a
Convention of the Order of High Priesthood ; whereupon,
On motion of Companion W. D. Ferriss, the following Resolution was adopted,
viz:
" Resolved, That the Companions assembled agree and do hereby form a Con-
vention of the Order of High Priesthood, under the authority of the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of Mississippi."
On motion of Companion M. D. L. Stephens, the following Resolution was
adopted, viz:
" Resolved, That the Convention proceed to election of permanent officers, to
hold their respective offices for one year or until the next Annual Convocation of
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi."
Whereupon, the following Companions were duly elected to the respective
offices, viz:
Companion J. M. Howry, Oxford, M.-.E.-.President.
" W. D. Ferriss, Deasonville, E.-.Vice-President.
" R. B. Mayes, Yazoo City, E.\Chaplain.
" A. P. Barry, Hazlehurst, E.-.Treasurer.
" P. M. Savery, Baldwyn, E.-.Recorder.
" J. A. Galbreath, Sr., Union Church, E.-.M.-.of C.\
" J. W. Yeargin, Canton, E.-.Conductor.
" D. Mitchell, Goodman, E.-.Herald.
" Thos. Hardeman M., Grenada, E.-.Steward.
" J. S. Jones, Senatobia, E.-.Sentinel.
On motion, it was resolved that a Committee of Three be appointed to draft
By-Laws, Rules and Regulations for government of Convention, to report at
the next Annual Convocation;
Whereupon M.-.E.-.President appointed as said Committee, Companions R. B.
Mayes, T. S. Gathright and W. S. Patton.
On motion, the E.-.Recorder was instructed to make necessary arrangements
for printing Proceedings of this Convention.
On motion, Convention adjourned to convene on the 1st day of the next An-
nual Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi, in the City
of Meridian, February, 1875.
J. M. HOWRY, M.-.E.-.President.
P. M. Savery, E.-.Recorder.
THIS PAGE
IS SET APART
Urn ibaifPttal llfitfslc&njci at
CO MP. RICHARD COOPER,
Past Grand King
Of TttIS WW0 C<Mf»T£*,-
Past Grand Master
OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Past Deputy Grand Master
OF THE GRAND COUNCIL ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS
JUntered into 'Rest January A, 787i..
THIS PAGE
js SET APAKT
•iJiii If I lltftfMPfl jf
COMP. JOHN H. MITCHELL,
Past Grand Scribe
Of T+rlS QT^tITJU CMfTtfl,
Past Th. III. Grand Master of Grand Council,
AND
Past District Deputy Grand Master
OF THE GRAND LODGE.
Summoned from, labor to refreshment March 21, 1873.
Mhndiii!f ^ommiiina of ft run d ^huphr.-
TSl , -4. i ^ i T v yy —Charles T. Murphy, Chairman, Burant; J. J. Beauchamp,
k i i h i ] 7 lerty • . - ' .
7 iii k \ < i Kf I -^DKNCK—H. \V. Walter, Thos. Hardeman M., J. L. Power.
"v •. . . . _ •••%,.
> m..uv.t s v n Ch \p n us and Chapters- Under Bispensation—R.B. Bran-
' W , -I i ,1?I V M Paxtotl. , , . -
i imSi i —J, hn TV" Veargain, P. M. Savery, C. A. Marshall. x " - '
x_",mpj um- \M) Vpp*\I^—J.M.Howry, T.C.Everett, P.'M. Savery.
< hj oi< vi i vi s amj Rpti kn» —W. B. Ferries, G. n. Bickerson, Henry Key.
i iNi^iu )> Bi GeorBeLap, W. S. Patton, J. A. Hull.
i i:i n 11\«. \ V l; ury.'J L iPower, Frank Bixrkitt.
-m < m i jit on P\st ■ Master's:Begree—H. W. Walter. John A.
• \* 'h 1 ho- »» ii hi luht. . .
* * >*i ■. ♦T' ' • * •
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
M.'.E.'.GBAND BOYAL AKCH CHAPTEB
OF THE
||taic of Iftisstssippr,
AT JTS
Twenty-Seventh Annual Convocation,
HELD AT MERIDIAN,
February 5th and 6th, 7875.
PUBLISHED llY ORDER OF THE GRAND CHAPTER.
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI:
PRINTED AT THE EXCELSIOR BOOK AND JOB OFFICE.
1875.
GRAND OFFICERS—1875-76.
M.-.E.-. John Y. Murry, -
R.-.E.-. John E. Arnold, -
R.-.E.-. John A. Galbreath, Sr. -
R.-.E.-. Wm. French, -
R.-.E.-. John Nelson,
R.-.E.-. O. B. Collins, -
R.-.E.-. W. H. Wilburn, -
R.\E.\ Joel A. Hearne, -
R.\E.\ Frank Burkitt, -
R.-.E.-. John M. Ware,
Rev.-. Comp.-. J. H. Alexander, -
R.-,E.-. A. P. Barry, -
R.-.E.-. J. L. Power, -
R.-.E.-. W. H. Carkeet,
R.-.E.-. Morris Cook, ...
Ripley,
Grand High Priest
- Rienzi, -
- D. G. H. Priest.
Union Church,
Grand King.
- Vicksburg, -
- Grand Scribe.
Jackson, -
- G. C. of Host.
• Quitman,
- G. P. Sojourner.
Senatobia,
G. R. A. Captain.
- New Albany,
- - G. M. 3d Vail.
Houston, -
- G. M. 2d Vail.
- Perkinsville,-
- - G. M. 1st Vail.
Kosciusko, -
Gr. Chaplain.
- Hazlehurst, -
- Gr. Treasurer.
Jackson, -
Gr. Secretary.
- Natchez,
- Gr. Sentinel.
Gallatin, -
G. Lecturer, (hold'g over.)
STANDING COMMITTEES.
masonic Law.—Charles T. Murphy, Chairman, Durant; R. L. Saunders,
J. m. Stone.
Complaints and Appeals.—J. M. Howry, N. S. Walker, E. J. Hostetter.
Credentials.—J. F. McCormick, J. M. McDonald, J. W. Winn.
Subordinate Chapters.—R. B. Brannin, W. G. Paxton, P. M. Savery.
Finance.—E. Geo. DeLap, M. F. Rogers, J. T. Buck.
Unfinished Business.—J. F. McCormick, J. S. Jones, T. C. Everett.
Printing.—B. S. Trice, J. L. Power, Frank Burkitt.
The next Grand Convocation will be held at the City of Jackson, on the first
Monday, the 7th day of February, 1876.
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
j^ivetttg=Seventh jftttimtl (£anvaaiUatt.
At the Twenty-Seventh Annual Convocation of the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal
Arch Chapter op the State op Mississippi, held at Bennett's Hall, in the
City of Meridian, on Thursday, the 4th day of February, A. D. 1875, A. I. 2405,
the following Grand Officers were
Present:
R.-.E.'. COMP. JOHN Y. MURRY, Dep. Gr. H.'. P.-., Acting Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-. COMP. B. S. T^tlCE Grand King.
R.'.E.'. COMP. R. L. SAUNDERS Grand Scribe.
R.'.E.'. COMP. JOHN NELSON Grand Captain of the Host.
R.\E.\ COMP. O. B. COLLINS Grand Principal Sojourner.
COMP. C. LEE LINCOLN Grand Royal Arch Captain, p. t.
COMP. JOEL A. HEARNE Grand Master 3d Vail, p. t.
R.*.E.\ COMP. FRANK BURKITT Grand Master 2d Vail.
R.\E.\ COMP. M. LEVY. Grand Master 1st Vail.
R.'.E.'. COMP. MORRIS COOK Grand Lecturer.
REV. COMP. J. H. ALEXANDER Grand Chaplain.
R.'.E... COMP. A. P. BARRY Grand Treasurer.
R.'.E.'. COMP. J. L. POWER Grand Secretary.
R.'JE}.'. COMP. W. H. CARKEET Grand Tyler.
ALSO PRESENT:
M.\E.\ Comp. James M. Howry Past Grand High Priest.
M.-.E.-. Comf. Wm. S. Patton Past Grand High Priest.
M.-.E.*. Comp. Wm. D. Ferriss Past Grand High Priest.-
R.\E.\ Comp. P. M. Savery. ..Past Dep. Grand High Priest.
R.\E.\ Comp. T. C. Everett Past Grand King.
R.\E.\ Comp. J. F. Arnold Past Grand Scribe.
R.-.E.-. Comp. E. Geo. DeLap Past Grand Scribe.
R.'.E.'. Comp. J. J. BlRDSONG Past Grand Principal Sojourner.
R.\E.\ Comp. J. W. Patty Past Grand Royal Arch Captain.
R.'.E.-. Comp. L. Leibenfeld Past Grand Royal Arch Captain.
R.'.E.-. Comp. W. G. Paxton Past Grand Master 1st Vail.
And Comp. H. W. Walter, P.*. H.-. P.-.
Also present, the following Companions as Representatives of other Grand
Jurisdictions:
Comp. Wm. D. Ferriss, as Representative of Grand Chapter of Arkansas.
Comp. Chas. T. Murphy, as Representative of Grand Chapter of California.
Comp. A. P. Barry, as Representative of Grand Chapter of New Jersey.
Comp. Wm. S. Patton, as Representative of Grand Chapter of Louisiana.
Comp. Jas. M. Howry, as Representative of Grand Chapter of Minnesota.
Together with a constitutional number of Representatives of Subordinate
Chapters.
4
The Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present—
The M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi was opened
in Ample Form, with solemn prayer, by Rev. Comp. J. H.' Alexander, Grand
Chaplain.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest appointed the following Companions to fill
vacancies in Standing Committees :
Comp. Wm. Richards, on Credentials and Returns.
Comps. E. Geo. DeLap and T. F. Pettus, on Finance.
Comp. J. W. Patty, on Unfinished Business.
Comps. T. G. Birchett and John Wright, on Masonic Law.
Comp. J. J. Birdsong, on Subordinate Chapters and Chapters under Dispen-
sation.
The Committee on Credentials submitted the following Report, which, on
motion, was received and the Committee continued :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials beg leave to report that they find •
the following Companions entitled to seats in this Grand Body as Representatives
of the several Chapters named. Respectfully submitted,
W. D. FERRISS,
HENRY KEY,
WM. RICHARDS,
Committee.
Natchez Chapter, No. 1—E. Geo. DeLap, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.; Jno. A. Dicks,
proxy for Scribe.
Clinton, No. 2.—N. S. Walker, proxy for H.\ P.-.
Vicksburg, No 3—T. G. Birchett, H.\ P.-.; W. G Paxton, proxy for Scribe.
Columbus, No. 4—C. Lee Lincoln, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
Wilson, No. 5—J. T. Whitehead, H.\ P.-.
Jackson, No. 6—R. L. Saunders, H.\ P.*.; Gus Asher, Scribe.
Magnolia, No 7—J. J. Birdsong, H.\ P.\, P.-. H.\ P.\
Canton, No. 10—A. M. Gurley, Scribe.
Macon, No. 11—J. C. Williams, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.*.; J. W. Patty, King and
P.-. H.\ P.*.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—E. W. Hughes, H.\P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.; A. S. Weigert,
King.
Euphemia, No. 13—R. B. Brannin, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
Fayette, No. 14—Henry Key, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Carrollton, No 15—W. M. Stansbury, H.-.P.-., and P.-. H.\ P.-.
Kosciusko, No. 20—David Carr, P.'. H.\ P.\, and proxy for H.\ P.-.
Raymond, No. 22—Geo. C. Porter, H.\ P.\, P.-. H.\ P.-.
Houston, No. 23—Frank Burkitt, proxy for H.\ P.1.
Meridian, No. 25—J. Henderson, H.\ P.\, P.-. H.\ P.*.
Walker, No. 28—John Wright, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Washington, No. 29—H. J. Sarrett, King, and P.-. H.\ P.-.
Shongalo, No. 30—T. C. Everett, H.\ P.-.
Lafayette, No. 33—J. M. Howry, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
Louisville, No. 36—L. Liebenfeld, P.*. H.\ P.\, proxy for H.\ P.-.; J. M.
Ware, Scribe.
Verona, No. 47—B. S. Trice, King.
Ripley, No. 48—M. F. Rogers, Scribe.
New Albany, No. 49—J. A. Hearne, H.\ P.*., P.*. H.\ P.\ ; E. M. Coker, proxy
for King.
Patton, No. 52—R. McKinley, H.\ P.-., P.- H.\ P.-.
Baldwyn, No. 57—P. M. Savery, King and P.-. H.\ P.-.
Shubuta, No. 59—0. B. Collins, H.\ P.-., and P.-. H.-. P.-.
Eureka, No. 61—J. H. Douglas, proxy for H.\ P.'.
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Rienei, No. 66—J. F. Arnold, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Wm. Richards, King, P.-. H.\ P.-.
W. D. Ferriss, No. 74—W. D. Ferriss, H.\ P.-., P.\ H.\ P.*.
Corinth, No. 76—E. J. Hostetter, P.-. H.\ P.-., and proxy for H.\ P.\
S. H. Johnson, No. 81—A P. Barry, p.-. H.\ P.-., and proxy for H.-. P.-
Salem, No. 85—John A. Galbreath, Sr., H.\ P.-., and P.-. H.\ P.-.
Cato, No. 89—John Russell, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
Durant, No. 94—C. T. Murphy, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
West Point, No. 95—W. F. Franks, proxy for H.\ P.'., and Representative.
Robert W. Paine, No. 97—T. F. Pettus, P.\ H.\ P.-., and proxy for H.\ P.-.
McDonald, No. 98—J. M. McDonald, H.\ P.-., and P.-. H.\ P.*.
Attala, No. 100—S. C. Conly, p.'. H.\ p.'., and proxy for H.\ P.-.
Greenwood, No. 102—W. A. Gillespie, proxy for H.\ P.-.
Cherry Creek, No. 103—Hiram Hood, H.\ P.-.
Bluff Springs, No 104—E. F. Shuler, Representative.
The R.\ E.\ Deputy Grand High Priest read his Address, as follows:
ADDEESS OF DEPUTY GEAND HIGH PEIEST.
Companions: - -
Another year in the history of Capitular Masonry has passed away since, by
your partiality and suffrages, I was elevated to the second office in this Grand
Body.
Five months after I had been installed into said office I was notified by your
Grand Secretary that M.-.E.-. George R. Fearn, Grand High Priest, had removed
permanently from this Jurisdiction, and henceforth the duties of Grand High
Priest would devolve upon me. No one could regret the loss of a superior in
office more than I did. I feel it the more keenly because it imposed duties upon
me which I feared would not be performed in a manner that would be creditable
to myself or beneficial to the Royal Craft.
In fact the loss of so good a man, zealous Mason, and able counselor, could not
be otherwise than deeply felt and sincerely regretted by all devoted Masons. But
in this instance our loss is another's gain. Companion Fearn has gone to Texas,
where I have no doubt he will be duly appreciated by his Masonic bretheren. I
am not informed of the official acts of your Grand High Priest up to the time of
his removal, but suppose you will be furnished with a statement of the same,
either by himself or in connection with a report of your Grand Secretary.
I deem it right and proper that I should, in conformity to Masonic usage and
in the interest of the Royal Craft, render to you an account of my stewardship as
acting Grand High Priest, and make such suggestions as in my judgment will
promote the best interests of our most honored Institution.
When we grasp each other's hands in fraternal greetings on coming together as
a band of brothers, let our hearts swell with gratitude to God, the author and
perpetual source of all our blessings. Let us acknowledge and thank Him for all
comforts and blessing-s in the past, both individually and as a great brotherhood,
and implore a continuance of his Fatherly care and keeping in the future. But
while we rejoice and offer thanks that it is so well with us, we have to mourn the
loss of dear Companions, whose familar faces will be seen no more in our
Annual Convocations. Death, that insatiate archer, has laid his icy hand upon
them.
Deceased Past Grand Officers.
M.\E.\ Companion Henry C. Robinson, P.-. G.\ H.\ Priest, was born in Putnam
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County, Georgia, 1818. He was made a Mason in Philadelphia Lodge, No. 93,
and served that Lodge as W.\ M.\ several years.
He dimitted from that Lodge, and affiliated with Jefferson Lodge, No. 143,
in 1853, and was its W.-.Master thirteen years.
His first appearance in the Grand Lodge was in 1850. He was elected Junior
Grand Warden in 1862. He was a District Deputy Grand Master continuously
for ten or twelve years, and so well did he perform the duties of that position,
that on one occasion honorable mention was made of his efficiency by a Grand
Master in his address to the Grand Lodge. He was elected Grand Lecturer for
the Grand Lodge, in 1868, in which capacity he served with a zeal and efficiency,
especially as a ritualist, rarely equalled, and I apprehend never surpassed, until
the last Communication of the Grand Lodge, when he voluntarily retired from
said office. He was elected Grand High Priest in 1872, and served the Royal
Craft in that position with the same fervency and zeal that has always character-
ized him as an officer in the mysterious art. He died near Crawfordsville, Miss.,
the 14th day of November, 1874, while temporarily sojourning at the residence of
Mr. J. C. Thompson, and was buried in this city with Masonic honors. He is
greatly lamented by the Fraternity throughout this Grand Jurisdiction.
Comp. Dent H. Miles, Deputy G.\H.\ Priest in 1861, and a member of
Dent H. Miles Chapter, No. 72, died on the morning of the 20th of July, 1874,
at Belle Station, Tenn. His remains were carried to Sartartia, Miss., and buried
with Masonic honors. He was in his 80th year, and was made a Mason on the
5th day of May 1822, in Concordia Lodge, Baltimore, Md.; came to Mississippi
in 1835, attended the Grand Lodge in 1840, and was one of the most punctual
attendants upon the Grand Bodies. He was elected Senior Grand Deacon in
1850, and served in that position till 1863, when he was elected Senior Grand
Warden. He was again elected Senior Grand Deacon in 1864, and served as
such until Feb., 1874. The last Grand Lodge, in view of his age, infirmities and
long service, made him a life honorary member, and ordered a Grand Deacon's
jewel to be presented him. This jewel was presented at his Lodge prior to his
departure to Tennessee, and he seemed to prize it as the best earthly reward of
a well spent life.
Comp J. C. Monette, a Past H.'. Priest of Bay St. Louis Chapter, No. 54, and
R.-.E.'.Grand Scribe in 1856, departed this life November 1st, 1874. He was a
useful and honorable citizen, and a zealous Mason.
Comp. Wm. M. Wells, Grand Scribe in 1869, (whose death has never been
noticed,) died May the 8th, 1871. He was a citizen of Hinds county, residing at
Auburn, and was greatly beloved; a devoted Christian and Mason, whose regular
attendance at our assemblies attested his zeal.
I have but few official acts to report.
Dispensations.
July 1st. For a new Chapter at Burnsville, Tishomingo county, designated
Baker Chapter. In this case a sufficient number of Companions made application
in due form, accompanied with a statement from the Grand Secretary to the
effect that all'prerequisites had been complied with which govern such cases, and
I appointed Comp. W. Y. Baker H.'.Priest; Joseph Marlar, E.\ K.\, and J. J. Alex-
ander, E.\ Scribe, and also appointed a Past H.'. Priest to organize the Chapter and
put it to work, and make a report thereof to me; since which time I have not
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heard from the Chapter, but I doubt not that those Companions will be able to
satisfy you that they are every way worthy, and entitled to a charter from this
Grand Chapter.
July 15th. To Walker Chapter, No. 28, to re-ballot on the petition of a candi-
date. In this case I was informed by Comp. D. A. Kinchloe, EL*.P.\ of the Chap-
ter,*that every Companion present at the time the brother was rejected had
voluntarily expressed themselves that the negative vote was put in by mistake.
Under these circumstances, I thought there should be as little delay as possible,
but still in order that harmony might be preserved, I directed the High Priest to
announce to the Chapter at a stated meeting that the ballot would be retaken
at the next stated meeting.
July 21st. To revive Decatur Chapter, No. 31. In this case twelve Com-
panions (including the H.\P.\ and Secretary at the time the records, jewels,
and all the effects of the Chapter were destroyed by the United States Army,
during the late civil war), made application, and assured me that fourteen mem-
bers of the old Chapter resided in the immediate neighborhood of the place of
meeting, which application had also the endorsement of Grand Secretary.
Sept. 14th. To Vicksburg Chapter, No. 3, to ballot on the petition of a
Master Mason, who had not been such the required time, but whose petition by
an oversight, had been received and reported upon by the Chapter. In this case
Comp. French, High Priest, presented what I considered a case of emergency, and
assured me that the petitioner was very bright in the Symbolic Degrees, and in
every essential worthy and qualified. I therefore authorized the ballot to be
taken at a called meeting. In this case I also directed that every member
within a reasonable distance should have due notice.
Sept. 30th. To Bethesda Chapter, No. 55, to change its place of meeting from
Palmer's Springs to West Station. I was informed that the Chapter at a regular
meeting had voted unanimously in favor of the change. The dispensation was
mailed to Companion John Riley, Kosciusko, as requested.
Dec. 15th. To Jackson Chapter, No. 6, to elect Officers for 1875, on the 4th
Monday, and 28th day of December, 1874, this being the regular meeting of the
Chapter for that month. According to the regulation on this subject, all elec-
tions are required to be held at the regular meeting prior to St. John's Day, 27th
December, in every year. I would recommend that you amend the same so as to
supersede the necessity for dispensations in such cases.
Decisions.
July 6th. 1st. That a Chapter cannot ballot on petitions except at regular meet-
ings, and then only when the case has been referred to a committee of investiga-
tion at one stated meeting, and reported upon at a subsequent stated meeting.
I decided also that the Grand High Priest cannot rightfully authorize another
officer of the Grand Chapter to suspend the By-Laws and Regulations for
Subordinate Chapters for any purpose, or under any ciroumstances whatever,
the right of Dispensation resting solely with the Grand High Priest when in the
Jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter whose officer he is, and which is to be exercised
by him only in special cases. In no case would he be warranted in granting to
another a carte blanche to exercise the prerogatives belonging alone to himself.
July 8th. 2d. That a Chapter in New Orleans, La., could not entertain the
petition of a Master Mason residing in the jurisdiction of a Subordinate Chapter
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in the State of Mississippi, without first obtaining the consent of such Subordi*
nate Chapter. I am willing to extend every Masonic courtesy to a sister Grand
Jurisdiction, but in this case it would have been a palpable infringement upon
our Jurisdiction.
Aug. 10th. 3d. That our laws make no distinction in favor of officers and
men belonging to the United States Army, relative to qualifications for the
Capitular Degrees. In this case I was applied to by Comp. L. C. Abbott, a mem-
ber of Wilson Chapter, No. 5, and W.\ Master of Holly Springs Lodge, No. 35,
who stated that sundry Master Masons stationed temporarily at Holly Springs,
all of whom were bright in the Symbolic Degrees, and otherwise well qualified,
wished to take the Chapter Degrees in Wilson Chapter; and subsequently I
received a communication from Companion H. W. Walter corroborating Comp.
Abbott's statement. Both of these worthy Companions also stated that in view
of the pecuniary embarrassment which was seriously threatening to interfere with
their Chapter, they would like to have a Dispensation in this case. In my reply
I stated that upon an application in proper form, from Wilson Chapter, I would
authorize it to suspend the regulations so far as it related to citizenship, but that
I should direct the Chapter to observe the law in regard to the times for receiv-
ing and balloting upon the petitions. I never heard any more concerning this
matter.
Doings.
July 30th. I was informed by Comp. J. B. Cherry, the last High Priest
installed in Tampico Chapter, No. 79, that this Chapter was in arrears with
Grand Chapter on account of dues for more than three years, and had not sent,
up any dues for some time, and no prospect of a revival of the Chapter, which
statement as to returns and dues being corroborated by Grand Secretary, I
directed Comp. Cherry to act as Receiver, and without delay take possession of the
charter, records, jewels, and all other effeqts of the Chapter, and forward them
to Grand Secretary.
Aug. 1st. I received a communication from Comp. W. L. D. White, asking
a Dispensation for Huntsville Chapter, No. 91, to change its place of meeting to
Kilmichael; this communication did not claim to have the sanction of the Chap-
ter, neither was it signed officially. I therefore replied that it would be neces-
sary for me to have evidence that the Chapter had voted at a regular meeting in
favor of the change, and suggested that a resolution should be introduced and
lie over from one regular meeting until the next, upon that subject.
Aug. 1st. I received a letter from H. Brince, of Pine Bluff, Ark., complaining
of bad treatment from Salem Chapter, No. 85, (and also from Concord Lodge, at
the same place,) and more particularly from Comp. John A. Galbreath, High
Priest of Salem Chapter. Comp. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, replied to said-
letter, which reply I indorsed and forwarded, believing it to be just the thing to
relieve Grand officers in the future of complaint and complainant.
Finance.
I am very much gratified in being able to report still further improvement
touching the financial condition of this Grand Chapter. Its indebtedness, al-
though yet considerable, has been very much reduced within the last two years,
for which you are indebted in no small degree to the untiring energy, zeal and
efficiency of your present Grand Secretary. The details of this department will
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be furnished you by your Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary, to which I
invite your special attention. Let me express the hope, however, before dismiss-
ing this subject, that delegates to the Grand Chapter will consent to remit one-
half their mileage, (that is, when they are members to the Grand Lodge also),
until the last dollar of our outstanding indebtedness is extinguished—a consu-
mation devoutly to be wished.
Recording the Mark.
In order that a uniform regulation may be observed requiring every candidate
when advanced to a certain degree to choose and record his private mark in a
Mark Book, I would recommend that the same be so amended as to require its
observance in all cases as a part of the Symbolism of the degree. As it now is,
it amounts to nothing more than a dead statute, not being observed, as I suppose,
by one out of every twenty who take the degree.
The General Grand Chapter.
In November last I attended the General Grand Chapter, at Nashville, Tenn.,
and it is a matter of regret with me that the other members of the Grand Coun-
cil did not attend. It was a very interesting occasion ; the attendance was very
full, and the business that came before it was disposed of with extraordinary
dispatch, and I feel warranted in stating to you that much good was done there—
morally, socially, and politically. Therefore, I think this Grand Chapter should
be represented at every Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Chapter;
and I do earnestly but respectfully recommend that you make provision without
delay to contribute to the funds of the General Grand Chapter, the amount
which it has very modestly requested at your hands, for the burthens as well as
the benefits, should most assuredly be shared by all alike.
It would not be expected of me to enter into a detailed statement of what was
done there, as it has already been reported in the proceedings and distributed to
the several Grand Jurisdictions. No community ever entertained a body of
Freemasons in a more hospitable manner than the citizens of Nashville did on
this occasion, and it is not to be wondered at—at least by the Delegates to
Nashville—that the Masonic Fraternity of that city, yea, of the whole State of
Tennessee are proud of M.\ E.\ Comp. John Frizzell, of Nashville, for he is a
host in himself.
It afforded me very great pleasure in my representative character to report to
the General Grand Chapter (as it does now in my official capacity to state to you)
that Capitular Masonry is in a prosperous condition in this Grand Jurisdiction.
The returns from Subordinate Chapters this year may not show as many Degrees
conferred as has been done some years in the past, but if such is the case it is
attributable to the stringent state of money matters, which has been unprece-
dented in your past history.
In conclusion, I desire to extend to every Companion with whom I have had
official intercourse my sincere thanks, and in a very special manner is this due to
R.\ E.\ J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, for promptness, uniform kindness and
courtesy always shown me. And now, Companions, permit me to express the
hope that this may be a pleasant, harmonious and profitable meeting—that we
■all may feel that it is good to be here. JOHN Y. MURRY,
Deputy and Acting Grand High Priest.
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On motion of Oomp. H. W. Walter, the Address of the R.\ E.\ Deputy Grand
High Priest was referred to Committees—the Committees, as named, having been
subsequently announced:
1st. So much as relates to Grand High Priest Geo. It. Fearn, to a special Com-
mittee of three.
Committee—Comps., J. F. Arnold, E. W%Hughes, M. F. Rogers.
2d. So much as relates to deceased Companions, to a special Committee of
of three. "
Committee—Comps. J. H. Alexander, J. M. Ware, J. M. McDonald.
3d. So much as relates to the revival of Decatur Chapter, No. 31, and to the
granting of a Dispensation' for a new Chapter at Burnsville, to the Committee on
Subordinate Chapters.
4th. That the decisions of the Deputy Grand High Priest be referred to the
Committee on Masonic Law.
5th. So much as relates to the Communication from H. Brince, complaining
of Salem Chapter, No. 85, to the Committee on Complaints and Appeals.
6th. So much as relates to finance, to the Committee on Finance.
7th. So much as relates to recording the Mark, to a special Committee of
three.
Committee—Comps. H. W.'Walter, M. Cook, E. J. Hostetter.
The Grand Secretary read his Annual Report, and submitted his Account
Current, as follows:
GRAND SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT.
To the Mr. E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
I beg leave to submit my Fifth Annual Report as Grand Secretary.
On the 7th February last, by authority of this Grand Body, I issued charters
to the following named Chapters, that had been working Under Dispensation:
Cherry Creek, No. 103, Pontotoc County.
Bluff Springs, No. 104, Attala County.
Hudson, No. 105, Tunica County.
On the 20th July, 1874, I issued, by authority of the Grand High Priest, a
Dispensation to a competent number of Companions, formerly members of
Decatur Chapter, No. 31, to resume work under said name and number, upon
the condition of their making application to the Grand Chapter for a restora-
tion of their Charter. Companions M. M. Keith, Hamilton Cooper, and W. G. Bart-
lett were appointed respectively, as H.'. P.-., K.\, and S.\ of said Chapter.
On the 30th June, 1874, 1 issued a Dispensation by authority of the Grand
High Priest, for the formation of a new Chapter at Burnsville, Tishomingo
County—Comp. W. T. Baker as H.\ P.-., Joseph Marlar as K.\, and J. J. Alex-
ander as S.\
An effort is being made to establish a Chapter at Edwards, in Hinds County,
and there is also a prospect of a Chapter being formed at Newton Station.
Cato Chapter, No. 89, availed itself of the indulgence granted by last Grand
Chapter, and paid up arrearages for 1872, 1873, and made a Return for each year.
Westville Chapter, No. 88, failed to avail itself of a similar indulgence.
On the 30th July, by authority of the Grand High Priest, I addressed a Com-
munication to Comp. .J. B. Cherry, appointing him Receiver of the Charter and
effects of Tampico Chapter, No. 79—the said Chapter having ceased to exist,
and being three years in arrears for returns and dues.
Immediately after the close of the last Grand Convocation, I transmitted to .the
several Chapters the proposed amendment to the Constitution contemplating the
permaraent location of the Grand Chapter at this Convocation. Also, the Regu-
lation adopted at last Grand Chapter requiring candidates to have been in mem-
bership in a Blue Lodge at least six months preceding the conferring of
Chapter Degrees ; also the changes adopted in reference to the payment of annual
dues, and the penalties of failure, so as to conform to the Regulations of the
Grand Lodge upon that subject.
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In June last, I called upon the several Chapters for the per capita assessment
for the General Grand Chapter of the United States. Only twenty-one Chapters
responded. The amount received was $18.40, which was forwarded to Comp.
Murry, and by him handed to the Secretary of the General Grand Chapter. The
General Grand Chapter having changed the form of this assessment from a
" request," into a Regulation, I suggest that each Subordinate Chapter in this
Jurisdiction send up with its regular annual dues, one cent for each member on
the Return, so as to meet the requirement of the General Grand Chapter.
On the 15th July last, the Subordinate Chapters of this Jurisdiction, and the
Grand Chapters of other Jurisdictions, were notified by Circular of the per-
manent removal of M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, Geo. R. Fearn, from our State,
and that the duties of the office had been assumed by the R.\ E.\ Deputy Grand
High Priest, Jno. Y. Murry.
In my last Report, I submitted a statement of Chapters in arrear for annual
dues and ledger balances, estimated at $1,212.55, and suggested that at least
seven hundred dollars could be realized from this toward the extinguishment of
the Grand Chapter debt. In June last, I sent a statement of account to each
Chapter, with a statement of the necessities of the Grand Chapter, and urging
prompt action. The whole amount received was $163.00. I now submit a care-
fully prepared statement of dues and balances to date, amounting to $1,189.60,
exclusive of dues for the year 1874. In most cases, the. balances due are small,
and have generally resulted from the correction of Annual Returns after the
Representatives had .settled with the Grand Secretary. I would respectfully
suggest that the Representatives in attendance at this Convocation settle these
balances, and look to their Chapters for reimbursement. These balances have
been several times brought to the attention of the Chapters, and, with one or two
exceptions, are admitted as due. If the Representatives will act upon the sugges-
tion, it will afford the Grand Chapter timely relief.
In July last, I was notified by the Secretary of Natchez Chapter, No. 1, that
the sum of twenty dollars which had been loaned to the Grand * Chapter in
response to a previous call, had since been donated to the Grand Chapter as a
contribution toward decreasing its debt.
The following Chapters being in arrear for Returns and Dues for two or more
years, and they having practically ceased to exist, I recommend that their char-
ters be declared forfeited, upon each receiving sixty days notice to make returns,
pay arrearages, and express a purpose to actively resume labor.
Palo Alco, No. 53—Return for 1874 received—owes dues for three years, $62.00.
Meadville, No. 86.
John Hebron, No. 71.
These Chapters are evidently dormant, as no one seems to feel authorized ' to
answer communications addressed to them.
In the early part of last year, with the approval of the Grand High Priest, I
re-arranged the Regulations adopted by the Grand Chapter from time to time,
grouping those pertaining to the Grand Chapter under one head, and those per-
taining to the Subordinate Chapters under another. These were added to the
pamphlet proceedings at the bare cost of material, and I have the pleasure of
presenting to the Companions present, a copy each, in separate pamphlet form
of the Constitution, Regulations and By-Laws, as in force at this date.
It has been the unpleasant duty of your Grand Secretary since he first entered
upon the duties of his office, to recount to you annually the heavy, but steadily
deceasing, indebtedness of the Grand Chapter. From a total indebtedness, as
detailed in my Annual Report of 1872, amounting to $4977.41, it is now reduced
to the sum named in the following exhibit:
Due Grand Council, (a temporary loan) to be paid at this Convocation. .. $400.00
Due Mrs. Geo. H. 'Meek, daughter of Past Grand Lecturer, Thos. J.
Hawkins ^50. 00
Due Comp. J. A. Martin, printing Proceedings, 1873, 1874 372.50
Due Grand Secretary, on Salary 1874 465.03
Total indebtedness.
$1,687.53
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The allowance to Mrs. Meek was not included in the total stated in 1872.
Adding that, as if the amount was then recognized as due, the total reduction to
date, is $3,736.86. The remission of a large amount due the Grand Lodge, and
the generous remission of mileage in 1873, by most of the Representatives to
Grand Chapter, made up the principal part of the reduction.
At the last Convocation there was a balance of $810.00 due Comp. J. A.
Martin, of Columbus, on account of Grand Chapter Reprint. The proceedings
for 1873 had not yet been printed, and Comp. Martin proposed, if he could obtain
the balance due him, to print the proceedings for 1873 and 1874, and wait one,
or two years if necessary, for his money, without interest, and to do the work ten
per cent, less than was paid for printing the proceedings of 1872. On adding up
the receipts and disbursements of last Grand Convocation, I found there was not
quite two hundred dollars toward paying Comp. Martin. Knowing that there
was about four hundred dollars in the Treasury of the Grand Council, and that
the Grand Chapter was carrying an interest bearing debt, I applied to the Most
Illustrious Grand Master for an order on the Treasurer of the Grand Council for
the sum of four hundred dollars, to be refunded at the present time. The Grand
Council had refused to lend the amount, and the Most Illustrious Grand Master
was consequently reluctant to give his order for the money, but did so, upon the
condition stated. Th^ amount was promptly forwarded to Comp. Martin, and
the remainder of the account has since been paid him, and his receipts are with
the Grand Treasurer. If he can now obtain the amount due him for printing
the proceedings of 1873, 1874, he will print the proceedings of the present Convo-
cation, and wait until next year for the amount of whatever his bill may be.
Mrs. Meek, to whom $450.00 is still due, is very much in need; in feeble
health, and with several dependant upon her. I trust a portion of the amount due
her can be paid at this time.
I have given these details in order that the Grand Chapter may know precisely
its financial condition at the present time, and as suggestive of the propriety of
a supreme effort to place this Grand Body on as good a financial footing as the
other Grand Bodies of our State.
The total receipts for 1874, (exclusive of the temporary loan from Grand Coun-
cil,) amounted to $3404.20. The receipts for the present year, unless ledger
balances are settled, will not exceed $2,600.00. The Returns, as far as examined,
show less work than for some years past, which is, of course owing more to a scarcity
of money in the country, than to a want of interest in Capitular Masonry. A
majority of the Chapters, too, happen to be very remote from the present place
of meeting, and with few exceptions the annual dues will be absorbed in mileage,
upon the present basis of compensation for attendance.
These suggestions are the result of much anxious thought for the financial
good name of our Grand Body, and are fraternally submitted for your considera-
tion.
J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
GRAND SECRETARY'S ACCOUNT.
1874. Dr.
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary
In Account with the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Natchez Chapter, No. 1 Dues 1873 ,$66.00
Clinton " " 2.... " 37.00
Vicksburg " " 3 " 97.00
Columbus " " 4 " 50.00
Wilson " " 5.... " 56.00
" " " " Ledger Balance 5.00
Jackson " " 6.... Dues 1873 46.00
" " " " Ledger Balance 9.00
Magnolia » « 7.... Dues 1873 20.00
$386.00
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Amount brought forward
Yazoo Chapter, No.
Lexington
Canton
Macon
DeWitt Clinton
Euphemia
Fayette
Carrollton
¥m. H. Wilkinson
Shields
Kosciusko
Raymond
Houston
Meridian
Okolona
Walker
Washington
Lafayette
^eshoba
Louisville
Union
Marshall
Tallahatchie .
Enterprise
Verona
Ltipley
Yew Albany
Yt. Camel
Lethesda
-Haldwyn
Shubuta
■fariola
gWckasaw
-Kienxx
Lnclid
$£***■
1V- & Perriss
Corinth
$K£W
rookha,ven
Siari^o"
l£rrpiIfe
8.
9.
10.
ii!
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
18.
20.
22.
25.
'27.
28.
29.
32.
33.
34.
36.
37.
40.
44.
45.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51!
52.
55.
57.
59.
60.
63.
64.
65".
66.
67.
72.
73.
74.
76.
77.
78.
80.
81.
82.
83.
85,
Dues 1873,.
Ledger Balance.
Dues 1873
Dues 1872, $34.00 ; bal. on
'70-71, $3.00; dues 1873,
$24.00
Dues 1873
.■$386.00
32.00
39.00
46.00
6.00
32.00
59.00
57.00
30.00
27.00
31.00
24.00
44.00
28.00
Balance on 1870, 1872
Dues 1873
On Account of 1872, 1873.
Dues 1873
Balance to July 4, 1874..
Dues 1873
Dues 1872, in part, $15.50;
on account, $21.30
Dues 1873
and balance ...
51.00
22.00
28.00
47.00
29.00
55.00
47.00
19.00
45.00
67.00
38.00
30.00
18.00
34.00
38.00
81.00
18.00
20.00
12.00
39.00
40.00
67.00
18.00
47.00
17.00
22.00
31.00
18.00
42.00
48.00
38.00
35.00
36.85
71.00
34.00
32.00
21.00
44.00
56.00
16.00
52.00
$2,364.85
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Amount brought forward $2,364. 8,7
Cato
Summit
Center Ridge
Durant
West Point
McConnico
R. W. Payne
McDonald
Toomsuba
Attala
Chapter, No.
89.... Dues 1872,1873,
90 Dues 1873.
98....
94.... «
95.... "■
90 «•
97.... "
" " 98 "
99 .... Dues 1872, 1873, and bal..
" " 100 Balance on 1871
"....Dues 1873
Coffeeville " " 101 "
Greenwood " " 102 "
Bluff Springs " " 104 Exaltation fees
West Point " " 95 Paid on dues in 1872, and
overlooked
Raymond " " 22 Back dues of Comp. M. Pey-
ton, collected June, 1872,
and not before reported.. 15.00
Comp. Hiram King, of late Brandon Chapter, No. 69, back dues 6 00
" Henry Hoskins, of late Brandon Chapter, No. 69, back dues 6 00
" James Humphries, of late Chas. Scott Chapter, No. 35, back dues 5 00
" Chas. W. Willroy, " " " " " 5 00
" Pleasant Black, " " " " " 5 00
Baker Chapter, U. D., dispensation fee 90 00
For per capita assessment for General Grand Chapter United States:
Chapter, No.
1.
2.
4.
5.
6.
10.
11.
14.
15.
29.
36.
40.
57.
64.
75.
81.
89.
100.
101.
104.
42.00
59.00
24.00
39.00
22.00
70.00
18.00
47.00
35.00
4.75
22.00
35.00
21.00
6.00
40.00
Natchez
Clinton
Columbus
Wilson
Jackson
Canton
Macon
Fayette
Carrollton
George Washingtor
Louisville
Marshall
Baldwyn
Dover
Walnut Grove
S. H. Johnson
Cato
Attala
Coffeeville
Bluff Springs
Total Receipts $3,003.12
Also cash borrowed from Grand Council to pay toward Grand Chap-
ter Reprint 400.00
Total $3,403.12
Cr. by receipt from Grand Treasurer for above amount.
J. L. POWER,
Grand, Secretary.
On motion of Comp. J. F. Arnold, it was
Resolved, That the Annual Report and the Account Current of the Grand Sec-
retary be received and referred as follows:
1.80
1.20
1.38
1.50
1.41
1.17
70
00
81
1.00
81
1.14
1.00
00
1.17
1.50
00
1.05
55
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1st. So much as relates to finance, ledger balances, Grand Chapter indebtedness,
and compensation of Representatives, and all other matters of finance, to the Com-
anittee on Finance.
2d. So much as relates to Subordinate Chapters and Chapters Under Dispensa-
iion, to the appropriate Standing Committee.
BEPOET OF GEAND TEEASUBEE.
R.\E.\ Comp. A. P. Barry, Grand Treasurer, submitted his Report, as follows-:
A. P.' Barry, Grand Treasurer,
In account with Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
1874. Dr.
Feb. 7. To cash from Grand Secretary,omitted in last report $218 91
Cr.
" " By cash paid Grand Secretary, balance salary 1873. $179 71
" " " Clarion office, printing 18 50
" " " Postage, Grand Secretary 20 70
" " " Commission $218 71, 2^ per cent 5 47
By cash-due Grand Treasurer 5 47—$218 91
" " " Balance due Grand Treasurer, as per
last report 482 55
u u Appropriation for int 134 70
Dec. 31. "Cash-on pay roll 1874 $1,356 50
" " Paid J. A. Martin, printing 700
" " " Grand Secretary, balance salary 1873. 420 29
" " " Clarion office, printing fil 50
" " " Express on proceedings 5 90
" " " Mrs. Meek 50 00
" " " General Grand Chapter U. S 18 48
" " " Postage, Grand Secretary 28 00
" " " Clarion office, printing 18 00
" " " J. A. Martin, printing 120 56
" " " Grand Secretary, salary 1874, in part. 134 97
" " " A. P. Barry, accumulated commissions 500 00
" " " Commission on $3,008 12, 2j^ per cent 75 07—4,101 99
Dr.
Feb. 7. To cash from Grand Secretary 500 00
Dec. 31. " " " - " " 3,404 20
" Balance due Grand Treasurer 197 79—4,101 99
To theM/.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
I herewith present you a full and just statement of your funds in my hands for
the current year. It will be seen that the first part of the account explains the
published discrepancy in the accounts of Grand Secretary, and Grand Treas-
urer's report last year of $218 91, which amount was handed me, with the vouch-
ers, after my account was made up, and after the Grand Chapter was opened, and
was therefore omitted. The receipts reported by Grand Secretary were $3,030 75,
and $2,811 84 by Grand Treasurer, showing the difference as above of $218 91.
This statement is due that most prompt and efficient officer, the Grand Secretary.
Respectfully submitted.
A. P. BARRY,
February 4th, 1875. Grand Treasurer.
On motion of Comp. W. G. Paxton, the Report of Grand Treasurer was re-
ceived and referred, with accompanying vouchers, to the Committee on Finance.
The Grand Chapter, at 1% o'clock P. M., was called to refreshment until %%
o'clock P. M., then to resume labor at the Masonic Hall.
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Afternoon Session—First Day, 3% o'clock P. M.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 3*4 o'clock P. M.
Present as at the morning session, with the addition of
R.*.E.\ Comp. J. W. Winn, Past Grand Captain of the Host.
^Enterprise Chapter, No. 45—J. M. Hand, H.-.P.-., P.\H.-.P.\, J. W. Winn,
P.\H.\P.\ and King.
Comp, Wm. S. Patton, P.*. G.\ H.*. P.*., presented his credentials as Represen-
tative of the Grand Chapter of South Carolina, and he was cordially reeeivedvan<3
acknowledged as such by the Grand Chapter.
Comp. Barry announced the recent death of Comp. S. H. Johnson, Past Grand
High Priest, and paid appropriate tribute to his memory. Comp. Barry stated
that he would furnish suitable data to the Committee on Deceased Companions.
Comp. J. L. Power offered the following:
Resolved, That Section 19 of the By-Laws for the Government of Subordinate
Chapters be amended by striking out all after the word " continuance," in 9th
line, as follows: " and if, after twelve months have elapsed after being deprived
of his membership, he shall refuse to pay, on application, he shall be summoned
to appear before the Chapter, and make full satisfaction; and if he still refuses,
the Chapter may expel him from the rights, privileges and benefits of Royal Arch
Masonry, and publish his name to the world as such."
On motion of Comp. Ferriss, the proposed amendment was referred to the Com-
mittee on Masonic Law.
Comp. E. Geo. DeLap, for the Committee on Unfinished Business, presented the
following report, which was received :
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to report the following mat-
ters in former proceedings, as yet undisposed of:
1st. On page 15, proceedings 1873—An amendment to the Constitution, Article
VI, proposed by Comp. Barry, to strike out all after the words " funds of this
Grand Chapter," and insert in lieu thereof "their actual and necessary expenses
which amendment was considered at last Grand Chapter and laid over for action
at this time.
2d. On page 33, proceedings 1874, the following amendment to the Constitution,
proposed by Comp. W. D. Ferriss:
Resolved, That Article III of the Constitution of this Grand Chapter be amended
by striking out the words " at such time and place " and inserting in lieu thereof
" at the town of , at such time," so as to read " The annual meetings of this
Grand Chapter shall be held at the town of , at such time as may be directed
at the previous Convocation," and that the blank be filled by inserting the name
of the place of meeting after the adoption of the proposed amendment.
Respectfully submitted. E. GEO. DeLAP,
For the Committee.
Comp. J. T. Whitehead offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the words " five dollars," occurring in the 16th section of the
By-Laws, be stricken out.
[Thus leaving the matter of affiiliation fee to be determined by each Chapter.]
Comp. H. W. Walter, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence,
submitted and read his Report. '
On motion of Comp. Patton, the Report was received, and ordered to be pub-
lished with the proceedings.
After some discussion on the subject of Reports on Foreign Correspondence—
Comp. Walter offered the following resolution, which was lost:
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Resolved, That it is inexpedient to continue the Committee on Foreign Corre-
spondence, and that the same be abolished.
On motion of Comp. Paxton, it was
Resolved, That the election of officers he made the special order for Fridav, at
10 o'clock A. M.
On motion of Comp. Walter, a Committee on Leaves of Absence was appointed.
The R.-.E.-. Deputy Grand High Priest appointed as
Committee on Leaves of Absence—Comps. J. W. Winn, J. M. Hand, R. L. Saun-
ders.
Leave of absence was granted Comp. David Carr.
The R.-.E.-. Deputy Grand High Priest appointed Comps. C. T. Murphy and
Jas. M. Howry to fill vacancies in the special Committee on Past Master's Degree,
appointed at last Grand Convocation.
The Grand Chapter was called from labor to refreshment until to-morrow
morning, 9 o'clock.
Second Day.
Friday, Feb. 5, 1875.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 9 o'clock A. M.
Present as on yesterday, with the addition of the following Grand Officers, Past
Grand Officers, and Representatives:
Comp. W. H. Wilburn, Grand Royal Arch Captain.
Comp. R. P. Bowen, Past Grand King.
Comp. J. S. Jones, Past Deputy Grand High Priest.
Comp. John A. Galbreath, Sr., Past Grand Captain of the Host.
Comp. Wm. French, Past Grand Captain of the Host.
Emory Chapter, No. 32—C. J. Coleman, H.-.P.-., P.-.H.-.P.-.
Washington, No. 51—R. P. Bowen, H.-.P.-., P.-.H.-.P.-.
Wright, No. 56—G. R. Sandidge, proxy for H.-.P.-.
Ward, No. 76—W. H. Wilburn, King.
Salem, No. 85—John A. Galbreath, H.-.P.-., P.-.H.-.P.-.
Summit, No. 90—W. T. Tyler, H.-.P.-., P.-.H.-.P.-.
Hudson, No. 105—C. A. Marshall, H.-.P.-., P.-.H.-.P.-.
On motion of Comp. Ferriss, the proposed Constitutional amendment in refer-
ence to compensation of Representatives was made the special order for 3 o'clock
this P. M.
On motion of Comp. Arnold, the proposed Constitutional amendment providing
for the permanent location of Grand Chapter, was made the second special order
for this afternoon.
The special Committee appointed to prepare an expression relative to the M.\
E.\ Grand High Priest Geo. R. Fearn, presented the following Report, which was
unanimously adopted:
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee to whom was referred that portion of the address of the R.-.E.*.
Acting Grand High Priest that relates to the removal from this Grand Jurisdic-
tion of the M.-.E.-. Grand High Priest of this Grand Chapter, Comp. George R.
Fearn, beg leave to report that we most heartily indorse the fraternal and well-
merited mention of him in said address. The removal of Comp. Fearn from this
Grand Jurisdiction is a loss most seriously felt. But while so bright a star has
made its Occident from our Masonic firmament, we must not forget that there is
one in the ascendant in the Lone Star State. His zeal, intelligence and efficiency
have made their lasting impress upon all branches of Masonry in this State, and
we deeply regret that one that was such a pillar of wisdom and strength has been
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removed from our Masonic Temple—that we have lost an accomplished gentle-
man, an able counselor, and an eminent presiding officer. May the silken folds
of our Royal banners in our sister State o'ershadow one of the wisest heads and
purest hearts of our mystic order. The Grand Chapter of Mississippi would fol-
low him to his new home with the best wishes for his continued usefulness and
personal success and happiness. And your committee would recommend that this
expression of its regard be suitably engrossed by the Grand Secretary, and for-
warded to the M.\E.\ Companion Geo. It. Beam, under the seal of this Grand
Chapter, and that the same be made a part of the proceedings of this Grand Con-
vocation. Fraternally submitted.
J. F. ARNOLD,
M. F. ROGERS, .
E. W. HUGHES,
Committee.
On motion of Grand Secretary, all petitions from Subordinate Chapters for
relief, remission of dues, etc., were ordered to be referred, without reading, to
the Committee on Subordinate Chapters.
Comps. DeLap and French offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That section 9 of By-Laws for Subordinate Chapters be so amended
as not to require candidates for the Chapter degrees to have been Master Masons
six months before making the application.
On motion of Comp. Burkitt, the resolution was referred to the Committee on
Masonic Law.
Past Master's Degree.
Comp. H. W. "Walter, as Chairman of a special Committee, presented the fol-
lowing Report:
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your committee to whom was referred the following resolution, viz: "That
Chapter Past Masters, present when the Past Master's degree is conferred on the
Master of a Lodge as a qualification for office, shall not assist in conferring more ,
of that degree than is necessary for that purpose," beg leave to report:
That they cannot conceive by what right a Chapter Past Master can confer the
degree of Past Master, or any part of it, on a Master elect.
By our Permament Regulations, no Chapter can confer it on any one who has
not received the Mark Degree, and been elected to all the degrees of a Chapter.
The truth is, the Past Master's degree was unknown to Capitular Masonry by
the Ancient Charges and Regulations, and was improperly taken from Symbolic
Masonry, to which it belongs as an Honorary Degree. It is wholly unknown to
the Grand Chapter of England. It is not worked by the Grand Chapter of Ire-
land. It was once worked by the Grand Chapter of Scotland, but it has fey it
been returned to the Grand Lodge as a Chair Degree, and the Chapters of New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, British Colonies and Shanghai, working under the Grand
Chapter of Scotland, are only permitted to confer the degree as a Side-Degree, so
long as the work remains as it now is in America.
The Past Master's Degree is a new one, and is worked only in America, and our
Chapters must continue to work it until some general change is made. Your cupa-
mittee believe that it should then be surrendered to the Grand Lodges, as a Chair
or Honorary Degree, to be communicated alone to Masters elect. The Grand.
Chapter of Rhode Island, which has not accepted, and is not bound jp work the
Ritual prescribed by the General Grand Chapter of the United States, has sug-
gested, in an able Report, that the Degree shall not be conferred, but communi-.
cated. , '
Your committee can only express the hope that some Grand Convocation of the
Representatives of all Grand Chapters may meet at no distant day, and may, in
a spirit of mutual 'concession, adopt some Ritual for Chapter Degrees that will •
enable Capitular Masonry to work the same work and speak the same Masonic
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language in every nation. Your committee can see no impropriety in a Chapter
Past Master being present at the conferring of the Past Master's Degree on a
Master elect as a qualification degree, but no*further.
Your Committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution as a sub-
stitute for the one submitted to your Committee, viz : *
jResolved, That no Chapter Past Master, as such, has any power to confer the
Past Master's Degree, or any part of it, on the Master of a Lodge as a qualifying
Degree. H. W. WALTER,
J. M. HOWRY,
CHAS. T. MURPHY,
Committee.
On motion of Comp. French, the Report was received and adopted.
The hour for the special order having arrived, to-wit: the election of Grand
Officers, the R.\E.\ Deputy Grand High Priest appointed as Tellers Companions
W. G. Paxton and M. F. Rogers. The several ballotings resulted in the election
of the following Companions to the offices named:
Comp. John Y. Murry .' .'... Grand High Priest.
" John F. Arnold Deputy Grand High Priest.
" John A. Galbreath, Sr Grand King.
" Wm. French Grand Scribe.
" John Nelson Grand Captain of the Host.
" O. B. Collins Grand Principal Sojourner.
" W. H. WlLBURN Grand Royal Arch Captain.
" Joel A. Hearne Grand Master 3d Vail.
" Frank Burkitt Grand Master 2d Vail.
" John M. Ware Grand Master 1st Vail.
" J. H. Alexander Grand Chaplain.
" A. P. Barry Grand Treasurer.
" J. L. Power Grand Secretary.
" W. H. Carkeet Grand Tyler.
report op committee on the mark.
The following Report was presented by Comp. Walter :
To the M.-.E.-. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi :
Your committee to whom was referred that portion of the address of the R.\E.\
D.\ G.\ H.\ Priest which relates to the selection of a Mark, beg leave to report:
That owing to the limited time allowed the Committee, they are not able to
notice the contrariety of opinion and rulings by our sister Grand Chapters on this
subject, or to give their special reasons for the action of the Committee, but would
respectfully submit the following resolution to the Grand Chapter, viz :
■ That no candidate shall be permitted to receive the Degree of Most Excellent
Master until after he shall have selected his Mark, and had it recorded in the
Mark Book of his Chapter. H. W. WALTER,
E. J. HOSTETTER,
M. COOK, Committee.
On motion of Comp. Bowen, the Report was received, and made the special
order for this evening at 3 o'clock.
Comp. Galbreath offered the following amendment to the By-Laws of Subordi-
nate Chapters:
Strike out section 27, and insert in lieu thereof as follows:
Sec. 27. Any Companion in good standing shall be entitled to a dimit from the
Chapter upon application in writing to the Chapter, accompanied by the Secre-
tary's receipt for his dues, and upon his paying the sum of dollars therefor.
[The section, as it stands, provides for the granting of dimit without other
expense than dues.]
On motion of Comp. Bowen, the resolution was laid on the table.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
The Committee on Finance submitted the following Report, which was received
and adopted:
To the M.-.E:. Gh'and Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The Finance Committee to whom was referred the reports of Grand Secretary
and Treasurer respectfully submit that they have carefully examined the same,
and found them correct in every particular.
Your Committee have also carefully considered the matter of the indebtedness of
the Grand Chapter, and can offer no suggestion except to recommend the same action
as was had last year in regard to mileage and per diem of delegates, to-wit: that
Representatives be requested to remit to the Grand Chapter all their per diem and
mileage except what is necessary to cover their actual expenses.
Your committee also desire to congratulate the Grand Chapter upon the posses-
sion of such zealous and faithful officers as Companions Grand Treasurer and
Grand Secretary. In our judgment, the thanks—earnest, hearty and sincere—of
this Grand Body are due to these officers, and especially to the Grand Secretary,
for the untiring zeal and financial ability manifested by that officer in piloting,
this Grand Chapter through the shoals of bankruptcy to the haven of comparative
prosperity.
Your committee recommend that the sum of $15 50 be allowed the Grand.
Tyler to reimburse him for expenses incurred for servant hire, coal, drayage, etc.,
and that he be allowed the usual per diem for his attendance at this Convocation.
Your Committee would further recommend that the sum of $60 be appropriated
to the R.\ E.\ Deputy Grand High Priest, to reimburse him for expenses inci-
dental to his office, including expenses of attendance upon the session of the
General Grand Chapter of the United States.
Your committee would also recommend the allowance of the account of Comp.
J. A. Martin, of Columbus, for $372 50, for printing the proceedings of 1873-4.
Respectfully submitted. E. GEO. DeLAP,
P. M. SAVERY,
T. F. PETTUSS,
Committee.
The Grand Chapter was called to refreshment until 2% o'clock P. M.
Afternoon Session—Second Day.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 2% o'clock P. M.
On motion, the Report of the Special Committee on Selection of Mark was
taken up.
On motion of Comp. J. S. Jones, the further consideration of the subject was
indefinitely postponed.
• The proposed amendment to the Constitution providing the substitution of
"actual and necessary expenses" for mileage and per diem, was taken up ; and it
appearing, upon discussion of the same, that the amendment, as worded, might
possibly increase, instead of diminish, the financial embarrassment of the Grand
Chapter,—
Comp. Arnold moved to indefinitely postpone the proposed amendment; which
motion was carried.
Comp. Paxton moved to postpone the further consideration of the proposed
amendment providing for the permanent location of Grand Chapter until the next
Grand Convocation; which motion was adopted, upon the vote being taken by
Chapters—there being 115 votes in the affirmative, and 92 in the negative.
Comp. Arnold offered the following:
Resolved, That the next Annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter shall be
held at , on the Thursday preceding the meeting of the Grand Lodge in
1876, and at the same place.
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Comp. Savery moved to amend by making the Grand Chapter to meet imme-
diately after the close of the Grand Lodge, and at the same place; which was lost.
Comp. "Walter moved to amend so as to meet on the Monday preceding the
meeting of the Grand Lodge.
Comp. French offered as a substitute for the several motions before the Grand
Chapter, the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the next Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter shall be
held two days previous (Sunday excepted) to the meeting of the Grand Lodge, in
1876, and at the same place.
On motion of Comp. Howry, the hour for meeting was fixed at 10 o'clock A. M.
The Committee on Masonic Law submitted the following Report:
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence beg leave to report that
the replies we have had occasion to make during the past year, to the numerous
.inquiries addressed to us, have not involved any principle of Masonic Law of
sufficient importance to justify a record among the proceedings of the Grand
Chapter.
The decisions of the Grand High Priest which have been referred to us are in
perfect harmony with our Regulations, pertinent, and are distinctly and clearly
set forth, evincing an accurate familiarity with our system of Jurisprudence and
its wise administration.
Your Committee have had Under consideration the resolution offered by Grand
Secretary proposing a repeal of so much of section 20 of the By-Laws for Subordi-
nate Chapters as provides the penalty of expulsion for non-payment of dues.
Entertaining as they do very grave doubts as to the expediency of so amending
our Regulations as to meet the views of derelict Companions who persist in con-
tumacious relations to rightful authority, yet to the end that no appearance of
hardship shall remain to hinder a return to their just and due obedience, we
recommend the adoption of the resolution as presented.
Your Committee also recommend that section 20, By-Laws, be amended by
adding after the word " to," at the beginning of the 4th line, the words " nor
permitted to receive or enjoy," which will make the section read as follows:
Sec. 20. Any Non-Affiliated Royal Arch Mason within the Jurisdiction of this
Chapter, who shall neglect or refuse to contribute annually to its funds an amount
equal to the ordinary Chapter dues, shall not be entitled to, nor permitted to
receive or enjoy, the rights, benefits and privileges of the Chapter—that is to say:
The right to visit and associate with the regular members of the Chapter; the
right to ask and demand relief and pecuniary aid from the Chapter, or its funds,
for himself or his family ; the right to move or join in processions with Chapter.
Provided, however, That any Royal Arch Mason, in good standing, unable so to
contribute, may be released from this restriction.
Your Committee have also had the following under consideration :
Resolved, That section 9 of By-Laws for Subordinate Chapters be so amended
as not to require candidates for the Chapter degrees to have been Master Masons
six months before making the application.
Of which they respectfully beg leave to say that, if adopted, it would, in their
opinion, tend to widen the entrance to our Royal Household, without that cer-
tainty of increasing its strength or real prosperity which would justify the change
proposed. We therefore return it without our approval.
Fraternally submitted. CHAS. T. MURPHY,
JOHN WRIGHT,
T. G. BIRCHETT,
Committee.
Comp. Barry moved to adopt the Report.
Comp. French moved to reject so much of the Report as is adverse to the propo-
sition to repeal the Regulation adopted at last Grand Chapter, requiring candi-
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dates for the Capitular degrees to have been Master Masons six months before
making application.
The vote being taken upon the motion of Comp. French, there were 28 in the
affirmative and 28 in the negative.
The R.\ E.\ Deputy Grand High Priest, preferring not to decide the question,
a second vote was ordered, when there were 34 in the affirmative and 31 in the
negative. The motion of Comp. French accordingly prevailed, which repeals sec-
tion 9 of the By Laws.
The Report, as amended, was then adopted.
EEPOET ON SUB OEDINATE CHAPTEES.
The following Report was presented and adopted:
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on, Subordinate Chapters and Chapters Under Dispensation
respectfully report that they have had under consideration the petition of sundry
Companions for the revival of Decatur Chapter, No. 31, and recommend that the
Grand Secretary be authorized to issue a charter as prayed for, and that Compan-
ion Thomas Keith be admitted as the Representative of said Chapter.
In the matter of Baker Chapter, U. D., as all the papers have not yet arrived,
we recommend that a charter be granted upon the applicants complying with the
law.
Sundry Chapters having failed to elect and install their officers for the present
year, your Committee recommend that all such Chapters be allowed sixty days to
elect and install such officers as have not already been installed.
Your Committee also recommend that the suggestions of the Grand Secretary,
in relation to delinquent Chapters, be adopted.
We have also had under consideration the petition of Comp. J. A. Galbreath,
H.\ P.-. of Salem Chapter No. 85, for the removal of said Chapter from Union
Church, Jefferson county, to Brandywine Springs, Claiborne county, and recom-
mend that it be granted, upon a majority of the members of said Chapter
petitioning the Grand High Priest.
Respectfully submitted, R. B. BRANNIN,
W. G. PAXTON,
J. J. BIRDSONG,
Committee.
Comp. Arnold offered the following:
Resolved, That the several Chapters in this Jurisdiction are hereby authorized
and empowered, at their own discretion, to suspend the By-Laws of their Chap-
■ ters, and receive and act upon petitions instanter, either at stated or special meet-
ings, for the purpose of forming a class for the exemplification of the Adopted
Work, and for no other purpose, and only during the presence of "the Grand Lec-
turer among them.
On motion of Comp. Paxton, the resolution was referred to the Committee on
Masonic Law.
COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS.
The following report was presented and adopted:
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee on Complaints and Appeals report that the complaint of H.
Brince against Salem Chapter, referred to in the address of the M.\ E.\ Grand
High Priest, and which was referred to your Committee for an opinion, was
examined and reported upon in 1871, and the report of the Committee was
adopted.
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No new facts—and in fact nothing except what they find in the report of the
committee of 1871—have come to the knowledge of your Committee, and it is
deemed expedient to let the subject rest, unless further and new facts were pre-
sented on which to base further action.
Respectfully submitted, J. M. HOWRY,
P. M. SAVERY,
T. C. EVERETT,
Committee.
bethesda chapter, no. 55.
Comp. R. B. Brannin offered the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the action of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest in authorizing the
removal of Bethesda Chapter, No. 55, from Palmer Springs, in Attala county, to
West Station, in Holmes county, be and the same is approved.
report on deceased companions.
The following Report was presented and read by the Chairman of the Commit-
tee, when, on motion of Comp. Walter, the same was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote:
To the Mr. E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The past year, as all former years, has wrought its changes. The faces of
several Companions, well known to most members of our Body, will be seen by
us no more.' They have served their generation, honored their high profession
as Masons, and now entered, as we trust, upon the great reward kept in store for
the past. We fondly cherish their memory, and bid them rest in peace. Their
names have been brought to our notice in the address of our Most Excellent
Grand High Priest, and remarks of the Grand Treasurer. We do little more
than give a summary of the particulars and events in their history to which
allusions have been made.
Comp. Henry C. Robinson, Past Grand High Priest of this Grand Chapter,
was born in Putnam County, Ga., in the year 1818. He was made a Mason in
Philadelphia Lodge, No. 98, and served that Lodge as W.-. Master several years.
He'dimitted from that Lodge, and affiliated with Jefferson Lodge, No. 146, in
1853, and was its Worshipful Master thirteen years. In 1850 he was a member
of the Grand Lodge, and was elected Junior Grand Warden in the year 1862.
He filled the office of District Deputy Grand Master for some ten or twelve
years. He was faithful and efficient in performing the duties of that position.
He acted in the capacity of Grand Lecturer for the Grand Lodge for a number
of years, and gained for himself a well-deserved reputation for zeal in Masonry.
In the year 1872 he was elected to the office of Grand High Priest of the Grand
Chapter and performed the duties of that high and honored position with most
commendable zeal. Thus lived and thus acted one of our most devoted and
beloved Companions. The work designed for him on the trestle-board by the
Grand Architect was completed on the 14th day of November, 1874. On that
day his spirit returned to the God who gave it. His mortal remains rest in the
cemetery in the city of Meridian. Peace be to the memory of this Most Excel-
lent Companion.
Comp. Dent H. Miles, Past Deputy Grand High Priest, was, we believe, a
native of Maryland. He came from that State to Mississippi, in the year 1835. He
was made a Mason in the year 1822, in Concordia Lodge, in Baltimore, Md.
From the year 1840 until the day of his death he was a regular and punctual
attendant upon the meetings of the Grand Lodge. That Body, placed him in
the office of Senior Grand Deacon in the year 1850, which position he held until
the year 1863." In that year he was elected to the office of Senior Grand Warden.
In the following year he was elected again to the office of Senior Grand Deacon,
and served as such until the Grand Convocation of 1874. Having attained to the
age of four score years, he died on the 20th day of July, 1874, at Bell Station, in
Tennnessee. His mortal remains rest in the grave-yard at Sartartia, Miss. Thus
terminated the long earthly career of one who was second to none in his attachment
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to the Institution of Masonry. "In consideration of his long cherished devotion to
Masonry he was honored by the Grand Lodge, at its last Annual Convocation,
with honorary life membership in that Body, and the Grand Lodge presented
to him a Grand Deacon's jewel as a testimonial of the esteem in which he was
held. He was universally beloved, and his name will be long remembered by
the Companions of our Grand Chapter.
Comp. J. C. Monett, Past Grand Scribe, departed this life on the first day of
November, 1874. This beloved Companion had held the position of High Priest
in Bay St. Louis Chapter, No. 54. He was a useful and honored citizen, and a
most zealous Mason, and has by his death left vacant a place which cannot be
easily filled.
Comp. Wm. M. "Wells, Past Grand Scribe, died on the 8th day of May,
1871. He was born near Summit, Pike county, Mississippi, June 27, 1808, and
removed to Hinds county in 1829, where he resided until his death. The sub-
ject of this notice was a man of great worth, and accordingly enjoyed the
esteem and friendship of his fellow men. As a Mason he was extensively known
and greatly beloved by our fraternity. He was zealous and ever stood ready to
vindicate Masonry on all proper occasions against every aspersion of its opponents.
He has left a name which will not soon perish from the memory of the Compan-
ions of our Grand Chapter.
Comp. S. H. Johnson, Past Grand High Priest, was removed from the field
of his labors upon earth and entered, as we trust, upon the reward of the faithful,
on the 22d day of January, 1875. This Companion stood pre-eminent among the
members of our fraternity, as a true and genuine Mason. As a Christian gentle-
man, he richly merited the good name which society awarded to him, and which
is one of the noblest rewards of a well spent life. As a Mason he was, without
exception, an honor to the noble Institution of which he had been a member for
fifty-seven years. He Was made a Royal Arch Mason in the year 1819. It is
not, therefore, a matter of wonder that he was called to serve the Grand Lodge
as Senior Grand Warden; and that he was twice exalted to the office of Grand
High Priest in our Grand Chapter, and filled that honored position with great
dignity. - He was a working and useful man in the field of Masonry. It is sup-
posed that no Mason within our jurisdiction contributed more by personal
influence than did he, to relieve the distressed and cheer the disconsolate. And
it is probably true that no Mason in our connection has ever been called to
officiate so often as he, in performing the ceremony of the burial of deceased
Masons. But his labors of love have now ended, and his name will long live in
our memory.
Your Committee recommend that Memorial Pages be set apart in the proceed-
ings of this Convocation, to the memory of these Companions, and that the Grand
Secretary transmit a copy of the proceedings to the family of each.
Respectfully submitted, J. H. ALEXANDER,
j. m. ware,
j. m. Mcdonald,
Committee.
decatur chapter, no. 31.
On motion of Comp. Wm. S. Patton, it was
Resolved, That all back dues of Decatur Royal Arch Chapter No. 31, which
Chapter was revived during the past year, be and the same are hereby remitted
by this Grand Chapter.
The Grand Secretary offered the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That Representatives in attendance at the present Convocation of the
Grand Chapter, and the Grand Officers mentioned in section 10, Rules and Regu-
lations, shall be allowed six cents per mile each way, and three dollars per day,
provided no Representative shall be allowed in the aggregate an amount greater
than the annual dues of his Chapter for 1874.
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amendment to constitution.
Comp. Walter offered the following amendment to the Constitution, which was
adopted with a view to its reference to the subordinate Chapters, and for final
action at next Grand Convocation:
'Amendment to Art. VI., Sec. 1, of the Constitution.
Strike out the words " three dollars for every thirty miles," occurring in the
second line, and insert the words " six cents for each mile."
The Grand Chapter, at 6 o'clock, P. M., was called to refreshment until 10
o'clock to-morrow morning.
Third Day.
Saturday, Feb. 6, 1875.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 10 o'clock A. M.
A- petition from sundry Companions at Greenville, Washington county, was
read, praying for the organization of a Chapter at tha't place. The petition being
informal in several particulars, it was referred, on motion, to the Grand Secretary,
with instructions to give the Companions all necessary information.
resolution op thanks.
Comp. W. G. Paxton offered the following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Eesolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due, and are hereby ten-
dered, to the Companions and citizens generally of Meridian for the fraternal and
hospitable reception extended to the delegates to this Grand Chapter.
amendment to the constitution.
Comp. P. L. Saunders offered the following amendment to the Constitution,
which was adopted with a view to its reference to the Subordinate Chapters:
Amend section 3, Article I, of the Constitution, so as to read as follows :
Sec. 3. The following Grand Officers, to-wit: the Grand High Priest, Deputy
Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Captain of the
Host, Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, and
Grand Sentinel, shall be elected from the members, for the time being, of the
Grand Chapter; and the following Grand Officers, to wit: the Grand Royal Arch
Captain, Grand Principal Sojourner, and the three Grand Masters of Vails,
shall be appointed by the Grand Council, and may be chosen from the members
of Subordinate Chapters.
Comp. I. R. Greer made a statement in reference to Huntsville Chapter, No.
91, when—
On motion of Comp. Ferriss, Huntsville Chapter, No. 91, was allowed sixty
days within which to make Returns for the years 1873 and 1874, and that said
Chapter be allowed sixty days within which to pay one-half the dues for said
years, the residue to be paid within the present year, and upon the forwarding of
Returns and one-half the dues as aforesaid to the Grand Secretary, the removal
of the Chapter can take place, upon a majority of the members of said Chapter
petitioning the Grand High Priest, and upon his approval of the same.
Upon the recommendation of Finance Committee, Comp. H. W. Walter was
allowed the sum of seventy-five dollars to reimburse him for actual expenses
incurred in the preparation of his Report on Foreign Correspondence.
On motion of Comp. Arnold, the several Grand Officers elect (except Comp.
Frank Burkitt, Grand Master 2d Vail, who was absent) were then duly installed
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into their respective stations—Past Grand High Priest, James M. Howry,
officiating as installing officer.
Immediately after the installation of the Grand Officers, Companions Walter
and Howry addressed the Grand Chapter upon the duty of this Grand Chapter,
and Royal Arch Masons generally, addressing themselves to works of charity,
education, etc. Their remarks were listened to with profound attention, and
were universally regarded by the Companions present as timely, practical, and
appropriate.
masonic law.
Comp. C. T. Murphy, for the Committee on Masonic Law, submitted the fol-
lowing Report:
To the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Tour Committee on Masonic Law have had under consideration the following
resolution, offered by Comp. Arnold :
Resolved, That the several Chapters in this jurisdiction are hereby authorized
and empowered, at their own discretion, to suspend the by-laws of their Chapters
and receive and act upon petitions, instanter, either at stated or special meetings,
for the purpose of forming a class for the exemplification of the adopted work,
and for no other purpose, and only during the presence of the Grand Lecturer
among them.
The wisdom of the Ancient Regulations, which this resolution proposes to
dispense with, has been well established by immemorial usage, and our matured
convictions bring us to the conclusion that the proposed .change is inexpedient
and unnecessary. Our Grand High Priest decided, as we think, both wisely and
well, that he could not delegate his inherent authority to another—that is to say,
while he could rightfully issue dispensations, he could not authorize another to
do it at his discretion.
"We think dispensations are too frequently sought and granted for mere con•
venience, and in cases where no real emergency exists, and as often to the
detriment of the Royal Crafthood.
If Grand High Priests have in any proper sense lawfully and of right inherited
the prerogatives universally conceded as belonging to Grand Masters—we should
pluck off our shoes and tread softly and slowly when we would venture upon an
assault upon well established immemorial usages. The Committee return the
resolution without approval.
Your Committee having been requested to define the law as to the office of
Grand Lecturer, report that they find the law as it stpod in the Constitution in
1869, to remain without any change as to the duties and compensation of Grand
Lecturer. The law is as follows:
Sec. 4. The Grand Chapter may elect a Grand Lecturer, whose duty it shall
be, when called upon by the Grand Council, to give lectures and instructions in
Masonry, at each Convocation of the Grand Chapter, and when thereto called by
the Subordinate Chapters, he shall visit them, and give the like lectures and
instructions. Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES T. MURPHY,
JOHN WRIGHT,
T. G. BIRCHETT,
Committee.
Comp. Barry moved to receive the Report and spread it on the minutes.
Which was agreed to.
Comp. Savery moved the adoption of the Report.
After discussion by Companions Murphy, Barry, Howry, Bowen, and a sfcite-
ment from the Grand High Priest as to an expression elicited by him from the
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delegates in attendance upon the General Grand Chapter, the Report of the Com-
mittee was adopted.
The Grand Chapter was then called to refreshment until 1% o'clock, P. M.
Night Session.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 7^ o'clock, P. M.
Present as before, with the addition of Comp. Thos. W. Smith, H.\ P.-. and
P.-. H.\ P.'. of Lexington Chapter, No. 24.
Comp. Morris Cook, Grand Lecturer, according to verbal notice given by him
during the afternoon session, made a detailed oral statement of his labors as
Grand Lecturer, and then, upon invitation of the Grand Chapter, rehearsed the
work and lectures of the several Degrees.
Comp. 0. B. Collins offered the following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the zeal, skill and industry of our R.\ E.\ Grand Lecturer,
Comp. Morris Cook, since his election to that important office in 1872, challenges
and deserves the confidence of this Grand Chapter.
Comp. Howry offered the following amendment to the Regulations of Grand
Chapter, which was adopted:
Resolved, That Sec. 6, Permanent Regulations, be amended by striking out the
word "shall" in the first line, and inserting the word may, and strike out the
word " four" in the second line, and insert the word one.
Comp. Howry moved the appointment of a Committee on Work, to consist of
five members, who shall report at next Grand Convocation.
Comp. French moved to amend by requiring the Committee to meet three
days previous to the next Annual Grand Convocation, and that for their services
they shall be allowed the usual mileage and per diem.
Which was adopted, when the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, (subsequently) appointed as the Committee on
Work: Companions J. M. Howry, Morris Cook, R. P. Bowen, W. D. Ferriss, and
John T. Buck.
Comp. W. G. Paxton offered the following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due and are hereby
tendered to the M.\ E.. Grand High Priest, Comp. John Y. Murry, for the very
able, courteous and dignified manner in which he has performed the grave duties
appertaining to his exalted position.
The following resolution, offered by the Grand Secretary, was adopted:
Resolved, That this Grand Chapter will pay the one per cent, per capita dues
annually required by the M.\ E.\ General Grand Chapter of the United States,
and that in order to meet this assessment the subordinate Chapters be required
to forward with the annual dues, an amount equal to one cent for each member.
Standing Committees.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest announced the following Standing Com-
miftees:
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Masonic Law.—Charles T. Murphy, Chairman, Durant; R. L. Saunders,
J. M. Stone.
Complaints and Appeals.—J. M. Howry, N. S. Walker, E. J. Hostetter.
Credentials.—J. F. McCormick, J. M. McDonald, J. W. Winn.
Subordinate Chapters.—R. B. Brannin, W. G. Paxton, P. M. Savery.
Finance.—E. Geo. DeLap, M. F. Rogers, J. T. Buck.
Unfinished Business —J. F. McCormick, J. S. Jones, T. C. Everett.
Printing.—B. S. Trice, J. L. Power, Frank Burkitt.
No further business appearing, the M.*. E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Mississippi, was then closed, at 10J^ o'clock, P. M., in due and Ample
Form, after prayer by the M.-. Rev. Grand Chaplain.
JOHN Y. MURRY,
Grand High Priest.
Grand Secretary.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence, in obedience to your order,
requiring a very condensed Report on the matters referred to them, beg leave to
say that they have carefully examined all Reports which have come to. their
hands, and find that Capitular Masonry, whilst not increasing very largely in the
number of its members, has greatly improved in its material.
ENGLAND.
We have the Reports of the Grand Chapter of England for 1872 and 1873.
In 1872 the Grand Chapter granted charters for twelve Chapters in England,
one in Madras, one in Victoria, and one in New Zealand. It invested $3,500.00 in
its permanent funds, and gave $500.00 each to the Boys' School, the Girls' School,
anil the Benevolent Fund.
In 1873 it had returns from 287 Chapters, granted fifteen charters in England,
one in Gibraltar, one in Burmah and one in Bengal.
It added $4,000 to its permanent fund, and aided the Grand Lodge in paying
its debt for the Masonic Temple in London.
We find each Subordinate Chapter attached to a Blue Lodge, and this never
occurs until three years after the latter has been organized.
The Grand Chapter, in some instances, fines its Subordinate Chapters for con-
ferring the Degree of the Chapter upon a Master Mason within a year after his
exaltation.
Of the 385 Chapters in active operation under its jurisdiction, 76 are in its
eleveil Provinces abroad, 6 being in other parts of Europe, 3 in China, 2 in the
East Indies, 12 in the West Indies, 16 in Australia, 3 in New Zealand, 7 in
America, 5 in Africa, 1 in Victoria, 1 in Burmah, and 1 in Bengal. The
Marquis of Ripon is the Grand Z.; E. J. Mclntyre, Q,. C., Registrar, and. John
Hervey, Secretary.
The Grand Chapter still refuses to recognize the Grand Mark Lodge of
England.
Your Committee acknowledge the courtesy of a kind letter from Comp. Hervey,
in forwarding- the foregoing Reports.
We regret that we have received no Reports from Ireland or Scotland during
the year. Both these Grand Bodies have a number of Chapters scattered through-
out Europe, Asia, and Africa, and it would be matter of gratification to the Com-
mittee to know the extent of the diffusion of Capitular Masonry by the efforts of
these Grand Chapters and that of England.
ITALY.
We learn from a distinguished Companion now in Italy, that Masonry is
spreading with great rapidity through that kingdom; that government prohibi-
tion is not only removed, but that King Emmanuel himself is a Mason and
warm friend of the Order. Funds are being raised for the purpose of erecting a
Temple in Rome—a Masonic Temple in the land of Caesar and Cicero, St. Peters
and the Vatican !
From the same source we learn, that the order is in a healthy, progressive con-
ditioa throughout the Continent, and hopes are entertained, that the heavy and
oppressive hand of the Russian Government will soon be lifted from the Order.
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BRAZIL.
The proceedings of the Grand Orient of Brazil shows a most healthy and pros-
perous condition of the Order, and it enjoys the permanency and power, peculiar
to the government of the country, the most stable of any of those of South
America. Within the last three months it has granted twelve charters for new
Lodges. There are subordinate to it 122 Lodges and 68 Capitilos (Chapters),
and amongst the former is one York Lodge. Its proceedings contain a full
review of our Order in most parts of the world. Joaquin Soldanha Marinho is
Grand High Priest, and Alexandrino Freiredo Amaral, Grand Secretary.
NOVA SCOTIA.
The report of proceedings in this State is devoid of general interest. • The
Order is in a most healthy condition. It is growing in numbers and importance.
It has received the recognition of nearly every Grand Chapter in the United
States—though Scotland strangely withholds hers.
UNITED STATES.
Whilst we note with pleasure the steady increase of our numbers in this
country, we point with peculiar pride to the more elevated morale of the Order.
Such has been the harmony amongst our members, such the commendable conduct
of Companions, and such the wisdom and justice of our Subordinate Chapters,'
that from one hundred and twenty-five thousand Royal Arch Masons, not a
single personal complaint or appeal has been made to a Grand Chapter.
Amid this harmony, order and justice. Temperance has not only been incul-
cated in precept but observed in practice to such an extent, that we can truth-
fully say our Order has accomplished more good in the past year for this noble
cause than has been effected by all the lectures of all its apostles and all the laws
of all the States in our Union.
Whilst we sincerely rejoice in this manifestation of harmony and temperance,
we are called to mourn the loss of some of the ablest and best of the Craft.
Nearly every Report has its tablet of mourning, and contains its tribute of
respect to the beloved and venerated dead.
GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES.
We regret that we have not received the Report of the proceedings of this
Grand Body.
We have seen a part of the Address of Comp. Drummond, General Grand
High Priest.
We learn from it, that the General Grand Chapter is the oldest Sovereign
Grand Chapter of the world. It was organized in January, 1798. The Grand
Chapter of England is attached to and under the authority of the Grand Lodge.
The General Grand Chapter was organized as the Grand Chapter of the States
of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New
York. It provided for the formation of Grand Chapters for each of these States,
except New Hampshire and Vermont.
Since that time it appears that the Grand Chapter of every State, " except
Florida, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia were either created by the General
Grand Chapter or formed by Chapters chartered by it and authorized to form a
Grand Chapter, solely upon the condition of obedience to the Constitution and
Laws of the General Grand Chapter."
Comp. Drummond hence infers " that a State Grand Chapter has no more right,
legal or moral, to throw off its allegiance, than any Subordinate Chapter has to
throw off its allegiance to its Grand Chapter."
The General Grand Charter recognizes the Grand Chapters "of Pennsylvania
and Virginia, though these two, with Georgia, Rhode Island and Texas, a<fe the
only ones which refuse to acknowledge any allegiance to the General Grand
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Chapter. "We learn from this Address, that a Grand Chapter has been formed
for the State of Nevada, and one is authorized to be formed for Colorado. The
Grand Chapters of West Virginia, Nova Scotia and Nevada are recognized, but
the G. Mark Lodge of England was not. The General Grand Chapter, we learn
unofficially, has rescinded its action had three years ago as to the Ritual. The
next Convocation will be held in Buffalo, New York, August, 1877.
There are twenty-seven Subordinate Chapters holding warrants directly
from the General Grand Chapter, viz: five in Colorado, three in Idaho, three in
Montana, one in New Mexico, six in Nevada, three in Washington (Ter.), one
in Wyoming, one in Utah, one in Valparaiso, Chili, one in Honolulu, Sandwich
Islands, one in Smyrna, Turkey, and one in Shanghai, China.
Your Committee cannot but regret that no action was taken by this Grand
Body to produce uniformity of labor in Capitular Masonry, so that all countries
might speak the same Masonic language and enjoy the same Masonic work.
England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States have some two hundred Chap-
ters in Asia, Africa, and on the Continent, and but few Royal Arch Masons, save
the members of these Chapters, are found in these nationalities. To these four
Powers, therefore, we can only look for the spread of our Order amongst all
nations and people.
Your Committee have received Reports from the following Grand Chapters for
1873, viz: Alabama, Illinois, New Hampshire, Tennessee and West Virginia.
And the following for 1874: California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mary-
land, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.
ALABAMA.
The Grand High Priest in his Address, says most beautifully and most truly:
" Society is heaving to and fro, like the incipient warnings of an earthquake.
Mighty and radical changes are being wrought in our social fabric. The ten-
dency downwards, in the scale of morality, is fearfully rapid. Corruption stalks
abroad in the land with bold and defiant mien; and public opinion has resigned
her whilom throne, as the regulator of public virtue. In view of the darkness
that threatens to envelope our social and moral horizons, the good and the true
are seeking a refuge from the impending storm. The fixed and steady purpose
to pursue the right, seeks to be buoyed up, by association with those who have
banded themselves together, for the cultivation and promotion of virtuous con-
duct."
Our Companions in Alabama must form a most noted exception to the state of
society, as so truly and forcibly drawn by the Grand High Priest, as there was
not a single appeal or complaint to the Grand Chapter, and no controverted ques-
tion of jurisprudence was decided. The order is in a healthy condition in the
State.
CALIFORNIA.
The Grand High Priest in his Address, on the subject of physical disqualifica-
tions, uses the following forcible and just language : " The subject of physical
qualifications is one of interest to the Chapter organization, and one upon which
the statute cannot too plainly define. I know the general rule in our jurisdic-
tion is, to evade, by saying that an applicant for the Chapter Degrees must be
able to conform literally to the requirements of the Symbolic Degrees. I do not
think this sufficiently definite; and while in the Symbolic Degrees—the making
of Masons I hold to the strictest construction of the rule, that a candidate
should n6t be deformed nor dismembered, yet I do not concur in the opinion, that a
Mason, by reason of such dismemberment or deformity, should be debarred from
the progress ever sought after by the intelligent, Free and Accepted Mason, by
reason of such accident. Let us make the rule definite, and if the committee to
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whom the applicant's petition is referred, shall, upon examination, find upon him a
false hand or foot, representing the originals, let them say to him by the authority of
the plainly written laws : " We love you, sir, and hold you in brotherly regard.
We know you as a workman full of honor and without guile—a Master of a
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons—yet you are dismembered, and, in obedience
to the law of California, we must reject you—yes, even though you are able to
conform literally to what the several Degrees require of you." Let us make the
law positive and leave nothing, in so important a particular, subject to the judg-
ment or discretion of a Council, or of the High Priest."
To which Grand Chapter responded, by saying that the candidate shall " be
enabled to conform strictly to all which the ritual in those Degrees makes neces-
sary."
The Grand Chapter, is enjoying an overflowing Treasury.
The Grand Chapter decided, that the restoration by a Lodge of a brother to the
benefit of Masonry, before trial by a Chapter, restores him to the rights of Capi-
tular Masonry. The Grand Chapters of Nova Scotia and West Virginia were
duly recognized.
CONNECTICUT.
Universal harmony and prosperity prevail throughout the jurisdiction of this
Grand Chapter. It can of a truth be said, that Capitular Masonry in Connecticut
is in as flourishing, if not a more healthy condition, than that of any other State
in the Union. No business was before the Committee of Complaints and Appeals.
The foregoing is the best report that could possibly be made as to any Grand
Chapter. Contention gives rise to questions inviting the scrutiny of the Craft.
DELAWAEE.
The G.\ H.*. Priest has caught the living principles of Masonry in using the
following language in his Address, viz:
" We live in an age that recognizes progress in all things, and if there be those
that desire to linger among the relics of the past, and to spend their strength in
attempting to discover the machinery by which our venerable institution was
moved in bygone ages, I am not of that number. While I venerate the good that
the past has transmitted to us, I believe that Masonry is no exception to the gen-
eral rule of progress, and that we may now, even at this late day, add newv lustre
to its history by our achievements in its real work for humanity. Let us keep its
time honored customs; let us preserve its ancient and well known land-marks, for
they have been well tried; they bear upon their face the stamp marks of honesty
and wisdom; they connect us with the past by golden memories, they must not be
given up, but let us from the springs of love in our own hearts, turn* our little
streams into its great river to increase its volume as it flows along through the
ages to come.
" If we would do this work and do it well, we must not waste our time by the
wayside, discussing the details of the Eitual, disputing about the size of an apron
or jewel, the width of a collar, or the disposition of our furniture, whether the
word a or the should be used in such a place, or whether such a method of doing
the proper thing is the original one or not."
No complaints or appeals. No Committee of Foreign Correspondence.
DISTEICT OF COLUMBIA.
At a Semi-Annual Convocation held in May, 1874, a Committee, previously
appointed to report on the subject of expulsion for non-payment of dues, made
a very able report, from which we make the following abstract, viz:
" So far as your Committee are informed, the neglect or refusal to pay dues to
a Masonic body has never been considered such an offense as would justify Masonic
discipline, so as to affect the Masonic standing of a brother, further than to
deprive the delinquent of membership and all the rights, immunities, and benefits
incident thereto. This, we think, is as it should be. The right of membership
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in a Masonic body carries with it all other rights and benefits which properly
belong to the Craft, and which are well understood by every intelligent Mason.
The loss of membership, while it does not affect his Masonic standing, is accom-
panied with a loss of all those rights, and leaves him in the position of an unaffil-
iate, having no right to sit in such body and participate in its deliberations, nor
even to visit, except by mere matter of favor; no Masonic home while living, and
no right to Masonic burial when dead.''
The Report was adopted.
The Grand High Priest recommends, that the Constitution be so amended by
inserting the word affiliated at the proper place, so that none but "Affiliated
Master Masons" can receive the Chapter degrees.
FLORIDA, 1878-4.
There is nothing in these Reports of general interest. The Order is in a most
prosperous and flourishing condition, and peace, order and good will universally
prevail.
ILLINOIS.
The Grand High Priest in his address says : The history of this Grand Chap-
ter, from its organization, April 9th, 1850, to the present time, shows a continued
and steady progress.
"From the little number of six Chapters, which first organized the Grand
Chapter of this State, we have steadily advanced to 154. At the organization in
1850, we numbered about 240 members, at our last Convocation we numbered
9,878—showing an annual increase of 380 members. Still the work goes nobly
on. New blocks are added annually, and the temple rises in steady and uninter-
rupted harmony. It has been my fortune to have met this Grand Body annually,
from 1851 to the present time."
The Grand High Priest decided several questions of a local character, and
some of a general nature, and all his decisions were approved by the Grand
Chapter.
Amongst the latter of general interest he decides: That a High Priest cannot
appoint a R.\ A.-. Mason his Principal Sojourner, unless he is a member of the
Chapter; that a Grand High Priest has no right to set aside the decision of a
Chapter and grant a new trial; that a Companion is entitled to his dimit after
failing to pay dues for thirteen years, on paying them, if no proceedings have been
instituted against him and he is otherwise worthy; that a Chapter may fail to
work for si'x months and yet retain its jurisdiction; that a Chapter cannot confer
the Past Master Degree on a Master elect, without an election and conferring the
Mark Degree; and. finally, that a Chapter may make an honorary member and
exempt him from dues, and may afterwards revoke its order and compel the pay-
ment of subsequeut dues.
The Grand Chapter has a large surplus fund, and is in a most healthy condi-
tion. No Complaints or Appeals.
INDIANA.
The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Indiana are of peculiar interest.
The Grand High Priest in his Address, says: "Capitular Masonry never
occupied a more exalted position than at the present time; we hear good news
from all quarters—from the East, the West, the North and the South come
tidings of prosperity and a high moral standard. Let us strive for the time when
we can say, that the profane swearer, the gambler, the drunkard, and the man
who makes drunkards, has no part or lot in the household of Masonry."
He decides that a Chapter is duly organized and may do business lawfully
where less than nine members of the Chapter are present, even if the requisite
number is made up of non-affiliates. Again—a candidate is elected, and a Com-
panion objects to receiving the degrees. This objection stands good till with-
drawn or the objector ceases to be a member of the Chapter.
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Again—a dimit should not be granted a Companion whilst charges are pending
against him in the Blue Lodge.
The Grand Chapter resolved that the loss of an arm or a foot renders an appli-
cant disqualified to receive any of the Degrees conferred in a Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons."
The Grand Chapter did not concur in the ruling of the Grand High Priest as
to the effect of an objection by one Companion after an election of the candidate.
IOWA.
The Grand Chapter of Iowa exhibited her true Masonic Charity in sending $200
to our suffering brethren at Shreveport, and $800 to Memphis, to which latter
Comp. C. K. Peck, P.-. G.\ Master of the State, and the Grand High Priest each
added $50. Warrants for six new Chapters were issued, and the Order through-
out the State is prosperous. A somewhat novel proceeding took place. The
Grand High Priest, in connection with the Companions working under a Chap-
ter IT. D., tried and expelled the High Priest of the Chapter. The Gr^nd Chap-
ter endorsed this action.
The Grand High Priest made the following decisions upon points of general
interest, viz: That an objection by a Companion to a candidate's advancement*
after receiving the Mark Degree is good, and no further petition can be enter-
tained until the objection is withdrawn. That a High Priest holds over until
his successor is elected and installed, and he need not be re-installed. A Mark
Master, who has received the degree in one State, may be elected and receive the
Degrees in another without dimit or certificate, where the first Chapter is des-
troyed; that a ballot should be had for each degree, though the usage is to ballot
once for all; that a Companion is suspended in a Chapter, where this punish-
ment is inflicted by a Blue Lodge ; that a Companion suspended for eleven years
for non-payment of dues is entitled to restoration on payment, even though not
an affiliate of a Lodge; that no minute can be made of any assembly of Compan-
ions, when the three principal officers are absent; that a Master of a Lodge, who
as such, has received the Past Master's Degree, must still take it in reoeiving
the Chapter Degrees; the right of a Companion (not a member of a Chapter), to
visit the Chapter is merely an act of courtesy, and the High Priest may exclude
him, and finally, that any installed officer except the High Priest of a Chapter,
may resign.
Other decisions were made, but they involved to some extent the Constitution
of the Grand Chapter. '
A Chapter in Missouri had infringed upon the jurisdiction of a Chapter in
Iowa. The Grand High Priest of Missouri expressed his regret at, 'and disap-
proval of the act. The Missouri Chapter apologized to the Iowa Chapter, knd
returned to it the fees arising from its improper act, and the latter Chapter
immediately sent back the dues. A vindication of right—an exhibition of kind-
ness. The Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia was recognized. The Grand Chapter
is enjoying the luxury of a fine library.
A resolution was passed forbidding any Companion speaking over five minutes
at a time, or more than twice on the same subject. An oration and banquet
followed the close of the Convocation.
KANSAS.
The Grand High Priest in his address, says: " The history of this Grand
Chapter, from its organization in 1866, shows a rapid and healthy growth.
Within less than nine years we have increased from three to twenty-five Chap-
ters, with an aggregate membership of over one thousand." The proceedings
show a healthy state of matters generally. It was ordered that the surplus funds
should be invested in U. S. Bonds. The Grand High Priest decides: That a ,
suspension by a Blue Lodge works suspension in a Chapter; that whilst a non-
affiliate cannot receive the degrees, the affiliation may be in another State; that
a Chapter cannot expel for non-payment of dues, and finally, a Companion is
entitled to a dimit without giving a reason for it.
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The Grand Chapter orders that a Mark Master shall not advance till he has
selected his Mark and had it recorded.
KENTUCKY.
The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Kentucky are of peculiar interest.
They show the utmost harmony and the greatest prosperity in the Order. Not a
complaint or appeal was brought before this Grand Body. No vexed question of
jurisprudence occupied the time of its deliberations. Its crowning act of true
Masonry was the donation of seven thousand dollars to the Widows and Orphans
Home and Infirmary.
Of this noble Home our Kentucky brethren may well be proud. It speaks the
living language of their charity. The G.\ H.\ P.-., in his address, says of it:
" The charity of Masonry is as ancient and wide-spread as the Institution
itself, and though quiet in its practice and workings, has relieved many. But
the spirit of the age demands something more tangible, more practical and
systematic. To meet this demand, yea, this necessity, the Masons of Kentucky
inaugurated this magnificent institution. To-day, the situation is changed :
instead of the lone widow and orphan seeking, here and there, among the multi-
vtude, their husband's or father's brother, hundreds of orphaned ones, point to the
Home, and with glad hearts realize the charity of Masonry."
"It must make the heart of every Mason swell with joy when he looks upon
this magnificent charity, and feels that no matter what misfortune may befall
him, or to what poverty he may be reduced, should he be called hence he leaves
his orphaned ones in the care and guardianship of the great Masonic fraternity of
the State, who will see to it that they are properly trained up to be useful men
and women."
LOUISIANA.
We sincerely congratulate our Companions of Louisiana, that whilst so much
of suffering pervades the State, peace and prosperity prevail in the Order.
The Grand High Priest, in his address, says :
" Since we parted last year, though we were then living in a state of gr§at
pecuniary embarrassment and of political turmoil and uncertainty, which mainly
contributed to produce it, we have seen even more troublous times; the evils
which then seemed to be confined to our own section of the country, and almost
entirely to our own State, so far as financial matters were concerned, have since
spread like a great tidal wave over the whole country, and all the people have
had trials and misfortunes, which it would be in vain to attempt to picture or
describe ; calamity of every kind has sought all classes, and an untold amount of
suffering has been endured ; from this state of affairs we are not yet finally
rescued, and the still unsettled condition of our political matters, disturbing as it
does, all classes of industry and enterprise, compels us to fear that the end is not
yet, and that further troubles are in store for us. But throughout all the distress
that has and still surrounds us, the mission of Masonry has gone ever onward ;
peace and fraternal love reign throughout our Chapters, and a noble disposition
to help each other has manifested itself among our Companions to quite as great
an extent as any former emergency ever called forth, and at this moment our
Institution is undepressed by any of its mournful surroundings, and shines forth
with a brightness of character all its own."
The noble charity exhibited by our Order throughout the world to the sufferers
at Shreveport is kindly mentioned and gratefully acknowledged. Upon this
subject the Masonic Board of Belief give a truly mournful and touching report.
They use the following language in one part of it:
" Out of a population of about ten thousand souls, six thousand fled from the
scourge during the latter days of August, and of the remaining four thousand—
in the latter days of September—fully one-half were disabled by sickness, and
before the epidemic ceased in November, the mortuary reports from the Howards
show a mortality of seven hundred and fifty-nine."
The Grand High Priest decided, and the Grand Chapter approved the follow
ing: That a Chapter had no right to pass a by-law declaring members in arrears
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for dues, ineligible to office and debarring them from voting; that a Grand High
Priest is not bound to decide questions of Masonic Law, except upon actual cases
as they arise and when official application for decision is made; and that a Chapter
could forgive a serious and unmasonic offense where the consent is unanimous.
MAINE.
The Grand High Priest, in his address, uses the following most appropriate
language as to the manner of conferring the Royal Arch Degree :
" The beautiful and impressive ceremonies of the Royal Arch are often marred
by the introduction of levity and mirth, utterly inconsistent, to my mind, with
the sublime history and principles of Capitular Masonry. The lessons intended
by the living arch and the weary sojourn are often reduced from the sublime to
the ridiculous, and exaltation becomes a misnomer for degradation. Such per-
formances are not only unmasonic, but uncomely (I had almost said uncouth) in
Companions and towards candidates. They are far beneath rational amusement.
Overseers! reject all such unseemly stones. Clear away such rubbish from your
temples, ye who love the true and the beautiful. Stich precedents are wanting in
our early annals, and should receive no countenance to-day." i
He decides: That a Companion is entitled to all privileges, and bound by all
obligations, though not an affiliated Master Mason; that a Chapter may join
Masonic burial services of one previously buried, and that the installation of a
re-elected High Priest must precede that of his subordinates.
The Grand Chapter has a respectable charity fund. Comp. Ira Berry, Grand
Secretary, presented his Twentieth Annual Report.
Our Companions in Maine have shown their conservatism in these repeated
re-elections, and Comp. Berry may well feel proud of this unusual honor.
MARYLAND.
The Grand High Priest in his address, says: «
"The year has been an uneventful one in this jurisdiction. The Royal Craft
has pursued the even tenor of its way, and I am happy to state to the Grand
Chapter, that no contention has arisen amongst its subordinates to mar the peace
and harmony which should prevail, at all times, among the Companions."
The Grand Chapter decided : That no High Priest should be installed unless
he was competent to confer the traditional work, of all the degrees of the Chapter.
MICHIGAN.
In a quarter of a century from an organization of the Grand Chapter, there
are ninety subordinate Chapters, with the membership of about seven thousand
in the State. The growth of the Order is rapid and gratifying.
Our Order in this State remembered and aided nobly the sufferers of Shreve-
port and Memphis. One of the subordinate Chapters of this State, on proper
charges and specifications, found one of its members guilty of drunkenness, but
failed to affix any penalty to the offense. The Grand Chapter expelled him and
directed the subordinate Chapter to be reprimanded. We are gratified to find that
the unfriendly relations, heretofore existing between this State and Florida, are
ended, and fraternal harmony now reigns between them.
MINNESOTA.
The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Minnesota are without special
interest. The Order seems to be in a most flourishing condition. The Grand
High Priest decided, and the Grand Chapter approved the decision: That a Com-
panion might be a member of a chartered Chapter, and also of a Chapter U. D.
He also decided that charges must be preferred against a Companion for non-
payment of dues and notice of trial given him, and he cannot be suspended
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without them. The Committee on Jurisprudence concur in the opinion of the
Grand High Priest, but the Grand Chapter did not adopt its report on this
subject.
MISSOURI.
The proceedings of the Grand Chapter present little of general interest. The
address of the Grand High Priest is one of ability and force.
He decided: That a verbal objection made to the High Priest to the advance-
ment of a candidate is not sufficient, but it must be made in the Chapter, though
reasons for the objection need not be given: That if five members of the Chapter
are present they may open with the regular number, though not members, and
that there is no such thing as a Chapter burial of a Companion.
He gives the history of the manly and fraternal adjustment of the complaint
made against Missouri by Iowa, of the invasion by a Chapter of the former on
the jurisdiction of the latter.
Our Order mourns the loss of P.'. G.\ H.\ Priest Mitchell—a man of great
learning and a volumimous Masonic writer.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The printed proceedings of this Grand Chapter can be read in less than half
an hour. They present nothing of general interest. Not a Complaint or Appeal
or legal decision. Harmony and a healthy advancement appear throughout the
jurisdiction. To cap the whole, the Report of Foreign Correspondence is really
as short as that wisely required to be made by this Grand Chapter.
Comp. D. R. Marshall was received and accredited as Representative of this
Grand Chapter.
NEW JERSEY.
As usual the Report of the Grand Chapter of New Jersey is full of interest,
but mostly of a local character, and such as, under rules, we cannot notice.
The address of the Grand High Priest is a lengthy and able one. He appointed
during the year, 19 Representatives to as many Grand Chapters. He decided,
and the Chapter approved : That the withdrawal of membership of a Lodge, does
not affect the membership in a Chapter : That the issuance of a certificate of
membership should be the action of the Chapter—not of an officer: That a Chap-
ter cannot demand official information of a Lodge of the suspension or expulsion
of one of its members, and that when jurisdiction is yielded by a Chapter of
another State to a Chapter of New Jersey, the grant is personal to the latter and
cannot be exercised by another Chapter.
We have another exhibition of true and manly conduct in this Report. A sub-
ordinate Chapter of New Jersey conferred several degrees on persons living
within the jurisdiction of a New York Chapter. Promptly the former apolo-
gized to the latter and remitted all the fees, and the latter generously returned
them.
NEW YORK.
The Grand High Priest, in his address uses the following pointed and forcible
language, as to the manner the Royal Arch Degree is conferred, viz:
" There is another subject to which I desire to allude, and that is the manner
in which some of the degrees are too often conferred. I mean the adding of
treatment not required by the Ritual, and repulsive to the gentleman of culti-
vated taste, and at times sufficient to cause disgust instead of exalted ideas on
the part of the recipients. Its practice is offensive to good manners, and should
be at once and forever discontinued."
The Grand Chapter decides that when from any cause, the failure in the elec-
tion of officers occurs, the old officers hold over until their successors are installed.
It also recommends, when charges are preferred against an elected officer, he
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should be installed, and charges then preferred against him and he he suspended
from his official functions until action be had upon the charges.
The following Report of the Committee on Grievances was made:
" The undersigned, Committee on Grievance, have the satisfaction to report
that no case has been presented for their consideration. To the mind of your
Committee, it is a most gratifying fact, that in all this great jurisdiction, embrac-
ing nearly two hundred subordinate Chapters, and more than eighteen thousand
Royal Arch Masons, no complaint has been made of injustice or of wrong doings,
so as to call for interference, examination or discipline, on the part of this Grand
Body. No higher evidence could be afforded of the prosperity, the harmony, the
wise and just administration of the affairs and the orderly workings within this
jurisdiction of the Royal Craft, than the fact that everywhere there is brotherly
love, fraternal regard and orderly workings, to such an extent that no single
complaint was preferred, asking for review or relief from this Grand Chapter."
The Grand High Priest decided: That affiliation in a Blue Lodge cannot affect
membership of a Companion in a Chapter. He decides : That where a Com-
panion has been suspended for non-payment of dues and applies for Reinstatement,
all back dues must be paid. He complains of a want of courtesy on the part of
a Grand High Priest of Iowa, but the correspondence between them is not given.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Apathy still marks our Order in this noble Old State. Nothing of general
importance is found in its Report. It has changed its place of meeting from
Wilmington to the Capital of the State. It condemns the system of Grand Repre-
sentation, and for itself discontinues it. We trust that a brighter future awaits
our Companions in this State.
OHIO.
As we reported last year, we must again report, that there is nothing of general
interest to the Cral't of this State. Such is the harmony existing among subor-
dinate Chapters and Companions, such the healthy condition of the Order, that
legislation by the Grand Chapter seems to be almost useless. It decided that
objections to the installation of officers elect, should prevent installation.
OREGON.
The Grand High Priest conferred the Degree of Royal Arch on one who, after
being elected and receiving the Past Master Degree, lost a leg. The candidate
appears to have been a most estimable citizen and Brother. The Grand Chapter
did not, (we believe to its credit) disapprove the act, but expressed the opinion
that the physical qualifications necessary for the Blue Lodge Degrees, should
be required by the Chapter. There are no complaints, appeals, and no decisions
of general interest. Comp. Patton, in his Report on Foreign Correspondence
has grouped a number of decisions on the subject of physical qualifications.
RHODE ISLAND.
The proceedings of the Grand Chapter of this State for 1872-3-4, come to us
in one Report. The Order is healthy and flourishing. Peace and harmony
everywhere prevail—so much so, that not a single complaint was made, appeal
taken, or legal decision rendered during the three years. Much of general
interest beyond the foregoing could therefore not be expected. An able report
on the Ritual was made. We deem it only necessary to say, (as the work has
been prescribed by the General Grand Chapter of the U. S.) that the Committee,
in the strongest terms, condemn the frivolity frequently shown in conferring the
Past Master Degree, and the Grand Chapter approves its language, whilst it did
not adopt a resolution accompanying it, " that the Degree should be communi-
cated, not conferred."
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It seems our Grand Representative, M.\ E.\ Oliver Johnson, presented his
credentials, and there the matter ended. Something- is said, and well said, about
the Omnific Word, but we do not deem it necessary to notice it, as your Com-
mittee^ has learned, informally, that the General Grand Chapter has receded from
its action at Baltimore on this subject.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE.
The Reports of these Grand Chapters present nothing of general interest. Not
a single complaint, appeal or decision in either State. In both, the Order is
healthy in finance, numbers and charity. South Carolina mourns the death of
her Grand High Priest, James Birnie, and Past Grand Secretary, E. Thayer.
Suitable honors are paid to the memory of each. The Committee on Foreign
Correspondence is directed to furnish its Report to the Grand High Priest,
thirty days before the Annual Convocation, to be submitted to a suitable Com-
mittee.
TEXAS.
From a number of decisions made by the Grand High Priest, and approved by
the Grand Chapter, we extract the following of general interest: That a mem-
her of a Chapter may object to a visiting Companion entering it: That a Com-
panion may be a member of two Chapters at the same time: That a Chapter
may be opened when the visiting brethren and members constitute the proper
number, but nine ballots must be cast, and therefore in acting on petitions and
for transacting business, nine members must be present: That a subordinate
Chapter may remit, increase or diminish its dues at pleasure, and that a Chapter
may confer the degrees when the High Priest is present, but has the charter in
another place under his control, but he does not approve this course of action.
The Grand Chapter gives its surplus dues to the Grand Lodge to aid in paying
the debt due on the Masonic Temple. Recognizes the Grand Chapter of West
Virginia.
VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.
There is but little of general interest in the Reports of these Grand Bodies.
The difficulties growing out of the refusal of Adoniram Chapter to acknowledge
the jurisdiction of West Virginia is happily removed by the withdrawal of the
refusal. The correspondence and action of these Grand Chapters on this subject
are truly refreshing. It is difficult to determine whether the Old or New
Dominion has exhibited the greater courtesy, or the highest exhibition of Masonic
charity. The conduct of both exhibits the manly and noble bearing of the
" Mother of States," and may well be studied for edification and example.
WISCONSIN.
This young, healthy and vigorous Grand Chapter sends us but little to report
beyond the highest prosperity of the Order. This we might well expect from
the address of the Grand High Priest when he says: " In the matter of official
decisions I have to report a condition of things almost millennial, not having
been called upon for one during the year." The address is a short, pointed and
business-like paper, and so are all the proceedings of the Grand Chapter.
It repeals all laws requiring the recording of Marks. Believing it to be a mat-
ter for the benefit of a Companion, it leaves the question to his discretion.
CONCLUSION.
We append a table showing the date of the organization of each Grand Chap-
ter the names and Post Office of the High Priests and Secretaries, the time and
place of meeting of each Grand Chapter, the number of Subordinate Chapters,
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numbers making returns, the number of Exaltations, and the total membership.
This table shows no change since our last Report, in which we said that " the
greatest prosperity of Capitular Masonry is found probably in Connecticut, and
the least in North Carolina. By sections, it is the most flourishing in the Eastern
States, and the least so in Maryland, the Virginias and Carolinas. The other
Southern States, the Middle States, and the older Northern States are about
equal, whilst the smallest ratio to population is found in the North-Western
States, owing doubtless to the thinness of population.
A word to our Companions of the Reportorial Corps and we are done. In our
last Report we endeavored to show the universal condition of Capitular Masonry.
We only regret that we cannot do more on this point this year. It is an innova-
tion. By some of the Corps it was coldly received, and by one copied. Under a
wise rule of our Grand Chapter, we are directed to condense our work, and report
nothing except of general interest, requiring its attention. If, therefore, we do
not indulge in a social converse with our confreres, the reason is above stated,
and whilst entertaining the warmest fraternal feeling for all, we can only
express it in this general manner, and say it might be more marked if duty per-
mitted.
H. W. WALTER,
Chairman.
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RETURNS OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS,
For the Year ending December 27, 1874.
(The Officers given being for the year 1875.)
Natchez, No. 1—Natchez, Adams County.
Officers, 1875.—E. Oeo. DeLap, p. h. p., H. P.; E. J. Guice, K.; W. G. Ben-
brook, S.; D. G-. Smythe, C. of H.; R. F. Learned, P. S.; Jno. A. Dicks, R. A. 0.;
Washington Wier, M. 3d Y.; C. T. Chamberlain, M. 2d V.; F. F. Fowler,
p. h. p., M. 1st V.; Gr. J. Bahin, Treasurer; W. H. Stewart, p. h. p., Secretary;
Jacob Peebles, p. h. p., Tyler.
Past High Priests—A. H. Kendrick, C. F. Merrick, R. S. Dixon, Samll
Ullman.
Members—T. J. Adams, Alphonse Bahin, J. C, Baker, Henry Ballard, Geo. M.
Brown, W. H. Carkeet, Chas. Coleman, A. V. Davis, J. G. Dicks, C. F. Farrar, J. S.
Gaynor, Gus. Haase, Jas. Hardie, T. J. HartiganJJ. S. Holt, C. H. Keim, T. W*
Leonard, M. Lemle, Gus. Lewis, Wm. Lowry, W. T. Martin, S. A. Mason, H. C.
Mayer, Simon Mayer, Leon Meyer, T. Quit. Munce, C. H. Mcllwaine, Wm.
Noonan, J. Q. Profilet, G. B. Rocca, C. M. Sawyer, Frank S. Shaw, H. Silverburg,
J. H. L. Smith, J. J. Smokey, Jno. Smythe, Sam'l M. Stewart, H. C. Swayze,
A. R. Tyler, E. J. Yancourt, Ben Wade, C. C. Walden, F. K. Winchester.—
Total 59.
Exalted.—C. T. Chamberlain.
Dimitted—J. Stebbins King.
Died—Q. J. King, May 13, 1874.
Dues $60. Convocations 3d Saturday.
Clinton, No. 2—Port Gibson, Claiborne County.
Officers, 1875—Thomas M. Rea, H. P.; A. J. Lewis, K.; F. Marschalk, S.;
James Wylie, p. h. p., C. of H.; N. S. Walker, P. S.; John V. McPherson,
R. A. C.; Wm. Brown, Jr., M. 3d Y.; A. Sager, M. 2d V.; C. H. Barrot, M. 1st
V.; L. T. Newman, Treasurer; Julian L. Foote, Secretary; F. H. Foote, Tyler.
Past High Priests—Jas. A. Gage, R. F. Gordon.
Members—J. W. Andrews, Wm. Brown, Sen., Wm. Cahn, H. M. Colson, Wm.
B. Fulkerson, Wm. E. Foote, J. G. Hastings, Jr., Wm. P. Hughes, R. Hawkins,
J. G. Jones, J. A. B. Jones, Middleton Kelley, J. J. Kirkbride, E. E. Lischer, Wm.
B. Lewis, Meyer Levy, F. Langenbucher, J. C. Mclntyre, B. H. Moorehead,
G. W. Naason, E. F. Price, A. Rollins, W. D. Sprott, W. McD. Sims, E. H. Stiles,
J. M. Sandusky, Stephen Thrasher, Cyrus Tanksley, J. H. Vaughn.—Total 43.
Exalted—E. H. Stiles, Wm. E. Foote, F.. Langenbucher, B. H. Moorehead,
J. M. Sandusky.
Affiliated—J. C. Mclntyre, E. E. Lischer, Wm. B. Lewis.
Reinstated—A. Rollins.
Dimitted—John H. Gordon.
Died—Joseph E. Barrett, Sept. 23, 1874.
Deprived of Membership—Thomas J. Aby, L. P. Williams, Wm. C. McCa-
leb—all for non-payment of dues.
Dues $54. Convocations 3d Saturday night.
Vichsburg, No. 3— Vichsburg, Warren County.
Officers—T. G. Birchett, H. P.; Frederic Speed, K.; G. M. Klein, S.; M. C.
Klein, C. of H.; T. J. Thompson, P. S.; J. L. Herman, R. A. C.; E. C. Carroll,
M. 3d V.; W. H. Andrews, M. 2d V.; J. H. King, M. 1st V.; W. A. Fairehild,
Treasurer; J. W. Gray, Secretary; W. Murray, Tyler.
Past High Priests—B. Springer, T. J. Harper, F. Wood, E. T. Henry, J. W.
Powell. W. French.
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Members—J. Adler, Jno. Allen, F. M. Andrews, D. H. Alverson, J. Bazinsky,
E. S. Butts, M. Brown, O. M. Blanton, L. Bear, G. W. Bookout, J. W. Beaty, J. H.
Berresford, D. Campbell, W. M. Chamberlin, T. P. Crutcher, C. Eisleffel, J. Elan-
nagan, U. French, C. E. Furlong, W. S. Goodman, Thos. Hackett, H. Hendren,
L. Hornthal, A. L. Jacquith, W. C. Johnston, E. P. Jones, D. W. Keene, A.
Kuhn, N. E. Klein, C. Lehman, L. M. Lowenburg, W. W. Lord, J. D. Miles,
W. McD. Meggett, W. G. Moore, W. E. Monette, E. J. McGarr, H. E. O'Reilly,
A. M. Paxton, W. G. Paxton, F. Piazza, R. Richardson, Thos. Rigby, J. Shlenker,
W. J. Smith, J. O. Stevens, J. M. Smith, G. H. Smith, W. Stanton, E. M. Scott,
R. H. Simpson, J. Stevens, C. E. Thomas, F. R. Turley, A. Tappan, T. Tonella,
J. D. Tinney, W. D. Wilson, A. Winstin, U. F. Wilcox, S. H. Young—Total 79.
Exalted—J. H. Berresford, W. E. Monette, R. H. Simpson, D. H. Alverson,
W. H. Andrews, F. M. Andrews, J. H. King, J. W. Beaty, T. P. Crutcher, E. C.
Carroll, G. M. Klein, E. P. Jones.
Affiliated—T. J. Thompson, Wm. Stanton.
Reinstated—E. M. Scott, E. J. McGarr.
Dimitted—E. W. Wallin, S. Stein.
Died—M. H. Blakemore, O. Matthews.
Dues $98. Convocations 2d Saturday.
Columbus, No. g— Columbus, Lowndes County.
Officers—C. L. Lincoln, H. P.; B. A. Vaughan, K.; J. E. Leigh, S.; Lansing
Beman, C. of H.; Henry C. Long, P. S.; Hampden Osborne, R. A. C.; Covington
M. Ottley, M. 3d V.; John A. Martin, M. 2d V. ; Rich'd F. Hudson, M. 1st V.;
G. Warren Cox, Treasurer; Joe Henry Stevens, Secretary; D. D. L. Quinn,
Tyler.
Past High Rriest—Nelson Reynolds.
Members—A. H. Barkley, H. B. Boude, Ira M. Bos well, Wm. Cady, Wm. R.
Cannon, H. E. Cox, H. B. Fields, N. E. Goodwin, L. L. Goodrich, John Gilmer,
A. C. Halbert, W. W. Humphries, W. F. Hamilton, J. Phillip Krecker, A. W.
Kidd, E. F. Kemp, R. E. Lanier, S. M. Meek, W. A. Moore, R. L. Morris, F. M.
McCabe, S. C. Munger, R. F. Matthews, J. W. Merritt, J. W. Prowell, Alex.
Poleman, A. G. Ramsey, Wm. E. Rodwell, J. W. E. Soady, L. M. Tucker, James
Whitfield.—Total 44.
Affiliated—Wm. R. Cannon.
Reinstated—Wm. Cady.
Died—L. Q. Ayres, January 17, 1874; C. W. Westmoreland, April 23, 1874.
Deprived of Membership—M. Odeneal, Isaac B. Tyler—both far non-
payment of dues.
Dues $46. Convocations 2d Friday.
Wilson, No. 5—Holly Springs, Marshall County.
Officers—J. T. Whitehead, H. P.; B. D. Mathews, K.; W. E. Miller, S.;
R. N. Lawrence, C. of H.; J. R. Denty, P. S.; W. T. Long, R. A. C. ; Rob't
Roth, M. 3d V.; Thos. Gregg, M. 2d Y.; T. S. Richmond, M. 1st V.; U. H. Ross,
Treasurer; Solomon Baer, Secretary; E. N. Kilpatrick, Tyler.
Past High Priests—E. W. Upshaw, R. S. Stith, H. H. Field.
Members—L. C. Abbott, H. W. Berkley, J. S. Bernheim, Wm. Clark, S. E.
Carey, H. C. Corey, W. R. Cox, Jas. T. Fant, H. Falconer, F. M. Farrell, T. A.
Falconer, S. Frank, R. M. Glover, O. Hess, J. C. Julian, T. D. Jones, J. B. John-
son, I. C. Levy, B. W. Lea, Jno. Long, J. S. McRaven, R. McGowen, E. P. Meg-
ginson, J. H. McClatchey, T. J. Malone, T. J. Manuel, J. H. Morgan, J. P. Norfleet,
W. H. Newell, T. B. Parker, J. B. Potts, C. Read, J. M. Rouch, W. W. Wallace,
H. W. Walter, P. A. Willis, H. Winborn, E. J. Wilkerson, A. Q. Withers.—
Total 54.
Exalted H. W. Berkley, J. S. Bernheim, B. W. Lea, W. H. Newell, T. S.
Richmond, Solomon Baer, E. N. Kilpatrick, W. J. Falkner.
Affiliated—J. M. Rouch.
Died R. B. West, Dec., 1874; Warren Caldwell, October 19, 1874.
Expelled—W. L. Jones.
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Deprived of Membership—Chas. Razell, W. W. Clayton—both for non-
payment of dues.
Dues $70. Convocations 2d Tuesday.
Jackson, No. 6—Jackson, Hinds County.
Officers—R. L. Saunders, H. P.; Oliver Clifton, K.; Gus. Asher, S.; Johnt
Nelson, p. h. p., C. of H.; Wm. J. Brown, Jr., P. S.; E. Steinberg, R. A. C.;
Henry Strauss, M. 3d V.; Rob't Bradley, M. 2d V. J Isydore Strauss, p. h. p.,
M. 1st Y.; H. M. Taylor, Treasurer; Jno. A. Galbreath, Jr., Secretary; J. M.
Cain, Tyler.
Past High Priests—Thomas Palmer, John T. Buck.
Members—Matt. F. Ash, S. P. Baley, P. T. Baley, E. Bloom, Harris Barks-
dale, Wm. J. Brown, Sr., W. C. Crane, David J. Cohen, Wm. Evans, W. M. Gil-
lespie, F. B. Hull, A. J. Herrod, R. D. Hardy, W. C. Harrell, Chris. Johnson, Geo.
Lemmon, C. H. Moore, R. F. McGill, Chas. McDonnell, T. N. Norrell, J. L. Power,
Geo. A. Smythe, W. J. Seaman, W. L. Ware, D. H. Wallace, B. H. Whitfield,
Jas. R. Yerger.—Total 41.
Dimitted—W. W. Bennett, Geo. S. Green, Austin Neely, Jno. P. Norvell,
Geo. S. Yerger.
Died—J. W. Burnett, July 24, 1874.
Dues $43. Convocations 4th Monday.
Magnolia, No. 7—Brownsville, Hinds County.
Officers—J. J. Birdsong, H. P.; B. W. Trotter, K.; J. H. McDowell, S.; M.
T. Anderson, C. of H.; J. D. McConnell, P. S.; A. B. Cates, R. A. C.; G.J.
Hulmn, M. 3d V.; G. H. Hall, M. 2d V.; J. A. Glover, M. 1st V.; T. H. San-
didge, Treasurer; J. B. Robertson, Secretary; John Lorance, Tyler.
Members—J. G. Sparrow, G. T. Underbill, J. J. Gold, Wm. Klingman, Wm.
McClatchy, B. R. Wells.—Total 18.
Died—W. S. Elkins, Dec., 1874; Wilson H. Trotter, Dec. 1874.
Dues $18. Convocations 4th Saturday evening.
Yazoo, No. 8— Yazoo City, Yazoo County.
Officers—Emile Shsefer, H. P.; M. A. Jenkins, K.; John C. Young, S.; R.
E. Craig, C. of H.; R. L. Dunn, P. S.; Charles H. Wesling, R. A. C.; H. Haider,
M. 3d Y.; G. Stern, M. 2d Y.; M. G. Delesdernier, M. 1st V.; H. C. Tyler, Treas-
urer; W. C. Williams, Secretary; Peter Lander, Tyler.
Past High Priest—R. B. Mayes, p. g. h. p.
Members—R. Bowman, A. J. Collins, D. J. Dunn, F. Gray, C. M. Gibson,
C. W. Greiner, H. Harrison, A. H. Heath, John T. Heth, J. H. Hunter, H. B.
Kidd, S. H. Kellogg, L. McLaren, J. O. Mobley, \Abe Rosenthal, J. N. Ratcliffe,
R. C. Shepherd, H. M. Thompson.—Total 31.
Dimitted—W. W. Mangum.
Dues $31. Convocations 3d Monday.
Lexington, No. 9—Lexington, Holmes County.
Officers—T. W. Smith, H. P.; R. H. Baker, K.; N. E. Whitehead, S.; Geo.
C. Phillips, C. of H.; Jno. C. Birkhead, P. S.; Wm. Eggleston, R. A. C.; David
Levy, M. 3d Y.; Jacob Southeimer, M. 2d V.; Wm. F. Cole, M. 1st V.; Moses
Levy, Treasurer; J. Marlow, Secretary; Sol. Southeimer, Tyler.
Members—David Allen, P. M. M. Alexander, J. J. Baker, T. T. Bates, H. W.
Brown, J. D. Dabney, A. M. Green, J. W. Grace, W. D. Johnson, Wirt Johnson,
W. L. McLean, W. A. McMillian, F. C. Mercer, J. T. Meade, R. H. Montgomery,
J. D. Newsom, C. Oltenberg, T. C. Pepper, B. M. Sheeky, J. M. Sargent, A.
Schield, W. F. Stigler, Simon Stearn, T. S. Wright.—Total 36.
Exacted—J. D. Dabney, George C. Phillips, T. C. Pepper.
• Dues $42. Convocations 2d Thursday.
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Canton, No. 10—Canton, Madison County.
Officers—C. L. Gross, H. P.; W. Priestly, K.; A. M. Gurley, S.; B. C.
Gough, 0. of H.; J. W. Baughn, P. S.; J. W. Yeargain, p. h. p., R. A. C. ; Joseph
Hart, M. 3d Y.; Thos. Stewart, M. 2d V.; V. Werner, M. 1st Y.; A. W. Stanford,
Treasurer; J. M. Mills, Secretary ; C. Olston, Tyler.
Past High Priests—J. T. Cameron, C. B. Galloway, G. R. Fearn, p. g. h. p.
Members—Leon Bailey, L. B. Coffee, Geo. Ernest, J. Erickson, N. K. Gross,
D. C. Green, M. B. Hesdaffer, Peter Heiser, A. Karpe, J. H. Lockett, J. H.
Mumford, S. S. Shipp, R. A. Massey, W. B. Stinson, L. Schneider—Total 30.
Exalted—N. K. Gross, J. H. Lockett, L. Schneider.
Died—Samuel Loeb, April 11, 1874; Moses Joel, Dec. 9, 1874.
Deprived of Membership—F. M. Baldwin, A. H. Cage, W. H. Cassell,
W. E. Dancy, T. L. Holliday, C. H. Dinkins, D. C. Landers, J. R. Powell, John
Preston, J. J. Richards—all for non-payment of dues.
Dues f 36. Convocations 1st Monday.
Macon, No. 11—Macon, Noxubee County.
Officers—J. C. Williams, H. P.; J. W. Patty, p. h. p., K.; L. Etheridge, S.;
C. B. Ames, C. of H.; C. C. Eiland, P. S.; G. M. Dillard, R. A. C.; N. M. Gooch,
M. 3d Y.; C. A. Baker, M. 2d Y.; W. F. Ferriss, M. 1st V.; Jno. D. Hodges,
Treasurer; W. B. Shumaker, Secretary; M. B. Edwards, Tyler.
Members—J. J. Beauchamp, C. M. Boyce, E. H. Cogburn, A. M. Dowling,
J. Holberg, L. Holherg, J. J. Keen, H. A. Minor, J. H. Pearce, D. H. Thomas,
R. E. Y. Yates.—Total 23.
Reinstated—J. J. Keen, J. H. Pearce.
Deprived of Membership—F. E. Carlton, W. F. Eiland, T. M. Sargent,
G. W. Clement—all for non-payment of dues.
Dues $33. Convocations 3d Monday night.
DeWitt Clinton, No. 12—Grenada, Grenada County.
Officers—E. W. Hughes, H. P.; A. S. Weigert, K.; Terrell Rose, S.; R.
Highgate, C. of H. ; Stephen H. Green, P. S.; J. H. Campbell,* R. A. C.; J. M.
Knox, M. 3d V.; Richard N. Owens, M. 2d V.; J. H. Howie, M. 1st V.; Jacob
Poitevent, Treasurer; B. F. Thomas, Secretary \ A. P. Saunders, p. h. p., Tyler.
Past High Priests—R. Coffman, Thos. Hardeman.
Members—S. S. Angevine, A. J. Baker, J. A. Binford, Jr., J. R. Binford, J.
W. Byrne, L. Bodenheimer, W. C. Eskridge, J. B. Crowder, T. C. Curry, W. C.
Chamberlain, James Eblin, P. F. Fitzgerald, J. B. Gage, John George, J. G.
Gibbs, H. C. Horton, C. L. Hardeman, W. H. Leitz, W. B. May, John Moore, W.
H. Meador, John S. Payne, R. R. Perry, John Powell, Wm. Powell, 0. B. Rollins,
W. T. Savage, S. T. Sykes, T. R. Trotter, Cicero Thompson, Mayer Wile, D. D.
Wilkins, Geo. W. Williamson, C. T. Wood.—Total 48.
Exalted—J. R. Binford, Wm, Powell, J. H. Howie.
Reinstated and Dimitted—Jessee Blue.
Dues $62. Convocations 1st Thursday.
*Not reported in 1873.
Euphemia, No. 13—Aberdeen, Monroe County.
Officers—R. B. Brannin,H. P.; R. A. Honea, K.; C. Morawski, S.; W. G.
Elkin, C. of H.; J. W. Walker, P. S.; W. G. Sykes, R. A. C.; Jacob Gallman, M.
3d Y.; S. H. Beirg, M. 2d V.; S. T. Sykes, M. 1st V.; H. D. Spratt, Treasurer;
W. S. Vestal, Secretary; G. W. Cook, Tyler.
Members—S. H. Buckingham, J. W. Eckford, A. H. French, J. M. Green, W.
H. Gilmore, Sam'l Haas, T. S. Hampton, A. M. Kupfer, C. Love, J. T. Lowe,
S. A. M. Sadler, W. J. Stephenson, H. C. Terrell, Marks Weiler, W. D. Walton.—
Exalted—Riley A. Honea, Joseph W. Eckford, Wm. H. Gilmore.
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Dimitted—S. G. Beckham, P. C. Candidus, James Oldshoe, Lee Collins.
Died—S. A. Dalton, July, 1874.
Dues $33. Convocations Wednesday after 1st Saturday.
Fayette, Mo. 14~Fayette, Jefferson County.
Officers—M. Eiseman, H. P.; Thomas Davenport, K.; James McClure, S.;
William Thompson, C. of H. ; Ely R. Jones, P. S.; Thos. J. Key, R. A. C.; B.
Eiseman, M. 3d Y.; M. Rubel, M. 2d V.; J. J. Ledden, M. 1st V.; H. B. McClure,
Treasurer; Henry Key, Secretary; E. M. Keyes, Tyler.
Members—Robt. Davenport, W. E. Higdon, J. J. Powell, M. W. Trimble.—
Total 16.
Reinstated and Dimitted—W. L. Harper.
Deprived of Membership—J. M. Lowe, J. W. Moore, B. B. Paddock, W.
C. Nichols, J. W. Scott, A. J. Scott,* J. M. Ritchie.*—all for non-payment of dues.
Dues $20. Convocations 3d Thursday.
*Comps. A. J. Scott and J. M. Ritchie were inadvertently placed by Secretary under the head
of suspended for " unmasonic conduct," in the Return for 1873. It was not the mistake of
printer.—Gr. Sec'y.
Carrollton, Mo. 15—Carrollton, Carroll County.
Officers—W. M. Stansbury, H. P.; Samuel Hart, K.; O. L. Kimbrough, S.;
J. A. J. Askew, C. of H.; T. J. Johnson, P. S.; George W. Yasser, R. A. C.; Lee
McMillan, M. 3d V.; T. T. Kimbrough, M. 2d V.; Peter W. Johnston, M. 1st Y.;
Jas. R. Shackleford, Treasurer; Benjamin Roach, Secretary; T. H. Mathews, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Wm. Cothran, p. g. h. p.
Members—R. L. Bingham, M. S. Catron, W. H. Curtis, Jonathan Durdin,
G. S. Eox, M. M. Liddell, Aaron Lott, John P. Marshall, Peter McCaskill, P.
Money, H. D. Money, A. M. Nelson, William Ray, John T. Stanford.—Total 27.
Reinstated—G. S. Fox.
Dues $27. Convocations 1st Saturday after full moon.
Wm. H. Wilkinson, Mo. 16—Woodville, Wilkinson Co.
Officers—H. S. Yan Eaton, H. P.; R. S. Brown, K.; H. D. Holland, S.; R.
W. McConnell, p. h. p., C. of H.; J. T. Hart, p. h. p., P. S.; Henry Habig, R. A.
C.; Douglass Embree, M. 3d V.; Jonas Baum, M. 2d Y.; J. F. Therrell, M. 1st V.;
E. A. Robinson, Treasurer; Edward Aaron, Secretary ; Thomas Hickey, Tyler.
Past High Priest—L. K. Barber.
Members—Wm. Stamps, L. L. Babers, J. W. Bryant, E, H. Beaumont, H. L.
Davis, Phillip Hahn, T. J. Henderson, Joseph Johnson, D. E. Holt, M. V. B. Huff,
Wm. J. Keller, C. F. A. Kellogg, G. Lendesmayer, N. Leopold* J. J. Morgan, G.
T. McGehee, Wm. C. Miller.—Total 30.
Exalted—Jonas Baum, Phillip Hahn, C. F. A. Kellogg.
Reinstated—Wm. C. Miller.
Dimitted, 1873—C. E. Keller.
Died—Michael Crist.
Deprived of Membership—W. D. Allen, T. V. Noland, Louis Plitt, J. B.
Sims, C. E. Stewart, J. R. Very—all for non-payment of dues.
Dues $35. Time of Convocation not stated.
Shields, Mo. 18—Pontotoc, Pontotoc County.
Officers—A. J. Clark, H. P.; W. G. Gibson, K ; J. A. McNeil, S.; M. R.
Fontaine, C. of H.; James W. Drake, P. S.; J. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; R. T.
Gray, M. 3d Y.; J. H. Miller, M. 2d V.; A. J. Moore, M. 1st V.; T. J. Price,
Treasurer; Jno. N. Sloan, Secretary; E. C. Bolton, p. h. p., Tyler.
Members—G. R. Cherry, Stephen Daggett, L. A. Ellison, James Gordon, C. B.
Hood, J. G. Huntington, S. D. Pinson, F. Souter, O. Williams.—Total 21.
Reinstated—Jno. G. Huntington.
Dimitted—R. H. Bonner, J. A. Bonner, H. L. Finley, Thomas Gorley.
Dues $23. Convocations 1st Wednesday.
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Kosciusko, No. 20—Kosciusko, Attala County.
Officers—Daniel L. Smythe, H. P.; Jno. P. Irving, K.; Wm. 0. Lewis, S.;
Wm.V, Davis, 0. of H.; Jas. M. Lewis, P. S.; S. P. Rimmer, R. A. C.; Jno. B.
Davis, M. 3d Y.; W. N. Stuckey, M. 2d V.; M. A. Clark, M. 1st V.; Jas. D.
Rimmer, Treasurer; Jas. S. Comfort, p. h. p., Secretary; Jas. Nixon Taylor, Tyler.
Members—J. H. Alexander, Richard Bullock, M. J. Bell, W. W. Baccus,
David Carr, B. A. Clark, Jo. K. Coffey, J. M. Charpings, A. F. Dotson,
Louis Glazier, M. H. Gregory, Henry Jamison, D. W. Knox, A. M. Keeth, Jno.
C. Lucas, Wm. E. Meek, S. T. Oldham, C. F. Oldecop, W. F. Rimmer, Jno. Riley,
Jno. T. Riley, Isaac Peeler, M. Roby, I. W. Scarborough, J. W. Scarborough,
J. L. Scarborough, R. C. Stewart, Jo. K. Shrock, R. B. Webb, Samuel Young,
J. M. Dodd.—Total 43.
Exalted—Wm. C. Lewis, Isaac Peeler, Jno. T. Riley.
Reinstated—J. K. Coffee.
Died—Frederick Zollicoffer, April 26, 1874; Wm. Dodd, August 23, 1874.
Dues $50. Convocations Monday night before full moon.
Raymond No. 22—Raymond, Hinds County.
Officers—Geo. C. Porter, H. P.; J. M. Hawkins, K.; S. B. Thomas, S.; H
H. Heard, C. of H.; D. J. Buckley, P. S.; J. D. Bedwell, R. A. C.; T. C. Austin,
M. 3<i Y.; B. F. Edwards, M. 2d V.; N. B. Smith, M. 1st V.; A. J. Willis,
Treasurer; W. F. Fontaine, Secretary; E. M. Meacham, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Wm. Thomas.
Members—B. S. Davis, W. K. Douglass, H. T. T. Dupree, C. D. Gillespie, A.
B. McGowan, R. A. New.—Total 19.
Affiliated—R. A. New.
Reinstated—J. M. Hawkins.
Dimitted—J. J. Dromgoole, A. B. Sivley.-
Dues $21. Convocations 1st Saturday.
Houston, No. 23—Houston, Chickasaw County.
Officers—R. P. Mitchell, H. P.; Isaac Baulk, K.; Jas. M. Staggs, S.; Jno.
A. Purkey, C. of H.; W. W. Wood, p. h. p., P. S.; J. L. Evans, R. A. C.; A. G.
Wood, M. 3d. Y.; Wm. Ellis, M. 2d Y.; L. A. Porter, M. 1st Y.; D. K. Woodall,
Sr., Treasurer; Joe. M. Woodall, Secretary; Felix G. Wood, Tyler.
Past High Priest—T. N. Martin.
Members—Frank Burkitt, B. F. Fitzpatrick, J. L. S. Hill, L. Hill, James Mar-
tin, C. T. Woodall.—Total 19.
Reinstated—James M. Staggs, B. F. Fitzpatrick, James Martin, Wm. Ellis.
Deprived of Membership—Jack Smith, Jas. B. Wilson, W. Brown—all for
non-payment of dues.
Dues $23. Convocations 1st Saturday, 7 o'clock, P. M.
Meridian, No. 25—Meridian, Lauderdale County.
Officers—G. Henderson, H. P. ; M. Levy, K.; E. Y. Early, S.; Julius Elson,
C. of H.; Joe Eakins, P. S.; H. W. Wilson, R. A. C.; B. T. Rush, M. 3d Y.;
G. H. Lisser, M. 2d V.; , M. 1st V.; D. Rosenbaum, Treasurer; Louis C.
Elson, Secretary; W. S. Patton, (member.of No. 52) Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. D. Kline.
Members—A. L. Burwell, W. C. Ford, Jno. H. Gibbs, R. E. Harris, Jas. Hoi-
brook, R. J. Mosely, Lee Shackleford, C. H. Williams, W. H. White, J. W. Young,
W. H. Travis, D. C. Smith, D. U. Ford.—Total 25.
Reinstated—D. C. Smith, D. U. Ford.
Dues $33. Convocations 2d Wednesday.
Okolona, No. 27—Okolona, Chickasaw County.
Officers—Amzi Babbitt, H. P.; Wm. M. Buchanan, K.; Oscar Pollard, S.;
Wm. A. Bodenhamer, C. of H.: E. M. Walker, P. S.; John McCurley, R. A. C.;
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A; Greener, M. 3d V.; Isaac D. Blumenthall, M. 2d V.; R. D. Abernathy, M. 1st V.;
T. W. Williams, Treasurer; James M. Carter, Secretary; J. H. Mauldin, Tyler.
Members—A Buford, J. A. Bell, John S. Cain, H. L. Hill, R. C. Leland, J. A.
Loughridge, J. R. Noe, J. P. Porter, H. Rafalsky, C. W. Richardson, C. N. Simp-
son, James M. Trice, J. R. Wren.
Affiliated—James. M. Trice.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. T. Abernathy, J. W. Miller,
Austin Pollard, John Thornton.
Dues $25. Convocations 2d Thursday. '
Walker, No. 28—Sardis, Panola County.
Officers—D. A. Kinchloe, H. P.; W. O. Mabry, K.; A. I. Ellis, S.; Jno.
Wright, C. of H.; W. H. Wall, P. S.; C. W. Duval, R. A. C.; C. J. Boucher, M.
3d V.; B. C. Kyle, M. 2d V.; M. J. Williams, M. 1st V.; T. R. Warring, Treas-
urer; R. W. Crump, Secretary ; Robt. Jackson, Tyler.
Past High Priest—E. P. McGehee.
Members—S. R. Blann, Adam Brown, R. C. Balch, J. C. Braham, H. C. Cary,
L. P. Cooper, A. L. Crumby, J. R. Dickens, T. M. Duvall, J. N. Davis, P. E.
Davis, L. D. Greenlaw, J. D. Hightower, J. W. Johnson, J. W. Jones, J. R. Jack-
son, Wm. M. Marshall, M. A. Myers, J. J. Meek, W. W. Miller, J. W. Moore,
B. R. Perry, S. K. Spears, Jno. H. White, C. C. Wilbourne, Thos. F. Wilson,
C. B. Young.—Total 40.
Exalted—P. E. Davis, T. R. Warring, S. K. Spears.
Reinstated—Jno. C. Brahan, dues 1 year; M. A. Myers, dues 2 years, J. W.
Jones, dues 1 year; Jno. H. White, dues 1 year.
Dimitted—D. L. Childriss, (should have been reported in 1869.)
Died—John C. Harrison, Nov. 13th, 1874.
Dues $51. Convocations 1st Thursday.
Washington, No. 29—Utica, Hinds County.
Officers—Sam'l McClellan, p. h. p., H. P.; H. J. Sarrett, p. h. p. ; K.; Wm.
Taylor, S.; John Fisher, C. of H.; J. C. Nixon, P. S.; Wm. D. McClellan, R. A. G.;
D. J. Hartzog, M. 3d Y.; G. D. England, M. 2d V.; Judson Jacob, M. 1st Y.;
James C. Ross, Treasurer; Sam'l E. Dudley, Middleton Ford, Chaplain; Secretary;
C. P. Yaughn, Tyler.
Members—Wm. J. Allen, J. E. W. Cook, H. F. Foster, H. Foote, L. Harrel,
Joseph Jacob, Wm. J. Lum, N.-G. Martin, J. C. Nixon, D. A. J. Parker, Joseph
Regan, Robt. White, Lowe White, E. T. Bridges, H. T. Stackhouse—Total 28.
Exalted—Judson Jacob, E. T. Bridges, H. C. Stackhouse.
Died—Jacob H. Campbell, Dec. 18, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. W. Johnston.
Dues $34. Convocations 2d Wednesday.
Shongalo, No. 80—Yaiden, Carroll County.
Officers—T. C. Everett, H. P.; J. L. Anderson, K.; W. Joyce, S.; J. A.
Applewhite, C. of H.; T. C. Harris, P. S.; J. W. Lowry, R. A. C.; J. M. Ship,
M. 3d V.; J. E. Rainey,* M. 2d v. ; H..C. Blackman, M. 1st Y.; S. Lichenstein,
Treasurer; B. J. Kopperl, Secretary; S. C. Bains, Tyler.
Members—R. S. Allen, Sr.* W. C. Billingsley, D. H. Cohron, S. J. Durham,.
S. N. Ely, B. Forcheimer, T. J. Fullilove, E. B. Gordon, D. P. Gillespie, S. L.
Hirsh, G. W. Humphreys, J. T. Harris, Wiley Kelley, T. B. Kennedy, W. S.
Myers, Z. Oldham, W. W. Phillips, A. J. Sanderson, S. R. Sproles, J. J. Tate,
J. A. Webb, W. E. Whittle, A. L. Willshire, E. L. Wood, R. C. Wilson.—
Total 37.
Dimitted—W. D. Brock, J. M. Cross.
Dues $37. Convocations 1st Friday.
* It should appear how Comp. Rainey acquired membership—name not in previous returns.
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Decatur, No. 31—Decatur, Newton County.
Officers—M. M. Keith, H. P.; H. Cooper, K.; L. B. Moore, S.; Thos. Keith,
C. of H.; C. P. Par ton, P. S. ; G. E. Longmire, R. A. C.; J. A. Giles, M. 3d V.;
Wm McCraney, M. 2d V.; J. H. Wells, M. 1st V.; G. M. Gallaspy, Treasurer ;
Eugene Carleton, Secretary ; E. S. Gilbert, Tyler.
Members—W. G. Bartlette, W. J. Jones, J. C. McElroy, J. P. Dansby,
B. Stineheart—Total 17.
Exalted—Thos. Keith, Eugene Carleton, G. M. Gallaspy.
Affiliated—J. A. Giles, G. E. Longmire, J. H. Wells, C. P. Parton, L. B.
Moore. ♦
Dues $6. Convocations 3d Thursday.
Emory, No 32—Black Hawk, Carroll County.
. Officers—Hugh J. Reid, H. P.; Benjamin H. ilciGefe, Si. ;l Calvip J.; Coleman,
p. h. p., S.; Robert D. Meek, C. of H.; Benjamin F. Kitt^ell, P. S.; Stephen A.
Eggleston, R. A. C.; Hyram W. Cooley, M. 3d V.; William P. Clement, M- 2d V.;
Ira B. Eubanks, M. 1st V.; William K. Turner, Treasurer;, William G. Ingram,
Secretary ; David H. Jordan, Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. M. Johnson.
Members—W. R. Anderson, Fred. Attneave, J. C. Bertron, T. H. Bibb, W. R.
Baker, G. W. Comstock, A. D. Cook, J. W. Downer, J. M. Fansher, J. B. Garrott,
B. M. Hicks, T. F. C. Hinson, J. M. Hill, W. B. Helm, J. A. Hamilton, H. T.
Hampton, J. H. Johnson, L. N. Jenkins, R. C. Jenkins, J. A. Lundy, H. B.
McGee, H. H. McGehee, W. M. McGehee, J. W. McRae, R. B. Prince, W. Berry
Prince, J. H. Porter, J. L. C. Pate, A. J. Reeves, B. T. Sayer, A. Stone, J. T.
Streater, J. C. Towns, T. S. Threadgill, H. S. Wade.—Total 48.
Reinstated—T. C. Parrish.
Dimitted—C. A. Hughes, Henry Gilliam, T. C. Parrish.
Died—W. R. Cade, January 1, 1875.
Dues $49. Convocations 4th Friday.
Lafayette, No 33—Oxford, Lafayette County.
Officers—James M. Howry, p. g. h. p., H. P. ; Charles Myer, K. ; Wm. H.
Smither, S.; John H. McKie, C. of H.; Donnell M. Smith, p. h. p., P. S.;
J. Henry Howry, R. A. C.; Newton A. Isom, M. 3d V.; Jesse E. Hudgens, M. 2d
V.; Wright W. Wyatt, M. 1st V.; Thomas L. Harris,- Treasurer ; Geo. W. Del-
bridge, Secretary; J. W. Sanders,* Tyler.
Past High Priest—C. H. Bell.
Members—Josiah Able, W. E. Avent, R. C. Arnold, A. M. Arnold, Thos. L.
Avent, Wm. S. Burney, Jas. R. Burney, J. L. Boone, Edward Carter, Thos. J.
Chandler, Jas. D. Delbridge, Isaac A. Duncan, Jas. M. Dooley, A. M. Graham,
B. F. Houston, Jas. L. Kindel, Thos. H. Lynam, Geo. A. Logan, P. H. McCutchen,
J. W. McPherson, E. M. Matthews, W. H. Marshal, Wm. S. Neilson, Henry E.
Rascoe, A. H. Sanders, Geo. W. Smith, P. J. Slate, William Thompson, John
Thompson, Henry Worley, Robert Webster, M. D. Vance.—Total 44.
Exalted—Thos. L. Avent, J. Lawrence Boone, M. D. Vance.
Affiliated—J. Henry Howry.
Dimitted—Arthur Hays.
Died—Richard B. Thacker, 1874.
Dues $50. Convocations 3d Thursday.
* Not a member.
Louisville, No. 36—Louisville, Winston County.
Officers—J. P. Shaw, H. P.; J. B. Gage, K.; J. M. Ware, S.; L. Liebenfeld,
C. of H. ; J. C. Shaw, P. S.; William Barnes, R, A. C.; N. Woodward, M. 3d V.;
J. H Cornwell, M. 2d V.; J. W. Parker, M. 1st V.; B. B. Lindsey, Treasurer ;
G. Y. Woodward, Secretary ; C. H. Cagle, Tyler.
Past High Priest—H. J. D. Kendrick.
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Members—M. A. Coleman, Jas. D. Davis, H. C. Edwards, W. H. Fox,
E. Foster, J. C. Holmes, T. F. Holmes,* E. D. Hyde, T. B. Hooker, W. G. Hudson,
G. W. Fulton, E. Gaston, J. A. Graham, John Kennedy, T. P. M. King, D. W.
Metts, G. Y. Metts, T. P. Metts, M. A. Metts, H. McQueen, J. D. McKinley,
J. B. Poteet, Rufus Sullivan, Ira Tucker, W. H. Tabor, J. D. Shaw—Total 40.
Affiliated—W. H. Tabor.
Reinstated—P. B. Cockburn, G. W. Fulton, W. G. Hudson, D. A. Huffman,
H. McQueen, J. D. McKinley, Ira Tucker, C. Y. Thompson *
Dimitted—P. B. Cockburn, W. H. Meek, in 1867, S. R. Whitten.
Expelled—J. C. Coward, J. S. Reed—both for non-payment of dues.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. L. Speakes, R. M. "White.
Dues $78. Time of Convocation not stated.
* Note.— T. F. Holmes should appear as reinstated; back dues for him $7.00. C. Y. Thompson
reinstated, should have been added to roll. Total members 40; total dues, including $9.00
Ledger balance, $86.00. Cash received $78.00.—Grand Sec'y.
Union, No. 37—Richmond, Lee County.
Officers—G. W. Stovall, H. P.; J. M. Barns, K.; William Blythe, S.; George
Martin, p. h. p., C. of H.; J. P. Stovall, P. S.; H. C. Stovall, R. A. C.; T. H.
Boothe, M. 3d V.; A. D. Martin, M. 2d Y.; Thomas Brooks, M. 1st V.; John
Edwards, Treasurer; R. W. Palmer, Secretary; J. B. Webb, Tyler.
Members—Robert Beene, William Cooper W. E. Estes, J. R. Jamison, W. H.
Keys, J. W. Little, Ed. Martin, G R. Madry, M. Pound, H. J. Stone, R. S.
Thomas, R. A. Armstrong, J. S. Carothers, R. M. Borum, A. C. Tatum, Eli
Phillips, F. M. Threldkeld, M. W. Howard—Total 30.
Exalted—J. R. Jamison, M. W. Howard.
Affiliated—R. A. Armstrong, J. M. Barns, J. S. Carothers.
Reinstated—C. Dowd, R. F. Shannon, J. A. Stevens, Eli Phillips, F. M.
Threldkeld.
Dimitted—C. Dowd, R. F. Shannon, J. A. Stevens.
Dues $50. Convocations 4th Friday.
Marshall, No. J^O—North Mt. Pleasant, Marshall County.
Officers—W. J. Coopwood, H. P.; G. W. Boling, K.; M. H. Boyd, S.;
W. W. Walker, C. of H.; Irvin West, P. S.; J. M. Cavill, R. A. C.; Jacob
Albright, M. 3d V.; G. H. Hale, M. 2d V.; F. M. Davis, M. 1st V.; B. Norris,
Treasurer ; J. W. Morton, Secretary; H. W. Smith, Tyler.
Past High Priest—A. Webb.
Members—J. F. Crawford, D. Smith, G. W. Albright, D. F. Bates, E. Cannon,
T. B. Gatewood, A. J. Green, J. P. Hampton, L. M. Knox, R. L. Knox, H. S.
Rogers, C. Sulivan, J. E. Teel, James H. Shoffner,* A. L. Jarrat, T. J. Lockhart,
J. Steel, P. M. Teel, A. J. Vaughn, W. W. Tapscott.—Total 33.
Affiliated—A. L. Jarratt.
Reinstated—J. M. Cavill, G. H. Hale, T. J. Lockhart, J. Steel, W. R. Craw-
ord, suspended in 1873, Irvin West, suspended in 1873.
Dimitted—W. R. Crawford, T. C. Jowers.
Dues $40. Convocations 1st Saturday.
* Omitted from previous report.
Amite, No. 4®~Liberty, Amite County.
Officers—Charles E. Davis, H. P.; Elias Safford, K.; J. R. Williams, S.;
Charles Carroll, C. of H.; A. F. Strawn, P. S.; W. P. Anderson, R. A. C. ; J. H.
Nunnery, M. 3d V.; Thomas Reed, M. 2d V.; D. H. Bryant, M. 1st V.; Charles
Carroll, Treasurer; B. F. Johns, Secretary ; David Jewett, Tyler.
Members—M. P. Bates, Z. P. Butler, I. Cerf, W. D. Davidson, W. L. Davis,
S. Gardner, C. C. Germany, M. B. Gellespy, J. E. Jagers, J. A. Jenkins, C. P.
Neilson, H. H. Ratcliff, Jas. Hinson, V. F. Swearingen, E. L. Tarver, W. A.
Tarver, W. M. Weathersby, F. C. Wrenn, David Wilson—Total 30.
Dues $30. Convocations Monday on or before the full moon.
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Tallahatchie, No. JfJf—Charleston, Tallahatchie County.
Officers—W. H. Fitzgerald, H. P.; J. S. Bailey, K.; Jerry Robinson, S.;
W. R. Erwin, C. of H.; 0. J. F. Merriwether. P. S.; F. W. Turner, R. A. C.;
John Blythe, M. 3d V.; J. D. Steele, M. 2d V.; N. P. Starke, M. 1st V.; G. B.
Robinson, Treasurer; J. W. Bellamy, Secretary ; W. H. Robinson, Tyler.
Members—W. A. Alcorn, A. Ball, J. W. Buckley, T. F. Crofford, J. W.
Erwin, M. F. Holshouser, B. F. A. Lilley, James McClane, R. Quarles, J. A.
Ross, G. P. Rice, J. P. Rhew, J. J. Slack, F. A. Wilkerson, T. P. "Walton.—
Total 27.
Reinstated—James McClane, J. P. Rhew, T. P. Walton.
Dues $32. Convocations third Monday night.
Verona, No. Jf-7— Verona, Lee County.
Officers—R. C. Cunningham, H. P.; B. S. Trice, K.; T. B. Smith, S.; J. B.
Childers, C. of H.; H. W. Hunter, P. S.; W. A. McCanless, R. A. C.; Z. T.
Trice, M. 3d V.; Z. W. Taylor, M. 2d V. ; A. H. Raymond, M. 1st V.; Thos. C.
Wier, Treasurer; Thos. E. Cannon, Secretary; R. L. Trice, Tyler.
Members—G. C. Bessonett, J. W. Bowen, R. C. Clark, J. S. Cobb, W. M.
Cunningham, J. N. Davis, J. H. Garmon, J. R. Johnson, B. R. McGoughy,
W. J. Norwood, J. A. Peebles, S. C. Robinson, P. A. Scales, W. R. Sims, H. H.
Smith, C. W. Taylor.—Total 28.
Exalted—J. W. Bowen, W. R. Sims, Z. W. Taylor.
Died—J. M. Burton, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—B. T. Armstrong, J. T. Borah,
Wm. Gibson.
Dues $34. Convocations third Wednesday.
Ripley, No. Jj.8—Ripley, Tippah County.
Officers—Jno. T. Murry, H. P.; C. L. Harris, K.; M. F. Rogers, S.; J. H.
Buchanan, C. of H.; A. C. Rucker, P. S.; J. C. Spight, Ri A. C.; A. H. Wilson,
M. 3d V.; S. P. Nabers, M. 2d V.; L. S. McCown, M. 1st Y.; J. A. Crook, Treas-
urer; W. W. Robinson, Secretary; J. T. Martin, Tyler.
Past High Priests—C. P. Miller J. E. Rogers.
Members—W. D. Carter, E. A. Cox, H. T~ Counceille, B. W. Dickson, J. S.
Downen, G. A. Human, R. I. Hill, E. F. Jordan, J. 0. Kelley, Mose McCarley,
B. B. Rutherford, W. O. Rutherford, W. B. Spight, H. A. Stubbs, Samuel White,
H. F. Wells, J. W. Wilson, W. F. Young.—Total 32.
Exalted—G. A. Human, S. P. Nabors, M. F. Rogers.
Dimitted—J. W. Luter, M. P. Lowry.
Died—C. C. Rucker, Dec. 19, 1874.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—S. R. Spight.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. A. Fife, J. S. Laird, Joseph
Pearce, B. B. Smith, J. M. Walker.
Dues $38. Convocations 2d Wednesday.
New Albany, No. Jfd—New Albany, Union County.
Officers—Joel A. Hearne, H. P.; E. M. Coker, K.; J. A. Hill, S.; J. W.
Russey, C. of H.; J. H. Dalton, P. S.; Jas. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; A. F.
Yerby, M. 3d V.; T. H. Smith, M. 2d V.; G. W. Dorsey, M. 1st Y.; Adlai Beard,
Treasurer; C. G. Mitchell, Secretary; Wyand Pennebaker, Tyler.
Members—J. Anderson, Jno. B. Butler, Jas. H. Crump, J. J. Davis, J. P. Duff,
B. F. Dorsey, F. W. Cullins, Wiley M. Ellis, J. H. Embry, A. H. Ferguson,
W. C. Gillen, A. C. Gregory, G. W. Hall, W. H. Harris, W. J. Houston, E. D.
Ho^ffe W. M. Love, B. C. S. McAlister, Jefferson Orr, (since died,) J. A. Robbins,
W.°L. Reynolds. E. Y. Reaves, W. P. Smith, J. W. Smith, W. B. Sanford, J. S.
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Swafford, Isaac Smith, W. 0. Tally, N. A. Wilkins, "William West, T. A. J,
Wade, N. S. Watson, J. M. Wood, J. L. Young, J. W. Douglass.—Total 48.
Exalted—B. F. Dorsey, A. 0. Gregory.
Dimitted—Jno. R. Ford.
Died—Norman J. Mayes.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—R. J. Turner.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues-G. L. Driver.
Dues $52. Convocations first Saturday after first Friday.
Geo. Washington, No. 51—Chulahorna, Chulahorna Co:
Officers—R. P. Bo wen, H. P.; P. H. Jenkins, K.; E. W. Blood worth, S.;
B. N. Alexander, C. of H.; J. W. Stephenson, P. S.; J. C. Offutt, R. A. C.;
G. W. McKie, M. 3d V.; L. J. Wilson, M. 2d Y.; D. Lawmon, M. 1st V.; C. S.
Bowen, Treasurer; J. H. Alexander, Secretary; D. M. Davis, Tyler.
Members—R. T. Bowen, Jno. S. Coleman, Isaac Dotson, Cal. Falkner, Jno.
Y. Falkner, Jas. A. Bowen, J. D. Gordon, A. M. Gordon, W. A. Jeffries, A.
Kitchell, G. W. Minor, W. R. Moore, Jas. Oglesby, M. O. Sanders, Robt. Sanders,
C. C. Stephenson, G. W. Stephenson, W. H. Gant.—Total 30.
Exalted—James Oglesby, Jno Y. Falkner, G. W. Minor, Jas A. Bowen, M. 0.
Sanders, A. Kitchell.
Reinstated—R. T. Bowen, 1872, 1873; Jno. S. Coleman, 1872, 1873; Isaac
Dotson, 1872, 1873; Cal. Falkner, 1872, 1873 ; C. C. Stephenson, 1872, 1873; J. D.
Gordon, 1872, 1873; A. M. Gordon, 1872, 1873; W. A. Jeffries, 1872, 1873;
W. R. Moore, 1872, 1873; Robt. Sanders, 1872, 1873; G. W. Stephenson, 1872,
1873 ; W. H. Gant.
Dimitted—N. J. Wilson, H. L. Alexander, J. H. Amaker, Jos. H. Brooks,
J. D. Collins, J. C. Cooper, W. R. Cooper, Albert Hamilton, W. F. Hyer, J. L.
Mabry, B. F. McKie, J. L. McGowen, S. H. Pryor, W. K. Rodgers, Jo. H. Smith,
J. H. Stett, W. H. Young.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—William M. McKie, (before reported.)
Dues $66. Convocations 3d Saturday.
Patton, No. 52—Lauderdale Station, Lauderdale County.
Officers—R. McKinley, H. P.; J. C. Porter, K.; C. M. Kelley, S.; Charles
Hoffman, C. of H; W. R. McKinley, P. S.; L. H. Wedgworth, R. A. C.; Elias
Moore, M. 3d V.; J. L. Simmons, M. 2d Y.; Robert Taylor, M. 1st Y.; John
Sanderford, Treasurer; Lewis Klein, Secretary; E. W. Smithwick, Tyler.
Past High Priest—W. S. Patton, p. g. h. p.
Members—T. Y. Armstrong, Robt. Brown, Henry Chiles, J. W. Crawley,
John Dove, S. P. Kennedy, William Moore, J. W.. Martin, R. W. Miller, C. G.
Miller, J. G. McArthur, J. L. Nunnery, Lewis Oches, E. R. Perkins, R. B. Wilder,
Hyman Yaretzky, James L. Simmons, Thos. Simmons, J. W. Peace.—Total 32.
Exalted—(John W. Martin, Robert Taylor, Henry Chiles.
Reinstated—William Moore.
Dimitted—W. A. Kelley.
Dues $39. Convocations Fridays before 4th Saturdays.
. Palo Alto, No 53—Palo Alto, Colfax County.
Officers—D. B. Hill, H. P.; J. B. Watkins, K.; Jno. M. Coleman, S.; J. C.
Hill, C. of H.; W. C. Coopwood, P. S.; , R. A. C.; Jehu White, M. 3d V.;
H. D. Bennett, M. 2d V.; S. A. Deanes, M. 1st Y.; T. L. Reid, Treasurer; Jas. S.
Carothers, Secretary; W. A. Ward, Tyler.
Members—Wm. H. Hill, H. M. Ivy, A. Medlock, D. Robertson, C. J. Town-
send, J. M. Barr.—Total 17.
Affiliated—J. M. Barr, J. S. Carothers.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—W. L. Beall, T. U. Williams, on
Jas. S. Williams.-
Expelled for Refusing to Pay Dues—J. D. Aiken, not paid since May
1st, 1865; R. S. Bennett, not paid since Jan. 1st, 1866; J. M. Brownlee, not
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paid since Jan. 1st 1866; F. M. Colly, not paid since Jan. 1st, 1866 ; B. F/ Clark,
not paid since Jan. 1st, 1867; John Hill, not paid since Jan. 1st, 1866; J. J.
McPherson, not paid since Jan. 1st, 1867; L. L. Marshall, not paid since Jan.
1st, 1866 ; H. D. Wheatley, not paid since Jan. 1st, 1866; Benj. Watts, not paid
since Jan. 1st 1866 ; Jno. D. Young, not paid since Jan. 1st, 1869.
Dues $17. Convocations 3d Saturday.
*Note.—This Chapter has not been represented in Grand Chapter since 1869, and owes dues
for the years 1872, 1873, 1874—total $62.00, and previous balance, $16100.—Gk. Sec'y.
Betlnesda, JVo. 55—West Station, Holmes County.
Officers—I. R. Greer, H. P.; S. B. Martin, K.; S, C. Armstrong, S.; A. W.
Mitchell, C. of H.; F. A. Hudson, P. S.;' J. H. Evans, R. A. C.; S. J. Leinback,
M. 3d Y.; R. N. Smith, M. 2d V.; S. Mitchell, M. 1st V.; J. F. N. Arterberry,
Treasurer; S. W. Land, Secretary; M. W. Bigbee, Tyler.
Members—C. W. Clark, J. N. Adams, J. W. Gilbert, A. G. Noah, T. S. Rose-
mand, H. H. Dickerson, T. K. Gaddy.—Total 19.
Dimitted—W. N. Stuckey, W. F. Skinner, M. J. Beall, Jo. B. Ellard, N. G.
Hudson, Mayfield.
Died—W. W. Moore, 1871.
Suspended for Non-payment of Dues—H. F. Moore, Landford Ayres,
G. W. Gunter, R. G, McAfee.
Dues $19.00. Convocations 1st Saturday.
Weight, JVb. 56—Independence, Tate county.
Officers—J. P. McCrackin, H. P.; J. W. Bowden, K.; A.J.Wallace, S.;
B. R. Chambliss, p. h. p., C. of H.; J. A. Harris, P. S.; W. W. Grady, R. A. C.;
W. R. P. Jones, M. 3d V.; J. L. Graham, M. §d Y.; J. C. Graham, M. 1st V.;
Robe7't Jamison, Treasurer ; J. T. Harry, Secretary ; W. F. Walker, Tyler.
Members—D. W. Allen, A. Cathey, A. Caradine, Josiah Daily, W. P. Eason,
James A. Harrison, R. C. Orr, D. J. Perry, Evin Perry, J. Q,. Sandidge, G. R.
Sandidge.—Total 23.
Dues $23.00. Convocations 3d Saturday.
Baldwyn, JVo. 5 7—Baldwyn, Lee County.
Officers—A. G. Crockett, H. P.; P. M. Savery, p. h. p., K.; J. R. Williams,
S.; R. E. Delany, C. of H.; B. W. Stubbs, P. S.; , R. A. C.;' , M. 3d V.;
Jno. Stevenson, M. 2d Y.; L. L. Harwell, M. 1st Y.; J. R. Wallis, Treasurer;
T. B. Stubbs, Secretary ; , Tyler.
Past High Priests—W. R. H. Mosely, J. H. Kennedy, R. H. Allen.
Members—C. H. Allen, J. J. Andrews, Jno. D. Bills, T. N. Butler, J. R. Bris-
tow, J. H. Cole, S. W. Hankins, J. M. Herring, T. W. Houston, David Johnson,
W. W. Lowry, Owen Lucas, M. D. McWhorter, E. Oliver, Wm. Pannel, J. P.
Robinson, W. J. Rogers, R. J. Rogers, T. G. Stocks, B. B. Sanders, A. D. Sadler,
B. A. P. Selman, F. H. Stubbs, J. A. Thompson, Jas. Watson, E. J. Williams,
W. B. Williams.—Total 39.
Reinstated—W. B. Williams.
Dimitted—L. C. Prather.
Dues $41. Convocations 2d Thursday.
Panola, JVo. 60—Batesville, Panola County.
Officers—J. M. Cox, H. P. ; P. V. Lester, K.; R. M. Kyle, S.; L. D. Nick-
el, p. h. p., C. of H.; W. H. Brown, P. S.; G. W. Thedford, R. A. C.; M. L.
Aldridge, M. 3d V.; Joseph Simmons, M. 2d V.; W. W. Caldwell, M. 1st Y. ;
J. M. Boyles, Treasurer; J. H. Nelms, Secretary; A. J. Browder, Tyler.
Past High Priest—F. Moore.
Members—T. P. Brown, L. J. Ballard, D. Butts, J. J. Byers, J. A. Cooper,
Wm. Dugger, D. J. Golf, W. S. Harris, H. W. Harris, W. S. Hudson, Peter Hub-
bard H. A. Johnson, Wm. Lester, R. S. Littleton, T. H, Moore, Sam'l Martin,
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E. C. Maxwell, M. N. Phillips, W. E. Stone, Isaac Silverstone, M. H. Trantham,
D. M. Whitten, J. C. "Wright.—Total 36.
Exalted.—M. L. Aldridge, T. H. Moore, J. H. Nelson.
Dimitted—J. W. Calloway.
Died—C. S. Hentz.
Dues $42. Convocations 2d Thursday.
Eureka, No. 61—Goodman, Holmes County.
Officers—D. Mitchell, p. h. p., H. P.; W. M. Wade, K.; H. Burkenroad, S.;
J. H. Douglass, C. of H.; S. W. Smith, P. S.; W. J. Taylor, R. A. C.; W. D.
Young, M. 3d V.; B. L. Norvell, M. 2d V.; B. L. Taylor, M. 1st V.; J. W.
Taggart, Treasurer ; M. L. Harman, Secretary; R. J. Moody, Tyler.
Members—C. M. Ashley, John G. Cain, W. S. Henly, S. O. Jenkins, J. W.
Mitchell, W. H. Magruder, J. F. McMillan, D. G-. Pepper, J. J. Pickens, Redick
Smith, O. H. P. Tackett, John Tackett, W. B. Turner.—Total 25.
Dimitted—John F. Shine, 1874; Kennedy Harrington, Jas. E. Harman, J. W.
Stingley, M. T. Roby, L. B. Lipsey, John C. Ashley—the six last names in 1873.
Died—J. H. Buster, January 19, 1873.
Suspended for Non-payment of Dues, 1873—S. R. Arnold.
Dues $25. Convocations 2d Saturday.
Note.—The foregoing embraces the Returns of Chapter for 1873, 1874, except as to dues. All
arrearages paid.—Gb. Sec'y.
Dover, No. 64~Dover, Yazoo County.
Officers—V. H. Fugate, H. P.; R. W. Shipp, K.; C. M. White, S.; A. M.
Hicks, C. of H.; J. G. B. Collins, P. S.; W. G. N. Strickland, R. A. C.; Isaac
W. Martin, M. 3d V.; J. T. Jordan, M. 2d V.; W. T. Hodge, M. 1st V.; John
A. Cheatham, Treasurer; W. H. 'Collins, Secretary; J. H. Ferriss, Tyler.
Members—T. E. Bradshaw, M. P. Cheatham, R. P. Fraiser, J. W. Kirk, J. R.
Mosely, L. Rice, S. D. Robertson.—Total 19.
Non-Affiliated, Paid—A. E. Russell.
Suspended for Non-payment of Dues.—Thomas Brumfield, W. F. Gart-
ley, B. L. Sandidge.
Dues $20. Convocations 4th Saturday.
Bienzi, No. 66—JRienzi, Alcorn County.
Officers—Jno. F. Arnold, H. P.; J. W. Stevens, K.; E. P. Hoshall, S.; J. W.
Stevens, Jr., C. of H.; C. W. Williams, Jr., P. S.; J. G. Barton, R. A. C.; W. W.
Fertick, M. 3dY.; Jesse Johnsey* M. 2d V.; W. C. Sledge, M. 1st V.; E. L.
Spencer, Treasurer; Rob't Henderson, Secretary; J. C. Johnston, Tyler.
Members—W. H. H. Boone, J. S. Britton, W. C. Blythe, Andrew Cathey, E.
W. Carmack, O. D. Fitzgerald, M. B. Feemster, Jno. P. Farris, Jno. Gordon, S. J.
Jumper, J. W. Lawrance, M. L. Martin, J. W. Morris, M. S. Martin, Randolph
Mott, W. H. McDougal, S. A. Nicholdson, W. M. Ross, E. F. Sorell, Pryor
Scally, B. C. Stanley, W. A. Taylor, C. W.' Williams, Sr., Jno. Wilson, J. N.
Whiteside, Wm. Williams, B. F. Williams.—Total 39.
Affiliated—E. P. Hoshall.
Died—Pat. Smith, 1873.
Dues $40. Convocations 1st Thursday.
Euclid, No. 67—Cockrum, DeSoto County.
Officers—Wm. P. Bowen, H. P.; H. H. Collins, K.; Jno. G. Edwards, S.;
B. F. Lewis, C. of H.; J. C. Langston, P. S.; J. J. Brooks, R. A. C.; H. G. Mer-
ritt, M. 3d Y.; W. K. Hope, M. 2d V.; A. M. Harwell, M. 1st V.; S. C. Pow-
ers, Treasurer; J. W. Lide, Secretary; J. R. Holloway, Tyler.
Past High Priest—A. F. Powers.
Members—G. H. Anderson, J. W. Beall, T. W. Bryant, Jared Collins, S. 0. B.
Crockett, T. M. Deam, J. H. Dean, G. W. Fogg, Jesse Greer, J. J. Ingram, H.
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Ingram, H. B. Laughter, R. Lea, G. W. McCall, C. W. Mobley, H. B. Manes, H.
C. Morehead, J. C. Phillips, C. H. Philips, Wm. L. Parsons, Jno. Richardson,
Wm. Robinson, R. P. Riley, C. E. Smith, J. B. Ship, T. A. Sharp, Jno. Thomas,
P. W. Williams, T. W. Wheeler.—Total 42.
Exalted—P. W. Williams, T. A. Sharp, T. W. Wheeler, T. W. Bryant, B. E.
Lewis, H. G. Merritt.
Affiliated—W. K. Hope, H. H. Collins.
Reinstated—J. C. Culbertson.
Dimitted—J. C. Culbertson.
Died—D. H. Lewis, Nov. 5th, 1874.
Dues $57. Convocations 2d Saturday.
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Satartia, Yazoo County.
Officers—W. T. Williams, H. P.; Wm. Richards, p. h. p., K.; James New-
baker S.; Jno. S. Stampley,p. H. p., C. of H.; Asa Sibley, P. S.; T. H. White,
p. h. p., R. A. C.; P. Gr. Hilderbrand, M. 3d V.; W. W. Wiles, M. 2d Y.; John
Pugh, M. 1st Y.; C. H. McAlpin, Treasurer; W. W. Lumbley, Secretary; J. H.
Martin, Tyler.
Members—J. R. Bell, J. W. Brigman, S. H. Childress, W. H. Causey, W. D.
Gibbs, J. W. Jones, L. H. Jones, G. W. Jones, R. G. Johnson, J. H. McCutchen,
T. R. Holloman, F. M. Haining, Isaac Hamberlin, W. H. Richardson, G. O.
Smith, C. H. Wilder.—Total 27.
Dimitted—D. J. Carter.
Died—Turner Lumbley, February 20, 1874; Dent H. Miles, July 20, 1874.
Dues $28. Convocations 2d Saturday.
Ward, No. 73—Senatobia, Tate County.
Officers^-W. A. Embry, H. P.; W. H. Wilbourn, K.; O. F. West, S.; D.
T. Neighbors, C. of H.; R. Stewart, P. S.; J. S. Jones, p. h. p., R. A. C.; W. T.
Cole, M. 3d Y.; E. C. Townsend, M. 2d V.; J. P. Pickle, M. 1st V.; W. W. Gil-
more, Treasurer; R. J. Carter, Secretary ; R. L. Wait, Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. E. Mathews.
Members—M. L. Benge, P. C. Lee, Joe C. Miller, J. T. Miller, J. L. Mabry,
A. P. Sage, D. H. A. Sanders, O. H. P. Slaton, L. C. Underwood, *J. M. Yeatch,
R. P. White, J. M. Williams.—Total 25.
Dimitted—M. A. Douglass, James Ruffin.
Died—W. H. Bounds.
Suspended for Non-payment of Dues—H. L. Anthony, C. B. Hood, J. A.
Moss, T. P. Ramsey, H. J. Smith, A. H. Toombs, G. B. Wright, L. W. Pearce.
Dues $27. Convocations 3d Friday.
*Omitted from last return.
W. D. Ferriss, No. 7Jp—Deasonville, Yazoo County.
Officers—Wm. D. Ferriss, H. P.; Wm. Hewitt, K.; Z. Pepper, S.; J. J.
Pepper, C. of H.; W. C. Day, P. S.; J. J. Sims, R. A. C.; J. W. Ricketts, M. 3d
Y.; S. Z. Dixon, M. 2d Y.; C. A. Ferriss, M. 1st V.; J. W. Penny, Treasurer;
C. R. Henderson, Secretary; R. Warren, Tyler.
Members—T. B. Alsop, J. H. Burrus, D. Bunch, A. R. Blalock, J. M. Chis-
holm, J. H. Elliott, Wm. Ewing, J. F. Green, W. E. Glassey, B. H. Griffin,
W. A. Hendricks, J. F. Hendricks, D. B. Harris, L. P. King, A. H. Johnston,
R. Ledbetter, R. M. Middleton, E. A. Moore, R. McAtee, W. A. Stricklin, J. A.
Sconyers, D. A. Stubblefield, J. W. C. Smith, W. Z. Smith, D. W. Thomas, L. B.
Warren, B. F. Williams.—Total 39.
Affiliated—J. J. Sims, R. Warren.
Reinstated—S. Z. Dixon, B. F. Williams, J. W. Ricketts.
Dimitted A. S. Henderson, G. W. Johnson, G. M. Powell, J. M. Smith, J. M.
Tyler.
TItt?™—V. M. Yauarhan.
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Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues.—A. T. Carson, R. B. Carson, &. G.
Caradine, B. R. Grayson, W. F. Heard, W. P. King, Jas. Vaughan, J. H.
Watson.
Dues $44. Convocations 3d Saturday.
Walnut Grove, No. 75—Enon, Perry County.
Officers—J. M. Bradley, Jr., H. P.; B. Stevens, K.; L. S. Myers, S.-;
A. McDonald, C. of H.; Henry Roberts, P. S.; William Baylis, R. A. C.; T. J.
Roberts, M. 3d V.; William Hood, M. 2d V.; P. J. Myers, M. 1st V.; A.
McSwain, Treasurer; John Gillis, Secretary; G. B. Lee, Tyler.
Past High Priest—C. F. Gillespie.
Members—J. M. Baylis, William Crandford, T. W. Crandford, W. M.
McKenon, S. H. Smith, J. A. Tisdale, J. H. Tisdale, W. S. Tisdale, Richard
Welch.—Total 22.
Exalted—Henry Roberts.
Dimitted—S. V. McManus.
Dues $25. Convocations Thursday before the 4th Saturday.
Corinth, No. 76—Corinth, Alcorn County.
Officers—R. J. Fleming, H. P. ; W. H. Gilbert, K.; S. L. Paine, S.; W. L.
Martin, C. of H.; J. P. Collier, P. S.; J. E. Young, R. A* C.; J. ~W. McAnulty,
M. 3d Y.; T. D. Duncan, M. 2d V.; Eugene Allen, M. 1st V.; B. Quin, Treas-
urer ; J. H. Bradley, Secretary ; John Butler, Tyler.
Past High Priests—E. C. Gillenwaters, L. M. New, E. J. Hostetter.
Members—D. Baum, E. H. Bradley, T. F. Brewer, D. W. Babb, B. H. Bounds,
J. J. Collier, J. W. Dorsey, W. W. Dancer, C. Dobbins, C. P. Elgin, J. T. Free-
man, Jessee Gurley, J. W. Gooch, Thos. Irions, D. L. James, A. E. Joyner, T. C.
Jowers, W. H. Kilpatrick, W. Lynn, Jas. McAmis, T. R. Murray, D'. L. Malone,
A. J. Morgan, C. McCord, J. M. New, W. A. Overton, W. -B. Pannell, T. H.
Padgett, R. W. Ritchie, W. S. Reynolds, C. F. Sawyers, J. M. Stone, S. H. Sim-
mons, H. C. Smith, L. O. Scruggs, J. W. Stephenson, B. Samuels, M. M. Sanders,
F. O. Tobin, F. E. Whitfield, W. E. Wood, J. W. Wright, T. P. Young, R. M.
Young, A. J. Yancey.—Total 60.
Exalted—J. P. Collier, J. W. McAnulty, J. W. Wright.
Affiliated—E. J. Hostetter, T. C. Jowers, S. L. Paine, B. Quinn.«
Dimitted—J. J. Alexander, W. Y. Baker, J. Marlow, T. M. Mitchell, S. L.
Rogers.
Died—E. Harris, January 7, 1874; W. G. W. Jowers, August 24, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. H. Howard, L. B. Thompson.
Dues $63. Convocations 3d Thursday. 1
Crystal Springs, No. 77—Crystal Springs, Copiah County.
Officers—E. W. Corley, H. P.; J. C. Alford, p. h. p., K.; O. Osburn, S.;
H. R. Smith, C. of H.; E. N. Sumrall, P. S.; T. J. Cammack, R. A. G; B. A.
Smith, M. 3d. Y.; W. D. Carmichael, M. 2d Y.; T. M. Barr, M. 1st V.; J. D.
Cammack, Treasurer; A. L. Williams, p. h. p., Secretary; G. W. Lock, Tyler.
Past High Priest—A. J. Sturgis.
Members—Jas. Bridges, J. W. Bailey, J. W. Didlake, C, P. Holliday, M. R.
Jones, A. Mcintosh, J. H. Mcintosh, S. Renno, L. J. Rhymes, S. D. Robertson,
W. J. Smith, John Terry, A. T. Wolf, D. P. Welch.—Total 27.
Reinstated—L. J. Rhymes, W. J. Smith, A. T. Wolfe, Wm. M. Hood.
Dimitted—J. B. Catchings, J. C. Smith, Wm. M. Hood.
Died—J. B. Fields, 1874; J. M. K. Alford, 1874.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—C. C. Clatworthy, M. W. Eagan,
J. N. Wilson, J. F. Alford, J. T. Alford, W. M. Keathley, C. Price.
Dues $38. Convocations Friday before 3d Saturday.
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Winona, No. 78—Winona, Montgomery County.
Officers—T. C. Parish, H. P. ; R. D. Palmer, K.; W. G-. Gnnn, S.; W. II*
Johnson, C. of H. ; G. A. Spivev, P. S.; F. M. Shryoch, R. A. 0.; Werner, M.
3d V.; T. A. Baskin, M. 3d V.; A. C. Stovall, M. 1st V.; AV. W. Marshall,
Treasurer; J. J. Campbell, Secretary; W. J. Nugent, Tyler.
Members—C. M. Brooke, A. H. Boothe,* H. H. Hudgins, J. W. Mav, J. A.
Pryon, J. M. Wells.*—Total 18.
Affiliated—T. C. Parish.
Died—T. J. Blackmore, July, 1874; Erastus Huntley, (ri. p.,) August, 1874;
E. N. Hammons, August, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—R. H. Coleman, Isaac H. Curtis,
Green Bledsoe, B. R. Eskridge, Tip. Gamble, W. F. Hamer, W. A. Hurt, Ralph
Harvey, J. L. Harvey, H. P. Turner.
Dues $18. Convocations 2d Friday.
♦Since dimitted.
Brookhavcn, No. 80—Brookhaven, Lincoln County.
Officers—B. T. Atkins, H. P.; E. Pfeifer, K.; K. R. Webb, 8.; A. E. Max-
well, C. of H.; H. Lewenthall, P. S.; J. W. McMillian, R. A. C.; E. Bowskv,
M. 3d V.; J. A. Hoskins, M. 2d V.; A. E. Moveton, M. 1st V.; E. B. Seavey,
Treasurer; Jno. H. Stewart, Secretary ; E. Knapp, Tyler.
Members—R. R. Applewhite, E. R. Applewhite, Davis Applewhite, Luther
Blue, E. P. Bailey, J. B. Deason, C. K. Havvev, H. F. Johnson, S. H. Whitworth,
J. W. Boone, A. J. Martin, Abram Scherck.—Total 24.
EXALTED—J. W. Boone, A. J. Martin, A. Scherck.
Affiliated—Davis Applewhite, E. P. Baley.
Died—C. Lessing, Juno 10th, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—Wm. Hopson.
Dues $30. Convocations Thursday before 4th Saturday.
S. 3. Johnson, No. 81—Hazlehurst, Copiah County.
Officers—J. A. Hull, H. P.; M. J. Massengill, K.; M. Faler, S.; J as. W.
Anderson, C. of H.; J. R. Fortenberry, P. S.; W. J. Rea, R. A. C. ; D. B.
Lowe, M. 3d V.; T. A. Henry, M. 2d V. ; H. H. Cook, M. 1st Y.; George Rea,
Treasurer; J. L. Ard, Secretary; D. El Coor, Tyler.
Members—A. P. Barry, M. Beasley, W. H. Bondurant, T. J. Catching,
Morris Cook, R. K. Coor, J. R. Groome, Josiah Hester, Geo. T. Howard, W. M.
Haley, Allen Harris, S. H. Johnson,* G. W. Kilcrease, R. W. Millsaps, J. B.
Middleton, R. D. Middleton, B. F. Martin, A. L. Potter, W. P. Poole, Joseph W.
Price, T. J. Ramsey, S. T. Rogers, W. H. Streshley, Samuel Wilson, W. J. Wilson.
—Total 37.
Reinstated—R. K. Coor*
Dimitted—George Morrison, C. E. Oates, T. M. Rea.
Dues $52. Convocations first Saturday.
♦Since deceased.
♦ Comp. R. K. Coor's name shonld have appeared on the Annual Returns of IS72 and 1873, rts
he has paid his dues promptly, and I now place his name in the list of reinstated to make this
return tally properly.—J. L- Abd, Sec'y.
Salem, No. 85— Union, Church, Jefferson County.
OFFICERS John A. Galbreath, H. P.; E. A. Flowers, K.; J. R. Nevels, S.;
Hezekiah Short, C. of H.; Robt. W. Buie, P. S.; A. Cobb, R. A. C.; D. G. Clark,
M. 3d Y.; Lot Smith, M. 2d V.; M. A. Galbreath, M. 1st Y.; C. C.
Erwin, Treasurer; R. S. M. Watson, Secretary ; A. R. Lam, Tyler.
Members J. H. Clark, J. G. Clark, J. J. Embry, J. H. Freeman, Z. Linton,
W N Maddox J. B. McCormick, J. S. McCormick, M. F. Mitch el, W. G. Millsaps,
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M. S. Nevels, J. P. Newman, W. R. Newman, J. R. Newson, R. L, Sauls, J. P.
Wise, J. J. Weeks, C. M. Woods, A. Woods, N. R. C. Watson.—Total 32.
Affiliated—A. J. More, E. A. Flowers, J. J. Embry, J. J. Weeks.
Reinstated—W. N. Maddox.
Dimitted—W. H. Matbews, Wm. A. Watson, Sam'l Nesmith,
Died—William T. McArn, October 27th, 1874; William A. McLean, July
23d, 1874.
Expelled—F. F. Herring, T. A Herring, T. H. Cleland, Henry Cato, J. W.
Cato, W. A. Havis, Daniel Warren, 0. M. Gordon, J. P. Buie, Isaac Hurcom.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct and Contumacy—S. M. Trevillion,
A. J. More, J. B. Bowen, Sterling Cato, Lewis Cato, Ben. Jones, G. C. Armstrong,
D. P. Farley, T. J. Furnice, J. W. McDaniel, H. B. Trevillion.*
Dues $34. Convocations 1st Saturday.
*Note.—H. B. Trevillion, by virtue of indefinite suspension from Concord Lodge, No. 181.
Cato, No. 89—Cato, Rankin County.
Officers—John Russell, H. P.; John Morrison, K.; F. H. C. Dent, S.; P. H
Overby, C. of H.; John Colquhoun, P. S.; 0. L. Corley, R. A. C.; G. W.
Barnette, M. 3d V.; T. J. Franklin, M. 2d Y.; Archy Colquhoun, M. 1st Y..
C. H. Baker, Treasurer; F. M. Martin, Secretary; Esaw Bass, Tyler. ;
Members—W. H. Barnette, T. C. Clark, J. M. Dent, TJ. P. Dent, Everett
Floyd, W. J. Kennedy, S. H. Mangum, W. L. Manning, C. R. Norman, S. L.
Tucker.—Total 22.
Reinstated—W. J. Kennedy.
Dues $24. Convocations 4th Saturday.
Summit, No 90—Summit, Pike County.
Officers—William T. Tyler, H. P.; William F. Cain, K.: N. Greener, S.;
E. H. Mogan, C. of H.; I. Moyse, p. h. p., P. S.; George Nicholson, R. A. C.;
Henderson Wallace, M. 3d V.; J. J. Englehorn, M. 2d Y.; M. M. Tidwell, M. 1st
V.; M. Hiller, Treasurer; A. A. Boyd, Secretary; C. H. Lyster, Tyler.
Past High Priests—B. Haynes, G. T. Gracey.
Members—H. S. Anderson, E. W. Flowers, W. H. H. Garr, Ben. Hilborn,
Sam. Hyman, George W. Huffman, Jacob Hart, Solomon Hyman, Jehu May,
John D. McDowell, Jno. McClannahan, Hiram M. Norman, J. G. Parsons, D. H.
Quin, N. Williams, S. Wolf, L. Wolf.—Total 31.
Dimitted—C. A. Williams.
Died—G. P. Godbold, April 14th, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. M. Hart, J. N. Hall, James
Lefevre, P. L. Marsalias, W. F. DcDowell, T. R. Stockdale, H. M. Quin.
Dues $31. Convocations 2d Friday.
Centre Ridge, No. 98—Daleville, P. 0., Lauderdale County.
Officers—E. Roberts, H. P.; A. Saunders, K.; J. C. Gilbert, S.; A. G. Ellis,
C. of H.; J. S. Ross, P. S.; McM. Hudson, R. A. C.; A. Lilly, M. 3d Y.; W. J.
Flake, M. 2d V.; R. G. Betsill, M. 1st Y.; G. J. Fortner, Treasurer; H. D. White,
Secretary ; R. H. Harmon, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Jas. Watts.
Members—J. R. Brittain, J. C. Carpenter, C. C. Creed, N. Grace, R. Fowler,
L. McLendon, John White—Total 20.
Died—Chas. Bell.
Suspended for Non-payment of Dues—W. A. Lampley, M. J. Rush,
Geo. L. Welsh.
Dues $20. Convocations Thursday before 3d Saturday.
Durant, No. 9Jf—Bur ant, Holmes County.
Officers—C. T. Murphy, H. P.; J. W. Cook, K.; S. W. Weatherby, S.;
J. T. Lockhart, C. of H.; J. R. Heflin, P. S.; C. H. Foster, R. A. C.; J. H.
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Johnson, M. 3d V.; J. S. Weatherby, M. 2d V.; L. Simon, M. 1st V.; H. P.
Davis, Treasurer; James Hays, Secretary; C. J. Hanks, Tyler.
Members—J. W. Allen, J. A. Cason, J. B. Collum, W. W. Godfrey, Wm.
Irish, A. G. Lott, W. A. Lockhart, Jas. Morehead, B. W. Moore, Jno. Murphy,
R. M. Mnrphy, S. W. Red, W. B. Sanders, Henry Tracy, B. M. Stroud, S. W.
Weems.—Total 28.
Reinstated—W. B. Sanders.
DlMlTTED—G. W. Bachman.
Died—J. Jeff. Cooper, January 23d, 1874; W. P. Stroud, August 12th, 1874;
0. A. Crowder.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—B. A. Harper.
Dues $29. Convocations 2d Thursday. y
West Point, No. 95—West Point, Colfajc County.
Officers—J. H. L. Gerdine, H. P.; B. P. Capshaw, K.; A. C. Echols, S.;
W. E. Franks, C. of H.; G. Messerole, P. S.; I. Frenkell, R. A. C.; H. W
Henley, M. 3d. V.; W. W. Robinson, M. 2d V.; G. J. Baptist, M. 1st V.;
P. Strider, Treasurer; Jas. H. Shipman, Secretary; J. D. Travis, Tyler.
Past High Priest—B. T. Palmer.
Members—Henry Anderson, J. K. Allen, G. T. Baber, R. L. Cannon, P. B.
Dugan, B. A. Duncan, R. W. Evans, A. S. Gerdine, Jerry Troy, P. W. Taylor,
R. B. Miller, P. H. White, B. F. Williams, W. G. White.—Total 27.
Reinstated—J. G. Baptist, B. A. Duncan, R. B. Miller, W. G. White.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. W. Swinney.
Dues $33. Convocations, 3d Friday.
MeConnico, No. 96—Water Valley, Yalobusha County.
Officers—J. H. Wilson, H. P.; H. C. Goode, K.; Jno. Anderson, S.; Thos. J.
West, p. h. p., C. of H.; W. P. Painter, P. S.; W. H. Biles, R. A. C.; M. D. L.
Stephens, p. h. p., M. 3d V.; H. E. Wagner, M. 2d V. ; , M. 1st Y.; P. D.
Woods, Treasurer ; L. M. Lawshe, Secretary ; W. F. Palmore, Tyler.
Past High Priests—H. Gibbon, J. K. Fulson, C. P. Kennedy.
Members—G. Berglund, J. D. Berglund, N. W. Berglund, W. E. Bew, J. C.
Butler, J. Blackmer, J. T. Berry, E. Badly, J. K. Brown, J. E. Becton, T. J. Bell,
A. S. Campbell, B. H. Carr, Sr., J. W. Copeland, E. C. Davidson, G. W. Fulmer,
F. H. Green, W. S. Harrison, J. A. Harten, J. B. Hudspeth, J. 0. Hendricks,* J. C.
Knight, Jno. Kirby, W. H. Leach, C. Montgomery, J. S. McKay, T. J. McF ar-
land, J. Q. Morrison, S. B. MeConnico, S. W. McDonald, J. C. Nations, D. W.
Rogers, G. A. Sims, W. Taliafero, T. W. Whitney, H. White, D. R. Wagner,
M. D. Wilson—Total 52.
Exalted—W. P. Painter, D. R. Wagner, M. D. Wilson, W. H. Biles, Jas.
Blackmer, J. Kirby.
Affiliated—S. W. McDonald.
Dimitted—L. W. Marble, TJ. D. Payne, S. Swinson.
Died—Robt. Martin, Dec. 30th, 1873; F. Hulihan, July, 1874; A. J. MeConnico,
Dec., 1874; H. L. Duncan, Dec. 24th, 1874.
Dues $64. Convocations 1st Thursday.
inadvertently omitted from last Return.
B. W. Paine, No. 97—Morton, Scott County.
Officers—A. P. Sims, H. P.; Thos. W. McCane, K.; Jas. A. Chambers, S.;
L. R. Moore, C. of H.; Mark Myers, P. S.; Wm. Bland, R. A. C.; J. D. Finch,
M. 3d V.; Ben. P. Cawthorn, M. 2d Y.; W. L. Dowry, M. 1st V.; W. J. Flan-
agan, Treasurer ; H. O. Pettus, Secretary; Wash Jennings, Tyler.
Past High Priest—T. F. Pettus.
Members—J. D. Furgerson, D. L. H. Mitchell, H. H. Moore, Jno. R. Owen.
—Total 17.
Died—W. Lee Wilkins, 1874.
Dues' $17. Convocations 1st Mondays.
60
MeDonald, No. 98—Ashland, Benton County.
Officers—J. M. McDonald, H. P.; R. L. Bouton, p. H. p., K.; D. W.
McKenzie, S.; B. T. Kimbrough, C. of II.; W. P. Bouton, P. S.; W. A. Campbell,
R. A. C.; J. J. Brown, M. ,3d V.J. R. Landreth, M. 2d V.; R. F. Swan,
M. 1st V.; J. P. Winget, Treasurer; N. W. Bouton, Secretary; Lewis Glenn, Tyler.
Members—A. M. Ayres, Benj. Bright, S. D. Bookout, J. W. Byrd, John T.
Beck, J. A. Cox, M. J. Cox, L. P. Cossett, L. M. Carruth, J. M. Cooper, H. R.
Caldwell, G. N. Dickerson, J. M. Finger, j. H. Godsey, J. J. Hicks, Wm. Huds-
peth, J. W. Johnson, Wm. Katz, H. F. Lipford, F. T. Leak, D. A. McDonald, J.
B. Montgomery, A. G. Parrott, J. H. Prescott, W. G. Pegram, J. R. Roberts,
R. W. Tate, H. G. Spencer, R. J. Sharp, D. B. Wright, J. W. Winborn—Total 43.
Exalted—.T. M. Cooper, H. R. Caldwell, J. R. Landreth.
Dimitted—A. J. Jordan.
Dues $49. Convocations 4th Wednesdays.
Attala, No. 100—Wells P■ O., Attala County.
Officers—J. G. Riley, H. P.; W. W. Adams, K.; N. C. Wasson, S.;
E. Tredway, C. of H.; M. D. Wasson, P. S.; A. J. Moore, R. A. C. ; E. A. P-
Lucas, M. 3d V.; L. G. W. Harrison, p. H. p., M. 2d V.; J. N. Sweat, M. 1st V.;
Jas D. Wasson, Treasurer; C. G. Harris, Secretary; W. T. Sweat, Tyler.
Past High Priest—S. C. Conly.
Members—W. J. Adams, W. B. Barmore, J. G. Carlisle, W. D. Holt, T. S.
Procter, E. S. Toler, J. M. Thompson, J. A. Wasson.—Total 21.
Exalted—T. S. Procter, A. J. Moore, W. B. Barmore.
Died—W. J. Wasson, Dec. 8th, 1874.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. W. Cole, J. M. Chatman, J. "W.
Sweat.
Dues $27. Convocations 4th Saturday evenings.
Coffeeville, No. 101—Coffeeville, Yalobusha County.
Officers—H. Ray, H. P.; L. R. Wilson, K.; W. C. Shackelford, S.; A. h
Guntharp, C. of H.; J. J. Molton, P. S.; J. F. Kelly, R. A. C.; J. C. BrannO»,
M. 3d V.; W. J. Clark, M. 2d Y.; W. L. Brannon, M. 1st V.; J. L. Collins,
Treasurer; J. D. Haile, Secretary; M. A. Perkins, Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. A. P. Kennedy.
Members—G. P. Bondurant, I. T. Blount, D. E. Cannon, M. P. Durde^
J. L. Eskridge, Henry Gaines, W. B. Hooper, J. C. Hannah, R. W. Jones, •
J. W. Murphree, E. O. Perkins, R. W. Perkins, S. M. Ross, E. W. Smith, W.
Spencer, O. W. Shipp, J. W. Seay, S. H. Selliger, F. P. Tempel, J. 0. Van*1'
B. E. Williams, B. L. Wynn, T. H. Walker, W. D. York.—Total 37. v
Exalted—S. H. Selliger, J. F. Kelly, J. C. Brannon, T. H. Walker, D- p'
Cannon, I. T. Blount.
Dimitted—J. B. Clayton, J. H. Kennedy, J. T. West, R. S. Thomas, P. H. P-
Dues $49. Convocations second Tuesday.
Greenwood, No. 102—Greenwood, Leflore County.
Officers—A. A. Stoddard, H. P.; J. K. Allen, K.; R. S. McLemore,
C. E. Grant, C. of H.; S. T. East, P. S. ; W. A. Gilespie, R. A. C.; W. .
Jones, M. 3d V.; E. D. Bondurant, M. 2d V.; Gideon Montjoy, M. 1st V"
J. H. Lucas, Treasurer; L. L. Casey, Secretary; L. Upshur, Tyler. ,«i
Members—Sid. Auter, T. G. Ledbetter, P. P. McLemore, Jas. Y. McNe*^
T. K. Nelson, Wm. Warmock, Jake Yondorf.—Total 19.
Exalted—C. E. Grant, Gideon Montjoy, D. A. Outlaw.
Dimitted—W. W. Wiley.
Died—Robert Ettinger, P. H. p.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. I. Hillard, J. P. O'Neal.
Dues $25. Convocations 1st Saturday after the full moon.
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Cherry Creek, No. 103—Cherry Creek, Pontotoc County.
Officers—Hiram Hood, p. h. p., H. P.; J. T. Pitts, K.; A. B. Smith, S.;
J. M. Roberson, C. of H.; R. B. Pitts, P. S.; J. W. Dillard, R. A. C.; J. W.
Roberson, M. 3d V.; Wm. McCoy, M. 2d V.; W. D. Souter, M. 1st Y.; B. F.
Leavell, Treasurer; M. L. Henry, Secretary; W. C. Pitts, Tyler.
Members—M. W. Andrews, M. L. Ball, T. J. Bobb, W. A. Dozier, J. G. Dozier,
A. S. Hopkins, E. F. Jackson, B. Jackson, W. F. Osbon, R. M. Sadler.—Total 22.
Exalted—M. L. Ball, B. F. Leavell, Wm. McCoy.
Dimitted—N. A. Hood.
Dues $28. Convocations 4th Friday.
Bluff Springs, No. lOlf—Sallis, Attala County.
Officers—F. M. Glass, p. h. p., H. P.; L. S. Terry, K.; J. C. Ashley, S.;
H. C. Glass, C. of H; Jas. Meggs, P. S.; J. W. S. Guyton, R. A. C.; J. W. Wyse,
M. 3d Y.; J. E. Harman, M. 2d Y.; S. H. McClintock, M. 1st V.; R. J. Sallis,
Treasurer; E. F. Shuler, Secretary; W. T. Adcock, Tyler.
Members—Wm. Allen, J. P. Commander, W. P. May, M. T. Roby, Wm. M.
Russell, J. G. Salliss, N. Smith, N. A. Simmons, R. W. Stonestreet, J. B. Stingley,
J. W. Stingley, J. Wingard.—Total 24.
Exalted—J. W. Wyse, S. H. McClintock, W. T. Adcock, R. W. Stonestreet,
J. W. S. Guyton, N. A. Simmons.
Affiliated—M. P. May.
Died—Samuel Martin, July 20th, 1874.
Dues $36. Convocations 2d Saturday, 2% P. M.
Hudson, No. 105—Evansville, Tuniea Bluff P. 0., Tun-
ica County.
Officers—C. A. Marshall, H. P.; A. T. Hudson, K.; J. Evans, S.; J. M.
Lively, C. of H.; J. M. Lindley, P. S.; J. M. Logan, R. A. C.; S. W. Conger,
M. 3d V.; W. H. Hall, M. 2d V.; A. M. Evans, M. 1st V.; N. M. Williams,
Treasurer; J. A. Miller, Secretary; R. P. Dolehite, Tyler.
Members—J. B. Belcher, W. H. Bizzil, J. A. Holder, W. W. Haily, A.
Jordan, W. G. Jaques, T. A. Marshall—Total 19.
Exalted—S. W. Conger, A. Jordan, W. W. Haily.
Affiliated—J. A. Holder.
Dues $25. Convocations 4th Saturday.
Baker, No. 106*—Burnsville, Tishomingo County.
Officers—W. Y. Baker, H. P.; Joseph Marlar, K.; J. J. Alexander, S.; S. L.
Rogers, C. of H.; Thos. M. Miller, P. S.; G. W. Hutton, R. A. C.; S. G. Cham-
pion, M. 3d V.; W. M. Wallace, M. 2d V.; J. K. Moody, M. 1st V.; James
Moody, Treasurer; W. W. Lowrance, Secretary; A. J. Collins, Tyler.
Members—A. M. Choote, W. D. Davis, J. T. Fowler, G. A. Preston, W. H.
Phelps, T. M. Michill.—Total 18.
Exalted—T. M. Miller, G. W. Hutton, J. K. Moody, G. A. Preston, S. G.
Champion, W. M. Wallace, W. H. Phelps, A. J. Collins, J. T. Fowler.
Dues $18. Convocations 1st Wednesday night.
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OF SUBOEDINATE CHAPTERS.
POST OFFICE.
Natchez .
Port Gibson...
Vicksburg
Columbus
Holly Springs.
Jackson
Brownsville...
Yazo City
Lexington
Canton
Macon
Grenada
Aberdeen
Fayette
Carrollton
Woodville
Pontotoc
Kosciusko
Raymond
Houston
Meridian
Okolona
Sardis
Utica
Yaiden
Decatur
Black Hawk..
Oxford
Laurel Hill...
Louisville
Richmond
N.Mt.Pleasant
Liberty
Charleston
Enterprise
Verona
Ripley
New Albany..
Mt. Carmel...
Chulahoma ...
Lauderdale ...
Palo Alto
"West Station..
Independence.
Baldwyn
Shubuta
Batesville
Goodman
Horn Lake
Dover
Sparta
Rienzi
Cockrum
Satartia
Senatobia
Deasonville...
Enon
Corinth
Crystal Sp'gs..
Winona
Brookhaven ..
Hazlehurst ...
Starkville
Gholson
Union Church.
Cato
Summit
Huntsville....
Daleville
Durant
West Point....
Water Valley..
Morton
COUNTY.
Adams
Claiborne ...
Warren
Lowndes
Marshall
Hinds
Hinds
Yazoo
Holmes
Madison
Noxubee
Grenada
Monroe
J efi'erson....
Carroll
Wilkinson ..
Pontotoc
Attala
Hinds
Chickasaw ..
Lauderdale..
Chickasaw ..
Panola
Hinds
Carroll.
Newton
Carroll
Lafayette
Neshoba
Winston
Lee
Marshall
Amite
Tallahatchie.
Clark
Lee
Tippah
Union
Covington ..
Marshall
Lauderdale..
Colfax
Holmes
Tate
Lee
Clarke
Panola
Holmes
DeSoto
Yazoo
Chickasaw ..
Alcorn
DeSoto
Yazoo
Tate
Perry
Alcorn
Copiah
Montgomery
Lincoln
Copiah
Oktibbeha...
Noxubee
Jefferson —
Rankin
Pike
Montgomery
Lauderdale..
Holmes
Colfax
Yalobusha..
Scott
TIME OF MEETING.
3d Saturday
3d Saturday
2d Saturday
2d Friday
2d Tuesday
4th Monday
4th Saturday
3d Monday
2d Thursday
1st Monday
3d Monday
1st Thursday
Wed. after 1st Sat
3d Thursday
1st Sat. aft. full moon
1st Wednesday
Mond. bef. full moon.
ist Saturday
1st Saturday
2d Wednesday
2d Thursday
1st Thursday
2d Wednesday
1st Friday
3d Thursday
4th Friday
3d Thursday
4th Saturday
3d Monday
4th Friday
1st Saturday
Monday of full moon..
3d Monday
3d Thursday
3d Wednesday........
2d Wednesday
1st Sat after 1st Fri...
Fri. before 1st Sat....
3d Saturday
Fri. before 4th Sat
3d Saturday
1st Saturday ...
3d Saturday ....
2d Thursday
3d Saturday....
2d Thursday....
2d Saturday....
3d Saturday....
4th Saturday
4th Saturday
1st Thursday...
2d Saturday....
2d Saturday....
3d Friday
3d Saturday....
Thur bef. 4th Sat..
3d Thursday....
Fri. bef. 3d Sat..
2d Friday
Th. bef. 4th Sat.
1st Saturday....
1st Friday
2d Saturday....
1st Saturday....
4th Saturday—
2d Friday
Th. bef. 3d Sat..
2d Thursday....
3d Friday
1st Thursday....
1st Monday
SECRETARY.
W. H. Stewart.
Julian L. Foote.
J. W. Gray.
Joe. H. Stevens.
Solomon Baer.
Jno. A. Galbreath, Jr
J. B. Robertson.
W. C. Williams.
J. Marlow.
J. M. Mills.
W. B. Shumaker.
B. F. Thomas.
W. S. Vestal.
Henry Key.
Benj. Roach.
Edward Aaron-
Jno. N. Sloan.
Jas. S. Comfort.
W. F. Fontaine.
Joe M. Woodall.
Louis C. Elson.
Jas. M. Carter.
R. W. Crump.
Sam'l E. Dudley.
B. J. Kopperl.
Eugene Carleton.
Wm. G. Ingram.
Geo. W. Delbridge.
(No Return.)
G. Y. Woodward.
R. W. Palmer.
J. W. Morton.
B. F. Johns.
J. W. Bellamy.
(Wo Return.)
Thos. E. Cannon.
W. W. Robinson.
C. G. Mitchell.
(No Return.)
J. H. Alexander.
Lewis Klein
Jas. S. Carothers.
S. W. Land.
J. T. Harry.
T. B. Stubbs.
{No Return.)
J. H. Nelms.
M. L. Harman.
(No Return.)
W. H. Collins.
(No. Return.)
Robt. Henderson.
J. W. Lide.
W. W. Lumbley.
R. J. Carter.
C. R. Henderson.
John Gillis.
J. H. Bradley.
A. L. Williams.
J. J. Campbell.
Jno. H. Stewart.
J. L. Ard.
(No Return.)
(No Return.)
R. S. M. Watson.
F. M. Martin.
A. A. Boyd.
(No Return.)
H. D. White.
Jas. Hays.
Jas. H. Shipman.
L. M. Lawshe.
H. O. Pettus.
63
DIRECTORY OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS— Continued.
NAME.
POST OFFICE.
COUNTY.
Benton
Lauderdale..
Attala
Yalobusha..
Leflore
Pontotoc
Attala
Tunica
Tishomingo..
TIME OF MEETING.
4th Wednesday
2d Saturday
4th Saturday
2d Tuesday
1st Sat aft. full moon.
4th Friday
2d Saturday
4th Saturday
1st Wednesday
SECRETARY.
McDonald, No. 98
Toomsuba, 99
Attala, 100
Coffeeville, 101
Greenwood, 102
Cherry Creek, 103
Bluff Springs, 104
Hudson, 105
Baker, 106
Ashland ......
Toomsuba
Wells
Coffeeville
Greenwood
Cherry Creek..
Sallis
Tunica Bluff..
Burnsville
N. W. Bouton.
(No return.)
C. G. Harris.
J. D. Haile.
L. L. Casey.
M. L. Heiiry.
E. F. Shuler.
J. A. Miller.
W. W. Lowrance.
STATISTICAL SUMMARY.
Total Chartered Chapters 82
" Chapters making Eeturn for 1874 72
Chapters failing to make Return for 1874 10
Chapters represented at Grand Chapter 51
Exalted 133
Affiliated 40
Reinstated 75
Dimitted : 116
Died 69
Suspended for non-payment of dues 104
Suspended for unmasonic conduct 13
Expelled for non-payment of dues, and other unmasonic conduct 26
Total members in Chapters reporting 2271
Estimated members, in Chapters not reporting 189—2450
Dues of Chapters reporting $2707.00
Dues of Chapters not reporting, estimated 150.00—$2857.00
Receipts and disbursements, 1874 $3003.12
|ii ifflcmomm.
STEPHEN H. JOHNSON,
Past Grand High Priest,
Entered into Eest, Eanuary 22d, 7875.
HENRY C. ROBINSON,
Past Grand High Priest,
Entered into It est, November 75th, 7875.
DENT. H. MILES,
Past Deputy Grand High Priest,
Entered into It est, Euty 20th, 7875.
JOHN C. MONETT,
Past Grand Scribe,
Entered into Eest, November 7st, 7875.
WILLIAM M. WELLS,
Past Grand Scribe.
Entered into Eest, JEay 8, 7877.
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GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
STATE.
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Canada
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist. of Columbia.
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine .. .
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire. .
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina.. .
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas .... .
Vermont
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Virginia
David Clopton
Luke E. Barber.. ..
Geo. R. Grimes.. ..
Henry Robertson..
Jas. L. Gould
Dan'l C. Godwin...
Albert Pike
David Jones
Sam'l G. Lawrence.
John M. Pearson. ...
R. J. Chestnutwood
Zephaniah C. Luse.,
Richard R. Rees...
Henry Hudson. . ..
J. Q,. A. Fellows. ..
Joseph P. Gill
John L. Yeates.. ..
Wm. L. Greenly. ...
E. D. P. Porter
Geo. Frank Gouley.
H. P. Dewell
Dan'l R. Marshall..
M. Higginbotham..
John W. Simons. ..
E. F. Watson
Jacob Graff
Geo. A. Eades
Oliver Johnson.. ...
A. J. Wheeler
W. T. Austin
Chas. A. Miles ....
Thos. B. Tyler
John Thomson
John Dove
P. O. ADDRESS.
Montgomery.
Little Rock.
San Francisco.
Collingwood,Ont.
Bridgeport.
Milford.
W ashington City.
J acksonville.
Atlanta.
Alton.
South Bend.
Iowa City.
Leavenworth.
Louisville.
New Orleans.
Lewistown.
Baltimore.
Adrian.
St. Paul.
St. Louis.
Omaha.
Nashua.
Jersey City.
New York.
Graham.
Cincinnati.
Salem.
Providence.
Memphis.
Houston.
Brattlehoro.
Sparta.
Philadelphia.
Richmond.
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER GRAND CHAPTERS AT THE GRAND
CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
P. O. ADDRESS.
Alabama
Arkansas
California .. ..
Louisiana
Massachusetts .
Minnesota ....
Missouri
New Jersey....
Oregon
Ohio
South Carolina.
Wisconsin ....
R. L. Saunders ..
W. D. Ferriss. ..
Chas. T. Murphy.
Wm. S. Patton..
John Y. Murry..
Jas. M. Howry...
R. B. Mayes
A. P. Barry
R. B. Mayes
John F. Arnold..
Wm. S. Patton ..
E. Geo. DeLap...
Jackson.
Pickens Station.
Durant.
Meridian.
Ripley.
Oxford.
Yazoo City.
Hazlehurst.
Yazoo City.
Rienzi.
Meridian.
Natchez.
67
GRAND CHAPTERS, WITH THE ADDRESS OF THEIR
GRAND SECRETARIES.
grand chapter.
grand secretary.
address.
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Canada
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire.....
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina.. ..,
Nova Scotia
Ohio .•
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island ..
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
| Daniel Sayre
i Luke E. Barber
'Chas. Louis Wiggin..
|R. P. Stephens
Joseph K. Wheeler...
J. P. Allmond
L. G. Stephens
DeWitt C. Dawkins..
J. Emmett Blackshear
James H. Miles
| John M. Bramwell. ..
Wm. B. Langridjre ...
Erasmus T. Carr
Joseph H. Branham..
James C. Batchelor...
Ira Berry
Wm. A. Wentz
Z. H. Thomas, Jr
Wm. P. Innes
E. D. B. Porter
J. L. Power
Geo. Frank Gouley...
Wm. R. Bowen
John A. Harris
Thos. J. Corson
Christopher G. Fox...
Thos. M. Gatdner....
James Gossip
James Nesbitt
Richard P. Earhart...
John Thomson
Geo. H. Burnham
Myer B. Moses
John Frizzell
Robert Brewster
W. H. S. Whitcomb..
John Dore
Odell S. Long
John W. Woodhull...
Montgomery.
Little Rock.
San Francisco.
Toronto, Ontaria.
Hartford.
Wilmington.
Washington.
Jacksonville.
Macon.
Chicago.
Indianapolis.
Muscatine.
Leavenworth.
Owensboro.
New Orleans.
Portland.
Baltimore.
Boston.
Grand Rapids.
St. Paul.
Jackson.
St. Louis.,
Omaha.
Concord.
Trenton.
Buffalo.
Wilmington.
Halifax.
Troy.
Portland.
Philadelphia.
Providence.
Sumter.
Nashville.
Houston.
Wilmington.
Richmond.
Wheeling.
Milwaukee.
GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES.
Elbert H. English, Little Rock, Arkansas, General Grand High Priest.
Christopher G. Fox, Buffalo, New York, General Grand Secretary.
The next Triennial Convocation will be held at Buffalo, New York, on the
third Tuesday of September, 1877.
ANNUAL SESSION.
CONVENTION ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD,
OF MISSISSIPPI.
Session of 1875 held at Meridian, Miss., during the Convocation of Grand R.-.
A.-. Chapter, February 4th to 6th inclusive.
Convention opened with usual rites and ceremonies. Officers present:
M.\E.\ Comp. J. M. Howry, Ex. President.
" W. D. Ferriss, Ex. Vice-President.
" P. M. SaVery, as Ex. Chaplain.
" " A. P. Barry, Ex. Treasurer.
" " J. F. Arnold, as Ex. Recorder.
" J. W. Winn, Ex. M.-. of C.\
" " Wm. Richards, Ex. Conductor.
" " 0. B. Collins, Ex. Herald.
" " T. C. Everett, as Ex. Steward.
" " J. A. hearne, as Ex. Sentinel.
The following Companions petitioned, were elected, and duly, annointed into
High Priesthood, during the Session, viz:
Companion R. McKinley, Lauderdale, Miss.
" H. J. Sarrett, Utica, "
" I. R. Greer, West Station, "
" R. B. Brannin, Aberdeen, "
" J. Y. Murry, Ripley, "
" J. T. Whitehead, Holly Springs, "
" R. L. Saunders, Jackson, "
" H. A. Hand, Enterprise, "
" C. T. Murphy, Durant, "
" E. W. Hughes, Grenada, "
" Davtd Carr, Kosciusko, "
Companion Wm. S. Patton, from Committee on Rules and Regulations, sub-
mitted a partial report, which, on motion, was received'and said Committee con-
tinued with instructions to perfect for the Session of 1876.
The following are the Rules, &c., adopted:
RULES AND REGULATIONS:
Article 1. The Convention of the Order of High Priesthood of Mississippi
shall consist of a M.\ Ex.'. President, E.\ Vice-President, E.\ Chaplain, E.\Treas-
urer, E.-. Recorder, E.\ M.\ of C.\, E.\ Conductor, E.\ Herald, E.\ Steward, and
E.\ Sentinel, who shall be elected annually at the Session of the Convention to
be held during the annual Convocation of the Grand R.\ A.*. Chapter of Missis-
sippi, and shall hold their respective offices until their successors are duly elected
and qualified.
Art. 2. No Companion shall be eligible to office in the Convention unless he
is a member in good standing of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter, and shaU be
either a present or Past High Priest of a Subordinate Chapter of R.\ A.*. Masons.
Art. 3. No Companion shall be elegible to receive the Order of High Priest-
hood who is not an affiliated member of a R.\ A.-. Chapter.
Art. 4. The fee for the Orders shall be one dollar, payable to E.\ Recorder
invariably in advance.
Art. 5. It shall require nine Annointed High Priests to constitute a quorum
for opening a Convention of this Order.
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There were also ordered to be enrolled all Past High Priests who have received
the Orders of High Priesthood, under which instruction is registered the name of
Comp. H. W. Walter, Holly Springs.
Convention elected as Officers for 1875 :
Companion W. D. Ferriss, Pickens, M.\ Ex.*. President.
" J. F. Arnold, Rienzi, E.\ Vice-President.
" P. M. Savery, Baldwyn, E.\ Chaplain.
" A. P. Barry, Hazlehurst, E.\ Treasurer.
" R. L. Saunders, Jackson, E.\ Recorder.
" J. W. Winn, Enterprise, E.\ M.\ of C.\
" J. T. Whitehead, Holly Springs, E.\ Conductor.
" R. B. Brannin, Aberdeen, E.\ Herald.
" J. A. Galbreatii, Sr., Union Church, E.\ Steward.
" J. A. Hearne, New Albany, E.\ Sentinel.
Comp. Recorder instructed to make arrangements for printing of Proceedings
with those of Grand R.\ A.-. Chapter.
Convention closed with usual ceremonies.
Attest: W. D. FERRIS, M.\ E.\ President.
R. L. Saunders, E.\ Recorder.
INDEX.
PAGE.
Address, of Grand High Priest 5, 9
Amendments, to Constitution 16, 20, 25
" to Permanent Regulations: 27
" to By-Laws 16, 18, 19, 22, 26
Amite Chapter, No. 42, Return of 50
Appeals, Report of Committee on 22
Attala Chapter, No. 100, Return of 60
Baker Chapter, No. 106, organization and Return of 6, 61
Baldwyn Chapter. No. 57, Return of 53
Bethesda Chapter, No. 55, removal of 7, 22
Annual Return of 53
Brookhaven Chapter, No. 80, Return of -^>7
Bluff Springs Chapter, No. 104 61
By-Laws, proposals to amend 16, 18 19, 21, 22, 26
Canton Chapter, No. 10, Return of 45
Carrollton Chapter, No. 15, Return of ;46
Cato Chapter, No. 89, Return of 58
Centre Ridge Chapter, No. 93, Return of 58
Cherry Creek Chopter, No. 103, Return of 61
Clinton Chapter, No. 2, Return of 42
Coffeeville Chapter, No. 101, Return of 60
Columbus Chapter, No. 4, Return of 43
Committees, Standing 2, 28
to fill vacancies 4
on Address of Grand High Priest 1°
on Leaves of Absence 17
on Past Master's Degree 17
on Work 27
Complaints, Report of Committee on ! 22
Constitution, proposals to amend 16, 20, 25
Corinth Chapter, No. 76, Return of 56
De Witt Clinton Chapter, No. 12, Return of 45
Directory of Subordinate Chapters 62
of Grand Chapters 67
Dispensations by Grand High Priest 7
Dover Chapter, No 64, Return of ..54
Dues to General Grand Chapter 27
Durant Chapter, No. 94, Return of 58
Election of Grand Officers 19
Emory Chapter, No. 32, Return of 49 ■
Euclid Chapter, No. 67, Return of &4
Euphemia Chapter, No. 13, Return of. 45
Eureka Chapter, No. 61, Return of 54
Fayette Chapter, No. 14, Return of. 46
Fearn, Geo. R., expression complimentary to : .17
Finance, report of Committee on 21
Foreign Correspondence, Report on 29—40
action on report on 16
appropriation to Committee on 25 .
General Grand Chapter, Triennial Convocation of 9.
Per capita assessment for.. 27
Geo. Washington Chapter, No. 51, Return of 52 3
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PAUSE.
Grand Chapters, directory of 67
Grand Lecturer, Report of 27
Resolution of Confidence in 27
Grand Officers, for 1875—'76 2, 19
Grand Representatives in attendance 3, 16
complete list of 66
/Grand Secretary, Report of 10—14
re-election of : ...; 19
Grand Treasurer, Report of 15
re-election of 19
Greenwood Chapter, No. 102, Return of 60
High Priesthood, Order of 68
Houston Chapter, No.'23, Return of •. 47
Hudson Chapter, No. 105, Return of 61
Huntsville Chapter, No. 91, indulgence granted to 25
Jackson Chapter, No. 6, Return of 44
Kosciusko Chapter, No. 20, Return of 47
Lafayette Chapter, No. 33, Return of 49
Lexington Chapter, No. 9, Return of. 44
Louisville Chapter, No. 36, Return of.. 49
Macon Chapter, No. 11, Return of 45
Magnolia Chapter, No. 7 44
Mark, in reference to recording the 9, 19
Marshall Chapter, No. 40, Return of 50
Masonic Law, Report of Commiitee on 21, 26
McConnico Chapter, No. 96, Return of 59
McDonald Chapter, No. 98, Return of. 60
Meridian Chapter, No. 25, Return of 47
Memorial Page 65
Miles, Dent H.. death of announced 6
Tribute of respect to 23
Monette, J. C., death of announced 6
Tribute of respect to 24
Murry, John Y., Address of 5—9
Election of 19
Resolution of thanks to.. 27
Natchez Chapter, No. 1, Return of 42
New Albany Chapter, No. 49, Return of 51
Non-Affiliates, regulation in reference to 21
Obituaries, report of Committee on 23
Okolona Chapter, No. 27, Return of.. 47
Order of High Priesthood - 68
Palo Alto Chapter, No. 53, Return of 52
Panola Chapter, No. 60, Return of 53
Past Master's Degree, report on 18
Patton Chapter, No. 52, Return of 52
Raymond Chapter, No. 22, Return of 47
Report of Committee on Credentials 4, 16, 17
of Grand Secretary 12—15
of Grand Treasurer... 15
of Committee on Unfinished Business 16
of Committee on Foreign Correspondence 16, 29—40
in reference to Comp. Geo. R. Fearn, G. H. P 17
of Special Committee on Past Master's Degree 18
of special Committee on Selection of Mark 19
of Committee on Finance 20
of Committee on Masonic Law 21, 26
of Committee on Subordinate Chapters 22
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PAGE.
Eeport of Committee on Complaints and Appeals 22
of Committee on Deceased Companions 23
Representatives, in attendance 4, 16, 27
of other Jurisdictions 66
Resolution, to amend Constitution, Regulations, By-Laws 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27
in reference to degree of Past Master 19
in reference to place of next Convocation 20, 21
in reference to removal of Bethesda Chapter 23
• remitting back dues of Decatur Chapter 24
in reference to mileage and per diem 24
of thanks to the citizens of Meridian 25
of thanks to Grand Lecturer 27
to amend Regulations as to Grand Lecturer 27
of thanks to Grand High Priest 27
in reference to dues to General Grand Chapter , 27
Rienzi Chapter, No. 66, Return of. . 54
Ripley Chapter, No. 48, Return of 51
Robinson, H- C., death of announced 5
Tribute of respect to 23
R. W. Paine Chapter, No. 97, Annual Return of. 59
Salem Chapter, No. 85, Return of 57
Shields Ohapter, No. 18, Return of 46
S. H. Johnson, No. 81, Return of 57
Shongalo Chapter, No 30, Return of. 4H
Standing Committees 2, 28
Subordinate Chapters, Directory of 62
Summit Chapter, No. 90, Return of 58
Tallahatchie Chapter, No. 44, Return of 51
Union Chapter, No. 37, Return of 50
Verona Chapter, No. 47, Return of. 51
Vicksburg Chapter, No. 3, Return of. 42
"Walker Chapter, No. 28, Return of. 48
Walnut Grove Chapter, No. 75, Return of. 56
Ward Chapter, No. 73, Return of 55
Washington Chapter, No. 29, Return of. 48
W. D. Ferriss Chapter, No. 74, Return of 55
Wells, Wm. M., death of announced 6
Tribute of respect to * 23
West Point Chapter, No. 95, Return of 59
Wilson Chapter No. 5, Return of. ....43
Winona Chapter, No. 78, Return of 57
Work, Special Committee on 27
Wm. H. Wilkinson Chapter, No. 16, Return of. 46
Wright Chapter, No. 56, Return of. 53
Yazoo Chapter, No. 8, Return of 44
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER
OP MISSISSIPPI.
As Revised and Amended to February, 1875.
ARTICLE I.
This Grand Chapter is Subordinate to the General Grand Chapter of the
United States.
ARTICLE II.
officers.
Sec. 1, The Officers of this Grand Chapter shall be those named in the
first Section of the second Article of the Constitution of the General Grand
Chapter of the United States; and also, for work in the Ancient Mysteries,
a Grand Principal Sojourner, Grand Royal Arch Captain, three Grand Mas-
ters of Veils, a Grand Captain of the Host, and Grand Sentinel.
members.
Sec. 2. The members of this Grand Chapter shall consist of the High
Priests, Kings and Scribes, for the time being, of the several Chapters over
which they shall respectively preside, and of the Past Grand and Deputy
Grand High Priests, Kings and Scribes of the said Grand Chapter, and all
Past High Priests; provided, they are members of Subordinate Chapters
within the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter; and, provided, that when
any Past Grand Officer shall cease to be a member of a Subordinate Chapter,
his membership in this Grand Chapter shall cease.
qualifications for officers.
Sec. 3.* All the Grand Officers shall be elected from the members, for
the time being, of the Grand Chapter, except the Grand Chaplain, Grand
Lecturer and Grand Sentinel, who may be elected from the members of
Subordinate Chapters.
duty and compensation of grand lecturer.
Sec. 4 The Grand Chapter may elect a Grand Lecturer, whose duty it
shall be, when called upon by the Grand Council, to give lectures and in-
structions in Masonry, at each Convocation of the Grand Chapter, and
when thereto called by the Subordinate Chapters, he shall visit them and
give the like lectures and instructions.
*The following was offered as a substitute for Sec. 3, at the Annual Convoca-
tion, 1875, and was referred, for final action, at the Annual Convocation in 1876:
Sec. 3.' The following Grand Officers, to-wit: the Grand High Priest, Dep-
uty Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Captain of the Host,
Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, and Grand
Sentinel shall be elected from the members, for the time being, of the Grand
Chapter'; and the following Grand Officers, to-wit: the Grand Royal Arch Cap-
tain Grand Principal Sojourner, and the throe Grand Masters of Veils, shall
be appointed by the Grand Council, and they may be chosen from the members
of Subordinate Chapters.
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GRAND CHAPTER CONSTITUTION.
Sec. 5. The expenses of the Grand Lecturer, while in attendance on the
Grand Chapter, shall be paid by the Grand Chapter, and he shall receive
no other compensation than such as the Subordinate Chapters may think
proper to give him.
compensation to grand secretary.
Sec. 6. The Grand Secretary shall receive for preparing a Dispensation
or Charter, ten dollars; and in addition thereto, the sum of six hundred
dollars per annum, which shall be in full, for all recording, copying, and
other official business done for the Grand Chapter, and his attendance upon
its Convocations. For all copies required by others than the Grand Chap-
ter, the Grand Secretary shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents for every
hundred words written and one dollar for his certificate and affixing the
Seal of the Grand Chapter, to be paid by the parties applying for the service.
compensation of the grand sentinel.
Sec, 7. The Grand Sentinel shall be allowed such compensation as the
Grand Chapter may deem just and reasonable.
ARTICLE III.
meetings and quorum.
Sec. 1.* The Annual Meetings of this Grand Chapter shall be held at
such time and place as may be directed at the previous Convocation ; and a
quorum shall consist of the representatives or proxies of at least three
Chapters; and if, on the day of meeting, there be not a quorum present, any
one of the first four Grand Officers may adjourn the Grand Chapter, from
day to day, until four o'clock of the fourth day following.
ARTICLE IV.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS,
Sec. i. There shall be an election of Officers at each Annual Meeting
of this Grand Chapter; and should there be a failure of said Annual Meet*
ing, the Most Excellent Grand High Priest, or Deputy Grand High Priest,
may call a special meeting for such election, and, in default of such special
meeting, the Officers in office shall continue to serve until their successors
are duly elected and installed.
VOTING,
Sec. 2. On all questions, each Chapter represented shall have three
votes, and each member of the Grand Chapter present, other than delegates
or proxies of Subordinate Chapters, one vote. The vote at an election shall
be by written ballot, and when the yeas and nays are taken on any question,
the presiding officer shall vote first; should there be an equal division, the
proposition shall be lost; but, in cases where the yeas and nays are ta*
ken, the presiding officer will have a casting vote; and the representives of
*The following Amendment is pending, for final action at Annual Conyoca-
tion, 1876:
Besoleed, That Article III, of the Constitution of this Grand Chapter, be
amended by striking out the Words "at such time and place," and inserting in
lieu thereof, "at the town of at such time," so as to read, "The annual
meetings of this Grand Chapter shall be held at the town of at such tiitte
as may be directed at the previous Convocation," and that the blank be filled by
inserting the name of the place of meeting after the adoption of the proposed
amendment,
GRAND CHARTER CONSTITUTION.
Subordinate Chapters, who have not paid their dues, shall not be allowed to
yote*
PROXIES!
Sec. 3. Whenever the first three officers of a Subordinate Chapter
Cannot attend the Annual Meeting of this Grand Chapter, or fail, or decline
to appoint proxies or proxy, to represent them or their Chapter, it shall be
competent for said Chapter to elect or appoint a delegate or a proxy. No
member of this Grand Chapter, as such, has a right to constitute a proxy,
but that right is exclusively Vested in the first three officers of each Subor-
dinate Chapter, or in the Chapter itself* A proxy must be a member of
the Chapter which he represents*
ARTICLE V*
CONTRIBUTIONS and fees—mileage and per diem*
Sec* 1* Subordinate Chapters shall contribute to this Grand Chapter
two dollars for each Exaltation, and one dollar per annum for every mem-
ber, an account and return of which, and payment, shall be made at each
Annual Convocation*
Sec. 2. The fee for a Dispensation or Charter, for a Subordinate Chap-
ter, is, as prescribed by the Constitution of the General Grand Chapter of
the United States, ninety dollars*
ARTICLE VI*
MILEAGE AND PER DIEM*
Sec. 1* The representatives of Subordinate Chapters shall be paid out
of the funds of this Grand Chapter, three dollars for every thirty miles* go-
ing to and returning from the Grand Chapter, and three dollars a day for
each day's attendance on the same; provided^ That not more than one dele-
gate from any Chapter be entitled to receive such compensation ; and that
no representative shall receive out of the funds of the Grand Chapter, a lar-
ger sum than that paid in at the same Convocation by his Chapter, on ac-
count of the annual dues of said year: Provided also> That a proxy of a
distant Chapter, residing at the Seat of Government, shall receive no com-
pensation*
ARTICLE TIL
AMENDMENTS*
Sec. 1* All amendments to the Constitution of this Grand Chapter shall
be proposed at a regular Convocation, and if received and agreed to, shall be
published (and notice sent to each Subordinate Chapter for their considera-
tion,) for action at the next annual Convocation, before the same shall be
fully acted upon; and this Constitution shall not be altered or amended
Without the approbation of two-thirds of the members present, and they
Voting by Chapters*
*The following amendment_was offered at Annual Convocation, 1875, and re-
ferred, for final action, in 1876: . ,
Amend Art. VI., Sec. 1, of the Constitution, by striking out the words, "three
dollars for every thirty miles," and insert "six cents for each mile*"
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Relating Particularly to the Grand Chapter, Officers and Members,
WHO AUK ENTITLED TO VOTE AND HOLD OFFICE.
Sec. 1. The only persons entitled to vote in the Grand Chapter, are the
following officers and members, to-wit: Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand
High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer,
Grand Chaplain, Grand Captain of the Host, Past Grand High Priests, Past
Deputy Grand High Priests, Past Grand Kings, Past Grand Scribes, (pro-
vided they are members of some Subordinate Chapter within this jurisdic-
tion,) the High Priests, Kings and Scribes of Subordinate Chapters, or their
proxies, and all Past High Priests subject to this jurisdiction, provided
they are members of Subordinate Chapters within the jurisdiction of thia
Grand Chapter.
Sec. 2. No Companion can be elected to any office in the Grand Chapter
unless he be a member thereof, except the Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer,
and Grand Sentinel, each of whom may be elected from the members of the
Subordinate Chapters.
Sec. 3. No High Priest, King or Scribe, has the right to appoint a proxy
to represent him in this Grand Chapter, when he or they are present in per-
son, and taking part in its deliberations.
Sec. 4. Should any Subordinate Chapter fail to elect officers prior to the
meeting of the Grand Chapter, the High Priest, King or Scribe shall be
admitted as legal Representatives.
Sec. 5. In the event of the death of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, the
Deputy Grand High Priest shall fill his place, and assume the duties of the
Grand High Priest.
GRAND LECTURER.
Sec. 6. One Grand Lecturer may be elected by the Grand Chapter, who
shall hold his office not less than one year. He shall have power to appoint
as many Assistants as he may deem necessary; and no Companion shall
teach Royal Arch Masonry, for pay, in this Grand Jurisdiction, except such
as are commissioned by the Grand Lecturer, who is instructed not to so com-
mission any Companion unless he is satisfied that he is in possession of the
Work and Lectures adopted by the Grand Chapter; but this is not intended
to prohibit any Royal Arch Mason, who is not a professional lecturer, from
dispensing the true light of Masonry, by lectures or otherwise, without spe-
cial permission of the Grand Chapter.
Sec. 7. The Lectures delivered by the Grand Lecturer, Comp. W. E.
Lackey, are fully approved and adopted, and shall be the standard of work
in this Grand Chapter.*
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
Sec. 8. The Grand High Priest shall annually appoint a committee on
Foreign Correspondence, whose duty it shall be to examine the proceedings
of other Grand Chapters, and make report to this Grand Chapter at the
annual meeting subsequent to their appointment; and such committee is
advised to condense the matter annually presented to them, into the smallest'
practicable space, omitting all local references, and as much of the routine
business of the Grand Chapters as possible, and report only such matters
*Resolved, That the work and lectures, as exemplified by the Grand Lecturer,
Wm. D. Ferriss, be adopted by this Chapter.—1869.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
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and questions as are calculated to excite general interest, and demands on
Grand Chapter for action or concurrence. And the said Committee is ad-
vised to make a tabular statement of the Grand Chapters with which this
Grand Chapter is in communication, with the names of the Grand and Dep-
uty Grand High Priests and Grand Secretaries, and time and place of their
Annual Convocations.
Sec. 9. The reports on Foreign Correspondence are to be received and
held as the work and opinions of the Committee only, and not to be taken as
reflecting the opinions or decisions of the Grand Chapter, especially 011 sub-
jects of Masonic Law.
MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.
Sec. 10. Only those officers named in the Constitution of the General
Grand Chapter, to-wit: The Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand High
Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Secretary, Grand Treasurer, Grand
Chaplain, and Grand Captain of the Host, shall be entitled to receive mile-
age and per diem as such; and then, only in case they are not Representa-
tives of Subordinate Chapters at the same time.
Sec. 11. Past High Priests shall not be allowed mileage and per diem,
Unless representing the Chapters in which they hold membership.
Sec. 12. The most practicable land route shall be the criterion in estab-
lishing the distance from each Subordinate Chapter to the place of meeting
of the Grand Chapter.
WHEN GRAND OFFICERS ARE TO BE INSTALLED.
Sec. 13. The installation of the Grand Officers shall take place at the
close of each session, and the old or present Grand Officers shall hold over
until that time.
DISCUSSION.
Sec. 14. No Companion shall be allowed to speak more than once, on
any subject, without permission of Grand Chapter.
RESOLUTIONS AND DOCUMENTS NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.
Sec. 15. All resolutions offered, and which, on motion are laid on the
table, or are withdrawn by the mover, shall be omitted in the printed pro-
ceedings of this Grand Chapter; and no document shall go upon the records
unless the same has been "received" by a vote of the Grand Chapter.
SUSPENSION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.
Sec. 16. The Grand Secretary shall publish in the Annual Returns
the names of all Companions suspended for non-payment of dues.
REPORTS OF GRAND SECRETARY AND GRAND TREASURER.
Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer
to make their respective Reports on or before the second day of each Annual
Convocation.
COMPENSATION TO GRAND TREASURER.
Sec. 18. The Grand Treasurer shall be entitled to receive two and one-
half per cent, on all moneys he may disburse on account of the Grand
Chapter.
ANNUAL RETURNS.
Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary to furnish two
copies of blank Returns to each Subordinate Chapter, a sufficient time be-
fore the Annual Convocation for them to make their Annual Returns.
Sec. 20. At the subsequent Convocations of this Grand Chapter, the
Committee on Returns shall be dispensed with, and in lieu thereof the
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regulations relating to
Grand Secretary shall be required to examine and correct the same before
publication, and he is authorized to include in the printed transactions of
the Grand Chapter such returns as may be forwarded to his office after the
dose of the Annual Convocations.
BLANKS, STATIONERY, POSTAGE.
Sec. 21. The Grand Secretary is authorized to have printed a sufficient
number of blank Returns for Subordinate Chapters, and to purchase any
stationery that may be required for the use of the Grand Chapter, and pre*
pay the postage on all documents forwarded by him to the Subordinate
Chapters, and to draw on the Grand Treasurer for the amount.
VOUCHEES TO BE CANCELLED.
Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of the Finance Committee, when they shall
have examined and passed upon the vouchers of the Grand Secretary and
Grand Treasurer, to mark them "cancelled."
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
Sec. 23. This Grand Chapter approves the system of fraternal inter*
course inaugurated by many of the Grand Chapters in the United States, in
the appointment of Representatives to and from each other. This Grand
Chapter will receive such Representatives when duly accredited; and the
Grand High Priest is authorized and requested to appoint an intelligent
Royal Arch Mason as a Grand Representative near each Grand Royal Arch
Chapter in the United States and Territories thereof, to be commissioned as
such, under the seal of this Grand Chapter and signature of the Grand High
Priest, and attested by the Grand Secretary.
Sec. 24. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary to forward a copy
of the proceedings of the Grand Chapter to each of its Representatives near
other Grand Chapters.
GRAND HIGH PRIEST CANNOT DELEGATE HIS POWERS TO ANOTHER.
Sec. 25. The Grand High Priest of this Grand Chapter cannot rightfully
authorize another officer of the Grand Chapter to suspend the By-Laws and
Regulations for Subordinate Chapters for any purpose, or under any circum*
stances whatever, the right of Dispensation resting solely with the Grand
High Priest when in the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter whose officer he
is, and which is to be exercised by him only in special cases. In no case
will he be waranted in granting to another a carte blanche to exercise the pre*
rogatives belonging alone to himself.
REGULATIONS
RELATING PARTICULARLY TO SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
NEW CHAPTERS.
Sec. 1. No Dispensation or Charter for the institution of a new Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons shall be granted, except upon the petition of nine reg-
ular Royal Arch Masons, which petition shall be accompanied with the
dimits of the petitioners, and a certificate from the Chapter nearest the
place at which the new Chapter is intended to be opened, vouching for the
moral character of the petitioners, and that some one of them is thoroughly
versed in the work and lectures adopted by this Grand Chapter ; and not
until the said petitioners are duly constituted under a warrant, the officers
installed, and a return thereof made to the Grand Secretary, will they he
THE GRAND CHAPTER,
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recognized as a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, or be entitled to represents-
tion in this Grand Chapter,
Sec, 2. The fee for a Dispensation or Charter for a new Chapter shall be
ninety dollars, and the Grand Secretary's fee of ten dollars.
Sec. 8. Chapters under Dispensation shall not be subject to the payment
of any Dues, except those for Exaltations.
JURISDICTION OF CHAPTERS,
Sec. 4. The jurisdictional limits of each Subordinate Chapter shall be
bounded by a line running equi-distant between it and the nearest Chapter;
and no Master Mason shall be allowed to receive the Chapter Degrees in any
Chapter other than that within the jurisdictional limits of which he may
reside, unless with the recommendation of his said Chapter,
Sec. 5. In the opinion of this Grand Chapter it is irregular and im-
proper for a Chapter in another State to entertain the petition of, or confer
the Degrees upon brethren residing within this jurisdiction, without the
consent of the Chapter within the jurisdiction of which such brethen may
reside.
Sec. 6, No Subordinate Chapter in this jurisdiction shall confer the
Degrees upon an applicant residing within the jurisdiction of another Chap-
ter without the unanimous consent of the Chapter within whose jurisdiction
the applicant may reside; and should any Chapter violate this Regulation,
said Chapter shall forfeit the fees of said applicant to the aggrieved Chapter,
and incur such additional penalty as the Grand Chapter may inflict.
Sec. 7. Any Chapter ceasing to work for six consecutive months, loses
its jurisdiction until it resumes work,
ANNUAL ELECTIONS AND RETURNS.
Sec. 8. All Subordinate Chapters within this jurisdiction are required
to hold their annual elections of officers at the stated meeting preceding the
anniversary of St. John the Evangelist,' and their Returns shall commence
from the 27th of December of each year.
Sec. 9, The Annual Returns of Chapters shall be forwarded to the Grand
Secretary immediately after the installation of officers, so as to reach his
office by the 10th of January, ensuing.
Sec. 10. Every Chapter failing to be represented, make Returns and pay
its dues to the Grand Chapter, for two years iu succession, shall forfeit its
Charter,
CERTIFICATES TO MEMBERS OF EXTINCT CHAPTERS.
Sec. 11. When a Subordinate Chapter shall forfeit its charter, the Grand
Secretary shall have authority to issue certificates to such members thereof
as were in good standing at the time the Chapter ceased to exist; or should
the members desiring certificates be in arrear to the Chapter at that time,
they shall pay the amount of their 'indebtedness into the Treasury of the
Grand Chapter; and the certificate issued by the Grand Secretary, in such
cases, shall have the force and effect of a dimit.
DUPLICATE CHARTERS.
Sec. 12. When a Subordinate Chapter shall lose its charter, from acci-
dent or otherwise, it shall make immediate application to the Grand Secre-
tary for a duplicate, who is authorized to issue the same,
FEES FOR DEGREES.
Sec. 13. No Subordinate Chapter within this jurisdiction shall be au-
thorized to confer the Chapter Degrees for a less sum than forty dollars,
which must be paid in advance in cash.
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REGULATIONS RELATING TO
FEES TO GRAND CHAPTER.
Sec. 14. Each Subordinate Chapter in this jurisdiction shall contribute
to this Grand Chapter two dollars for each Exaltation, and one dollar per
annum for each member, an account and return of which, together with the
payment, shall be made to each annual Convocation, and no Delegate from
a Chapter in arrears shall be admitted to a seat in this Grand Body until
all arrearages shall have been paid. All dues shall be paid in the common
currency of the country.
Sec. 15. Subordinate Chapters are required to pay to the Grand Chap-
ter, on account of each member re-instated, the sum of one dollar for each
year of suspension for non-payment of dues.
FEES TO GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER.
Sec. 16. This Grand Chapter will pay the one cent per capita dues an-
nually required by the M.\ E.\ General Grand Chapter of the United States;
and in order to meet this assessment, the Subordinate Chapters are required
to forward with the regular annual dues an amount equal to one cent for
each Companion returned as a member on the 27th day of December.—
[1875.
QUORUM—BUSINESS.
Sec. 17. No Chapter can be opened or closed, unless there be present
nine Royal Arch Masons, nor can any Chapter elect officers or ballot for
candidates unless there be a like number who shall be members of said Chap-
ter; and no Chapter can be opened unless one of the three principal officers
is present.
Sec. 18. If the business coming before the Chapter is not completed the
first day, it may continue in session from day to day, until the regular bu-
siness is disposed of, and may call from labor to refreshment, or may close
each day.
ADVANCEMENTS.
Sec. 19. No Subordinate Chapter in this jurisdiction shall be authorized
to confer the Degrees on an applicant after the ^xpiration of six months
from the date of his election, without a second ballot. But this does not
apply when the applicant has taken one or more of the Capitular Degrees.
Sec. 20. The fact of receiving one or more degrees, does not give an
indefeasible right to further advancement. In case of unreasonable delay,
or absence of the party from the vicinity of the Chapter, it may be proper
to retake the ballot.
Sec. 21. Any member of the Chapter, at any time after the election of
an applicant, and before all the degrees have been conferred, may object
to his advancement. It is not necessary to sustain such objections by legal
proof.
Sec. 22. Unmasonic conduct, at any stage of advancement, should con-
stitute a barrier to receiving the Royal Arch Degree.
Sec. 23. Subordinate Chapters have the authority of the Grand Chapter
for advancing maimed brothers who are deemed otherwise worthy and well
qualified.*
*A regulation to the contrary, adopted in 1865, was repealed by the Grand
Chapter in 1867, and Grand H.\ P.'. Mayes in his address, 1871, receded from a
decision made by him in 1869, that "a Companion who had lost an arm since he
was raised, was not eligible to the Chapter degrees." *'We should be careful,"
he says, "to prevent those who are physically disqualified from being made
Masons; but when they become our brothers we should not let a subsequent
misfortune debar them from any Masonic privilege or promotion."
subordinate chapters.
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THE USE OF SUBSTITUTES.
Sec. 24. This Grand Chapter permits the use of Substitutes in the Roy-
al Arch Degree, but earnestly recommends that said permission be exer-
cised only in cases of emergency, of which the presiding officer of each Chap-
ter shall be the judge.
OFFENSES.
Sec. 25. The practice of dueling and habitual drunkenness are regarded
as grossly unmasonic, and should not be tolerated among Royal Arch
Masons.
Sec. 26. Whereas, the irreverent use of the name of the Deity is highly
unbecoming in Masons, and particularly so in Companions of this Most Sub-
lime Degree, it shall be the duty of every member knowing a Companion to
be habitually guilty of acts of wanton profanity, to report the same to his
Chapter at a regular Convocation; and any Royal Arch Mason so persisting
in such acts as to be offensive to the Companions, shall be liable to be dealt
with as for any other unmasonic conduct.
Sec. 27. Temperance, being one of the "cardinal virtues" in the science
of Freemasonry, it should be strictly enjoined upon all the members of the
Craft"; and it is hereby declared, as the sense of this Grand Chapter, that
the rules and principles of the Order impose it as a duty upon the officers
and members of Chapters, to caution, advise, remonstrate and reprimand, in
the first instance, any Companion who shall become intemperate or immoral
in his habits; and if necessary, upon due summons and examination, sus-
pend or expel, by and with the advice and consent of the Chapter under
whose jurisdiction such Companion may be.
Sec. 28. When a Royal Arch Mason stands charged, in a court of justice,
in this State, with an offense against the criminal or penal laws, no pro-
ceedings touching said offense shall be instituted against such Companion so
charged, until after his case shall have been disposed of by said Courts. (See
Sec. 23, By-laws.)
EXPULSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS BY BLUE LODGE.
Sec. 29. Should a Companion Royal Arch Mason be expelled or sus-
pended by a Blue Lodge, he is thereby expelled or suspended, as the case
may be, from Royal Arch Masonry, so soon as authentic information is made
of the fact to the Chapter of which he may be a member ; and should he be
afterwards restored to the rights and privileges of a Master Mason, he shall
thereby be restored to the rights and privileges of Royal Arch Masonry, by
virtue of such restoration in the Blue Lodge.
WHEN SUSPENSIONS AND EXPULSIONS TAKE EFFECT.
Sec. 30. When a Companion is suspended or expelled by a Subordinate
Chapter, and takes an appeal to the Grand Chapter, the term of his suspen-
sion or expulsion shall date from the time of the rendition of the sentence
in the Subordinate Chapter.
CANNOT COMPEL A COMPANION TO JOIN A BLUE LODGE.
Sec. 31. A Chapter has no right to compel one of its members to join a
Blue Lodge, or to continue in affiliation therewith. The Chapter has no
jurisdiction over the relation of a Companion to the Lodge. He is amena-
ble to the Chapter for unmasonic conduct.
NON-AFFILIATED MASTER MASONS NOT ELIGIBLE.
Sec. 32. Chapters are strictly forbidden to receive and act upon the
application of non-affiliated Master Masons for the Chapter Degrees.
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REGULATIONS FOR SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
NO DISTINCTION AS TO QUALIFICATIONS FOK CAPITULAR DEGREES.
Sec. 33. Our regulations make no distinction in favor of officers and
men belonging to the United States Army relative to qualifications for the
Capitular degrees.
COMPANIONS WHEN "EXALTED" BECOME MEMBERS.
Sec, 34. Every Companion who shall have been Exalted in any Chapter
in this State shall be held to be a member of the same until he shall have
regularly dimitted.
DEGREE OF PAST-MASTER.
Sec. 35. Royal Arch Chapters have no right to confer the Past-Master's
Degree on a Master Mason, merely for the purpose of qualifying him to pre-
side as Master of a Lodge.
Sec. 36. Nu Chapter, subordinate to the Grand Chapter, shall confer
the Degree of Past Master on any person unless he shall have regularly pe-
titioned for the Chapter Degrees of Royal Arch Masonry, and been duly
elected to receive the same by the Chapter opened on the Royal Arch De-
gree, and shall have previously received the degree of Mark Master.
Sec. 37. No person shall be recognised by this Grand Chapter as a reg-
ular Chapter Past Master, or be admitted to visit or be present in any Chap-
ter under the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter, when opened on the De-
gree of Past Master, who has not regularly received the Degrees of Mark
Master and Past Master.
CHAPTER SEALS.
Sec. 38. Subordinate Chapters are required to procure proper Seals,
and no proxy or certificate of representation will be recognized by the Grand
Chapter unless the same is attested by the Secretary of the Chapter issuing
the same, and the Seal of the Chapter affixed thereto.
ROBES, JEWELS. ROOK OF MARKS.
Sec. 39. Each Subordinate Chapter within this jurisdiction is required
to procure, at the earliest possible date, the necessary Robes and Jewels for
the different officers, it being contrary to the teachings of our Sublime
Degrees, to work without them ; also, to obtain and keep a "Book of Marks."
COUNTING BALLOTS.
Sec. 40. Tellers, in counting ballots, shall not read any additions to
names, save "Companion,"
BY-LAWS
for the
GOVERNMENT OF .SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
Note.—These By-Laws are not subjeot to amendment or suspension by
Subordinate Chapters. The blanks can be filled as each may determine.
of meetings.
Sec. 1. This Chapter shall be known and designated as
No , subordinate to and under the jurisdiction of the Grand Chapter
of the State of Mississippi.
Sec. 2. It shall meet at , on the of each
month. Special meetings may be called any time by the High Priest or
officer performing his duty.
of officers and elections.
Sec. 3. The officers of this Chapter shall be a High Priest, King, Scribe,
Captain of the Host, Principal Sojourner, Royal Arch Captain, and Master
of the 3d, 2d and 1st Veils, a Secretary and Treasurer, and a Tyler, who
shall be chosen, by ballot, annually, at the stated meeting preceding the
27th of December.* A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to a
choice, and they shall be installed as soon thereafter as convenient.
of the duties of officers.
Sec. 4. The H.\ P.*., or in his absence the presiding officer of the Chap-
ter, may, for purposes of present Masonic Charity, draw on the funds of the
Chapter, at any time, for a sum not exceeding ten dollars. He shall appoint
all committees of the Chapter.
of the secretary.
Sec. 5. The Secretary shall, in addition to his traditional duties, make
out all reports required by the Chapter, keep a register of all delinquencies,
suspensions and expulsions, fill up diplomas when directed by the Chapter,
keeping a register of the same, and exhibit a statement of the accounts of
each delinquent member at the stated meeting for the election of officers;
and, as a compensation for his services, shall be allowed dollars per
annum.
of the treasurer.
Sec. 6. The-Treasurer, besides his traditional duties, shall report his
jeceipts and disbursements at the stated meetings for the election of officers;
and whenever required by the Chapter; shall have his accounts ready for
settlement at the expiration of his term of office, and shall deliver to his legal
^Should the stated meeting for December be during the fourth or fifth
week in that month, then it may be necessary te have the election of officers at
the November meetinar. Otherwise a Dispensation would have to be obtained
from the Grand High Priest, should the regular meeting for December be on the
27th or any day thereafter in that month.
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BY-LAWS FOE SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
successor all moneys, accounts, vouchers, documents and other property in
his possession belonging to the Chapter.
OF THE TYLER.
Sec. 7. The Tyler shall, besides his traditional duties, summon the mem-
hers to attend all special meetings of the Chapter, and shall receive the sum
of dollars per annum; and the same compensation shall be allowed
the Steward.
OF DEGREES.
Sec. 8. All petitions for the degrees conferred in this Chapter shall be
made in writing, at a stated monthly meeting, the petitioner stating the
Lodge of which he is a member, and being recommended by two members of
this Chapter. The presiding officer shall thereupon appoint a committee of
three members, whose duty it shall be to inquire into the character and
standing of the petitioner and report at the next stated meeting, when the
petition shall be acted on.
BALLOTING.
Sec. 9. In balloting for the degrees conferred in this Chapter, or mem-
bership, one negative vote shall reject. All candidates shall be balloted for
in the Chapter, (or R.\ A.-. Degree,) and for all degrees at the same time.
OF REJECTION—FEES—RENEWAL OF BALLOT.
Sec. 10. After a rejection for the Degrees, or membership, no new peti-
tion or application shall be entertained within less time than twelve months.
Sec. 11. No candidate shall receive any degree in Masonry in this Chap-
ter except he pay for the same in advance, in cash.
Sec. 12. No ballot can be reconsidered or renewed after the result has
been announced by the H.\ P.'. presiding, unless by Dispensation from the
G.\ H.\ P.'., but upon suggestion before such annunciation that an error may
have been committed, the ballot may be retaken once.
ADVANCEMENT FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
Sec. 13. Petitions from Brethren, advanced, passed, or received and ac~
knowledged in other jurisdictions, for further degrees in this Chapter, besides
being accompanied by the unanimous recommendation of the Chapter in
which the preceding degree was conferred, shall lay over one month, and be
referred to a committee of investigation, as in cases of petition for the first
or all the degrees, and after report therefrom, a unanimous ballot shall also
be necessary for such advancement.
ADMISSIONS TO MEMBERSHIP.
Sec. 14. Every Companion who has been Exalted to the Most Sublime
Degree of R.\ A.*. Mason in this Chapter, shall be considered a member
thereof.
Sec. 15. Any R.\ A.'. Mason not Exalted in this Chapter, desirous of
becoming a member of it, shall make application, in writing, at a stated
monthly meeting, and giving the name of the Chapter from which he hails.
A committee of investigation shall be raised, as upon petition for degrees,
who shall report at the next monthly meeting, when a ballot shall be taken;
if elected, the applicant shall pay the sum of dollars for his member-
ship.
FEES AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Sec. 16. The fee for degrees conferred in this Chapter shall be
dollars. (Must not be less than forty dollars.)
Sec. 17. Every member shall pay an annual contribution of
by-laws for subordinate chapters.
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dollars at the stated meeting next preceding the annual meeting for the elec-
tion of officers, or at the election, and before the election is held.
SUSPENSION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES.
Sec. 18. The Secretary shall, on or before the day of election of officers,
notify every member of the Chapter of the amount of his dues, and request
payment; and should any member allow his dues to remain unpaid for
twelve months from such day, the Secretary shall notify him of the fact,
and summon him to appear before the Chapter, at the next stated monthly
meeting; and such member shall be liable, unless excused by the Chapter,
to be deprived of membership therein, until said dues are paid; and such
deprivation shall not work a release from the payment of dues during its
continuance.
Sec. 19. Any non-affiliated Royal Arch Mason within the jurisdiction of
this Chapter, who shall neglect or refuse to contribute annually to its funds,
an amount equal to the ordinary Chapter dues, shall not be entitled to, nor
shall he be permitted to receiye or enjoy, the rights, benefits and privileges
of the Chapter—that is to say : The right to visit and associate with the
regular members of the Chapter; the right to ask and demand relief and
pecuniary aid from the Chapter, or its funds, for himself or his family ; the
right to move or join in processions with the Chapter ; provided however,
That any Royal Arch Mason, in good standing, unable so to contribute,
may be released from this restriction.
RE-IN STATEMENT.
Sec. 20. A Companion suspended for non-payment of dues, shall be
restored upon payment, and an entry of restoration in such cases made on
the minutes.
. OFFENSES.
Sec. 21. Should any member or visitor so far forget his duty as to be
guilty of disclosing any of the private transactions of the Chapter, except to
a Companion, or to him when the subject of debate or vote, unless in the dis-
charge of official duty; or should any such Companion behave himself in an
immoral, disorderly or unmasonic manner, or be guilty of any ignominious
crime, he shall be liable to reprimand, suspension or expulsion, as the Chap-
ter may deem proper.
Sec. 22. When a Companion shall be under arrest by the civil author-
ities, on any criminal charge, no action shall be taken upon his case by the
Chapter until after this discharge or conviction by such authorities. The sub-
ordinate Chapters have the discretionary right of suspending a member
while under criminal prosecution until his case is decided by the civil au-
thorities, and then to be acted upon; but in no case shall the action of the
Chapter be made public until after the final action of the civil courts in
relation to such offense.
Sec. 23. In no case shall the judgment of the Chapter be made public
unless the misconduct of which the Companion shall have been found guilty
has been public, scandalous and dishonorable to the name and character
of our beloved and cherished institution.
COMMITTEES.
Sec. 24. The High Priest shall, on the stated meetings for the election of
officers, appoint a standing finance committee, whose duty it shall be to ex-
amine all accounts and claims, and particlarly the books and accounts of
the Secretary and Treasurer, and report thereon immediately, or by the next
stated meeting.
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BY-LAWS—RULES FOR TRIALS.
Sec. 25. The H.'. P.\ shall appoint a standing comramittee for each year
on Complaints and Offenses, whose duty it shall be to prefer charges against
offending Companions.
DlMlTS AND DIPLOMAS.
Sec. 26. Any Companion in good standing shall be entitled to a dimit
from the Chapter, on application, accompanied by the Secretary's receipt for
his dues in full.
Sec. 27. Every Companion Exalted in this Chapter shall be entitled to
a diploma upon paying......... dollars to the" Secretary therefor.
VOTING.
Sec. 28. In all cases, except in ballotings, a majority of votes shall
govern, and in case of a tie the H.\ P.\, or presiding officer, shall give the
casting vote.
RULES FOR TRIAL OF OFFENSES.
1. There shall be appointed by the Grand Council of each and every
Subordinate Chapter in this State a standing committee, to consist of at
leat five, to be styled "The Gommittee on Complaints and Offenses," whose
duty it shall be to take cognizance of all offenses against the laws of Masonry
Which may come to their knowledge, either from their own observation,
rumor, or information of a Companion or Companions; and said Committee,
when any offenses shall so come to their knowledge, shall, without delay, in-
vestigate the same, and if they think it of sufficient importance, shall report
to the Chapter at a regular meeting, with the charges and specifications set
forth in full.
2. The Secretary shall, immediately after such report, issue a citation
against the Companion or Companions so charged, citing him or them to ap*
pear before the Chapter at its regular Convocation, then and there to an*
swer the charge or charges preferred, as aforesaid—which citation shall be
served at least ten dajrs before said meeting.
3. All complaints by one Companion against another shall be laid before
said Committee, Whose duty it shall be to investigate the same, and report
as aforesaid; and no complaints shall be heard by the Chapter until so re*
ported Upon. The complainant shall furnish the Committee with the names
of the witnesses, if any, and the grounds of complaint.
4. At the meeting designated in the citation, the accused shall be tried
upon the charges and specifications, unless good cause shall be shown for a
continuance.
5. If the accused shall evade notice, or if the Secretary, after diligent
Inquiry, shall be unable, after four months, to ascertain his residence, or ad*
dress, so that notice may be served upon him, the Chapter may proceed to
trial as if he had been regularly notified.
6. When the Chapter shall be prepared for trial, such of the charges as
have been approved by the Committee of investigation shall be read. The
testimony on the part of the prosecution shall then be produced, all of which
shall be taken in writing, (if proper,) by the Secretary. The accused will
then be permitted to introduce his testimony, which shall be also be taken
down in writing, (if proper,) with the exception, in both cases, of such as
has been filed by said Committee. Each party, the accused and accuser.
RULES FOR TRIALS IN SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS.
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shall have the right to question all witnesses) and to be present at the inves-
tigation by the Committee.
7. All investigations by said Committee shall he in private, and no one
shall be present except the Committee, the accused, accuser, and witnesses,
except at the request of the parties.
8. All testimony, whether of Masons or others, shall be taken on their
honor. The testimony of such as cannot be admitted into the Chapter, shall
be taken before two disinterested Companions, appointed for that purpose,
on due notice given to the parties of time and place.
9. When the evidence is closed, the prosecutor, or any Companion he
may appoint for that purpose, being a member of some Chapter under this
jurisdiction, may comment upon the evidence and charges. The accused
then, or any Companion he, or in his failure to do so, the High Priest may
appoint, may be heard in reply.
10. After the comments upon the testimony shall be closed^the accused
tfhall withdraw from the Chapter room. A vote shall be taken upon each
specification of each charge, and upon each charge, in its order, the accused
not being permitted to vote, and it shall require a majority of the members
present to sustain any specification or charge.
11. When the charges shall have been voted upon, if any be sustained,
the Chapter shall then proceed to vote upon the punishment, in the follow-
ing order: Expulsion, Suspension, Reprimand; a majority vote to govern
in all cases except expulsion, which shall require a two-thirds vote of all the
members present. The accused shall then be admitted and informed of the
result,
12. Any member desiring to appeal from the decision of the Chapter on
his trial, shall, Within six months of the date of his trial, file with the High
Priest of the Chapter, written notice of his desire and intention, which no-
tice shall set forth his objection to the action of the Chapter. The High
Priest shall thereupon grant the appeal prayed for, and shall send up, di*
rected to the Grand Secretary, a copy of tne record of the trial, which record
shall be signed by the High Priest, attested by the Secretary, under the
Seal of the Chapter ; and shall contain a copy of the charges and specifica-
tions originally preferred, the report of the Committee of Investigation, a
copy of all testimony, for and against the accused, commited to writing at
the time of trial, and the originals, or a correct copy of all papers used upon
the trial, as evidence or otherwise, together with a copy of appellant's notice
of appeal. The Secretary shall append to said record, a descriptive list of
all the papers sent up,
FORMS.
PETITION FOR DISPENSATION FOR NEW CHAPTER.
To the M:. E.\ G.\ H:. Priest of the G.\ R.\ A.\ Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned, Royal Arch Masons, in good standing, are desirous of
forming a new Chapter at , county, to be named
Chapter.
Therefore, with the approbation of Chapter, No , we respect-
fully pray for a Dispensation, empowering us to meet as a regular Chapter
at , on the day of each month. We do nominate and recom-
mend Companion to be the first High Priest, Companion to
be the first King, and Companion to be the first Scribe of said Chap-
ter. The pfayer of this petition being granted, we promise a strict obedience
to the commands of the Grand High Priest, and to the Constitution, Laws,
and Regulations of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi.
N. B.—This petition must be signed by nine Royal Arch Masons, accom-
panied with their Dimits, and recommendation of the nearest Chapter;
and also ninety dollars for Dispensation, and ten dollars -for Grand Secreta-
ry's fee.
CERTIFICATE OF A CHAPTER CONSENTING TO THE FORMATION OF
A NEW CHAPTER, AND RECOMMENDING THE PETITION-
ERS ; TO BE ENDORSED ON THE PETITION.
To the M.\ E.\ G.'. H.'. P.\ of the Grand Chapter of the State of Mississippi:
This certifies that at a stated meeting of Royal Arch Chapter, No.
, held at , in the of , county of , the day
of A.\ I.-. 24 , A. D., 58 , the following preamble and resolu-
tions were adopted:
Whereas, This Chapter approves the proposal to open a new Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons at in the county of , nearer to this than
to any other working Chapter, therefore—
Resolved, That this Chapter vouches for the moral character of Compan-
ions, (name the petitioners) the petitioners for a Dispensation for the insti-
tution of such new Chapter, and that Companion is thoroughly
versed in the work and lectures adopted by the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Mississippi.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Chapter this day of
[seal.] A. I. 24 , A. D. 18
... Secretary.
FORM OF PETITION FOR CHARTER.
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned petitioners, to whom a warrant of Dispensation was
granted by the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, (or Grand Chapter, as the case may
be,) bearing date the day of 18..., empowering them to assemble and
work after the manner of a Chapter, respectfully represent that they have
discharged the duty assigned to them, to the best of their skill and ability;
and in accordance with the requisition of this said warrant of Dispensation,
CHAPTER FORMS.
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they herewith return the same to the Most Excellent Grand Chapter, to-
gether with the minutes, (or a certified copy thereof,) of all the proceedings
had under the same in said Chapter; an account of receipts and disbursement
of money up to this date; a return of degrees conferred, together with the
fees for same, ($2 00 for each Exaltation,) which are all respectfully sub-
mitted for examination ; and if they are approved, we most respectfully
pray that a charter be issued, and be duly constituted a regular Chapter,
according to the Ancient Usages of Masonry. The prayer being granted, we
promise a strict conformity to all the regulations and commands of the
Grand High Priest, and to all the Constitutional laws of the Grand Chapter.
[Signed.]
This must be signed by the petitioners to whom the warrant of Dispen-
sation was granted, and the minutes of the Chapter must show that the pe-
tition was adopted at a stated meeting.
REPORT OF INSTALLING OFFICER.
To the M.\E.\ G.\ H..P.\ of the Grand Chapter of the State of Mississippi:
This certifies that I have this day installed the officers elected under the
charter granted to Royal Arch Chapter No , at , Missis-
sippi, pursuant to authority of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, which au-
thority is herewith filed. The officers installed are as follows: [Give a list
of the same.]
, 18 , Past High Priest.
FORM OF PETITION FOR CHAPTER DEGREES.
To the E.~. High Priest, E.\ King, E.\ Scribe,
and Members of Chapter, No , Royal Arch Masons.
The subscriber, a Master Mason in good standing, and a member of
Lodge, No , A., F. and A. Masons, respectfully prays that the degrees
conferred in your Chapter may be conferred upon him, if found worthy. He
resides at , his occupation is that of a If elected, he prom-
ises to yield a cheerful obedience to the By-laws and Regulations of your
Chapter, and herewith encloses $... for the degrees. [The fee cannot be less
than $40.] Respectfully, A. B.
Recommended by
C D
Committee.
.... | The Committee report (favorablyor unfavorably.)
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chapter forms.
FORM OF PETITION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
To the Mr. Er. High Pried Er. King, E.\ Scribe,
and Members of Chapter No , Royal Arch Masons:
The subscriber, a Royal Arch Mason, in good standing, not now a member
of any Chapter, is desirous of becoming a member of your Chapter, if found
worthy. A dimit from Chapter, No , accompanies this petitioD.
He resides in ; occupation [or profession]
Recommended by Companions,
DIMIT.
To all Royal Arch Masons to whom these Presents may come—Greeting:
Know ye, that the bearer hereof, our trusty and beloved Companion
has for some time past been a member of our Chapter, and having
discharged all the duties of a worthy Companion Royal Arch Mason, he is
permitted to dimit his membership with this evidence of good standing, and
the payment of all dues.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said
[seal.] Chapter," at , Mississippi, this ' day of A. I.
24..., A. D. 18.... , Secretary.
FORM OF A TRAVELING CERTIFICATE.
To all Rr. A.'. Masons to whom this may come, we send Fraternal Salutation:
This is to certify that Companion is a Royal Arch Mason, and a
member of Chapter, No , Royal Arch Masons, in good standing,
and as such is recommended to the kind attention of all Royal Arch Ma-
sons, wherever he may sojourn.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the said Chapter, this.... day
[seal.] of , A. D , A. I
, Secretary.
PROXY OF HIGH PRIEST, KING OR SCRIBE.
I, , of Chapter No do hereby appoint Com-
panion my Representative in the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the
State of Mississippi, at its next Annual Convocation to be held in '..., on
the day of , A. D. 18 , empowering him to act on my
behalf; hereby ratifying and confirming whatever he may lawfully do in
said capacity. [seal.]
Note.—Proxies must be on a separate piece of paper—not written on the
annual Returns.
PROXY OF HIGH PRIEST, KING OR SCRIBE, OR ANY TWO OF THEM.
We, the High Priest, King and Scribe of Chapter, No , do
hereby appoint Companion our Representative in the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of the State of Mississippi, at the next Annual Convocation,
to be held in , on the day of , A. D. 18..., em-
powering him to act on our behalf; hereby ratifying and confirming what-
soever may be lawfully done in the premises.
Given under our hand and seals, at Mississippi, this day
of , A. D. 18...
H.\ P.-
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
/. E:. Grand Royal Arch Chapter
OF THE
j|fate
AT ITS
TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION.
HELD AT JACKSON,
January 31st and February 1st, 187(i.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GRAND CHAPTER.
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI:
■PRINTED AT THE CLARION STEAM PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.
1876.
GRAND OFFICERS—1876-77.
M.-.E.-. Harvey W. Walter,
R.-.E.-. E. Geo. DeLap,
R.-.E.-. J. L. Finley,
R.-.E.-. G. N. Dickerson, -
R.-.E.-. R. B. Brannin, -
R.-.E.-. D. A. Kinchloe, -
R.-.E.-. W. P. Bouton, -
R.-.E.-. A. P. Barry, -
R.-.E.-. J. L. Power,
Rev.-.Comp.-. J. H. Alexander,
R.-.E.-. R. P. Bowen, -
R.-.E.*. E. F. Shuler, -
R.-.E.-. R. J. Fleming,
R.-.E.-. N. S. Walker, -
R.-.E.-. Jacob Peebles,
:o:
- Holly Springs, - Grand High Priest.
Natchez,
1^. G. H. Priest.
Guntown,
Grand King.
Ashland,
- Grand Scribe.
- Aberdeen,
- G. C. of Host.
Sardis,
- G. P. Sojourner.
- Ashland,
G. R. A. Captain-
Hazlehurst,
- Grand Treasurer.
- Jackson. -
Grand Secretary.
Kosciusko, -
- Grand Chaplain.
Chulahoma,
Grand Lecturer.
- Sallis,
- G. M. 3d Vail.
Corinth. -
G. M. 2d Vail.
- Port Gibson.
- G. M. 1st Vail.
Natchez, -
Grand Sentinel.
STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Masonic Law.—Charles T. Murphy, Durant; R. L. Saunders, W. M~
Stansbury.
Complaints and Appeals.—J. M. Howry, Oxford; E. W. Hughes,.
James T. Fant.
Credentials.—John Y. Murry, J. W. Winn, John A. Dicks.
Subordinate Chapters.—W. G. Paxton, P. M. Savery, G. C. Porter.
Finance.—J. T. Buck, William French, J. J. Beauchamp.
Unfinished Business.—J. F. McCormick, J. S. Jones, J. J. Birdsong.
Printing.—J. L. Power, Frank Burkitt, J. A. Hearne.
Foreign Correspondence.—Oliver Clifton, J. T. Whitehead, R. C.
Cunningham.
Committee on Work.—J. M. Howry, R. P. Bowen, John T. Buck, Thos~
Hardeman M, B. N. Alexander.
The next Convocation of the Grand Chapter will be held at the City of
Yicksburg, on the Monday preceding the meeting of the Grand Lodge, being;
Monday, February 5, 1877.
GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
Twenty-Eighth Annual Convocation.
At the Twenty-Eighth Annual Convocation of the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal,
Arch Chapter of Mississippi, held at the Masonic Hall, in the City of
Jackson, on Monday, the 31st clay of January, A. D. 1876, A. I. 2406, the
following Grand Officers were
PRESENT:
M.\E.\ COMP. JOHN Y. MURRY Grand High Priest.
R.\E.\ COMP. E. GEO. DeLAP :....as Deputy Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-. COMP. JOHN A. GALBREATH, Sr Grand King.
R.-.E.-. COMP. WM. FRENCH Grand Scribe.
R.-.E.-. COMP. JOHN NELSON Grand Captain of the Host.
REV.-. COMP. J. H. ALEXANDER Grand Chaplain.
R.-.E.-. COMP. A. P. BARRY Grand Treasurer.
R.-.E.-. COMP. J. L. POWER Grand Secretary.
R.-.E.-. CCMP. 0. B. COLLINS Grand Principal Sojourner.
R.-.E.-. COMP. W. H. WILBURN Grand Royal Arch Captain.
R.-.E.-. COMP. JOEL A. HEARNE Grand Master 3d Vail.
R.-.E.-. COMP. FRANK BURKITT Grand Master 2d Vail.
R.-.E.-. COMP. JOHN M. WARE Grand Master 1st Vail.
R.-.E.-. COMP. JACOB PEEBLES as Grand Tyler.
PAST GRAND OFFICERS.
M.-.E.-. Comp. Jas. M. Howry Past Grand High Priest.
M.-.E.-. Comp. Wm. S. Patton Past Grand High Priest.
M.-.E-.- Comp. Wm. D. Ferriss Past Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-. Comp. P. M. Savery Past Deputy Grand High Priest.
R.-.E.-. Comp. J. S. Jones Past Deputy Grand High Priest.
R.-.E-.• Comp. Thos. Hardeman M Past Grand King.
R.-.E.-. Comp. John T. Buck Past Grand Scribe.
R • E.\ Comp. R- L- Saunders Past Grand Scribe.
R • E * Comp. J- W. Winn Past Grand Captain of the Host.
r . e • Comp. J- J- Birdsong Past Grand Principal Sojourner.
r'.'e • Comp. L. Liebenfeld Past Grand Royal Arch Captain.
R • E * Comp. Jas. T: Fant Past Grand Royal Arch Captain.
r'.'e • Comp. W. G. Paxton Past Grand Master 1st Vail.
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Also present: Past High Priests H. W. Walter, S. C. Conley, Jno. F.
McCormick, C. T. Murphy, R. H. Allen, and a number of visiting Com-
panions.
Also present, as Representatives of other Grand Jurisdictions, several
Companions whose names are included in the foregoing.
The Grand Secretary having announced a quorum present—
The M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi was opened in
Ample Form, with solemn prayer by Rev. Comp. J. H. Alexander, Grand
Chaplain.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest appointed the following Companions to
fill vacancies in Standing Committees:
On Complaints and Appeals—Comp. J. J. Beauchamp, in place of Comp.
E. J. Hostetter.
On Finance—Comp. John A. Dicks, in place of Comp. M. F. Rogers.
On Unfinished Business—Companions Geo. Nicholson and C. H. Keim.
Report of Committee on Credentials-
The Committee on Credentials submitted their report, which was received
and the Commitee continued. The report, as perfected- from time to time
during the session of the Grand Chapter, being as follows:
To the M:. E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned Committee on Credentials beg leave to report that they
find the following Companions entitled to seats in this Grand Body as
Representatives of the several Chapters named. Respectfully submitted,
J. F. McCORMICK, 1
J. W. WINN, [ Committee.
E.F. SHULER, j
Natchez Chapter, No. 1—E. Geo. DeLap, IT.- P.\, P.*. H.\ P.'.; C. H. Keim,
proxy for K.\; John A. Dicks, proxy for Scribe.
.Clinton, No. 2—Nelson S. Walker, Representative.
•Vicksbtjrg, No. 3—W. G. Paxton, H.\ P.-.
Columbus, No. 4—J. E.Leigh, Scribe.
•Wilson, No. 5—J. T. Whitehead, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.*.
Jackson, No. 6—R. L. Saunders, H.\ P.*.; Oliver Clifton, K.\; Gus Asher, Scribe.
Magnolia, No. 7—J. J. Birdsong, H.-. P.*.
Yazoo, No. 8—Not represented.
Lexington, No. 9—W. F. Stigler, Representative.
Canton, No. 10—J. M. Mills, Scribe.
Macon, No. 11—J. C. Williams, H.\ P.'., P.-. H.\ P.'.
PeWitt Clinton, No. 12—E. W. Hughes, H.\ P.-., P.". H.\ P.'.
•Euphemia, No. 13—R. R. Brannin, H.\ P.-., P.-. H.\ P.-.
Payette, No. 14—Henry Key, H.\ P.".
Carrollton, No. 15—W. M. Stansbury, H.\ P.'., P.\ H.\ P.-.
Wm. H. Wilkinson, No. 16—Not represented.
Shields, No. 18—M. R. Fontaine, proxy for H.\ P.*.
jKosciusko, No. 20—John Riley, P.*. JL\ P.\, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Raymond, No. 22—Geo. C. Porter, H.\ P.*., P.*. H.\ P.*.
(Houston, No. 23—Frank Burkitt, Scribe and proxy for H.\ P-'-
JWay.ne, No. 24—Not represented.
jokolona, No. 27—Jas. U. Carter, H.\ P.".
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
5>
Walker, No. 28—D. A. Kinchloe, H.\ P.-., P.-. II/. P.'.
Washington, No. 29—Not represented.
Shongalo, No. 30—Not represented.
Decatur, No. 31—Tlios. Keith, proxy for H.\ P.".
Emory, No. 32—Not represented.
Lafayette, No. 33—James M. Howry, H.\ P.*., P.'. H.\ P.-.
Neshoba, No. 34—Not represented.
Louisville, No. 36—L. Liebenfeld, proxy for H.\ P.*., and P.". II/. P.".
Union, No. 37—T. H. Booth, proxy for H.\ P.".
Marshall, No. 40—M. H. Boyd, H.\ P.-.
Amite, No. 42—Not represented.
Tallahatchie, No. 44—W. H. FitzGerald, H/. P.".
Enterprise, No. 45—J. W. Winn, P.". H.\ P.". and proxy for II.- P.".
"Verona, No. 47—R. C. Cunningham, H.\ P."., P.'. H.\ P.'.
Ripley, No. 48—John Y. Murry, H.\ P.*.
New A.lbany, No. 49—J. A. Ilearne, K.\, P.*. H.\ P.".; E. M. Coker, Scribe.
Mt. Carmel, No. 50—J. L. Beavers, proxy for H.\ P.".
Geo. Washington, No. 51—Not represented.
Patton, No. 52—J. C. Porter, proxy for H.\ P.".
Palo Alto, No. 53—Not represented.
Bethe3DA, No. 55—Not represented.
Wright, No. 56—J. P. McCrackin, P.". H.\ P.*., proxy for H.\ P.".
Baldwyn, No. 57—J. L.Finley, II.". P.'.; J. A. Thompson, Scribe; P. M. Savery,
P.". H.\ P.'. and proxy for King.
Shubuta, No. 59—0. B. Collins, Kv, P.'. H.\ P.".
Panola, No. 60—L. D. Nickles, P.". IIv P."., proxy for H.\ P.".
Eureka, No. 61—David Mitchell, H/.P/., P.". H.\ P.".
G. W. Perkins, No. 63—Not represented.
Dover, No. 64—R. W. Shipp, H.\ P.-,
Chicka?Aw, No. 65—Not represented.
Rienzi, No. 66—C. W. Williams, Jr., proxy for H.\ P.*.
Euclid, No. 67—B. F. Lewis, Representative.
Dent H. Miles, No. 72—Wm. Richards, II.'. P.*., P.". II.'. P.'.
Ward, No. 73—0. F. West, King.
W. D. Ferriss, No. 74—W. D. Ferriss, H.\ P.\, P.". II.*. P.".
Walnut Grove, No. 75—Not represented.
Corinth, No. 76—R. J. Fleming, H.\ P. ., P.". H.\ P.".
Crystal Springs, No. 77—A. L. Williams, P.*. H.\ P.*. and Representative.
Winona, No. 78—T. C. Parish, II/. P.'., P.". H.\ P.*.; Walter Trotter, proxy for
King.
Brookhaven, No. 80—Not represented.
S. H. Johnson, No. 81—M. J. Massingill, King.
Starkville, No. 82—Not represented.
Summerville. No. 83—Not represented.
Salem, No. 85—Not represented.
Cato, No. 89—John Russell, H.\ P."., P.-. II/. P.\
Summit, No. 90—Geo. Nicholson, H. . P..
Huntsville, No. 91—Not represented.
Centre Ridge, No. 93—E. Roberts, II/. P.\, P.\ II/. P/.
Durant, No. 94—Not represented.
West Point, No. No—Not represented.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
McConnico, No. 96—L. M. Lawshe, P.'. H.\ P.-. and proxy for H.'. P.*.
Robert W. Paine, No. 97—T. P. Pettus, P.". H.'. P.*. and proxy for II.*. P.*.
McDonalp, No. 98—Geo. N. Dickerson, proxy for H.\ P.*.
Toomsuba, No. 99—H. D. Cameron, Representative.
Attala. No. 100—N. C. Wasson, II.'. P.".
Coffeeville, No. 101—B. L. Wynn, proxy for II.'. P.'.
Greenwood, No. 102—W. A. Gillaspie, proxy for II.'. P.".
Cherry Creek, No. 103—J. T. Pitts, King.
Bluff Springs, No. 104-r-E. F. Shuler, H.
Hudson, No. 105—John A. Mill r, proxy for H.'. P.'.
Baker, No. 106—T. M. Miller, II.'. P.'.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest then read his Address, as follows:
ADDEES3 OF GEAND HIOH IEIEST-
Companions :—By the blessing of the Great High Priest above, we are
permitted to meet in this, our Twenty-eighth Grand Convocation, and on
coming together, allow me to offer my personal and official greeting. Before
we proceed with the business for which we have assembled, coming up as
Representatives of Subordinate Chapters from* every part of our Jurisdic-
tion, let us, " with one accord," silently return thanks to the Father of
Mercies for His goodness and mercy to us while we have.been passing
through dangers, "both seen and unseen," during the past year, and for
having been permitted to meet in as large numbers as I see present on this
occasion. Let us invoke the blessing of " Him who doeth all things well"
upon our deliberations here, that much good may result therefrom, both
present and prospective. And let us bear in mind the fact " that in the
midst of life we are in death." There is not one of us who knows that before
another year passes by, we may not be " numbered with that innumerable
band that has already crossed the cold river of death."
death of grand officers.
It is with sad feelings I announce to you the death of Companion Morris
Cook, which occurred at Gallatin, Miss., on the 31st day of October, 1875,
in the 53d year of his age; He was made a Mason in Gallatin Lodge, No.
25, in 1843; was Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of
Royal and Select Masters of this State in 1870 ; Deputy Grand High Priest
of our Grand Chapter in 1871; Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of Mississippi in 1873, and was Grand Lecturer of this Grand Chapter at
the time of his death, which position he had held nearly four years, per-
forming the arduous and responsible duties of the same with a zeal and en-
ergy rarely surpassed.
It is scarcely necessary for me to recommend a suitable memorial for one
so distinguished among us as Companion Morris Cook.
Very little business of importance has come before me during the past'
year, and I feel warranted in saying that at least one-half of that to which
my attention has been called, might have been disposed of by Subordinate
Chapters, if Companions were only willing to take the time and perform the
labor necessary to understand and apply our Regulations and By-Laws
bearing upon the various topics and points which have been submitted.
Nevertheless, in conformity to long established usage, I will give a brief
account of my official acts touching the business that has come before me.
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
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CHARTERS.
In accordance with the action of our Grand Chapter at Meridian, in Feb-
:ruary last, I have signed the following Charters:
Feb. 9. For a new Chapter at Burnsville, in Tishomingo county, named
Baker Chapter, No. 106. And on same day, for the revival of Decatur
Chapter, No. 31, at Decatur, in the county of Newton. In the case of the
former, my proxy, Companion E. J. Hostetter, a P.*. H.\ P.". of Corinth
Chapter, No. 76, installed its officers, and put the Chapter regularly to work
•on the 9th of March, which was duly reported to your Grand Secretary.
DISPENSATIONS FOR NEW CHAPTERS.
June 1. For a Chapter at Edwards, in the county of Hinds, and appointed
Companions J. G. Sparrow, IT. P., H. Lowry, IT., IV. B. Williamson, Scribe.
The petition was signed by ten dimitted R. A. Masons, in proper form, and
represented that quite a number of Master Masons in the vicinity of Ed-
wards wished to take the Chapter degrees, and the petition had received
The approving smile of your Grand Secretary.
OTHER DISPENSATIONS.
March 26. To Memphis Chapter, No. 95, in the jurisdiction of the Grand
R. A. Chapter of Tennessee, to receive and act upon the petition of Brother
Chas. L. Wortham, of Friar's Point, Miss., and member of Coahoma Lodge,
No. 104. In this case I was applied to by the H. P. of the Chapter, in a
very courteous letter, evidently written in the true Masonic spirit, request-
ing a waiver of jurisdiction; whereupon I immediately inquired of the
nearest Chapter in this State, to the residence of Bro. Wortham (to-wit:
Walker Chapter, No. 28), if it had consented, and waived jurisdiction in
this case. Companion Kinchloe, High Priest of the Chapter, informed me
it had.
March 26. To Natchez Chapter, No. 1, to confer the Chapter degrees
upon sundry brethren from St. Joseph, La., for a less sum than the usual fees.
Companion DeLap, PI. P. of the Chapter, asked, not only that the fees might
be reduced, but also for authority to dispense with the usual time for peti-
•tions to lie in the hands of committees. He stated that those brethren ex-
pected to take dimits as soon as they received the degrees, and organize a
Chapter at St. Joseph, La. I did not think this a sufficient reason for relax-
ing our very wholesome Regulations as to the time for receiving and manner
of acting upon petitions, but I took a different view of the case in regard^ to
' the matter of fees, especially as it was understood that whatever was lacking
to constitute full fees in this State should be paid by the brethren into their
contemplated new Chapter at St. Joseph, in the State of Louisiana. How-
over, I enjoined it strictly upon the H.-. P.-. of Natchez Chapter to procure
a waiver of jurisdiction from the G.\ H.\. Priest of Louisiana before the
Chapter should take any action whatever in the case.. April 10th, I received
• another communication from Companion DeLap, asking for authority to
ballot on the petitions of the brethren from St. Joseph, La., at the next
regular meeting of the Chapter, without the delay incident to referring to
committees until another regular meeting, and stated that he had received
~a waiver of jurisdiction from the Grand High Priest of Louisiana. He also
assured me that the brethren from St. Joseph were first-class gentlemen and
very bright Masons, and offered many other good and plausible reasons, in his
peculiarly business-like and happy style, in support of his application, which
forced me to go back on my first decision, but I did it very reluctantly.
May 19. To Winona Chapter, No. 78, to confer the degrees upon a candi-
date who had a stiff knee. In this case, Companion T. C. Parish, IT.-. P.".
«of the Chapter informed me that the brother had been elected to the degrees
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before the physical defect was discovered, although it had existed prior to*
the time he was made a Mason. The High Priest also stated that the can-
didate elect was a well-informed Master Mason, and well qualified, morally
and intellectually, for promotion. And these statements were indorsed by
Comp. T. C.'Everett, H.\ P.'. of Shongalo Chapter, No. 30, in a postscript
to Companion Parish's letter. Under these circumstances, I thought I
ought not to refuse a dispensation, and thereby prevent the promotion of a
worthy brother (for it strikes me that it was virtually a question of advance-
ment), upon the sole ground of a bodily infirmity, which had not been
considered a sufficient reason for refusing to admit him within the sacred
precincts of a Master Mason's Lodge. Had this been the case of a profane
knocking at the door for initiation, and my opinion had been asked, it would
have been quite different.
June 26. To Natchez, No. 1, to elect a Captain of the Host, in the place-
of one who was elected at the regular meeting in December, 1874, and subse-
quently removed from this State.
July 1. To Euphemia, No. 13, to confer the degrees on a brother who had
not been a Master Mason six months. Companion Brannin, H.\ P.*. of the
Chapter, stated that the brother possessed, in an eminent degree, all other
qualifications. In my reply, I said to Comp. Brannin: " If my memory
was not at fault, the Regulation requiring six months probation as a Master
Mason, before taking the Chapter degrees, had been repealed at the last
Convocation of our Grand Chapter." But, inasmuch, as the Proceedings
had not been distributed, I had no means of refreshing my recollection upon
this point, and, consequently, I issued the dispensation. When the pro-
ceedings did come out, they showed that my recollection in regard to what
was done by Grand Chapter upon this subject was correct. I now mention
this case merely to impress upon your minds the great importance of having"
our proceedings printed and distributed among the Subordinate Chapters
as soon as possible after the close of Grand Chapter.
Aug. 21. To Wilson, No. 5, to ballot upon the petitions of sundry United
States Army officers, without the usual reference to committees for one
month. In this case, Companion J. T. Whitehead, H.\ P.*. of the Chapter,
informed me that these were the brethren who were at Holly Springs, on
duty, a short time in 1874, and who at that time petitioned for the Chapter
degrees, but were ordered away before the usual course could be taken upon
their petitions, and, supposing they would not return, the Chapter failed to
take any action in the matter, further than to apply for a dispensation,,
which it failed to get. When applied to in this case last year, I was inflexi-
ble ; but on being assured by the High Priest this year that they were the-
same individuals who had petitioned the Chapter last year, and that they
were all very bright Masons, and the cleverest kind of gentlemen ; and all
this was corroborated by our distinguished Companion, H. W. Walter, with
an appeal from him in favor of petitioners, and for the dispensation, such as
few Royal Arch Masons here or elsewhere could make. Under these cir-
cumstances, my Companions, is it strange that I yielded?
For good and sufficient reasons furnished me from the proper sources, I
granted dispensations to elect officers in Subordinate Chapters for the present
year, as follows: Dec. 10. To Jackson, No. 6, to elect officers on the 22d,
instead of the 27th day of December, 1875. Dec. 21. To Houston, No. 23r
to elect and install officers on the 27th December, 1875. Dec. 30. To Union,
No. 37, to elect and install officers at a called meeting, time to be fixed by
High Priest. Jan. 8, 1876. To Lexington, No. 9, to elect and install officers
at a called meeting, time to be set by High Priest. In all these cases, however,
I required the High Priests to see that all members within the territorial
jurisdiction of the several Chapters, at the time, should have due notice.
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
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DECISIONS.
Feb. 11. That it is not necessary to re-petition and refer to committee in
a case where the Chapter fails to confer the degrees within six months from
the date of election; that it is only necessary in such cases to have a second
ballot. This case was put by Companion D. A. Kinchloe, H.\ P.-. cf Walker
Chapter, No. 28. I advised the High Priest, in the event one member should
object to the second ballot without a new petition, &c., for the sake of
harmony in the Chapter, to postpone the ballot until the next regular
meeting.
Aug. 28. The following questions were propounded to me by Companion
J. G. Sparrow, H.\ P.-. of Edwards Chapter, U.\ D.\
1st. Can Royal Arch Masons, who are made such in a Chapter U. D.,
ballot on petitions before the Chapter is chartered ?
2d. Can a Chapter U. D. entertain applications for membership ?
3d. Can a Chapter U. D. ballot on petitions for the degrees, when there
are less than nine of the petitioners for the dispensation present?
To which I gave the following answers: To question 1st, Yes. Toques-
tion 2d, No. To question 3d, Yes; provided, there are nine members of the
Chapter U. D. present, a part of whom, however, may have received the
degrees in the Chapter U. D.; with this remark : that members of other
Chapters are not to be counted in reckoning the number to constitute a
quorum for the election of candidates to the degrees.
DOINGS.
March 10. I received a letter signed by two Companions, members of
Carrollton Chapter, No. 15, stating that that Chapter had exalted a candidate
who executed his note for the fees, and the consideration expressed in the
face of the note was borrowed money ; and that he refused to pay the note
on the ground of failure of consideration, asserting that he was deceived as
to the value of the degrees. These Companions asked what ought to be done
in regard to the affair. In my reply, I advised that a special committee
should be appointed by the Chapter to wait upon the refractory Companion
and request him to pay the note, and inform him that it was not in
its character like a note given in ordinary transactions, but that it
carried with the promise to pay his Masonic word. If he still refused to pay,
the committee should summon him to attend the next regular meeting of
the Chapter, to render satisfaction for his delinquency and demeanor; and
should he still further refuse to pay the debt, and also fail to attend the
Chapter in pursuance of his summons, the Committee on Complaints and
Offenses should at once prefer charges against him for unmasonie conduct,
embracing contumacy. I have not heard anything further from this case,
but hope my advice had the desired effect.
April 21. Was notified by your Grand Secretary that Palo Alto Chapter,
No. 53, had been ^delinquent for dues for five or six years; that he had
written several letters to the Chapter upon the subject, and had utterly failed
in all his efforts in that direction. He stated that he regretted to make
formal complaint against the Chapter, but he regarded it to be his imperative
duty to do so, and added that he turned the case over to me for medical
treatment. I at once notified Companion D. B. Hill, H.\ P.'. of the Chap-
ter, that satisfactory arrangements must be made with the Grand Secretary
in 'regard to the indebtedness, within thirty days, and stated that if this
should not be done, I would order a surrender of charter. And I informed
Companion Power of the kind of pracription I had made for his patient.
May 3d, Companion Power wrote me that my prescription had had the de-
sired effect. But it afterwards appeared that the good symptoms were of an
evanescent character, only lasting a very short time. On the 21st of May, I
learned the case needed further treatment, when Companion Hill made a
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strong appeal for a little more time, stating that he had summoned the mem-
mers to meet on the following Saturday to provide the money, and assured
me that all dues to Grand Chapter should be met soon. Whereupon I
granted a still further indulgence of thirty days, and informed Com-
panion Hill, if the dues were not liquidated by the time specified,
the charter would be arrested without fail. And I advised your Grand
Secretary of this extension, and directed him, it the terms were not complied
with, to issue an order arresting the charter, appoint a receiver and summon
the High Priest to attend the next Convocation of our Grand Chapter,
without waiting tor further orders from me. On the 30th day of June, I
received another letter from Companion Hill, praying for still further time,
to which I replied as follows: " A further extension would be incompatible
with my idea of official duty, and would compromise the rights and dignity
of the Grand Chapter. It could not be expected of me to countermand an
order a second time, except for the very best of reasons, which your case fails
to present. The Grand Chapter, no doubt, will restore the charter upon a
satisfactory showing by the Chapter that the interests of Royal Arch
Masonry would be promoted thereby, and provided always, all dues to Grand
Chapter shall be paid. Yours fraternally, G.\ H.\ Priest." Com-
panione, I am not prepared to state whether the several prescriptions in this
case met the indications or not; perhaps your Grand Secretary can tell.
May 13. The Grand Secretary informed me that Companion J. M. Hand,
H.\ P.'. of Enterprise Chapter, Ho. 45, appeared and represented his Chapter
at the last Convocation of our Grand Chapter, without bringing up dues or
returns. Companion Power stated that he made no objection, supposing dues
and returns would soon be forwarded. But since that time he had written
two letters upon the subject, one to the High Priest, and one to the Secretary
of the Chapter, and had failed to get any response whatever. He also
informed me that this Chapter was in arrears for dues for the year 1872. I
wrote to Companion Hand, H.\ P.*. of the Chapter, and directed him to
send returns for 1875, and all outstanding dues to Grand Chapter, to the
Grand Secretary, within sixty days; and also informed him as to what would
be the penalty if he did not. I have not heard from this Chapter since, but
would fain hope the prescription had a better, "or at least a more permanent"
effect than a similar one previously referred to.*
Oct. 1. I received a communication from Companion A. H. Barkley,
Grand Master of Mississippi, in which he represented that irregularity had
been committed by Winona Chapter, No. 78, in conferring the Chapter
degrees upon non-affiliated Master Masons. I immediately -wrote to the
High Priest of Winona Chapter, to give me a full history of the case, intend-
ing to reply to Companion Barkley's letter as soon as I could hear from this
Chapter. I failed to hear froln the Chapter until I wrote a second time, on
the 13th day of November. And on the same day I replied to Companion
Barkley's letter, thanking him for the information contained in it, and
stated to him that the case should be investigated and explained. I feel
that it is due to Companion Barkley, and also to myself, to state that I would
not have postponed a reply to his kind and courteous letter as long as I did,
had it not been for the heavy draft upon my professional services during
that time, for there was sickness among the people, without a parallel in the
history of our town and surrounding country. Companion T. C. Parish,
H.\ P.*. of Winona Chapter, promptly replied to my second letter, and I
suppose he never received my first. Companion J. J. Campbell, Secretary
of the Chapter, also wrote to me in regard to the matter complained of. Both
these communications were couched in respectful and courteous terms. They
admitted that the Chapter had elected and exalted a class who were only
* Since settled in full.
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
11
members of a Lodge whose charter was in arrest; but they said that, inas-
much as those brethren had paid all dues to their Lodge up to the 27th of
December, 1874, the Chapter did not regard them as non-affiliates in the
sense contemplated by our Regulations. The High Priest stated that if the
Chapter had committed a violation of our Regulations, it was not done in a
spirit of disloyalty, but it was entirely owing to a misconstruction of our
laws and a misunderstanding of duty. He stated, in regard to the moral,
social and intellectual qualifications of the brethren, that they were unex-
ceptionally good. Companion Parish prayed that the charter might not be
arrested, and promised in future to observe not only the spirit, but also the
letter, of our Rules and Regulations. To which I replied as follows, sub-
stantially: " Your statement and admission supersedes the necessity for
further investigation at'this time, especially as it is near the time for the
next meeting of our Grand Chapter, when the case can be fully investigated,
if it is believed to be necessary. It is a duty incumbent upon me to see
that the authority and dignity of the Grand Chapter are upheld and main-
tained during my term of office. Therefore, I will administer a reprimand
to the Chapter for having violated section 32 of our Regulations, relating to
Subordinate Chapters, and I would admonish its officers in future to strictly
comply with all our Rules and Regulations. In my official capacity, I will
call the attention of the Grand Chapter to this case, and I suggest that the
H.\ P.*. of Winona Chapter at that time (January 31st, 1876), should attend
said Convocation. Trusting that this case may be finally disposed of, with-
out any permanent injury accruing either to Winona or Grand Chapter, I
have the honor to be, fraternally, G.\ H.\ Priest."
Jan. 28, 1876. I received the following application by telegraph :
"Verona, Mjss., Jan. 28, '76.—Send application to elect a brother at a
called meeting. Answer. R. C. Cunningham."
To which I replied: "Your application is not full enough, neither has it
any official sanction. Therefore, I must decline. I cannot grant a dispen-
sation touching as important a matter as the election of a candidate to the
degrees, without knowing the reasons for it. You fail to give any. Frater-
nally, G.\ H.\ Priest."
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
March 12. I appointed M.\ E.\ Alfred F. Chapman, of Boston, Mass.,
Representative of our Grand Chapter near the Grand Royal Arch Chapter
of Massachusetts. I wish to state in justice to Companion Chapman that
he, as*G.\ H.\ Priest, nominated another Companion for this honor; but,
having enjoyed the honor of-a personal acquaintance with Companion Chap-
man, and' knowing the very high estimation in which he is held by the
Royal Craft in the " Old Bay State," I could not forego the very great
pleasure of conferring the appointment upon him, and I hope Companion
Chapman will pardon me for not carrying out his real wishes.
April 4. I nominated the following Companions for the position of Repre-
sentatives in our Grand Chapter for the several Grand Jurisdictions men-
tioned: For Florida, R.\ E.\ J. L. Power, vice .Companion Chas. T. Bond,
deceased. For Tennessee, M.'. E.*. J. M. Howry, vice Companion Richard
Cooper deceased. For Maryland, R.\ E.\ E. Geo. DeLap, vice Companion
Dent H. Miles, deceased. For Ohio, R.\ E.\ J. F. Arnold, vice Companion
J. 0. Lusher, deceased. For Alabama, R.\ E.\ R. L. Saunders, vice Comp.
Geo.R. Fearn, removed from jurisdiction.
Dec. 4. I was informed by our Grand Secretary of the death of our
distinguished Representative near the Grand Chapter of Maryland, Comp.
j l *Yeates, and upon the recommendation of M.\ E.\ J. W. Bowers,
Grand High Priest of that Jurisdiction, a commission has been sent to
Companion W. T. Adrian as successor to Companion Yeates.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Since the last meeting of our Grand Chapter, I have been honored with
commissions as Eepresentative for the G.\R.\ A.*. Chapters of Massachusetts
and Kentucky. In my letters of acceptance, I acknowledged the very high
honor conferred, and extended to those Grand Jurisdictions the friendly and
fraternal greetings of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi. In a letter from
Companion Chapman at the time he forwarded my commission, he made the
following remark: "You and I had a brief conversation at Nashville, in
regard to Representatives. Prompted thereby, I took up the subject in my
address to Grand Chapter, and we adopted the system. As Mississippi,
through your argument, was the cause of our action, we particularly desire
her recognition."
RELIEF.
April 4. I received a communication from Comp. J. W. Stevens and
others, members of Rienzi Chapter, No, 66, asking aid for families of Royal
Arch Masons, to relieve their distress caused by a tornado at that place a
short time before, I at once directed our Grand Secretary to issue circular
letters to the Subordinate Chapters, requesting contributions to be sent to the
Masonic Relief Committee at Rienzi, Miss. I also ordered fifty dollars to
be contributed from your treasury. Companion Power, knowing the treasury
was empty, promptly remitted the money from his private funds, an act
which I presume but few Grand Secretaries would have performed under
the circumstances; in doing which, however, he has shown that true good-
ness of heart and liberality of spirit characteristic of him, and also added
another to the already very long list of laurels won by him as a prompt and
efficient officer. Rienzi Chapter, in view of the condition of our finances,
and having already received liberal aid from Masons throughout this State,
returned the money to Companion Power, with kindly expressed sentiments
of gratitude, both to your Grand High Priest and Grand Secretary, stating
that the Chapter took the act of tender for the deed itself.
ARREST OF CHARTER.
Sept. 20. I received a letter from your Grand Secretary, inclosing letters
to him from Companions G. Henderson. H.\ P.*. of Meridian Chapter, No.
2-5, and W. S. Patton, from all of which I learned that this Chapter was
delinquent for dues to Grand Chapter, and that it had failed to have regular
meetings the requisite number of times during the preceding twelve months,
although the High Priest had made several attempts to have meetings; and,
in other respects, the Chapter was far from being m a prosperous condition.
Whereupon, I issued an edict to Companion Henderson, H.\ P.-. of the
Chapter, arresting the charter, and summoned him to attend the next
Convocation of our Grand Chapter. I also appointed Comp. W. S. Patton
receiver, and instructed him to have the charter, records, jewels and other
property of the Chapter before our Grand Chapter at this meeting. I hope
this Chapter will be prepared to make full satisfaction to the Grand Chapter
and get its charter restored.
CONCLUSION.
Companions! From all the information I have been able to command, it
strikes me that it may safely be stated that Royal Arch Masonry has not
prospered in our Jurisdiction the past year as in some former years, which
can but be regretted by us all. There must be a cause for this want of
prosperity. Really, it seems that there are several causes for it. Only three
of them require special mention here—in fact, I might say two, for the last
two that I shall mention are so intimately connected it would not require a
great stretch of the imagination to bring them under one head; at any rate,
one is but the legitimate consequence of the other.
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
13
_ As the first cause, I would mention the extraordinary stringency in finan-
•rial matters generally, which has been produced, in great part, by the failure
of crops in 1874, but not altogether by it. Cnerous and oppressive taxes
have had a large share in the matter. I presume there is scarcely a people
upon earth who have been subjected to a more unjust, and it might be stated
destructive, revenue system, than the people of this State have for the last
decade. And Masons, like other men, have noc been exempt from the con-
sequences of these things. I apprehend there are hundreds of Master
Masons in our Jurisdiction who would have tried to go up higher during the
year 1875, had it not been for the scarcity of money.
Second cause : Failure upon the part of members to regularly attend their
Chapter meetings.
And thirdly: Failure to pay dues promptly. The latter cause would
rarely exist if the second was removed. The two last mentioned causes are
those that more directly concern us as Masons, and for which we also have a
remedy; and if what is said above be correct, the remedy will be obtained
by regular attendance upon all meetings of Chapters by their members.
Therefore, I would admonish the officers of Subordinate Chapters to use all
means within their reach to accomplish such a desirable end. The longer a
Companion stays away from his Chapter, the colder and duller he gets;
while his dues, if not sent in (a thing seldom done), continue to accumulate,
and when the amount gets up to ten or fifteen dollars, and he is requested to
pay it, he at once talks about a dimit; and in this way the membership of
Subordinate Chapters is often reduced.
I maintain that just in proportion as the members of Subordinate Chapters
regularly attend meetings and pay dues, precisely in the same ratio will
Subordinate Chapters (and the Royal Craft generally) prosper, " all other
things being equal." (While on the subject of dues, permit me to express
the hope that this Grand Chapter will require of its Subordinates the pay-
ment of the one centner capita levy for Grand Chapter dues.) Although Ave
may not have prospered as much as Avould be desired, yet we have great
reason to be thankful for the peace and harmony that has prevailed among
the Craft during the year just closing. And although we have had much
•distress in our State, on account of floods, tornadoes and " the pestilence that
walketh by night and scattereth abroad at noon-day," still Ave have great
reason for thanksgiving to the great " I Am that I Am" for the blessings
Avhich we see around about us, among Avhich may be mentioned the abundant
grain harvest of the year A. D. 1875. And, my Companions, have we not
<;ause for congratulating each other for the peace and good order that have
prevailed among the Avhole people in every part of our State, with a very
few exceptions, during the year 1875, notAvithstanding the fact that Ave
were passing through a poAverful revolution in regard to the affairs of State.
And may we not entertain the hope, from present indications, that ere long
the archives of State may be safely deposited into faithful and patriotic
hands, not alone to perpetuate the memory of distinguished characters Avho
have gone before us, but also that we and our posterity may enjoy the
inestimable blessings of peace and prosperity through all time to come.
I now cheerfully surrender the gavel, Avhich by your kindness and par-
tiality has been placed in my care, and I beg you to believe if the ermine
is not as spotless as when it Avas conferred, that it is not on account of a
want on my part of honest effort to make it so.
Finally, my Companions, permit me to admonish you not to Aveary in
trying to do good. Continue to work for our beloved cause, to the end that
it may prosper more in the future than it has ever done in the past, in the
noble cause of ameliorating the condition of man upon earth. At the same
time look Avith an eye of faith steadfastly fixed on the future, so that when
the time shall come when at the sound of the gavel of the Great High
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Priest above, we may all assemble, around His holy altar, where peace and
fellowship forever reign, and where He who presides is Love and the Source
of all Light.
JOHN Y. MURKY, Grand High Priest.
On motion of Comp. 0. B. Collins, the Address was received, ordered to
be spread on the minutes, and referred to a Special Committee of three for
apportionment.
The R.\ E.\ Deputy Grand High Priest appointed as said Committee:
Companions W. S. Patton, J. T. Whitehead, J. L. Finley.
The Grand Secretary read his Annual report and submitted his Account
Current, as follows:
Grand Secretary's Annual Eeport.
To the M.\ E:. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
I beg leave to submit my Sixth Annual Report as Grand Secretary.
Immediately after the adjournment of last Grand Convocation, I ti-ans-
mitted to the Subordinate Chapters the several proposed Amendments to
the Constitution, and the several Amendments to Regulations and By-Laws
adopted at the last Grand Chapter.
On the 15th of April, I forwarded to the Subordinate Chapters the appeal
of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest in behalf of our Companions and brethren
at Rienzi, which place had been visited by a tornado on the 15th of March.
I also, by direction of the Grand High Priest, forwarded to the distressed
Companions, for and in behalf of the Grand Chapter, the sum of fifty
dollars; but Rienzi Chapter, No. 66, knowing the impoverished condition of
our Grand Treasury, returned the contribution in kind, fraternal terms.
By authority of the Grand Chapter at last Convocation, I issued charters
to Decatur Chapter, No. 31, revived, and to Baker Chapter, U. D., at Burns-
ville, Tishomingo county, taking rank as No. 106.
The Proceedings of Grand Chapter were distributed to the Subordinates
in June. The bill of Companion Martin, for printing same, amounting to
$265 05, is herewith presented.
On the 8th June, by authority of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, I
issued a Dispensation for the institution of a new Chapter at Edwards Depot,
in Hinds county—Comp. John G. Sparrow, as H.\ P.*.; Comp. Henderson
Lowry, King; Comp. W. B. Williamson, Scribe.
On the 20th of December, I forwarded the Annual Return and percentage
of this Grand Chapter to the General Grand Chapter of the United States.
The receipt of the General Grand Secretary for $24 50 is filed with the
Grand Treasurer.
In August last, I received a commission from the Grand Chapter of
Florida as Representative at this Grand Chapter. The commission and the
letter of the Grand High Priest of Florida, referring to the death of Comp.
Chas. T. Bond, who was the Representative of the Grand Chapter of Florida, .
are herewith submitted.
The total receipts for the year amount to $2805 20, as per detailed state-
ment herewith. This was absorbed, as will be seen by Grand Treasurer's
Report, in
GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI.
15
Pay Roll $1656 10
Comp. Martin, printing, 1873, 1874 372 50
Mrs. Meek, on account, due her 200 00
Grand Secretary, balance on 1874 466 05
Sundry other items 210 55
Total $2,805 20
The present indebtedness of Grand Chapter may be stated as follows :
Due Grand Secretary, salary of 1875 $ 600 00
Grand Treasurer, balance last report 197 79
" " commissions on receipts, 1875 70 13
Grand Council, money borrowed 400 00
Mrs. Geo. H. Meek, balance due her 250 00
Comp. J. A. Martin, printing Proceedings, 1875 265 05
Total $1,782 97
In my last report, the total indebtedness was then stated at $1,687 53.
The Pay Roll of last Grand Chapter was unusually large; the printing of
the proceedings of two years has been paid out of the receipts of 1875, and
two hundred dollars on the debt to Mrs. Meek. Your Grand Secretary, in
1872, reported the indebtedness of the Grand Chapter, at the Convocation that
year, to be $4,977 41. He has been ambitious to relieve the Grand Chapter
entirely of this burden—and not only this, but to make the Grand Body
self-sustaining, and have something annually added to its Treasury. But
while the receipts are so small, and the expenses so large, this cannot be
accomplished. In my Report, 1872, I took the liberty of making various
suggestions to the Grand Chapter, which, had they been all adopted, would
have relieved the Grand Chapter of its indebtedness. I now take the further
liberty of repeating them :
1st. That the salary of Grand Secretary and the commissions of Grand
Tl?©£lSUX61T lOG rGClllCGCl
2. That the fee to Grand Chapter for Exaltation be $3 00, instead of $2 00.
3. That mileage be 6 cents each way, instead of 10 cents.
4. That Representatives to Grand Chapter, who may also be Representa-
tives to Grand Lodge, claim compensation in the latter, and remit to the
former.
5. That, until otherwise ordered, the Returns of Subordinate Chapters be
not published; but, in lieu thereof, the Grand Secretary shall publish
with the proceedings a tabular statement, showing the name, number and
location of each Chapter, with the statistics of its work for the year ; also,
the name of the High Priest and Secretary.
6. That for a like reason of economy, the usual Report on Foreign Corres-
pondence be not published with the Proceedings, until otherwise ordered by
the Grand Chapter; but that, in the meantime, the Foreign Correspondence
Committee will prepare the usual review, and submit the same annually to
the Grand Chapter.
It is more creditable to dispense with printing not absolutely necessary,
than to indulge in it without the ability to pay for the work when done.
The compensation of six hundred dollars allowed the Grand Secretary is
somewhat too liberal for the labors he has +o perform. It might be reduced
to four hundred dollars. The Constitution, Sec. 6, Art. 2, would have to be
pay Boll and other vouchers constitute the " funds" in the hands of
the Grand Treasurer each year, and the commissions, which amount to
seventy-five or eighty dollars a year, might with propriety be reduced, and
the sum of — dollars be allowed the Grand Treasurer as full compensation.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
For preparing the Report on Foreign Correspondence, I submit that the
sum of fifty dollars is the full measure of the ability of this Grand Chapter.
During the first week in January, I received the charter of Meadville
Chapter, No. 86, and the charter and seal of Meridian Chapter, No. 25—the
first from Comp. F. J. Whitley, and the other from Comp. Wm. S. Patton,
who had been appointed Receiver.
Palo Alto Chapter, No. 53. This Chapter is in arrear for Returns and
dues for four years, and although many promises have been made that the
Chapter would get itself straight with the Grand Chapter, the Returns and
dues are not forthcoming. I notified the H.\ P.'. that, in accordance with
the action of the G.\ H.\ P.'., that I regarded the charter as forfeited.
I have made frequent applications to the H.\ P.-. of late John Hebron
Chapter, No. 71, Bovina, for its charter and effects, but have not succeeded
in obtaining them.
Huntsville Chapter, No. 91, failed to avail itself of the indulgence granted
by last Grand Chapter, for the forwarding of Returns and payment of dues
for the years 1873, 1874. The Chapter is now in default for three years'
Returns and dues, and I recommend that the charter thereof be declared
forfeited.
Wayne Chapter, No. 24, is delinquent for 1873, 1874 and 1875, Returns
and dues. The Chapter is dormant, but may be revived should the Grand
Chapter authorize its removal to Waynesboro. I recommend that the
necessary authority for such removal be granted, and that upon the payment
of arrearages now due, within six months, the removal may take place ;
otherwise, that the charter be then marked " forfeited" on the Register.
Neshoba Chapter, No. 34, is in arrear for Returns and dues for 1874, 1875.
Union Chapter, No. 37, is in arrear for dues 1874.
Enterprise Chapter, No. 45, is in arrear for dues of 1872, 1874, but has
promised settlement at present Convocation.
Mt. Carmel Chapter, No. 50, owes dues for 1874.
Panola Chapter, No. 60, owes dues for 1874—$42 00.
G. W. Perkins Chapter, No. 63, owes Returns and dues for 1874.
Chickasaw Chapter, No. 65, owes Returns and dues for 1874.
Euclid Chapter, No. 67, owes Returns and dues for 1874.
Starkville Chapter, No. 82, owes Returns and dues for 1874. The hall of
this Chapter having been destroyed by fire, I recommend that its dues to
the Grand Chapter, for 1874, 1875, be remitted.
Summerville Chapter, No. 83, owes Returns and dues for 1874, 1875. The
Chapter is dormant.
Salem Chapter, No. 85, owes accumulated dues to the amount of $181 60.
Toomsuba Chapter, No. 99, owes Return and dues for 1874.
If these arrearages could be collected, the indebtedness of the Grand
Chapter would be materially diminished, if not altogether liquidated.
I recommend that where Chapters are in arrears for 1874 and 1875, they
be allowed ninety days within -which to pay amount due, and that on failure
to pay, the Grand High Priest shall suspend them from working; and that
where Chapters are more than two years in arrear, they be required to settle
within sixty days, and should such settlements not be made, their charters
shall then and thereby be forfeited.
Fraternally submitted,
J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
GRAND CHAPTER OP MISSISSIPPI,
17
Grand Secretary's Account,
Chapter,
No.
-J. L. Power, Grand Secretary,
In Account with the
1875,
Natche?
Clintop
Wicksburg
Wilson
Jackson
Magnolia
Yazoo
Lexington
•Canton
Macon
DeWitt Clinton
Euphemia
Fayette
Carrollton
Win. H. Wilkinson
Shields
Kosciusko
..Raymond
Houston
Wayne
Meridian
Okolona
Walker
Washington
Shongalo
Emory
Decatur
Lafayette
Neshoba
Louisville
Union
Marshall
Amite
Tallahatchie
Enterprise
Verona
Ripley
New Albany
Mt. Carmel
Geo. Washington
Patton
Palo Alto
Eethesda
Wright
Baldwyn
Shubuta
Panola
Eureka
G. W. Perkins
Dover
Chickasaw
Rienzi
Euclid
Dent II. Miles
W ard
W. D. Ferriss
Walnut Grove
Oorinth
2
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Dr.
1 Dues 1874 $ 61 00
■». 2 " 64 00
3 44 107 00
6 14 70 CO
6...... 44 47 00
7 " and $1 balance 19 00
8 " and $6 balance 37 00
9 Dues 1872, $42 00; dues 1874,
$42 00 84 00
10 Dues 1874 36 00
11 " 33 00
12 4 62 00
13...:.. 44 33 00
14 44 20 00
15 44 27 00
16 44 and $13 00 balance 48 00
18 44 21 00
20 44 50 00
22 44 19 00
23.^. " 23 00
24 .fp ,
25..T.Dues 1874 26 00
27 " 25 00
52 20
36 00
37 00
49 00
6 00
50 00
78 00
4O0O
33 50
and balance $2?00.
28
29
30 44
32 44
31 44
33 "
34
36 Dues 1874 and balance.
42 Dues 1873 and part balance..
.Dues 1874 32 00
44.
45
47 Dues 1874 and $17 00 balance
on 1872 51 00
48 44
49 44 and in full of bal.
50
51 Dues 1874
52...... "
53
55 Dues 1874 and balance 30 00
56 " and 1873 44 00
57 44 -■ and $1 00 balance. 42 00
59
60
61 Dues 1872,1873, 1874 97 00
63
64 20 00
65
66 Dues 1874.
67
72 Dues 1874 and balance 29 00
73.
74.
38 00
51 50
66 00
89 00
46 00
27 00
39 0.
75 .Dues 1872, 1873, 1874 52 25
70 Dues 1874.
63 00
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
Crystal Springs
Winona
Tampico
Brookhaven
S. H. Johnson
Starkville
Summerville
Salem
Meadville
Cato
Summit
Huntsville
Centre Ridge
Durant
West Point
McConnico
R. W. Paine
McDonald
Toomsuba
Attala
Coffeeville
Greenwood
Cherry Creek
Bluff Springs
Hudson
Baker
Edwards Chapter,
81.
82.,
88.
8-5..
86.
89.
90.
91.
93..
04..
95..
96.
in part.
and bal. on 1871,
, 1872
and bal., $15 00, on
1873..
.Dues 1874, in part 30 00-
..Dues 1874.
.Dues 1874.
98.
99.
100.
101.
and Gen. Gr. Ch.
dues
and Gen. Gr. Ch.
dues and balance.
51 25
104
105
106
U. D Dispensation fee
and bal. on 1873...
and balance
Total receipts $2,805 20
Ce. Ry Grand Treasurer's receipt $2,805 20.
J. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
On motion of Comp. S. C. Conley,
Resolved, That the Annual Report and Account of the Grand Secretary-
be received and spread on the minutes, and referred as follows:
1st. So much as relates to finance, to the Committee on Finance.
2d. So much as relates to Subordinate Chapters, to the Committee on
Subordinate Chapters.
3d. All other matters in the Report to a Special Committee of three.
The Grand High Priest appointed as said Committee, Companions W. G.
Paxton, D. A. Kinchloe, T. M. Miller.
R.\ E.\ Comp. A. P. Barry, Grand Treasurer, submitted his Account, as-
follows:
Account of Grand Treasurer.
A. P. Barry, Grand Treasurer,
In Account with Grand Chapter of Mississippi:
1875. Cr.
Feb. 12.—By balance due Grand Treasurer last report $ 197 79
" cash paid Pay Roll, 1875 1656 19
" dues General Grand Chapter 24 59
" sundry printing 34 09
" Grand Secretary, balance salary, 1874 466 05
" J. A. Martin, printing, 1873 and 1874 372 50
refunded Macon Chapter, No. 11 7 09
GRAND CHAPTER OP MISSISSIPPI. 19
Feb. 12— " '' paid Mrs. Meek 200 CO
" " " postage, 1875 20 CO
" " " " Grand Chapter Proceedings 18 96
^ " u Express 5(0
" ccmmissions on $2805 20, at 234 per cent 70 13
Total $3072 63
Dr.
1876.—Cash from Grand Secretary $2805 20
Balance due Grand Treasurer 267 43—$3072 63
.To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
In submitting this, my tenth Annual Report, with accompanying vouch-
ers, for your consideration, I trust you will pardon me for making a few
suggestions on the subject of our finances. By reference to the Reports,
you will perceive that a large indebtedness has been hanging over this
Grand Chapter for many years, which we have labored assiduously to over-
come, with but little success; and I fear, under our present system, we will
never be able to pay it. I therefore suggest that you so amend our Laws
and Regulations as to abolish the system of mileage and per diem, and levy
dues on each member sufficient to pay our indebtedness, and require the
Subordinate Chapters to pay the actual expenses of their Representatives
while in attendance on the Grand Chapter.
Under our present regulations, about one-third of the Subordinate Chaj)-
ters pay the entire funds of the Grand Chapter, while the remaining two-
thirds pay not one dollar.
This will equalize our burdens and, I think, will in a short time, pay our
indebtedness, and leave a surplus in our Treasury.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
A. P. BARRY, Grand Treasurer.
On motion of Comp. DeLap, the Account of the Grand Treasurer, with
accompanying vouchers, was referred to the Finance Committee.
On motion of Grand Secretary, a Special Committee of three was raised,
to whom shall be referred all credentials received by Companions during the
past year as Representatives of other Grand Jurisdictions.
The Grand High Priest appointed as said Committee, Companions Chas.
T. Murphy, R. P. Bowen and P. M. Savery.
durant chapter, no. 94.
On motion of Comp. C. T. Murphy, it was
Resolved, That Durant Chapter, No. 94, be allowed sixty days within
which to pay dues for 1875, and that in the meantime, it be authorized to
elect officers for 1876, at its next stated Convocation.
The Special Committee to whom was referred the Address of the M.\ E.\
Grand High Priest, recommended—
1st. That so much of the Address of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest as
relates to the death of Grand Officers be referred to a special committee of
three.
2d. So much as refers to Charters and Dispensations, and to the arrest of
the charter of Meridian Chapter, No. 25, to the Committee on Subordinate
Chapters. . . .
3d. So much as refers to Decisions and Doings, to the Committee on
Masonic Law.
Which was received and agreed to.
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The Grand High Priest announced as the Special Committee on Deceased
Companions: Companions J. H. Alexander, J. L. Power, A. P. Barry.
On motion of Comp. Howry, the consideration of proposed Constitutional
Amendments was made the special order for 3J o'clock this p. m.
The Grand Chapter was then called to refreshment until 3 o'clock, P. M.
afternoon session.
The Grand Chapter resumed labor at 3 o'clock.
Comp. H. W. Walter, as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Corres-
pondence, submitted a partial report, and, on motion of Comp. French, the
report was received, and Comp Walter authorized to complete the same and
forward it to the Grand Secretary as soon as practicable.
The Special Committee to whom was referred the credentials of Grand
Representatives, reported that the following Companions were in attendance,
and commissioned during the past year, as Grand Representatives of the
several Grand Bodies named:
Grand Chapter of Alabama—Comp. R. L. Saunders.
Grand Chapter of Florida—Comp. J. L. Power.
Grand Chapter of Kansas—Comp. E. Geo. DeLap.
Grand Chapter of Kentucky—Comp. John Y. Murry..
Grand Chapter of Massachusetts—Comp. John Y. Murry.
Grand Chapter of Nebraska—Comp. R. P. Bowen.
Who were severally presented to the Grand Chapter, welcomed by Comp.
Walter, acting as G.'. H.\ P.-., and greeted with the Grand Honors. Comp.
Walter made a brief and appropriate reference to each Grand Chapter
represented.
The special order, to-wit: the consideration of Constitutional Amend-
ments, proposed at last annual Convocation, and referred to the Subordinate
Chapters, was then taken up.
The first Amendment, being a substitute for Sec. 3, Art. II., in the words
following, was adopted, upon a vote by Chapters, there being 156 votes in
the affirmative and 45 in the negative:
Sec. 3. The following Grand Officers, to-wit: The Grand High Priest,
Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Captain of
the Host, Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer, Grand Treasurer, Grand
Secretary and Grand Sentinel, shall be elected from the members, for the
time being, of the Grand Chapter; and the following Grand Officers, to-wit:
the Grand Royal Arch Captain, Grand Principal Sojourner, and the three
Grand Masters of Vails, shall be appointed by the Grand Council, and they
may be chosen from the members of Subordinate Chapters.
Comp. W. G. Paxton moved to indefinitely postpone the amendment pro-
viding for the permanent location of the Grand Chapter.
Comp. J. S. Jones moved to amend so as to postpone until next regular
Convocation.
Comp. R. P. Bowen moved to lay both motions on the table, which not
prevailing, the question recurred on the motion of Comp. Jones, and was
decided in the affirmative, and further action accordingly deferred until the
next Annual Convocation.
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The next proposed Amendment, to-wit: Amend Art. vi, sec. 1, of the
Constitution, by striking out the words, "three dollars for every thirty
miles," and insert " six cents for each mile."
Was adopted by a nearly unanimous vote, there being only three in the
negative.
On motion of Comp. G. N. Dickerson, the Grand Chapter proceeded at
once to the election of officers for the ensuing year.
On motion of Comp. French, it was ordered that after the first ballot the
names of all except the three highest candidates shall be withdrawn.
The following Companions were chosen:
Comp. H. W. Walter, of No. 5 M.*.E.\ Grand High Priest.
" E. Geo. DeLap, of No. 1 R.*.E.\ Deputy Grand High Priest.
" J. L. Finley, of No. 57 R.\E.\ Grand King.
" G. N. Dickerson, of No. 98 R.*.E.\ Grand Scribe.
Pending the election of Grand Officers, the Grand Chapter "was called to
refreshment until 7:30 p. m.
night session.
The Grand Chapter was called to labor at 7:30 p. m., and resumed the
election of Grand Officers, resulting as follows:
Comp. D. A. Kinchloe, of No. 28 Grand Principal Sojourner.
" R. B. Brannin, of No. 13 Grand Captain of the Host.
" J. H. Alexander, of No. 20 Grand Chaplain.
" A. P. Barry, of No. 81 Grand Treasurer.
" J. L. Power, of No. 6 Grand Secretary.
" Jacob Peebles, of No. 1 Grand Sentinel.
The Committee on Subordinate Chapters presented the following report,
which was received and adopted:
To the M\' E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Subordinate Chapters have carefully examined the
petition, return and records of Edwards Chapter, U.\ D.\, at Edwards,
Hinds county, and respectfully recommend that a charter be granted as
prayed for. Respectfully submitted.
R. B. BRANNIN, )
W.*G. PAXTON, >• Committee.
P. M. SAYERY, J
The Grand Secretary read for the information of Grand Chapter a letter
from the son of late Comp. Morris Cook, asking for a settlement of amounts
due his father for services as Grand Lecturer, and the Grand High Priest
called the special attention of Chapters interested to the same.
The Grand Chapter was called to refreshment until 10 o'clock to-morrow
morning.
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SECOND DAY.
Tuesday, February 1st, 1876.
The Grand Chapter was called from refreshment to labor at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Committee on Credentials reported additional Representatives in
attendance from Chapters Nos. 4, 10, 40, 61, 67, 101 and 103. [Included in
report on pages 4, 5 and 6.]
The Committee on Masonic Law submitted the following:
To the i¥.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Masonic Law and Jurisprudence, to whom was referred
the decisions of the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, as set forth in his Address,
have, with studied care, examined the same, and find them in exact har-
mony with our Rules, Regulations and usage, in every particular.
Fraternally submitted. CHAS. T. MURPHY, )
R. L. SAUNDERS, ^Committee.
J. L. FINLEY, j
On motion of Comp. Walter, the report was received and agreed to.
Comp. J. S. Jones, for the Committee on Unfinished Business, reported
that after a careful examination of the proceedings of last Annual Convo-
cation, there was no business not already disposed of.
The Report was received and agreed to.
Tiie Committee on Finance submitted the following report:
To the M.\ E:. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee, to whom was referred the Reports and Accounts of the
Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, respectfully report that they have
carefully examined the same and found them correct.
They have also carefully considered the several suggestions of those offi-
cers for the relief of the Grand Chapter from its burden of debt, and would
recommend the following action with reference thereto: That the 1st, 2d
and 6th suggestions of the Grand Secretary be approved; and referring to
the 3d and 4th, that the adoption of the amendment to the Constitution in
reference to compensation of delegates, render any further action unneces-
sarv. The 5th suggestion we cannot endorse, because the publication of the
names of members of Subordinate Chapters, together with those of the
suspended and expelled, materially assists in the detection of the unworthy
who solicit Masonic charity. The suggestions of the Grand Treasurer, that
the Regulations be so amended as to require the Subordinate Chapters to pay
the expenses of their delegates,, would not, in our opinion, result in the relief
of the Grand Chapter, but greatly to its detriment. We recommend the
adoption of the Grand Secretary's suggestion in reference to compensation,
in future, of Chairman of Committee on Foreign Correspondence. Your
Committee would also urge upon the Companions of this Grand Jurisdiction
the importance of restoring the Grand Chapter to a sound and solvent
condition, and ask their cheerful and united co-operation with our zealous
and faithful Grand Secretary to that end.
Respectfully submitted, E. GEO. DeLAP,
JNO. A. DICKS,
For Committee.
On motion, the Report was received, and the several subject matters
therein consecutively considered.
The suggestion of iJrand Secretary to reducq the salary of that office from
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$600 00 to $400 00, was adopted, and the Grand Secretary directed to prepare
and submit an amendment to the Constitution on that subject, and transmit
the same tp the Subordinate Chapters.
The suggestion to fix the compensation of Grand Treasurer at $50 00,
instead of 2J per cent, commission on receipts, was adopted; also, the sug-
gestion to allow the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence
$50 00 instead of $75 00; also, the suggestion that, until otherwise ordered
by the Grand Chapter, the Reports of the Committee on Foreign Corres-
pondence shall not be published with the proceedings, except that so much
of the Report of the Committee, submitted on yesterday, including the
Decisions of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, shall be pub-
dished with the proceedings of the present Convocation.
On motion of Comp. Walter, the suggestion to increase the fees to the
Grand Chapter, for each Exaltation in a Subordinate Chapter, from $2 00 to
$3 00, was laid over for further consideration at next Annual Convocation.
Comp. Howry, as Chairman of the Committee on Work, submitted the
^following Report, which was received and agreed to:
To the Mr. Er. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Committee on Work, appointed at your last Annual Grand Convo-
cation, respectfully report: That on the day appointed, four members of
.your Committee met at the City of Jackson, and proceeded at once to per-
form the duties assigned them; that they agreed on a report—on a historical
part of the R.\ A.-. Degree, most of which they herewith submit in writing.
In reviewing the Work now in vogue in your jurisdiction, your Committee
are well satisfied that there has existed some differences or discrepancies in
the ritual, owing to the fact that we have had, in the last thirty years,
several Grand Lecturers dispensing Work, and while all of them supposed
they were dealing in good Work, true Work, and just such Work as was
authorized and adopted by your Grand Body, yet they did not teach the
same Work in every instance, and in consequence thereof, there lias, to some-
extent, been confusion among the workmen.
Your Committee did not undertake to subvert the Standard Work of the
Chapter Degrees as practiced in your jurisdiction. It is beautiful and im-
pressive in itself, and their object was to correct slight errors and reconcile
discrepancies which had crept into the ritual, and restore the Ancient Work,
.which had been approved by the wise and the good so long.
In correcting small errors and discrepancies, your Committee were some-
times equally divided; but on Monday morning the Committee was full,
and, although they were limited as to time, they went over the Work again,
and agreed on the Work which is known to all intelligent Royal Arch
Masons, especially good ritualists, with some slight changes, which we think
makes the Work and Lectures more in accordance with ancient usage.
Your Committee report the Work, with such slight changes as they
deemed it their duty to make, and if it can be exemplified during this Con-
vocation, we ask your concurrence ; if it is inconvenient and impracticable,
vour Committee ask that the report be laid over until your next Convoca-
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.tion for action.
J. M. HOWRY,
R. P. BO WEN,
J NO. T. BUCK,
W. D. FERRISS,
THOS. HARDEMAN M,
Committee.
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Comp. Chas. T» Murphy offered the following resolution, which wa&
adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Grand Chapter that the .practice of"
sending open postal cards, or otherwise giving publicity to the delinquency
of members for dues, is irregular, improper, and is hereby forbidden.
Comp. A. P. Barry offered the following as a substitute for Sec. 18 of the
By-Laws for the government of Subordinate Chapters, which was adopted
Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of every member of the Chapter to pay his
dues on or before the day of the annual election, and on failure to pay the
same, he shall not be entitled to vote or hold office. If said dues are not
paid on or before the 27th December, then the Secretary shall immediately
notify such delinquent to appear at the regular meeting in March, when, if
not paid, the Chapter may suspend said delinquent until all arrearages are:
paid; but such suspension shall not work a release from the payment of dues
during its continuance.
The following report was presented and adopted:
To the Grand Chapter:
The undersigned, Special Committee appointed to consider matters con-
tained in the Report of the Grand Secretary, not pertaining to Finance and.
Subordinate Chapters, would respectfully report that they find nothing
further requiring the attention of this Grand Body.
W. G. PAXTON, )
D. A. KINCHLOE, V Committee.
T. M. MILLER, j
The Committee on Subordinate Chapters submitted the following report:
To the M.\ E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The undersigned, Committee on Subordinate Chapters, would respectfully
report that they have examined into the matter of delinquent Chapters, as
referred to in the Report of your Grand Secretary, and would recommend
the adoption of the following :
Resolved, That when Chapters are in arrears for 1874 and 1875, they be
allowed ninety days within which to pay amount due, and that on failure
to pay, the Grand High Priest shall suspend them from working; and that,
when Chapters are more than two years in arrears, they be required to settle
within sixty days, and should settlements not be made, their charters shall
then and thereby be forfeited.
In the matter of Winona Chapter, No. 78, whilst there is no doubt in the
minds of the Committee that Sections 29 and 32 (Regulations for Subordi-
nate Chapters), have been violated, both in letter and in spirit, but the High
Priest of said Chapter having assured your Committee, upon his honor as a
Royal Arch Mason, that his action was based upon his best construction of
the law, and that he was innocent of any intent to do wrong, even though
good should flow therefrom, and with the distinct stipulation that, the action
of the Grand Chapter shall not be taken as a precedent in future cases,
should any such arise, your Committee would respectfully endorse and ap-
prove the action of the Grand High Priest, already had in the premises, and
recommend that no further action be taken.
Your Committee further recommend that the action of the G.\ H.\ P.*.,
in arresting the charter of Meridian Chapter, No. 25, be approved and con-
firmed; that the charter of said Chapter be forfeited, and Companion Patton
continued as Receiver.
In the matter of. Wayne Chapter, No. 24, your Committee, having assur-
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ancethat the proposed change would he of great advantage to said Chapter,
and infuse new life into its membership, would recommend that Wayne
Chapter be allowed to remoye its place of meeting from Shubuta to Waynes-
boro, and that it be allowed six months to pay up its arrearages; and, in case
of failure to make settlement within the time specified, that its charter be
declared forfeited.
In the matter of Starkville Chapter, No. 82, they having lost their Hall
and property, by fire, the Committee would recommend that the dues of said
Chapter for 1874 and 1875, be remitted.
Your Committee have considered the petition of Fayette Chapter, No. 14,
asking remission of small balance of eleven dollars due by them—said bal-
ance being the accumulation of petty arrearages brought forward from year
to year, and said Chapter proposing to pay in full all other dues, your
Committee would respectfully recommend that the petition be granted and
the said balance of eleven dollars be remitted.
R. B. Brannin, 1
W. G. Paxton, V Committee.
P. M. Savery, )
On motion, the Report of the Committee was received.
On motion of Grand Secretary, so much of the Report as relates to Fay-
ette Chapter, was disagreed to; when the Report, as thus modified, was
adopted.
On motion of Comp. Branniu, the Committee on Work .was requested to
proceed at once to exemplify the same.
On motion of Comp. Howry, the vote was reconsidered, and Exemplifica-
tion was made the special order for 3 o'clock, this afternoon.
Comp. J. H. Alexander, from Committee on Deceased Companions, sub-
mitted the following Report in reference to the late
Comp. Morris Cook:
We note the fact, that since our last Annual Convocation, time has con-
tinued to work its changes. It is but a few months since official intelligence
reached our Subordinate Chapters of the death of our most worthy and
esteemed Companion, Morris Cook. To this painful occurrence, our Grand
High Priest makes appropriate and touching allusion in his Annual Address.
On the 31st day of October, 1875, he closed his eyes in death, at Gallatin, in
this State. He was, at that time, in the fifty-third year of his age. It will
be seen, then, that while he was in the prime of life, death fixed upon him
as an object at which to direct his fatal shaft. The years allotted to him, in
which to serve his generation upon earth, embraced a period of comparative
short duration; yet a well-spent life won for him a name which will long
linger in the memory of the Companions who have, from time to time, taken
counsel with him in our Annual Convocations. We ever found him a man
of integrity, and of upright character. Principle, and not impulse, was,
with him, the rule of life. He stood conspiciously, as an example of one
who understands the allegiance which he owes to his God and to his fellow-
man. He was pre-eminently a man of temperate habits, having never, in
life as we are told, so much as tasted wine or cider. As would be expected
of such a man, he was conscientious and high-minded as a Mason. Knowing
his rigid adherence to principle and the spirit with which he discharged the
duties which were imposed upon him, we felt that we could confide in him
us a true and reliable man. We can safely say, that few men in connection
with our Order, have manifested such fervency and zeal in Masonry as were
constantly exhibited by him in his Masonic life.
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This most worthy Companion received, while living, most ample testimony
of that high appreciation in which he was held by the Masonic fraternity.
He was made a Mason in Gallatin Lodge, No. 25, in the year 1843. He sub-
sequently filled the office of Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council
of Royal and Select Masters of this State. In the year 1871, he was chosen
Deputy Grand High Priest of our Grand Chapter. In the year 1873, he
served the Grand Lodge of the-State as Deputy Grand Master. Finally, he
received high honor from the Grand Chapter, in being chosen to the office of
Grand Lecturer of the State. He discharged the duties of this responsible
station with ability and fidelity, until that day in which he was called away
from the labors of earth to appear in the presence chamber of Him before
whose judgment-seat all must finally stand. Peace be to the memory of
this worthy Companion.
Your Committee recommend that a Memorial page be set apart in the pro-
ceedings of this Grand Convocation, in honor of his name, and that the
Grand Secretary transmit a copy of this action to the family of the deceased.
J. H. ALEXANDER,)
J. L. POWER, > Committee.
A. P. BARRY, J
On motion of Comp. Conley, the Report was unanimously adopted.
The Grand Chapter was called to refreshment until 3 o'clock, p. m.
afternoon session.
Grand Chapter resumed labor at 3 o'clock, p. m.
The Exemplification of the Work being the special order, Comp. Bowen
made-a statement of th£ difficulties encountered by the Committee, the
limited time at their disposal, and the disagreements on certain points, and
asked that the Committee be allowed until the next Grand Annual Convo-
cation to submit their report.
Comp. Galbreath seconded the request for continuance, and moved that
the Committee be increased to nine.
Comp. DeLap moved that the Grand Chapter proceed at once to the elec-
tion of a Grand Lecturer, and that the Committee on Work be instructed
to agree, at as early a day as practicable upon a uniform system of work, and
communicate the same to the Grand Lecturer.
This motion was adopted; when Comp. W. D. Ferriss asked to be excused
from further service on the Committee; and, on motion, he was accordingly
excused by the Grand Chapter.
The Grand Chapter then proceeded to vote for a Grand Lecturer, resulting
in the election of Comp. R. P. Bowen.
The Committee on Finance submitted the following additional report,
which was received and adopted:
To the Grand R.\ A.\ Chapter of Mississippi:
Your Finance Committee, to whom was referred the bills of Comp. Grand
Tyler, for servants' hire and incidental expenses, amounting to the sum of
five dollars, respectfully report that they have examined the same, found
them correct, and recommend that they be paid. We also recommend that
the sum of twenty-five dollars and per diem be allowed that officer for his
services at this Communication of the Grand Chapter.
Respectfully submitted, E. GEO. DeLAP,
JNO. A. DICKS,
Committee.
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Comp. William French offered the following resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due and are hereby
tendered to our Companions of Jackson, and to the citizens generally, for
courtesies extended to the members of this Grand Chapter.
Comp. John A. Galbreath, Sr., made a statement in reference to the con-
ditionof Salem Chapter, No. 85 ; when, on motion of the Grand Secretary,
the several matters relating to said Chapter, were referred to the Committee
on Subordinate Chapters, with instructions to report immediately.
On motion of the Grand Secretary, it was
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are tendered to the New
Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railway, Memphis and Charleston Railway,
Yicksburg and Meridian Railway, Mobile and Ohio Railway, Parisot Line
of Steamers, for the favor of reduced rates so promptly and courteously ten-
dered in response to the application of the Grand Secretary.
Comp. W. S. Patton, P.'. G.\ LI.*. P.*., offered the following, which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Chapter are due and are hereby
tendered to the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, Comp. John Y. Murry, and his
associates in the Grand Council, for the able and dignified manner in which
they have presided over the Grand Chapter, during the present Convocation.
'She Committee on Subordinate Chapters, submitted the following Report,
which was received and adopted :
To the M.". E.\ Grand Royal Arch Chapter:
The Committee on Subordinate Chapters, to whom was referred the subject
of the removal of Salem Chapter, No. 85, to Brandywine Springs, have had
. the same under consideration, and fraternally submit the following report:
Whereas, Said Salem Chapter, No. 85, having failed to pay dues to the
Grand Chapter until they are indebted to said Grand Chapter in the sum of
one hundred and eighty dollars, and now desires to remove the location of
said Chapter, and the High Priest of said Chapter having assured the Grand
Chapter that, in the event of a removal, as prayed for, the said indebtedness
will be discharged, and the craft materially benefitted thereby; therefore,
Resolved, That said removal be authorized, on condition that a petition
therefor be sent to the Grand Secretary, within sixty days, signed by a ma-
jority of the members of said Salem Chapter, No. 85; in which event the
time for the payment of arrearages be extended until the next Annual Con-
vocation of the Grand Chapter.
R. B. BRANNIN,}
W. G. PAXTON, Committee.
P. M. SAVERY, j
On motion of Comp. Paxton, it was
Resolved, That the next Annual Convocation of this Grand Chapter shall
be held on the Monday preceding, and at the place to be selected, by the
Grand Lodge.
The M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest, Comp. H. W. Walter, announced the
appointment of Grand Officers, and Standing Committees, as follows :
Comp. D. A. Kinchloe Grand Captain of the Host.
Comp. W. P. Bouton Grand Royal Arch Captain-
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proceedings op the grand chapter.
Comp. E. F. Shuler..
Comp. R. J. Fleming.
Comp. N. S. Walker.
.Grand Master 3d Yail.
.Grand Master 2d Yail.
.Grand Master 1st Yail.
standing committees.
Masonic Law.—Charles T. Murphy, Durant; R. L. Saunders, W. M,
Stansbury.
Complaints and Appeals.—J. M. Howry, Oxford; E. W, Hughes,
James T. Fant.
Credentials.—John Y. Murry, J. W. Winn, John A. Dicks.
Subordinate Chapters.—W. G. Paxton, P. M. Savery, G. C. Porter.
Finance.—J. T. Buck, William French, J. J. Beauchamp.
Unfinished Business.—J. F. McCormick, J. S. Jones, J. J. Birdsong,
Printing.—J. L. Power, Frank Burkitt, J. A. Hearne.
Foreign Correspondence.—Oliver Clifton, J. T. Whitehead, R. C.
Cunningham.
Committee on Work.—J. M. Howry, R. P. Bowen, John T. Buck, Thos.
Hardeman M, B. 1ST. Alexander.
JNo further business appearing, the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest in-
stalled into office the M.\ E.\ Grand High Priest elect, Comp. Harvey W.
Walter, who then proceeded to install the remaining Grand Officers. Jtfter
which, the Twenty-Eighth Annual Convocation of the Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of Mississippi was closed in due and Ample Form, after prayer by
the M.\ Rev. Grand Chaplain.
H. W. WALTER,
Grand High Priest.
Grand Secretary.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
To the 31.'. E.'. Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Mississippi:
The Committee on Foreign Correspondence begs leave to report.
It has received several Reports from foreign countries, but finds so little
of anything that was not reported by it a year since, that it but refers to its
last Report for a full statement of the condition of Capitular Masonry
abroad.
In the United States, the Order seems to be flourishing, not so much by
the increase of numbers as by an improved and higher tone of morals in our
membership. While the increase in numbers is scarcely perceptible, yet
offenses and appeals have greatly diminished. Temperance, peace and
charity mark our Order everywhere.
The proceedings of the General Grand Chapter were marked by the
utmost harmony. Twenty-four Grand Chapters were represented. The
Grand Chapter of Nevada, organized in 1873, was duly recognized, and had
its representatives in the Convocation. The Grand Chapter of West Virginia
was recognized, and invited to membership in the General Grand Chapter.
Pennsylvania and Virginia are still treated as, and called, Foreign Grand
Chapters. Neither ever owed allegiance to or derived power from the
General Grand Chapter. Your Committee learns, unofficially, that Georgia
has renewed its allegiance to the General Grand Chapter; so that Alabama
and Texas are the only two States, that derived their power from this Grand
Body, which have severed their connection with it, and still fail to renew
that connection.
The General Grand High Priest claims truly that " this Body is the oldest
Sovereign Grand Chapter in the world." He states further, that all the
Grand Chapters in the United States, except Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Florida, have been formed under warrants from the General Grand Chapter,
are subject to its Constitution and laws, and cannot annul their allegiance.
The General Grand Chapter recognized the Grand Chapter of Nova Scotia,
but continued until its next Triennial Convocation the proposition to recog-
nize the Grand Mark Lodge of England.
The decision of the General Grand Chapter, in reference to the. Ritual,
adopted in 1871, was repealed and the old work restored.
Several very important decisions were made by the General Grand High
Priest. All were approved by the General Grand Chapter. Inasmuch as
they are law to this Grand Body and its Subordinate Chapters, we feel
justified in presenting those of a general character intact:
1st Substitutes.—The action of the General Grand Chapter, in relation
to substitutes, is not mandatory, but permissive. A regulation of a Grand
Chapter permitting their use, or one prohibiting their use, does not conflict
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report on
with the resolution of the General Grand Chapter, and Subordinate Chap-
ters are bound by such regulation.
2. Qualification of Candidates.—The General Grand Constitution
does not prescribe the qualification of candidates. By the Landmarks, they
must be Master Masons, and, therefore, such Master Masons as are legally
recognized as such by the other Master Masons of the particular jurisdiction.
In other words, they must be Master Masons, in good standing as such. The
meaning of the term " in good standing," is determined by the laws govern-
ing Blue Lodges in the particular jurisdiction. If, by these laws, an unaf-
filiated Mason is "in good standing," he is eligible as a candidate in the
absence of any regulation of the State Grand Chapter. But I find nothing
in the General Grand Constitution preventing any Grand Chapter from
requiring such further qualifications as it deems proper.
3. Effect of Discipline by the Lodge.—The Chapter must give to
discipline by the Lodge the same effect that it has under the laws of the
Grand Lodge, and the Chapter has no authority to inquire into the regu-
laritv of the proceedings of the Lodge; but they must be taken as valid
until reversed by competent authority. The Chapter has no part or lot in
making or fixing the standing of Master Masons. We take them as made
by the Blue Lodge, and their standing as fixed by the Blue Lodge. The
effect of the suspension of a member of a Chapter by his Lodge for non-
payment of dues, must be determined by the laws of his Grand Lodge. If
the suspension (as in some States) is from membership only, his standing in
the Chapter is not affected, in the absence of regulations by his Grand
Chapter; but if the suspension (as in other States) is from all his Masonic
rights, he at once loses his standing as a Royal Arch Mason, whatever may
be the Regulations of his Grand Chapter.
4. Effect of Reversal of Action of Lodge by the Grand Lodge.
—When the action of the Lodge, in cases of discipline, is reversed or
annulled, for any reason, by competent authority, the party at once regains
the same status that he had at the commencement of the proceedings, as
fully and completely as if none had ever been had.
5. Effect of Restoration by the Lodge.—But when a Companion is
restored to his Masonic rights by his Lodge, after a legal conviction by it,
the settled law is that he is restored to his rights as a Royal Arch Mason,
except membership in his Chapter; though I confess' I have never been able
to see the propriety of this rule, nor of the exception, if the rule is adopted.
6. Past Master's Degree.—It is not proper for a Chapter to confer the
Past Master's Degree upon the Master elect of a symbolic Lodge, who has
not received the Mark Degree.
7. Qualifications of Grand High Priest.—The General Grand
Constitution does not provide that a Grand High Priest must be a Past
High Priest; but seems to leave it to Grand Chapters to fix the qualifica-
tions of their officers.
8. Who May Open a Chapter.—A Chapter cannot properly be opened
by a Past High Priest in the absence of the High Priest, King and Scribe.
Section 10, of Article 1, of our Constitution provides, that " In all cases of
the absence of an officer from any body of Masons, instituted or holden by
virtue of this Constitution, the officer next in rank shall oecupy his place,
unless, through courtesy, or for other reasons, he should decline in favor oi
a Past High Priest." The language of this provision embraces Grand Chap-
ters and Subordinate Chapters, and, in terms, seems to authorize the Captain
of the Host, or even the Master of the Third Vail, to open the Chapter in
the absence of all his superior officers. I cannot believe that such was the
intention, but that it was intended to apply only to the officers composing
the Council; but if it has a wider meaning, it does not authorize a Past
foreign correspondence.
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High Priest to open a Chapter save under the direction of the highest officer
present.
The gross income of the General Grand Chapter was $3,122 93, and its
expenditures $1,067. This Grand Chapter does not appear to have made
any part of this contribution.
The following resolution was adopted, viz:
"That no Chapter under this jurisdiction shall confer the Capitular de-
grees on any candidate previously regularly rejected by any other Chapter,
without first procuring the consent of such rejecting Chapter, provided such
Chapter be in existence."
The following in reference to substitutes was adopted, on the Report of the
Committee on Jurisprudence:
" That while the use of substitutes was practiced by all the old Chapters,
and our fathers in Masonry walked in that way, we regret that a uniformity
could not now be observed in this respect. And we disapprove of the
legislation of State Grand Chapters, forbidding their use, believing that the
whole subject should be left to the several Chapters, to use them or not, as
demanded by the occasion."
The number of Grand Chapters under the General Grand Chapter is 34,
including Alabama and Texas, over which it claims jurisdiction. The
number of actual membership in them (exclusive of Nevada and the Terri-
tories not returned) is 112,492, while the membership in Pennsylvania,
Virginia and West Virginia is 11,287; making a total of 123,779.
Comp. E. M. English, of Little Rock, Ark., was elected G.*. G.\ High
Priest; John Frizzell, Nashville, Tenn., D.\ G.\ G.\ High Priest, and C.
G. Fox, Buffalo, N. Y., General Grand Secretary.
The Subordinate Chapters in the Territories, immediately under the Gen-
era! Grand Chapter, are 5 in Colorado, 3 in Idaho, 3 in Montana, 1 in New
Mexico, 2 in Washington and 1 in Utah; and in foreign countries : one each
in Valparaiso, Chili; Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; Smyrna, Turkey; and
Shanghai, China.
The next Triennial Convocation is to be heid at Buffalo, N. Y., on the
1st Tuesday of August, 1877. *******
All of which is respectfully submitted.
H. W. WALTER.
Note.—The Grand Chapter ordered to be printed only that part of the
Report on Foreign Correspondence which relates to- the General Grand
Chapter.
RETURNS OF SUBORDINATE CHAPTERS,
For the Year Ending December 27, 1875.
( The Officers given being for the year 187G.)
NATCHEZ, No. 1—Natchez, Adams County,
Officers for 1876—E. Geo. DeLap, p. h. p., H. P.; Win. G. Benbrook, K.; R. F.
Learned, S.; E. J. Van Court, C. of H.; J. A. Dicks, P. S.; C. T. Chamberlain, R.
A. C.; H. M. Gastrell, M. 3d V.; R. S. Dixon, p. H. p., M. 2d V., John S. Holt, M.
1st Y.; G. J. Bahin, Treasurer; Wm, H. Stewart, Secretary; J. Peebles, p. h. p.,
Tyler.
Past High Priests—A. H. Kendrick, F. F. Fowler, C. F. Merrick, S. Ullman.
Members—T. J. Adams, A. Bahin, J. C. Baker, H. Ballard, G. M. Brown, W. H.
Carkeet, Charles Coleman, A. Y. Davis, G. J. Dkks, Wm. Dix, J. L. Douglas, C.
F. Farrar, H. A. Garrett, James S. Gaynor, E. J. Guice, James'Hai-die, T.J. Har-
tigan, C. H. Keim, C. S. Kinney, E. A. Lawrence, M. Lemle, T. W. Leonard, A.
Lewis, Gus. Lewis, Wm.Lowry, Wm. T. Martin, S. A. Mason, H. C. Mayer, Simon
Meyer, Leon Meyer, D. Morris, T. Q. Munce, Wm. Murdock, C. II. Mcllwaine,
William Noonan, G. B. Rocca, C. M. Sawyer, F. S. Shaw, T. C. Sacliise, T. S.
Sheridan, H. Silverburg, J. J. Smoky, D. G. Smythe, John Smythe, Charles E.
Steele, S. M. Stewart, H. C. Swayze,* C. L. Tillman, William C. Turner, A. R.
Taylor, Benjamin Wade, C. C. Walden, Frank Watson, Washington Weir, E. L.
Whitney, F. K. Winchester.—Total, 72.
Exalted—H. M. Gastrell, E. A. Lawrence, C. L. Tillman, J. L. Douglas, A.
Lewis, D.Morris, E.L.Whitney, William Murdock, Charles E. Steele, Frank.
Watson, C. S. Kinney, H. A. Garrett, T." C. Sachise.
Reinstated—William Dix, T. S. Sheridan, Wm. C. Turner.
Dimitted—Gus. Haase, T. H. L. Smith.
Died—J. Q. Profilet, October 12, 1875.
Dues, $122 72. Convocations, 3d Saturday.
CLINTON, No. 2—Port Gibson, Claiborne County.
Officers for 1876—Thomas M. Rea, H. P.; James A.Gage, p. h. p., K.; Wm.
B. Fulkerson, S.; James Wylie, p h. p., C. of H.; Nelson S. Walker, P. S.; Wm.
Brown, Jr., R. A. C.; William Cohn, M. 3d V.; C. H. Barrot, M. 2d V.; John W.
Andrews, M. 1st V.; L. T. Newman, Treasurer ; Julian L. Foote, Secretary; Wm.
D. Foote. Tyler.
Past High Priest—Robert F. Gordon.
Members—Thomas J. Aby, William Brown, Sr., H. M. Colson, F. H. Foote,
John G. Hastings, Jr., Richard Hawkins, John G.Jones, Middleton Kellev, J.
J. Kirk Bride, A. J. Lewis. Wm. B. Lewis, Mayer Levy, F. Langenbucher, B. H.
Morehead, F. Marschalk, John Y. McPlierson, William H. Mathews, G. W.Mason,
E. F. Price, A. Rollins, W. D. Sprott, W. McD. Sims, E. H. Stiles, A. Sager, J. M.
Sandusky, Stephen Thrasher, Cyrus Tanksley, J. H. Vaughn.—Total, 41,
Affiliated—William H. Mathews.
Reinstatfd—Thomas J. Aby.
Dimitted—Wm. P. Hughes, J. A. B. Jones. E. E. Lischer.
Died—John C. Mclntyre, January 15, 1875; James H.Patterson, October 20,
1875; John C. Humphreys, December 5,1875.
Dues, $42 44. Convocations, 3d Saturday.
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VICKSBURG, No. 3—Viclcsburg, Warren County.
Officers for 1876—W. G. Paxton, H. P.; G. M. Klein, K.; T. J. Thompson, S •
G. G. Manlove, C. of H.; J. W. Beaty, P. S.; Isaiah Hardy, R. A. CJ. H. Berres-
ford, M. 3d Y.; W. H. Andrews, M. 2d V.; T. Tonella, M. 1st V.; W. A. Fairchild,
Treasurer; J. W. Gray, Secretary; William Murray, Tyler.
Past High Priests—B. Springer, T. J. Harper, T. 0. Birchett, F. Wood, E. T.
Henry, J. W. Powell, William French.
Members—John Allen, F. M. Andrews, D. H. Alverson, J. Bazinsky, E. S.
Butts, M. Brown, 0. M. Blanton, L. Baer, G. W. Bookout, I). Campbell, W. M.
Chamberlain, T. P. Cruteher, S. Coate, C. Eisleffol, U. French, C. E. Furlong, W.
S.Goodman, Thomas Hackett, W. S.Harris, L. Hornthal, W. C. Johnson,E. P.
Jones, D. W. Keene, A. Kuhn, M C. Klein, N. E. Klein, C. Lehman, W. W. Lord.
J. D. Miles, W. McD. Meggett, W. G. Moore, W. E. Monette, A M. Paxton, M. R.
Payne, F. Piazza, R. Richardson, Thomas Rigby, J. Shlenker, W. J. Smith, J. 0.
Stevens, J. M. Smith, G. H. Smith, William Staunton, E. M. Scott, R.'H. Simpson,
J. Stevens, J.D.Tinney, U.F.Wilcox, S. H.Young, E. J.McGarr, J.H.King, J. S.
Herman, E. C. Carroll, H. Wilkerson, F. Speed.—Total, 74.
Exalted—W. R. Payne, II. Wilkerson, 8. Coate, Isaiah Hardy. W. S. Harris,
G. G. Manlove.
Died—H. Ilendren, March 13, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. Adler, A. L. Jacquith, C. Pace, H.
E. O'Reily, L. M. Lowenburg, Amos Tappan, F. R. Turley, C. E. Thomas, W. D.
Wilson, John Flanagan, A. Winston.
Dues, $86 73 Convocations, 2d Saturday.
COLUMBUS, No. 4—Columbus, Lowndes County.
Officers for 1876—C. L. Lincoln, H. P.; B. A. Vaughan, K.; J. E. Leigh, S.:
L. Beman, C. of H.; H. C. Long, P. S.; H. Osborne, R. A. C.; C. M. Ottley, M.
3d V.; S. C. Munger, M. 2d V.; C. R. Tucker, M. 1st V.; G. W. Cox, Treasurer;
Joseph H. Stevens, Secretary ; D. D. L. Quinn, Tyler.
Past High Priest—N. Reynolds.
Members—W. C. Bishop, J. S. Billups, A. H. Barkley, Ira M. Boswell, William
Cady, W. R. Cannon, George A. Evans, H. B. Fields, J. H. Fulgham, N. E. Good-
win, L. L. Goodrich, John Gilmer, A. C. Halbert, W. W. Humphries, W. F. Hamil-
ton, R. P. Hudson, J. P. Krecker, E. F. Kemp, R. E. Lanier, S. M. Meek, W. A.
Moore, R. L. Morris, F. M. McCabe, R. F. Matthews, J. A. Martin, Julius Nathan,
J. W. Prowell, Alexander Poleman, A. G. Ramsey, W. E. Rodwell, J. W. E.
Soady, L. M. Tucker, H. M. Teasdale.—Total, 46.
Exalted—J. S. Billups, G.A.Evans, J. H. Fulgham, Julius Nathan, H. M.
Teasdale, C. R. Tucker.
Affiliated—W. C. Bishop.
Dimitted—H. E. Cox, H. B. Boude.
Died—James Whitfield, June 24, 1875. _
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—A. W. Kidd, J. W. Memtt.
Dues, $58 46. Convocations, 2d Friday.
WILSON, No. 5—Holly Springs, Marshall County.
Officers for 1876—J. T. Whitehead, p. h. p.. H. P.; B. D. Mathews, K.; U. H.
Ross S • R N Lawrence, C. of H.; H. B. Whitehead, P. S.; S. Baer, R. A. C.;
Robert Roth, M. 3d V.; W. W. Wallace, M. 2d V.; J. H. Morgan, M. 1st V.; P. A.
Willis Treasurer; A. Q. Withers, Secretary; Clem. Reid, Tyler.
Past High Priest—R. S. St.ith. ■■
Members—L. C. Abbott, J. F. Butler, William Clark, S. E. Carey, W. R. Cox,
w" W Clavton, J. R- Denty, J. T. Fant, Howard Falconer, F, M. Farrell, Thomas
m' Paif oner Samuel Frank, W.J.Faulkner, Thomas Gregg, George E. Head,
Osra? SSf'W. F. Hyer, T. D. Jones, J. B. Johnson, C. T. Julian, J. C.Levy, AY.
T Long, John Long, T. J. Manuel, J. S. McRavcn, H. P. Megginson, J. H. Mc-
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RETURNS OF
Clatchey, W. E. Miller, J. H. Morgan, J. C. Norfleet, W. H. Newell, T. B. Parker,
T. S. Richmond, J. M. Rouch, DeWitt Stearns, H. W. Walter, Hugh Winburn, E.
J. Wilkerson, T. S. Wallace, H. C. Saeger, Robert McGowan, H. W. Berkley, J. S.
Bernkeim.—Total, 56.
Exalted—DeWitt Stearns, J. F. Butler, H. B. Whitehead, Henry C. Saeger, T.
^8. Wallace, George E. Head.
Affiliated—W. F. Hyer.
Reinstated—W. W. Clayton.
Dimitted—E. W. Upshaw, T. J. Malone, H. H. Fields.
Died—J. B. Potts, January, 1875; E. N. Kilpatrick, September 28,1875 ; R. M.
Glover, October, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—H. C.Corey.
Dues, $70 51. Convocations, 2d Tuesday.
JACKSON, No. 6—Jackson, Hinds County.
Officers for 1876—Oliver Clifton, H. P.; Gus Asher, K.; Robert Bradley, S.;
John Nelson, C. of H.; J. L. Power, P. S • James Shelton, R. A. C.; D. J. Cohen,
M. 3d V.; George C. Eyricli, M. 2d V.; M. F. Ash, M. 1st V.; H. M. Taylor, Treas-
urer; John A. Galbreath, Jr., Secretary; J. M. Cain, Tyler.
Past High Priests—Thomas Palmer, John T. Buck, I. Strauss, R. L. Saun-
ders.
Members—S. P. Baley,* P. T. Baley, E. Bloom, Harris Barksdale, William J.
Brown, Sr., William J. Brown, Jr., W. C. Crane, William Evans, William M. Gil-
lespie, F. B. Hull, A. J. Herrod, R. D. Hai'dy, W. C. Harrell, B. G. Humphreys,
Chris. Johnson, George Lemon, C. H. Moore, R. F. McGill, Charles McDonald,, J.
M. McKee, T. N. Norrell, Murray Peyton, George A. Smytlie, W. J. Seaman, E.
Steinberg. Henry Strauss, W. L. Ware,* D. B. Wallace, B. H. Whitfield, James
R. Yerger.—Total, 46.
Exalted—James Shelton, George C. Eyrich, J. M. McKee.
Reinstated—B. G. Humphries, Murray Peyton.
Dues, $56 46. Convocations, 4th Monday.
* Since died.
MAGNOLIA, No. 7—Brownsville, Hinds County.
Officers for 1876—J. J. Birdsong, H. P.; B. W. Trotter, K.; A. B. Cates, S.;
M. T. Anderson, C. of H.; D. N. Leavel, P. S.; J. J. Gold, R. A. C.; F. H. Hall, M.
3d V.; G. J. Hulmn, M. 2d V.; G. T. Underhill, M. 1st V.; J. D. McConnell, Treas-
urer; J. B. Robertson, Secretary ; J. Lorance, Tyler.
Members—J. A. Glover, J. H. McDowell, William Klingman, Wm. McClatchy,
T. H. Sandidge, B. R. Wells.—Total, 18.
Reinstated—D. N. Leavel.
Dimitted—John G. Sparrow.
Dues, $24 18—paid $19. Convocations, 4th Saturday.
YAZOO, No. 8—Yazoo City, Yazoo County.
Officers for 1876—E. Shaefer, H. P.: J. C. Young, K.; J. N. Ratcliffe, S.; C.
H. Wesling, C. of H.; H. B. Kidd, P. S.; R. C. Shepherd, R. A. C.; D. J. Dunn, M.
3d V.; H. Haider, M.2d V.; W. G. Delesdernier, M. 1st V.; H. C. Tyler, Treasurer;
W. C. Williams, Secretary ; Peter Lander, Tyler.
Past High Priest—R. B. Mayes.
Members—A. J. Collins, R. L. Dunn, F. Gary, C. W. Greiner, C. W. Gibson, A.
M. Heath, J. H. Hunter, S. H. Kellogg, J. 0. Mobley, A. Rosenthal, G. Stern.—
Total, 24.
Dimitted—R. E. Craig,
Died—M. A. Jenkins, March 2,1875.
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Expelled (for non-payment, of dues)*—F. W. Battaile, T. C. Gassaway, W. Y.
"Gadberry, Jere. B. Horne, Cbarles Swain, W. H. Mangum, J. D. Taylor.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—R. Bowman, L. McLaren, H. Harrison,
John T. Heth, H. M. Thompson.
Dues, $24 24. Convocations, 3d Monday.
*The Grand Chapter, in February. 1875, having abolished the expulsion pen-
.alty for non-payment of dues, the Chapter could only have deprived these Com-
_panions of membership. The punishment of expulsion being unauthorized, is
void.—Gr. Sec'y.
LEXINGTON, No. 9—Lexington, Holmes County.
Officers for 1876—John C. Birkhead, H. P.; Robt. H. Baker, K.; J. M. Sargent,
S.; George C. Phillips, C. of H.; Jesse T. West, P. S.; James T. Meade, R. A. C.;
David Levy, M. 3d V.; Thomas W. Smith, M. 2d V.; William F. Cole, M. 1st V.;
M. Levy, Treasurer; .J. Marlow, Secretary ; Sol. Southerner, Tyler.
Members—David Allen, P. M. M. Alexander, J. J. Baker, T. T. Bates, H. W.
Brown, J. D. Dabney, William Eggleston, J. W. Grace, W. D. Johnson, Wirt John-
ston, W. L. McLean, W. A. McMillian, F. C. Mercer, R. H. Montgomery, J. D. New-
som, C. Oltenberg, T. C. Pepper, Jacob Sontheimer, B. M. Sheehy, Abram Schield,
W. F. Stigler, Simon Stern, N. E. Whitehead, T. S. Wright.—Total, 36.
Affiliated—Jesse T. West.
Died—A. M. Green.
Dues, $36 36. Convocations, 2d Thursday.
CANTON, No. 10—Canton, Madison County.
Officers for 1876—W. Priestly, H. P.; A. M. Gurley, K.; J. M. Mills, S.; B. C.
Gough, C. of H.; L. Schneider, P. S.; C. Olston, R. A. C.; A. Karpe, M. 3d V.; John
Erickson, M. 2d V.; C. L. Gross, p. h. p., M. 1st V.; J. W. Yeargain, p. h. p., Treas-
■orer; A. W. Stanford, Secretary; P. Heiser, Tyler.
Past High Priests—J. T. Cameron, C. B.Galloway, Geo. R. Fearn.
Members—Leon Bailey, J. W. Baughn, George Earnest, N. K. Grose, D. C.
'Green, Joseph Hart, M. B. Hesdoffer, J. H. Lockett, J. H. Mumford, R. A. Massey,
S. S. Shipp, Thomas Stewart, W. B. Stinson, Y. Werner.—Total, 29.
Died—L. B. Coffee, December 24, 1874.
Dues, $29 29. Convocations, 1st Monday.
MACON, No. 11—Macon, Noxubee County.
Officers for 1876—J. C. Williams, H. P.; J. J. Beauchamp, K.; J.W.Patty, S.;
C. B. Ames. C. of H"; J. R. Cavett, P. S.; G. M. Dillard, R. A. C.; L. Etheridge, M.
■3d V.; E. Dismukes, M. 2d V.; N. M. Gooch, M. 1st V.; J. D. Hodges, Treasurer;
W. B. Shumaker, Secretary; M. B. Edwards, Tyler.
Members—C. M. Boyce, C. A. Baker, E. P. Davis, C. C. Eiland, W. F. Ferris,
Jacob Holberg, Louis Holberg, J. J. Keen, H. A. Minor, T. J. Patty, Jesse Blythe,
T, Kirk, E. H. Cogburn, R. E. V. Yates.—Total, 26.
Affiliated—J. R. Cavett.
Reinstated—E. Dismukes, E. P. Davis, J. Blythe, C. T. Kirk.
Dimitted—A. M. Dowling (since dead.)
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. H. Pierce, D. H. Thomas.
Dues, $41 2b. Convocations, 3d Monday.
DeWITT CLINTON, No. 12—Grenada, Grenada County.
Officers for 1876—E. W. Hughes, H. P.; S. H, Green, K.; Terrell Rose, S.; A.
S. Wright, C. of H.; 0. B. Rollins, P. S.; R. Highgate, R. A. C.; J. M. Knox, M.
3d V.; R. N. Owens, M. 2d Y.; John George, M. 1st V.; J. Poitevant, Treasurer;
J. H. Howie, Secretary; A. P. Saunders, Tyler.
Past High Prif.sts—R. Coffman, Thomas Hardeman M.
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RETURNS OF
Members—S. S. Angevine, J. R. Binford, J. H. Campbell, A. J.Baker, J. A.
Binford, Jr., J.W.Bvrne, L. Bodenheimer, J. B. Crowder, T. C. Curry, W. C.
Chamberlain, W. C. Eskridge, James, Eblin, P. F. Fitzgerald, J. B. Gage, J. G.
Gibbs, H. C. Horton, C. L. Hardeman, W. H. Lutz, W. B. May, John Moore, W. H.
Meadow, John S. Payne, R. R. Perry, John Powell, William Powell, W. T. Sav-
age. S. M. Sykes, B. F. Thomas, T. R. Trotter, Cicero Thompson, Mayer Wile, D.
D. Wilkins, G. W. Williamson/ C. T Wood.—Total, 48.
Dues, $48 48. Convocations, 1st Thursday.
ETJPHEM1A, No. 13—Aberdeen, Monroe County.
Officers for 1876—R. B. Brannin, H. P.; R. A. Honea, K.; C. Morawski, S,:
W. G. Elkin, C. of H.; J. W. Walker, P. S.; W. G. Sykes, R. A. C.; S. H. Beirg,
M. 3d V.; A. M. Kupfer, M. 2d V.; Wm. E. Howard, M. 1st V.; J. W. Eckford,
Treasurer; W. S. Vestal, Secretary; G. W. Cook, Tyler.
Members—S. H. Buckingham, A< H. French, J. M. Green, Wm. H. Gilmore, J.
Gattman, S. Haas, T. S. Hampton, C. Love, J. T. Lowe, T. A. Lambeth, S. T. Sykes,
S. A. M. Sadler, H. D. Spratl, H. C. Terrell, Marks Weiler, W. D. Walton.—Total,
28.
Exalted—W. E. Howard, T. A. Lambeth.
Dimitted—YV. J. Stephenson.
Dues, $32 28. Convocation, 2d Thursday.
FAYETTE, No. 14—Fayette, Jefferson County.
Officers for 1876—Henry Key, H. P.; E. R. Jones, K.; M. Rubel, S.; M„
Eiseman, C. of H.; W. Thompson, P. S.; J. B. Carpenter, R. A. C.; Thos. Daven-
port, M. 3d V.; J. J. Powell, M. 2d V.; T. J. Key, M. 1st V.; Jas. McClure,
Treasurer; J. J. Ledden, Secretary; E. M. Keves, Tyler.
Members—R. Davenport, B. Eiseman, H. B. McClure, W. F. Higdon, M. W.
Trimble, J. H. Shelton, R. E. Richardson, J. M. Lowe.—Total, 20.
Exalted—J. B. Carpenter, J. H. Shelton.
Affiliated—R. E. Richardson.
Reinstated—S. Lehman, J. M. Lowe.
Dimitted—S. Lehman.
Dues, $30 20. Convocation, 3d Thursday.
" CA BE OLLTON, No. 15—Carrollton, Carroll County.
Officers for 1876—W. M. Stansbury, H. P.; Samuel Hart, K.; G. W. Vasser,
S.; J. A. J. Askew, C. of H.; A. M. Nelson, P. S.; T. J.Johnson, R. A. C.; T. T.
Kimbrough, M. 3d V.; William Ray, M. 2d V.; W. H. Curtis, M. 1st V.; James R.
Shackelford, Treasurer; Benjamin Roach, Secretary; T. H. Mathews, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Wm. Cothran, p. g. h. p.
Members—R. L. Bingham, M. S. Catron, Jonathan Durdin, G. S. Fox, Peter
W. Johnston, 0. L. Kimbrough, Aaron Lott,^M. M. Liddell, John P. Marshall,
Peter McCaskill, Pearson Money, Lee McMillan, John T. Stanford.—Total, 26.
Dimitted—H. D. Money.
Dues, $26 26. Convocation, 1st Saturday after full mopn.
WM. H. WILKINSON, No. 16—Woodville, Wilkinson County.
Officers for 1876—Isaac T. Hart, H. P; L. K. Barber, p. h. p., K.; Phillip
Ilahn, S.; H. S. Van Eaton, C. of H.; J. R, Verry, P. S.; BLenry Habig, R. A. C;.
Nathan Leopold, M. 3d V.; Jonas Baum, M. 2d V.; Douglas Embree, M. 1st V.;
E. A. Robinson, Treasurer; Edward Aaron, Secretary; Thomas Hickley, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Wm. Stamps.
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Members—J. W. Bryant,.R. S. Brown, L. L. Babers, E. H. Beaumont, H. L.
Davis, H. D. Holland, T. J. Henderson, D. E. Holt, C. F. A. Kellogg, J. J. Morgan,
W. C. Miller, J. F. Therrell.—Total, 25.
Reinstated—J. R. Verry.
Dimitted—Wm. J. Keller, G. Lindermayer, R. W. McConnell, G. T. McGehee.
Died—M. V. B. Huff, Joseph Johnson.
Dues, 26 25. Convocation, 1st Tuesday after meeting of Blue Lodge.
SHIELDS, No. 18—Pontotoc, Pontotoc Counii).
Officers for 1876—A. J. Clark, H. P.; J. A. McNeil, K.; A.J. Moore, S.; M.
R. Fontaine, C. of H.; W. G. Gibson, P. S.; J. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; J. H.
Miller, M. 3d V.; R. T. Gray, M. 2d V.; 0. Williams, M. 1st V.; T. J. Price,
Treasurer; J. N. Sloan, Secretary; E. C. Bolton, p. h. p., Tyler.
Members—G. R. Cherry, James W. Drake, Stephen Daggett, L. A. Ellison,
James Gordon, C. B. Hood, J. G. Huntington, S. L. Pinson, F. Souter.—Total, 21.
Dues, $21 21. Convocation, 1st Wednesday.
KOSCIUSKO, No. 20—Kosciusko, Attala County.
Officers for 1876—J. M. Lewis, H. P.; I. W. Scarborough, p. h. p. K.; John C.
Lucas, S.; M. A. Clark, p. h. p., C. of H.; R. B. Webb, P. S.; J. S. Comfort, p. h. p.,
R. A. C.; Isaac Peelei, M. 3d V.; J. B. Davis, M. 2d V.; B. A. Clark, M. 1st V.;
David Carr, p. h. p., Treasurer; W. W. Baccus, Secretary; J. N. Taylor, Tyler.
Past High Priests—John Riley, D. L. Smythe, W. V. Davis.
Members—J. H. Alexander, g. c.; Richard Bullock, Matthew J. Bell, J. K.
■Coffee, A. F. Dotson, Louis Glazier, M. H. Gregory, John P. Irving, Henry
Jamison, W. C. Lewis, Wm. E. Meek, S. T. Oldham, S. P. Rimmer, James D.
Rimmer, W. F. Rimmer, John T. Riley, W. N. Stuckev, J. K. Shriek, John W.
Scarborough, R. C. Stewart.—Total, 35.
Died—Samuel Young.
Suspended for Unmasonic Conduct—A. M. Keetb.
Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues—J. M. Dodd, J. M. Charpings, D. W.
Knox, C. F. Oldecop, M. Roby, J. L. Scarborough.
Dues, $35 35. Convocation, Monday night on or before the full moon.
RAYMOND, No. 22—Raymond, Hinds County.
Officers for 1876—Geo. C. Porter, H. P.; J. M. Hawkins, K.; S. B. Thomas*
S.; H. H. Heard, C. of H.; D. J. Buckley, P. S.; J. D. Bedwell, R. A. C.; T. C,
Austin, M. 3d V.; B. F. Edwards, M. 2d V.; N. B. Smith, M. 1st V.; A. J. Willis,
Treasurer; W. F. Fontaine, Secretary; E. M. Meacham, Tyler.
Past High Priest—Wm. Thomas.
Members—B. S. Davis, W. K. Douglas, C. D. Gillespie, A. B. McGoweu, H. T.
"T. Dupree, Geo. H. Pierson, R. A. New,—Total, 20.
Exalted—Geo. H. Pierson.
Dues, $22 20. Convocation, 1st Saturday.
HOUSTON, No. 23—Houston, Chickasaw County.
Officers for 1876—T. N. Martin, H. P.; J. L. S. Hill, K.; Frank Burkitt, S.;
W W Wood C. of H.; A. G. Wood, P. S.; J. L. Evans, R. A. C.; Isaac Paulk, M.
<trl* V - William Ellis, M. 2d V.; J. B. Wilson, M. 1st V.; D. K. Woodall, Treas-
nrev 'j A. Purkey, Secretary; F. G. Wood, Tyler.
Past High Prtest-R. P. Mitchell.
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RETURNS OF
Members—Littleton Hill, J. M. Staggs, J. M. Wood all, C. T. Woodall, *L. A
Porter.—Total, 18.
Beinstated—J. B. Wilson.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—James Martin, B. F. Fitzpatrick.
Dues, $19 18. Convocation, 1st Saturday.
* Was dropped without explanation, and added by Grand Secretary.
OKOLONA, No. 27 — Okolona, Chickasaw County.
Officers for 1876—James U. Carter, H. P.; W. M. Buchanan, K.; 0. Pollard*
S.; A. Babbitt, C. of H.; J. R. Wren, P. S.; John McCurley, R. A. C.; I. D'
Blumenthal, M. 3d V.; A. Greener, M. 2d V.; A. Pollard, M. 1st V.; W. A. Bo-
denhamer, Treasurer; R. D. Abernathj7, Secretary; E. M.Walker, Tyler.
Past High Priests—J. S. Cain, T. W. Williams.
Members—J. A. Bell, W. H. D. Crawford, H. L. Hill, R. C. Leland, J. A.
Loughridge, J. H. Mauldin, J. P. Porter, C. W. Richardson, J. M. Trice.—Total,
Reinstated—W. H. D. Crawford, A. Pollard.
Dimitted—H. Rafalsky.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—A Buford, J. R. Noe, C. N. Simpson.
Dues, $26 22. Convocations, 2d Thursday.
WALKER, No. 28—Sardis, Panola County.
Officers for 1876—D. A. Kinchloe, p. h. p., H. P.; W. 0. Mabry, K.; A. I..
Ellis, S.; John Wright, C. of H.; W. H. Wall, P. S.; W.T. Owten, R. A. C.; C. W.
Duvall, M. 3d V.; B. C. Kyle, M. 2d V.; C. J. Boucher, M. 1st V.; T. R. Wearing,
Treasurer; W. 0. Hunter, Secretary; Adam Brown, Tyler.
Past High Priests—J. R. Dickins, E. F. McGehee.
Members—J. C. Brahan, S. R. Blann, M. C. Brady, H. C. Cary, R. W. Crump,
L. P. Cooper, A. L. Crumby, T. M. Duvall, I. N. Davis, P. E. Davis, L. D. Green-
law, J. D. llightower, J. "W. Johnson, J.R.Jackson, Robert Jackson, Wm. M.
Marshall, M. A. Myers, J. J. Meek, W. W. Miller, A. F. Minor, J. W. Moore. W,
M. Moore. B. R. Perry, S. K. Spears, R. H. Taylor, M. J. Williams, C. C. Wil-
bourn, T. F. Wilson, C. B. Young.—Total, 43.
Exalted—W. M. Moore, H. F. Minor, M. C. Brady, R. M. Taylor. W. T. Owtenr
W. 0. Hunter.
Reinstated—C. K. Caruthers.
Dimitted—J. W. Jones, J. H. White, R. C. Balch, C. K. Caruthers.
Dues, $58 43. Convocations, 1st Thursday.
SHONGALO, No. 30 —Vaiden, Carroll County.
Officers for 1876—T. C. Everett, H. P.; J. L. Anderson, K.; W. Joyce, S.; J.
A. Applewhite, C. of H ; T. C. Harris, P. S.; J. W. Lowry, R. A. C.; J. M. Ship,
M. 3d Y.; J. Ei Rainey, M. 3d V.; H. C. Blackman, M. 1st V.; S. Lichtenstein,
Treasurer; B. J. Kopperl, Secretary; S. C. Baines, Tyler.
Members—R. S. Allen, Sr., W. C. Billingsley,* A. H. Brantley,* Z. Blackman,
S. J. Durham, S. N. Ely, B. Forcheimer, T. J. Fullilove, E. B. Gordon, D. B. Gil-
lespie, S. L. Hirsh, G. W. Humphreys, J. T. Harris, Wiley Kelly, T. B. Kennedy,
John D. McLemore,* Z. Oldham, W. W. Phillips, A. J. Sanderson, S. R. Sproles,
J. J. Tate, J. A. Webb, E. L. Wood, R, C. Wilson, A. L. Wiltshire, J. M. Wells —
Total, 38.
Affiliated—J. M. Wells.
Dimitted—W. S. Myers.
Died—D. H. Cohron, May 18th, 1875.
Suspended (for unmasonic conduct)—W. E. Whittle.
Dues, $41 38. Convocations, 1st Friday.
* The three names marked thus * were omitted in last report.—Gr. Secretary..
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DECATUR, No. 31—Decatur, Newton County.
Officers for 1876—M. M. Keith, H. P.: H. Cooper, K.; L. B. Moore, S.; Thos.
Keith, C. of H.; C. P. Parton, P. S.; G. E. Longmire, B. A. C.; J. A. Giles, M. 3d
V.; Wm, McCranev, M. 2d V.; J. H. Wells, M. 1st V.; G. M. Gallaspy, Treasurer;
Eugene Carleton, "Secretary ; E. S. Gilbert, Tyler.
Members—W. G. Bartlette. J. P. Dansby, W, D. Hunter. W. J. Jones, J. C. Mc-
Elroy, B. Stinekart.—Total, 18.
Exalted—W. D. Hunter.
Dues, $20 18, Convocations,-3d Thursday.
EMORY, No. 32—Black Hawk, Carroll County.
Officers for 1876—R. D. Meek, H. P.; C. J. Coleman, p. h. p., K.; B. F. Kit-
trell, S.; H. J. Reid, p. h. p., C. of H.; I. B. Eubanks, P. S.; T. H. Bibb, R. A. C.;
H. W. Cooley, M. 3d V.; W. P. Clement, M. 2d V.; J. T. Streater, M. 1st V.; W.
K. Turner, Treasurer; W. G. Ingram, Secretary; D. H. Jordan, Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. M. Johnson.
Members—W. R. Anderson, i- red Attneave, J. C. Bertron, W. B. Baker, G. W.
Comstock, A. D. Cook, J. W. Downer, S. A. Eggleston, J. M. Fanshcr, J. B. Gar-
rott, T. F. C. Hinson. W. B Helm, J. A. Hamilton, II. T. Hampton, J. H. Johnson,
L. N. Jenkins, |R. C. Jenkins, J. A. Lundy, H. B. McGee, B. H. McGehee, W. M.
McGehee. H. H. McGehee, J. W. McRae, R. B. Prince, W. B. Prince, J. H. Porter,
J. L. C. Pate A. J. Reeves, B. T. Sayer, J. C. Towns, T. S. Threadgill, H. S. Wade,
—Total, 45.
Died—Abner Stone, J. M. Hill. B. M. Hicks.
Dues, $45 45. Convocations, 4th Friday.
LAFAYETTE, No, 33—Oxford, Lafayette County.
Officers for 1876—J. M. Howry, p. g. h. p., H. P.; John H. MeKie.K.; James
R. Burney, S.; D. M. Smith, C. of H.; T. L. Harris, P. S.; N. A. Isom, R. A. C.; J.
H. Howry, M. 3d V.; C. Myer, M. 2d V.; J. S. Howard, M. 1st V.; T. J. Chandler,
Treasurer; Geo. W. Delbridge, Secretary; J. W. Sanders, Tyler.*
Past High Priest—C. H Bell.
Members—Josiah Able, W. E. Avent, T. L. Avent, R. C. Arnold, A. M. Arnold,
W. S. Burney, J. L. Boone, Edward Carter, J. H. Delbridge, I. A. Duncan, J. M.
Dooley, J. C Deloach, A. M. Graham, J. E. Hudgins, J. L. Kindel, T. H. Lynam,
Geo. A. Logan, P. H McCutchen, J. W. McPherson, E. M. Matthews, W. H. Mar-
shall, W. S. Neilson, M. W. Phillips, H. E. Rascoe, W. H. Sniither, A. H. Sanders,
G. W. Smith, Wm. Thompson, Henry' Worlev, Rob't Webster. W. W. Wyatt—
Total, 43.
Affiliated—M. W. Phillips. J. C. Deloach, J. S. Howard.
Dimitted—M. D. Vance, B. F. Houston.
Died—John Thompson, Dec. 22, 1875; P. J. Slate, July 12, 1875.
Dues, $43 43. Convocations, 3d Thursday.
* Not a member.
NESHOBA, No. 34—Laurel Hill, Neshoba County.
No Returns for 1874, 1875; last total reported, 19.
E. L. Lewis, H. P.; J. S. Lewis, Secretary.
LOUISVTLLE, No. 36—Louisville, Winston County.
Officers for 1876—J. D. Davis, II. P.; Geo. Y. Woodward, K.; William Barnes,
S.; L. Liebenfeld, C. of H.; H. C. Edwards, P. S.; Jas. C. Shaw, R. A 0.; John
D. Shaw, M. 3d V.; ,T. W. Parker, M. 2d V., Thos. P. M.King, M. 1st V.; M. A*
Metts,Treasurer; J. B. Gage, Secretary; C. H. Cagle, Tyler.
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RETURNS OF
Members—M. A. Coleman, J. H. Cornwell, J. L. Conner, W. H. Fox, E. Foster,
G. W. Fulton, J. C. Holmes, E. D. Hyde, T. B. Hooker, W. G. Hudson, D. A. Huff-
man, J. A. Graham, Z. T. Lee, B. B. Lindsey, J. D. McKinley, D. W. Metts, G. Y.
Metts, T. P. Metts, H. McQueen, J. B. Poteet, Rufus Sullivan, Ira Tucker, W. H.
Tabor, N. Woodward, J. M.Ware.—Total, 37.
Exalted—J L. Conner, Z. T. Lee.
Dimitted—H. J. D. Hendricks, John Kennedy, E. Gaston, A. Burroughs, in
1873; C. Y. Thompson, in 1874.
Dues, $41 37. Convocations, 3d Monday.
Note.—T. F. Holmes was incorrectly reported in membership last report. He
is still suspended for non-payment of dues.—Secretary.
UNION, No. 37—Richmond, Lee County.
Officers for 1876—George Martin, p. h. p., H. P.; G. W. Stovall, p. h. p., K.;
John Edwards, S.; J. M. Burns, C. of H.; T. H. Booth, P. S.; William Blythe, It.
A. C.; Thomas Brooks, M. 3d V.; J. W. Little, M. 2d V.; W. E. Estes, M. 1st V.; R.
S. Thomas, Treasurer; R. W. Palmer, Secretary; C. W. Wilman, Tyler.
Members—K. A. Armstrong, R. M. Bower, J. S. Carothers, A. Edwards, M. W.
Howard, J. R. Jamison, W. H. Keys, Ed. Martin, A. D. Martin, Eli Phillips, M.
Pound, H. J. Stone, J. P. Stovall, R. F. Shannon,* F. M. Threlkeld, H. C. Stovall,
J. W. Thomas, J. B. Webb.—Total, 30.
Exalted—C. W. Wilman, A. Edwards.
Reinstated—J. W. Thomas.
Dimitted—G. R. Madry.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—Robert Beene, William Cooper, A. C.
Tatum.
Dues, $41 30. Convocations, 4th Friday.
* Improperly reported as dimitted in previous Return.
MARSHALL, No. 40—North ML Pleasant, Marshall County.
Officers for 1876—M. H. Boyd, H. P.; F. M. Davis, K.; J. H. Shoffner, S.;
W. W. Walker, C. of H.; W. J. Coopwood, P. S.; H. W. Smythe, R. A. C.; George
W. Boling, M. 3d V.;^Jacob Albright, M. 2d V.; C. Sullivan, M. 1st V.; D. Smyth,
Treasurer; James W. Morton, Secretary; Y. C. Jowers, member of Corinth, No.
76, Tyler.
Members—Geo. W. Albright, Jas. Bates, R. A. Baird, D. F. Bates, J. F. Craw-
ford, J. W. Cavette, E. Cannon, T. B. Gatewood, A.J. Green, J. P. Hampton, Geo.
H. Hale, A. L. Jarratt, L. H. Knox, R. L. Knox, T. J. Lockhart, Benjamin Norris,
J. M. Oliphant, Asa L. Pearson, Garrett Parker, E. Roach, H. S. Badger, Jackson
Steel, A. J. Vaughn, J. R. Walker, J. C. Warren, Irvin West, J. E. Teel, P. M.
Teel, W. W. Tapscott, J. L. Mo»re.—Total, 42.
Reinstated—J. C. Warren, J. Lee Moore, James Bates, R. A. Baird, J. M. Oli-
phant, Asa L. Pearson, Garrett Parker, E. Roach, J. B. Walker.
Dmitted—D. A. Webb.
Dues, $-58 41; paid $52 42. Convocations, 1st Saturday.
AMITE, No. 41—Liberty, Amite County.
Returns for 1875 noi received; last total reported, 30.
Charles E. Davis, H.\ P.-.; B. F. Johns, Secretary.
TALLAHATCHIE, No. 44—Charleston, Tallahatchie County.
Officers for 1876—W. H. FitzGerald, H. P.; W. A. Alcorn, K.; G. B. Roter-
son, S.; W. R. Erwin, C. of H*: C. J. F. Meriwether, P. S.; F. W. Turner, R. A. C.;
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J. D. Steele, M. 3d V.; J. A. Ross, M. 2d V.; W. H. Roberson, M. 1st V.; J. S-
Bailey, Treasurer, J. W. Bellamy, Secretary, R. Quarles, Tyler.
Members—A. Ball, J. W. Buckley, John Blythe, T. E. Crofford, J. W. Erwin,
M. F. Holshouser, B, F. A. Lilly, James McClane, G. P. Rice, J. P. Rhew, Jerry
Robinson, J. J. Slack, N. P. Starke, F. A. Wilkerson, T. P. Walton.—Total, 27.
Dues, 27 27. Convocations, 3d Monday night.
ENTERPRISE, No. 45—Enterprise, Clarke County.
Officers for 1876—J. M. Hand, H. P.; James II. McCormick, K., S. J. Bins-
ham, S.; G. M. Shaw, C. of II.; A. V. Woolverton, P. S.; W. H. WoolvertOD, R. A.
C.; A. Gusman, M, 3d V.; S. W. Lee, M. 2d V.; John Kamper, M. 1st V.; Charles
Kramer, Treasurer, Frank, C. McGee, Secretary, G. J. Friend, Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. W. Winn.
Members—J. M. Buntyn, Ira J. Carter, F. S. Pickel.—Total, 16.
Exalted—G. J. Friend, W. II. Woolverton, Frank C. McGee.
Dimitted—Samuel Ballard.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—W. P. Davis, J. A. Andrews.
Dues, $22 16. Convocations, 2d Saturday.
VERONA, No. 47—Verona, Lee County.
Officers for 1876—R. C. Cunningham, H. P.; B. S. Trice, K.; Thos. B. Smith,
S.; R. L. Trice, C. of H.; P. A. Scales, P. S.; J. H. Garmon, R. A. C.; Z. W, Taylor,
M. 3d V.; W.R. Sims, M.2d V.; A. H. Raymond, M. 1st V.; ThoS. C. Weir, Treas-
urer; Thomas E. Cannon, Secretary, J. B. (Jhilders, Tyler.
Members—G. C. Bessonett, J. W. Bowen, J. S. Cobb, W. M. Cunningham, I. N.
Davis, William Gibson, H. W. Hunter, J. i. Hutto, J. R. Johnson, W. A. McCan-
less, B. R. McGaughy, George Murpliy, W. J. Norwood, William M. Pound, S. C.
Bobinson, H. H. Smith, Z. T. Trice, B. F. McWliorter.—Total, 30.
Affiliated—J. T. Hutto, George Murphy, Wm. M. Pound, William Gibson.
Dimitted—J. A. Peebles.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues—R. C. Clark.
Dues, $33 29. Convocations, 3d Wednesday.
RIPLEY, No. 48—Ripley, Tippah County.
Officers for 1876—John Y. Murry, p. h. p., H. P.; John II. Buchanan, p. h. p.,
K.; J. C. Spight, S.; II. A. Stubbs, C. of H.; W. D. Carter, p. h. p., P. S.; H. T.
Counceille, R. A. C.; G. A. Human, M. 3d V.; S. P. Nabers, M. 2d V.; A. C. Ruck-
er, p. h. p., M. 1st V.; J. E. Rogers, p. h. p., Treasurer; C. L. Harris, Secretary,
J. T. Martin, Tyler.
Members—E. A. Cox, J. A. Crook, B. W. Dickson, J. S. Downen, R. I. Hill, E.
F. Jordan, J. O. Kelly, Mose McCarlcy, M. F. Rogers, W. W. Robinson, B. B.
Rutherford, W. 0. Rutherford, W. B. Spight, A. II. Wilson, Samuel White, H. F.
Wells, J. W. Wilson, W. T. Young.—Total, 30.
Died—C.P. Miller, August 23, 1875; L. S. McCown, October 5, 1875.
Dues, $30 30. Convocations, 2d Wednesday.
NEW ALBANY, No. 49—New Albany, Union County.
Officers for 1876—J. H. Dalton, II. P.; J. A. Hearne, p. n. p., K.; E. M. Coker,
S • T W. Russey, C. of H.; N. A. Wilkins, P. S.; J. H. Williamson, R. A. C.; A. F.
Yerbv M. 3d V.; T. II. Smith, M. 2d V.; W. C. Gillen, M. 1st V.: Adlai Beard,
Treasurer; S. D. Owen, Secretary; Wyand Pennebaker, Tyler.
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RETURNS OF
Members—,T. J. Anderson, J. B. Butler, J. H. Crump, J. T. Duff, J.J. Davis, B.
F. Dorsey, F. W. Cullins, W. M. Ellis, J. H. Embry, A. H. Ferguson, G. W. Hall,
A. C. Gregory, J. A. Hill, W. J. Huston, E. D. Hogge, W. M. Love, B. C. S. Mc-
Alister, J. A. McBryde,* C. G. Mitchell, J. A. Bobbins, W. L. Reynolds, E. Y.
Reaves, W. P. Smith, J. W. Smith, W. B. Sanford, Isaac Smith, William C. Tally,
William West, T. A. J. Wade, N. S. Watson, J.M. Wood, J. S. Swafford, Z. J. Tate,
W. F. Davis, G. W. Dorsey, W. H. Harris.—Total, 48.
Exalted—T. J. Taylor, S. D. Owen, Z. J. Tate, W. F. Davis.
Dimitted—T. J. Taylor, J. W. Douglas, J. L. Young.
Died—Jefferson Grr, January 14, 1875.
Dues, $56 48. Convocations, 1st Friday.
* Not reported for 1874.
MOUNT CARMEL, No. 50—Mount Carrnel, Covington County.
Officers for 1876—Isaac Williams, H. P.; Nathan Barnes, K.; Neil Mathi-
son, S.; J. L. Beavers, C. of H.; J.N. Mclnnis, P. S.; William Rutledge, R. A.
C.; Benjamin Lenard, M. 3d V.; G. C. Buchanan, M. 2d V.; Peter Fairly, M. 1st
V.; J. M. Applewhite, Treasurer'; L. W. Gray, Secretary; C. S. Brinson, Tyler.
Members—M. L. Banks, John Buckhalter, J. A. Bass, Jerry Bass, Wilson
Price, W. L. Strahan.—Total, 18.
Affiliated—G. C. Buchanan.
Dimitted—W. R. Hooker, Hambric Hooker.
Died—John McRaney, March 7, 1875.
Dues, $27 18. Convocations, Friday before the 1st Saturday.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, No. 51— Chulahoma, Marshall County.
Returns for 1875 not received; last total reported, 30.
R. P. Bowen, H.\ P.'.; J. H. Alexander, Secretary.
PA TTON, No. 52—Lauderdale Station, Lauderdale County.
Officers for 1876—R. McKinley, H. P.; J. C. Porter, K.; L. H. Wedgeworth,
S.; C. Hoffman, C. of H.; W. R. McKinley, P. S.; E. Moore, R. A. C.; J. L. Nun-
nery, M. 3d V.; R. B. Wilder, M. 2d V.; Robert Taylor, M. 1st V.; John Sander-
ford, Treasurer?; L. Klein, Secretary; E. W. Smithwick, Tyler.
Past Grand High Priest—W. S. Patton.
Members—C. M. Kelley, J. L. Simmons. T. Y. Armstrong, Robt. Brown, Henry
Chiles, J. W. Crawley, John Dove, S. P. Kennedy, Wm. Moore, J. W. Martin, R.
W. Miller, C. G. Miller, .T. G. Mc Arthur, Lewis Ochs, Thomas Simmons, J. W.
Peace.—Total, 29.
Dimitted—Hyman Yaretzkey.
Died—E. R. Perkins, November, 1875.
Dues, $29 29. Convocations, Friday before 1st Saturday.
BETHESDA, No. 55—West Station, Holmes County.
Returns for 1875 not received; last total reported, 19.
Ira R. Greer, H.\ P.-.; S. Wr. Land, Secretary.
WRIGHT, No. 56—Independence, Tate County.
Officers for 1876—B. R. Chambliss, H. P.; J. W. Bowaen, K.; G. A. Wilson,*
S.; J. P. MeCrackin, C. of H.; W. W. Grady, P. S.; A. Caradine, R. A. C.; J. C.
Graham, M. 3d V.; W. R. P. Jones, M. 2d V.; G. R. Sandidge, M. 1st V.; Robert
Jamison, Treasurer; J. T. Harry, Secretary ; James A. Harrison, Tyler.
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Members—D. W. Allen, Josiah Daily, J. A. Harris, W. F. Walker, A. J. Wal-
lace.—Total, 17.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—R. C. Orr, A. Cathev, Evan Perry. D.
J. Perry, W. P. Eason.
Dues, $17 17. Convocations, 4th Saturday.
*It should appear how G. A. Wilson obtained membership, this being the first
time that his name appears on Returns.—Gr. Sec't.
BALD WYN, No. 57—Baldwyn, Lee County.
Officers for 1876—James L. Finley, H. P.; E. J. Williams, K.; J. A. Thomp-
sop, S.; J. H. Kennedy, r. h. p., C. of H.: B. W. Stubbs, P. S.. B. A. P. Selman,
R. A. C.; W. B. Williams, M. 3d V.; Gideon McDowel/.M. 2d V.; J. A. Lowry, M.
1st V.; L. L. Harwell, Treasurer; Thos. B. Stubbs, Secretary ; John Stevenson,
Tyler.
Past High Priests—W. R. H. Mosely, P. M. Savery, R. II. Allen, A. G.
Crockett.
Members—C. H. Allen, J. J. Andrews, John D. Bills, T. N. Butler, J. R. Bris-
tow, C. P. Calahan, John G. Cole, S. W. Hankins. J. M. Herring, T. W. Houston,
David Johnson, W. W. Lowry. Owen Lucas§ M. D. McWhorter, E.Oliver, Wm.
Pannell, J. P. Robinson, W. J. Rogers. R. J. Rogers, Thomas G. Stocks, B. B.
Sanders, A. D. Sadler, F. H. Stubbs, I. R. Wallis, James Watson, J.R. Williams.
Total, 42.
Exalted—C. P. Calahan, J. A. Lowry, Gideon McDowel.
Affiliated—J. L. Finley.
Dimitted—R. E. Delany.
Dues, $48 42. Convocations, 2d Thursday.
SHUBUTA, No. 59—DeSoto, Clarice County.
Officers for 1876—M. B. Knight, H. P.: 0. B. Collins, K.; A. Boyken, S.; J.
Sumrall, C. of H.; W. H. West, P. S,; S. H. Terrall, R. A. C.; John W. Weems, M.
3d Y.; J. H. Barbor, M. 2d V.. R. J. McLeod, M. 1st V.; S. Scarbrougb, Treasurer;
Jno. S. Dabbs, Secretary; R. D. Weems, Tyler.
Past High Priest—G. W. Ferrell.
Members—T. C. Bethea, Jacob Hurst, L. S. Morrison, D. R. Red.
Reinstated—W. H. West.
Dimitted—J. A. Garrard.
Dues. $19 17. Convocations, 3d Saturday.
PANOLA, No. 60—Batesville, Panola County.
Officers for 1876—R. M. Kyle, H. P.; P. V. Lester, K.; W. W. Caldwell, S.;
L. D. Nickles, C. of H.; W. H.Brown. P. S.; G. W. Thetford, R. A. C.; W. J. Sim-
mons, M. 3d V.; M. L. Aldridge, M.2d V.; D. J. Goff, M. 1st V.; J. M. Bayles,
Treasurer; J. M. Cox, p. h. p., Secretary; A. J. Browder, Tyler.
Past High Priest—F. Moore.
Members—T. P. Brown, L. J. Ballard, David Butts, J. J. B.vers, J. A. Cooper,
William Dugger, W. S. Harris, H. W. Harris, H. A. Johnson, William Lester, R.
S. Littleton, T, H. Moore, E. C. Maxwell, J. H. Nelms, M. N. Phillips, D. A.
Richards, W. E. Stone, Isaac Silverstone, M. II Trantham, D. M. Whitten, J. C.
Wright.—Total, 34.
Affiliated—D. A. Richards.
Dimitted—W. S. Hudson, Samuel Martin.
Died—Peter Hubbard, November, 1875.
Dues, 34 34. Convocations, 2d Thursday.
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EUREKA, No. 61—Goodman, Holmes County.
Officers for 1876—D. Mitchell, p. h. p, H. P.: J. H. Douglas. K.: W. M. Wade,
S.; M. L. Harman, C. of H.; B. L. Taylor, P. S.; W. J. Taylor, R. A. C.; Geo. T.
Hazier,t, M. 3d V.; H. Burkenroad, M. 2d V.; W. S. Henley, M. 1st V.; J. F.
McMillan, Treasurer; W. H. Magruder, Secretary; R. J. Moody, Tvler.
Members—C. M. Ashley, J. M. Boon, J. G. Cain, W. J. Hall, S. 0. Jenkins, J.
W. Mitchell, B. L. Norvell, D. G-. Pepper, J. J. Pickens, S. W. Smith, J. W. Tag-
gart, 0. H. P. Tackett, John Tackett, W. B. Turner, W. 1). Young.—Total, 27.
Exalted—Geo. T. Hazlett, J. M. Boon, W. J. Hall.
Dimitted—R. Smith.
Dues, $33 27. Convocations, 2d Saturday.
DOVER, No. 64—Dover, Yazoo County.
Officers for 1876—R. W. Shipp, H. P.; R. P. Fraiser, K.; B. L. Sandidge, S.;
A. M. Hicks, C. of H.; W. T. Hodge, P. S.; W. G. N. Strickland, R. A. C.; J. W.
Kirk, M. 3d V.; J. T. Jordan, M. 2d V.; J. W. Martin, M. 1st V.; J. A. Cheatham,
Treasurer; W. H. Collins, p. h. p., Secretary ; J. H. Ferriss, Tyler.
Past High Priest—V. H. Fugate.
Members—J. G. B. Collins, M. P. Cheatham, W. F. Gartley, J. R. Mosley, L.
Rice, C. M. White.—Total, 19.
Reinstated—W. F. Gartley, B. L. Sandidge.
Dimitted—S. D. Robertson.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—T. E. Bradshavv.
Dues, $21 19. Convocations, 4th Saturda3T.
CHICKASA W, No. 65—Cumberland, Sumner County.
No Returns for 1874, 1875; last total reported, 21.
J. H. McLendon, H.\ P.-.; J. A. White, Secretary.
RIENZI, No. 66—Rienzi, Alcorn County.
Officers for 1876—J. F. Arnold, H. P.; J. W. Stevens, Sr., K.; W. H. H.
Boone, S.; Charles W. Williams, Jr., C. of H.; John W. Stevens, Jr., P. S.; John
G. Barton, R. A. C.; W. W. Fertick, M. 3d V.; Jesse Johnsey, M. 2d V.; 0. D.
Fitzgerald, M. 1st V.; Ed. L. Spencer, Treasurer; John C. Johnston, Secretary;
Wm. C. Sledge, Tyler.
Members—Ed. W. Carmack, M. B. Feemster, John Gordon, E. P. Hoshall,
Robert Henderson, Randolph Mott, Wm. H. McDougal, Wm. M. Ross, E. F.
Sorell, B. C. Stanley, Wm. A. Taylor, C. W. Williams, Si\, 1. N. Whiteside, Wm.
Williams, B. F. Williams,—Total,"27.
Dimitted—Andrew Cathey, W. L. Martin, Pry or Scally.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. S. Britton, W. C. Blythe, J. P.
Farris, S. J. Jumper, J. W. Lowrance, J. W. Morris, Wm. S. Martin, Samuel A.
Nicholson, John Wilson.
Dues, $27 27. Convocations, 1st Thursday.
EUCLID, No. 67—Cockrum, DeSoto County.
Officers for 1876—A. F. Powers, p. h. p., H. P.; H. H. Collins, K.; J. G. Ed-
wards, S.; B. F. Lewis, C. of H.; J. C. Langston, P. S.; J. W. McCall, R. A. C.;
H. G. Merritt, M. 3d V.; H. B. Laughter, M. 2d V.; Jesse Greer, M. 1st V.; S. C.
Powers, Treasurer; J. W. Lide, Secretary; J. R. Hollo way, Tyler.
Past High Priest.—W. P. Bowen.
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Members—G. H. Anderson, J. W. Beall, T. "VV. Bryant, Jared Collins, T. M.
Dean, J. H. Dean, G. W. Fogg, J. J. Ingram, II. Ingram, Ransom Lea, H. B.
Manes. H. C. Morehead, J. C. Phillips, C. H. Phillips, W. L. Parsons, AVilliam
Robinson, R. P. Riley, J. B. Ship, T. A. Sharp, John Thomas, P. W. Williams, T.
W. Wheeler J. J. Brooks, W. K. Hope, A. M. Harwell.—Total, 38.
Died—S. 0. B. Crockett, September, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—C. W. Mobley, John Richardson, C. E.
Smith.
Dues, $38 38. Convocations, 2d Saturday.
DENT H. MILES, No. 72—Satartia, Yazoo County.
Officers for 1876—William Richards, H. P.; Asa Sibley, K.; John Pugh, S.;
John S. Stampley, C. of H.; James Newbaker, P. S.; T. H. White, R. A. C.; James
W. Brigman, M. 3d V.; G. W. Jones, M. 2d V.; W. W. Wiles, M. 1st V.; C. H.
McAlpine, Treasurer ; W. W. Lumbley, Secretary; J. H. Martin, Tyler.
Past High Priest—W. T. Williams.
Members—J. R. Bell, S. H. Childress, W. H. Causey, W. D. Gibbs, L. II. Jones,
R.G.Johnson, T. R. Holloman, F. M. Haning, W.H.Richardson, W. A. Mans-
field, C. H. Wilder, P. G. Hilderbrand.*—Total, 25.
Affiliated—W. A. Mansfield.
Died—Geo. O. Smith, April, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—John W. Jones, Sr., Isaac Hamberlin
J. H. McCutcher.
Dues. $25 25. Convocations, 2d Saturday.
*Was omitted, and not accounted for.—Gr. Sec'y.
WARD, No. 73—Senatobia, Tate County.
Officers for 1876—John E. Matthews, H. P.; Osborn F. West, K.; John S.
Jones, S.; David T. Neighbors, C. of H'; Robert Steward, P. S.; Wm. A. Embry,
R. A. C.; R. L. Wait, M. 3d V.; William T. Cole, M. 2d V.; William W. Gilmore,
M. 1st V.; William II. Wilburn, Treasurer; Robert J. Carter, Secretary; E. C.
Townsend, Tyler.
Members—M. L. Benge, J. C. Miller, J. T. Miller, J. L. Mabry, A. P. Sage, D.
H. A. Sanders, 0. H. P. Staton, A. H. Toombs, L. 0. Underwood, J. M. Veatch, R.
P. White, J. M. Williams.—Total, 24.
Reinstated—A. H. Toombs.
Dlfrn—P. C. Lee, February 23, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. P. Pickle.
Dues, $25 24. Convocations, 3d Friday night.
W. D. FERRISS, No. 74—Deasonville, Yazoo County.
Officers for 1876—W. D. Ferriss, p. g. h. p., H. P.; Z. Pepper, p. h. p., K.;
William Hewitt, S.; J. J. Pepper, C. of H.; W. C. Day, P. S.; B. H. Griffin R. A.
C.; Lewis Moore, M. 3d V.; D. B. Harris, M. 2d Y.; C. A. Ferriss, M. 1st V.; J.
W. Penney, Treasurer ; B. F. Williams, Secretary; Reuben Warren, Tyler.
Members—Thomas B. Alsop, James H. Burrus, J. F. Hendricks, R. Ledbetter,
E. A. Moore, W. A. Hendricks, W. A. Stricklin, J. J. Sims, S. Z. Dixon, J. W.
Rickets, M. B. Lamb, A. G. Pepper, J. L. Deason, C. R. Henderson, R. McAtee.—
Affiliated—J. L. Deason, M. B. Lamb, A. G. Pepper, Lewis Moore.
Dimitted—A. R. Blalock, D. Bunch, J. W. C. Smith, J. F. Green, W. E. Glassey,
J. H. Elliott, A. H. Johnson, R. M. Middleton, J. A. Sconyers, L. B. Warren,
William Ewing.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—L. P.King, W.Q. Smith, D.W.Thomas,
D A Stubblefield, J. M. Chisholm.
Dues, $27 27. Convocations, 3d Saturday.
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WALNUT GROVE, No. 75—Enon, Perry County.
Returns for 1875, not received ; last total reported, 22.
J. M. Bradley, Jr., H.\ P.-.; Jehn Gillis, Secretary.
CORINTH\ No. 76—Corinth, Alcorn County.
Officers for 1876—R. J. Fleming, p. h. p., H. P.; E.J. Hostetter, p. h. p.; K.;
L. M. New, p. h. p., S.; J. P. Collier, C. of H.; J. W. McAnulty, P. S.; D. Baum,
R. A. C., John E. Young, M. 3d V.; E. H. Bradley, M. 2d V.; R. V. Manston, M.
1st Y.; A. Rubel, Treasurer; R. M. Young, Secretary; John Butler, Tyler.
Past High Priest—E. C. Gillenwaters.
Members—Eugene Allen, J. H. Bradley, T. F. Brewer, D. W. Babh, J. W.
Dorsey, C. P. Elgin, Jesse Gurley, William H. Gilbert, K. M. Harrison, Thomas
Irions, D. L. James, A. E. Joyner, T. C. Jowers, W. H. Kilpatrick, James Mc-
Amis, W. L. Martin, A. J. Morgan, Rufus McCord, D. L. Malone, W. B. Pannell,
S. L. Paine, J. C. Potts, Bernard Quinn, W. S. Reynolds, C. F. Sawyers, J. M.
Stone, S. H. Simmons, H. C. Smith, M. M. Sanders, Lewis Strauss, F. E. Whit-
field, J. W. Wright, T. P. Young, Sr., A. J. Yancy, T. P. Young, Jr., W. E. Wood.
—Total, 49.
Exalted—R. V. Manston, Rufus McCord, J. C. Potts, A. Rubel, Lewis Strauss,
T. P. Young, Jr.
Affiliated—K. M. Harrison.
Dimitted—B. H. Bounds, F. 0. Tobin.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. J. Collier, W. W. Dancer, Creed
Dobbins, J. T. Freeman, J. W. Gooch, Walker Lynn, T. R. Murray, C. McCord,
J. M. New, W. A. Overton, T. H. Padgett, R. W. Ritchie, L. P. Scruggs, J. W.
Stephenson, B. Samuels, T. D. Duncan.
Dues, $54 48. Convocations, 3d Thursday.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, No. 77— Crystal Springs, Copiah County.
Officers for 1876—H. J. Harris, p. h. p., H. P.; John Terry, K.; J. C. Alford, S.;
E. W. Corly, p. h. p., C. of H.; T. J. Cammack, P. S.; A. J. Sturgis, p. h. p., R. A. C.;
T. M. Barr, M. 3d V.; S. D. Robertson, M. 2d V.; B. A. Smith, M. 1st V.; J. D.
Cammack, Treasurer; A. L. Williams, Secretary; J. W. Bailey, Tyler.
Members—A. F. Andre, James Bridges, W. P. Barnes, W. D. Carmichel, J. W.
Didlake,~J. 0. Haley, Alex. Hunter, 0. P. Holliday, W. M. Keathley, A. Mcintosh,
C. Osborn, S. Renno, L. J. Rhymes, W. J. Smith.—Total, 27,
Affiliated—H. J. Harris, W. P. Barns.
Reinstated—A. F. Andre, J. O. Haley, W. M. Keathley, A. Hunter.
Dimitted—M. R. Jones, J. M. Coor,* A. T. Wolfe.
Died—E. N. Sumrall, November 8,1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. H. Mcintosh, D. P. Welch, B. F.
Cann, G. N. Lack.
Dues, 47 27. Convocations, Friday before 3d Saturday.
* Exalted, 1870, but never i*eturned as a member.
WINONA, No. 78—Winona, Montgomery County.
Officers for 1876—T. C. Parish, H. P.; Frank Hawkins, K.; W. G. Gunn, S.
T. H. Walker, C. of H.; Walter Trotter, P. S.; C. H. Campbell. R. A. C.; S. Weiner,
M. 3d V.; D. L. Sweatman, M. 2d V.; James Collins, M. 1st V.; W. W. Marshall,
Treasurer; J. J. Campbell, Secretary; John Killings worth, Tyler.
Members—H. H. Hudgins, J. W. May, H. D. Money, W. J. Nugent, F. M.
Shyrock, G. A. Spivey.—Total, 18.
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Exalted—C. H. Campbell, D. L. Sweatman, Walter Trotter.
Affiliated—James Collins, Frank Hawkins, H. D. Money, T. H.Walker.
Reinstated—John Hollingswortli.
Dimitted—A. H. Booth, J. M. Wells, T. A. Baskin, J. A. Pyron.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—C. M. Brooke, W. H. Johnson, R. D.
Palmer, A. C. Stovall.
Dues, $28 18. Convocations, 2d Friday.
BROOKHA VEN, No. 80—Brookhaven, Lincoln County.
Officers for 1876—B. T. Atkins, H. P.; Charles Heuck, K.; E. Pfeifer, S.;
James A. Hoskins, C.of H.; Henry Lewenthal, P. S.; J. W. McMillan, R. A. C.;
A. E. Morton, M. 3d V.; E. Bowsky, M. 2d V.; A. E. Maxwell, M. 1st V.; E. E.
Seavey, Treasurer; Abram Scherck, Secretary; B. Hudnal Tyler.
Members—R. R. Applewhite, E. R. Applewhite, David Applewhite, Luther
Blue, E. D. Bagley, J. W. Boone, A. 0. Cox, J. B. Deason, C. K. Harvey, A. J.
Martin, S. H. Whitworth, K. R. Webb, H. F. Johnson, E. P. Bailey.—Total, 26.
Reinstated—A. O. Cox, B. Hudnal, Charles Heuck.
Died—John H. Stewart, December 15, 1876.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—E. Knapp.
Dues, $39 26—paid $28 Convocations, 4th Thursday.
S. II. JOHNSON, No. 81—Hazlehurst, Copiah County.
Officers for 1876—J. A. Hull, H. P.; M. J. Massengill, K.; J. R. Groome, S.
H. H. Cook, C. of H.; James W. Anderson, P. S.; A. P. Barry, R. A. C.; J. R. For
tenberry, M. 3d V.; T. J. Catching, M. 2d V.; George T.Howard, M. 1st V.
George Rea, Treasurer; J. L. Ard, Secretary; D. K. Coor, Tyler.
Members—M. Beasley, W. H. Bondurant, J. B. Catching, R. K. Coor, M. Faler
W. M. Haley, Allen Harris, T. A. Henry, Josiah Hester, G. W. Kilcrease, D. B
Low, R. W. Millsaps. J. B. Middleton, R. D. Middleton, B. F. Martin, A. L. Potter
W. P. Poole, Joseph Price, T.J. Ramsey, W. J. Rea, S. T. Rogers, W. H. Stlireshley
Samuel Wilson, W. J. Wilson.—Total, 36.
Affiliated—J. B. Catching.
Died—Morris Cook, October 31, 1875; S. H. Johnson, January 22, 1875.
Dues, $36 36. Convocations, 1st Saturday.
STARK VILLE, No. 82—Starkville, Oktihbeha County.
No Returns for 1874, 1875; last total reported, 19.
C. N. Terry, H.\ P.\; H. C. Powers, Secretary.
SUMMERVILLE, No. 83—Gholson, Noxubee County.
No Returns for 1874,1875; last total reported, 17.
Thomas S. Gathright, H.\ P.-.; M, Edwards, Secretary.
SALEM, No. 85—Union Church, Jefferson County.
No Return for 1875; last total reported, 32.
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OA TO, No. 89—Cato, Rankin County.
Officers for 1876—John Russell, H. P.; John Morrison, K.; C. H. Baker, S.;
P. H. Overby, C. of H.; T. C. Clark, P. S • D. V. Rankin, R. A. 0.; John Colquhoun,
M. 3d V.; S. H. Mangum, M. 2d V.; W. J. Kennedy, M. 1st V.; T. J. Franklin,
Treasurer; F. M. Martin, Secretary; Esaue Bass, Tyler,
Members—IV. H. Barnette, G. W. Barnette, Archy Colquhoun, F, H, C, Dent,
J.M.Dent, U. P. Dent, Everette Floyd, W. L. Manning, C. R.Norman, S. L.
Tucker, V. T. Powell, William Williams.—Total, 24.
Exalted—D. V. Rankin, V. T. Powell, Wm. Williams.
Died—0. L. Corley, May 17, 1875.
Dues, $30 24. Convocations, 4th Saturday.
SUMMIT, No. 90—Summit, Pike County.
Officers for 1876—George Nicholson, H. P.; George T. Gracey, i\ h. p., K.;
W. T. Tyler, i». n. p., S.; J. IVioyse, p. h. p.,, C. of H.; E. H. Mogan, P. S.; Sam.
Hyman. R. A. C.; J. J. Englehorn. M. 3d V.; Jacob Haid, M. 2d V., N. Greener,
M. 1st V- H. Hiller, Treasurer; A. A. Boyd, Secretary; C. II. Lyster, Tyler.
Past High Priest—B. Haynes.
Members—H. S. Anderson, W. F. Cain, E. W. Flowers, W. H. H. Garr, Ben.
Hilborn, George W. Huffman, Sol. Hyman, Jehu May, J. D. McDowell, W. F. Mc-
Dowell, John McClanahan, H. M. Norman, J. G. Parsons, N. M. Tidwell, S.
Wolf, L. Wolfe, N. Williams, H. Wallace.—Total, 31.
Reinstated—W. F. McDowell.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—D. H. Quinn.
Dues, $32 31 Convocations, 2d Friday.
CENTER RIDGE, No. 93—Center Ridge, Kemper County.
Officers for 1876—E. Roberts, H. P.; G. J. Fortner, K.; J. C. Gilbert, S.; Albert,
Roberst, C. of H.; J. T. Ross, P. S.; J. P. Mcllvain, R. A. C.; J. C. Carpenter, M. 3d
V.; N. Grace, M. 2d V* McM. Hudson, M. 1st V.; A.Sanders, Treasurer; A.
Fowler, Secretary; R. H. Harmon, Tyler.
Past High Priest—James Watts.
Members—R. G. Betsill, J. R. Brittain, C. C. Creed, A. G. Ellis, W. J. Flake
A. Lilly, L. M. McLenden, Wm. M.Rusk,* John Spinks, II.D. White, John White.
—Total, 24.
Exalted—J. P. Mcllvain, Albert Roberts, John Spinks.
Reinstated—William M. Rush.
Dues, $31 24—paid $29 23. Thursday before 3d Saturday.
* Initials variously given in the Returns.
D URANT, No. 94—Durant, Holmes County.
No Returns for 1875; last total reported, 28.
C. T. Murphy, H. P.; James Hays, Secretary.
WEST POINT, No. 95—West Point, Colfax County.
Officers—James H. Shipman, H. P.; B. F. Capshaw, K.; A. C. Echols, S.; W. F.
Franks,Crof H.; J. H. L. Gerdine, P. S.; George F. Coleman, R. A. C.; E. C. Spald-
ing, M.3d V.; J. G. Baptist, M. 2d V.; I. Frenkell, M. 1st V.; H. W. Henley,
Treasurer; J. W. Turbeville, Secretary; J. D. Travis, Tyler.
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Members—Henry Anderson, A. S. Gerdine, George T. Baber, J. K. Allen, P. B.
Dugan, G. Messerole, R. B. Miller, W. W. Robinson, P. Stricter, P. W. Taylor,
Jerry Troy, W. G. White.—Total, 24.
Exalted—J. W. Turbeville, Jr., Geo. F. Coleman, E. C. Spalding.
Dimitted—R. W. Evans.
Died—P. H. White, July 31, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—B. T. Palmer, B. F. Williams, B. A.
Duncan, R. L. Cannon.
Cues, $30 24. Convocations, 3d Friday.
McCONNICO, No. 96—Water Valley, Yalobusha County.
Officers for 1876—John H. Wilson, p. ii. p., H. P.; W. P. Painter, K.; J. O .
Hendricks, S.; Thomas J. West, p. h. p., C. of H.: John K. Fulson, p. h. p., P. S.;
William H. Biles, R. A. C.; C. Montgomery, M. 3d V.; J. T. Berry, M. 2d V.; J.
B. Hudspeth, M. 1st V.; H. E. Wagner, Treasurer; L. M. Lawshe, p. h. p., Secre-
tary; W. F. Palmore, Tyler.
Past High Priest—M. D. L. Stephens.
Members—John Anderson, Gus. Berglund, N. W. Berglund, W. E. Bew, James
Blackmer, E. Badlev, J. K. Brown, J. E. Becton, S. B. Brown, G. F. Benson, A. S.
Campbell, J. W. Copeland, E. C. Davidson, G. W. Fulmer, H. C. Goode, F. H.
Green, W. S. Harrison, J. A. Harten, J. C. Knight, J. S. McKay, T. J. McFarland,
JohnKirby, J. Q. Morrison, S. B. MeConnico, D. W. Rogers, W. P. Fowler, Wm.
Taliafero, Henry White, D. R. Wagner, M. D. Wilson, P. D. Woods, G. A. Sims.—
Total, 45.
Exalted—W. P. Fowler, S. B. Brown. G. F. Benson.
Dimitted—S. W. McDonald, Thomas J. Bell.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—H. Gibbon, J. D. Berglund, J. C. But-
ler, B. H. Carr, C. P. Kenneday, p. h. p., W. H. Leach, J. C. Nations, F. W.
Whitsey.
Dues, $51 45. Convocations, 1st Thursday.
R. W. PAINE, No. 97—Morton, Scott County.
Officers for 1876—A. P. Sims, H. P.; T. W. McCaul, K.; J. A. Chambers, S.;
L. R. Moore, C. of H.; Mark Myers, P. S.; William Bland, R. A. C.; J. D. Fincli,
M. 3d Y.; B. P. Cawthorn, M. 2d V.; W. L. Lowry, M. 1st V.; W. J. Flanagan,
Treasurer; H. O. Pettus, Secretary; Wash. Jennings, Tyler.
Past High Priest—T. F. Pettus.
Members—J. D. Furgerson, D. L. H. Mitchell, John R. Owen.—Total 16.
Died—H. H. Moore, April 28,1875.
Dues, $16. Convocations, 1st Monday.
McDONALD, No. 98—Ashland, Benton County.
Officers for 1876—J. M. McDonald, H. P.; R. L. Bouton, K.; M. J. Cox, S.;
B. T. Kimbrough, C. of H.; W. P. Bouton, P. S.; W. A. Campbell, R. A. C.; C.::;
M. Cooper, M. 3d V.; J. A. Cox, M. 2d V.; J. R. Landreth, M. 1st V.; J. P. Win-
get, Treasurer; N. W. Bouton, Secretary; Lewis Glenn, Tyler.
Members—A. M. Ayres, J. J. Brown, S. D. Bookout, J. W. Byrd, John T. Beck,
L. P. Cossett., L. M. Carruth, H. R. Caldwell, G. N. Dickerson, J. M. Finger, J. J.
Hicks William Hudspeth, J. W. Johnson, William Katz, F. T. Leak, D. A. Mc-
Donald J. B. Montgomery, D. W. McKenzie, A. G. Parrett, J. H. Prescott, W. G.
PPD-rnm J R. Roberts, H. G. Spencer, R. J. Sharp, R. F. Swan, R. W. Tate,
D B Wright, J. W. Winborn.—Total, 40.
'Dimitted—Benj. Bright, J. Godsey, H. F. Lipford.
Dues $40 40. Convocations, 4th Wednesday.
* J M Cooper in last Return.
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RETURNS OF
TOOMSUBA, No. 99—Toomsuba, Lauderdale County.
Officers for 1876—John R. McLaurin, H. P.; W. V. H. White, K.; D. Kelly,
S.; J. G. Knox, C. of H ; H. D. Cameron, P. S.; S. H. Shannon, R. A. C.; R. P.
Pearce, M. 3d V.; T. S. Pigford, M. 2d V.; Geo. Bancroft, M. 1st V.
Dues, $9 09. Convocations, 2d Saturday.
Note.—There was no Return received from this Chapter for 1874. In the
Return for 1873, the following were reported in membership, and are not ac-
counted for in the present Return : W. A. Sims, J. P. Welch, W. W. Mitchell, 0.
P. Hunter, W. C. Day, Thos. Graham, W. H. Moody, A. A. Pringle.—Grand
Secretary.
A TTALA, No. 100— Wells P. O., Attala County.
Officers for 1876—N. C. Wasson, H. P.; W. B. Barmore, K.; A. J. Moore, S.!
M. D. Wasson, C. of H.; E. Treadway, P. S.; E. A. P. Lucas, R. A. C.; L. G. W-
Harrison, M. 3d V.; E. S. Toler, M. 2d V.; J. H. Sweat, M. 1st V.; Jas. A, Wasson)
Treasurer; C. G. Harris, Secretary; W. T. Sweat, Tyler.
Past High Priest—J. G. Riley, S. C. Conley.
Members—W. W. Adams, J. G. Carlisle, J. N. Cook, S. B. Carter, W. O. Holt,
T. S. Proctor, N. N. Sweat, J. M. Thompson.—Total, 22.
Exalted—J. N. Cook, S. B. Carter, N. N. Sweat.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—W. J. Adams.
Dues, $28 22. Convocations, 4th Saturday.
COFFEEVILLE, No. 101— Coffeeville, Yalobusha County.
Officers for 1876—F. P. Tempel, H. P.; J. J. Melton, K.; J. L. Collins, S.; W.
C. Shackelford, C. of H.; A. L. Guntharp, p. h. p., P. S.; J. P. Kelly, R. A. C.;
W. J. Clark, M. 3d V.; S. M. Ross, M. 2d V.; J. W. Seay, M. 1st. V.; G. P. Bondu-
rant, Treasurer; J. D. Haile, Secretary; M. A. Perkins, Tyler.
Past High Priest—H. Ray.
Members—W. Brannon, J. C. Brannon, D. E. Cannon, J. L. Eskridge, W. B.
Hooper, R. W. Jones, C. J. W. Murphree, E. 0. Perkins, R. W. Perkins, S. H.
Selliger, J. 0. Yann, B. E. Williams, B. L. Wynn, L. R. Wilson, W. D. York.—
Total, 28.
Dimitted—J. A. P. Kennedy, p. h. p.; 0. W. Shipp, Henry Gaines, I. T. Blount,
T. H. Walker.
Died—W. R. Spencer, March 23d, 1875.
Suspended (for non-payment of dues)—J. C. Hannah, M. P. Durden, E. W.
Smith.
Dues, $28 28. Convocations, 2d Tuesday.
GREENWOOD, No. 102—Greenwood, Leflore County.
Officers for 1876—J. K. Allen, H. P.; R. S. McLemore, K.; S. T. East, S.;
A A. Stoddard, C. of H.; W. A. Gillespie, P. S.; D. A. Outlaw, R. A. C.; W. T.
Jones, M. 3d V.; E. D. Bondurant, M. 2d V.; Gideon Montjoy, M. 1st V.; J. H.
Lucas, Treasurer; L. L. Casey, Secretary; L. Upshur, Tyler.
Members—Sidney Auter, C. E. Grant, T. G. Ledbetter, P. P. McLemore, J. Y.
McNeil, T. K. Nelson, Wm. Warmock.—Total, 19.
Dimitted—Jake Yondorf.
Dues, $19 19. Convocations, on or preceding the full moon.
CHEER Y CREEK, No. 103—Cherry Creeh, Pontotoc County.
Officers for 1876—H. Hood, H. P. J. T. Pitts, K.; T. J. Babb, S.; J. M. Robert-
son, C. of H.; R. B. Pitts, P. S.; R. M. Sadler, R. A. C., John W. Robertson, M.
3d V.; Wm. McCoy, M. 2d V.; J. W. Dillard, M. 1st V.; P. F. Leavell, Treasurer;
M. L, Henry, Secretary; W. C. Pitts, Tyler.
Members—William F. Ausbon,* M. W. Andrews, M. L. Ball, George Beasley,
SUBORDINATE CHARTERS.
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J. F. Beasley, W. A. Dozier, J. G. Dozier, A. S. Hopkins, E. F. Jackson, B.
Jackson, G. W.Potter, A. B. Smith, W. L. Souter.—Total, 25.
Exalted—G-. W. Potter, Geo. Beasley, J. F. Beasley.
Affiliated—D. F. White.
Dimitted—D. F. White.
Dues, $31 25. Convocations, 4th Friday.
* Heretofore returned as W. F. Osbon.
BLUFF SPRINGS, No. 104.—Sallis, Attala County.
Officers for 1876—E. F. Shuler, H. P.; R. J. Sallis, K.; J. C. Ashley, S.; H. C.
Glass, C. of H.; Jos. Meggs, P. S.; J. W. S. Guy ton, R. A. C.; Nic. Smith, M. 3d V;
J. W. Wyse, M. 2d V.; J. H. McClintock, M. 1st V.; Wm. Allen, Treasurer; F.
M. Glass, p. h. p., Secretary; W. P. May, Tyler.
Members—W. T. Adcock, J. P. Commander, J. E. Harman, M. T. Roby, Wm. M.
Russell, J. G. Sallis, N. A. Simmons, R. W. Stonestreet, J. B. Sting'ley, J. W.
Stingley, L. S. Terry, J. Wingard.—Total, 24.
Dues, $24 24. Convocations, 2d Saturday.
HUDSON, No. 105—Evansville, Tunica County.
Officers for 1876—C. A. Marshall, H. P.; A. T. Hudson, K.; J. Evans, S.; J.
M. Lindley, C. ofH.; J. M. Lively, P. S.; J. M. Logan, R. A. C.; S. W. Conger, M.
3d V.; G. B. Harris, M. 2d V.; W. H. Hall, M. 1st V.; L. Sullivan, Treasurer; J.
A. Miller, Secretary; R. P. Dolehite, Tyler.
Members—W. H. Bizzil, C. H. Block, W. W. Fretwell, J. A. Holder, W. W.
Hailey, A. M. Evans, K. D. Howell, Fergus Hall, W. G. Jaquess, A. J. Wilkerson,
N. M. Williams.—Total, 23.
Exalted—C. H. Block, W. W. Fretv ell, G. B. Harris, K. D. Howell, L. Sulli-
van, A. J. Wilkerson,
Affiliated—Fergus Hall.
Dimitted—J. B. Belcher, A. Jordan, T. A. Marshall.
Dues, 35 23. Convocations, 4th Saturday.
BAKER, No. 106—Burnsville, Tishomingo County.
Officers for 1876—T. M. Miller, H. P.; W. G. Baker, p. h. p., K.; J. J. Alex-
ander, S.; Lasley Rodges, C. of H.; G. W. Hutton, P. S., Jos. Marlar, R. A. C.; W.
W. Lgwrance, M. 3d V.; A. M. Choat, M. 2d V.; A. J. Collins, M. 1st V.; James
Moody, Treasurer; J. K. Moody, Secretary; S. G. Champion, Tyler.
Members—W. D. Davis, John T. Fowler, W. H. Phelps, G. A. Preston, W. M.
Wallace, T. M. Mitchell.—Total, 18.
Dues, $18 18. Convocations, 1st Wednesday.
EDWARDS. U. D*—Edwards, Hinds County.
Officers for 1876—J. G. Sparrow, H. P.; H. Lowry, K.; Wm. B. Williamson,
Sr A. B. Sivley, C. of H.; J. J. Dromgoole, P. S.; H. C. Randle, R. A. C.; D. II.
Gregg M. 3d V.; J. H. Featherstun, M. 2d V.; A. J. Bussey, M. 1st Y.
Members R. H. Brumby, G. W. Elliott, J. W. Ennis, F. S. Gray, T. A. Goode,
W O. Harrison, W- H- Harris, J. F.Jenkins, Wm. R. Kirby, J. L. McGehee, W.
A Montgomery, Wm. Pinfield, J. M. Rauch, B. A. Root, S. Otis Smith.—Total, 27.
Dues, $28 00. Convocations, 3d Wednesday.
* Organized under dispensation issued June 8, 1876. Charter granted Feb.
lot 187fi taking rank as No. 107. The following are the officers elected, and
installed by Comp. J.J. Birdsong, P.'. H.\ P."., February 16th, 1876:
TnVm G Snarrow, H. P.; Wm. B. Williamson, K.; W. A. Montgomery, S.; A.
t» a:viev" C. of H.; J. J. Dromgoole, P. S.; J. L. McGehee, R. A. (J.; T. A. Goode,
M* 3d V.-F.'S. Gray, M. 2d V.; J. W. Ennis, M. 1st V.; S. Otis Smith, Secretary;
b'a Root, Treasurer; Wm. Pinfield, Tyler (the last two not installed).
STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR 1875-
Total Chartered Chapters 81
Chapters making Return for 1875 68
Chapters failing to make Return for 1875 13
Chapters represented at Grand Chapter, 1876 60
Chapters not represented..... 21
Exalted, 1875 Ill
Affiliated 32
Dimitted 87
Died 37
Expelled •. None.
Suspended, for Unmasonic Conduct 6
Deprived of Membership, for Non-payment of Dues 103
Total Membership of Chapters reporting 2077
Estimated Membership of Chapters not reporting 250—2327
Dues of Chapters reporting $2437 00
Dues of Chapters not reporting, estimated 200 00
Receipts and Disbursements for the year 1875 2805 20
STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR PRECEDING YEAR.
Chapters represented at Grand Chapter.... 51
Exalted 133
Affiliated 40
Reinstated 75
Dimitted 116
Died 69
Suspended, for Non-payment of Dues 104
Suspended, for Unmasonic Conduct 13
Suspended, for Non-payment of Dues and other Unmasonic Conduct... 26
THIS PAGE
IS FRATERNALLY SET APART TO TIIE MEMORY OF
R.\ W.-. Deputy Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter for
the year 1871, and Grand Lecturer at the time of his death;
Most Illustrious Grind Master of the Grand Council for the
year 1870;
R.\ W.\ Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge for the
year 1873.
AS A BROTHER, COMPANION, SIR KNIGHT AND CITIZEN, IIE EXEMPL1FIFD IN
HIS LIFE, THE BENEFICENT TEACHINGS OF MASONRY. IN HIS
DEATH, A GREAT LIGHT IN OUR JURISDICTION HAS
BEEN EXTINGUISHED.
jl native of I.umberton, Robinson County, Jdorth Carolina,
l^orn June Sd, 18fJ£l. (Died at Gallatin, JAiss.,
Ootober 31st, 1£>75.
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AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION AND REGULATIONS,
adopted at the
PRESENT GRAND ANNUAL CONVOCATION.
Substitute for Section 3, Article II, of the Constitution:
Sec. 3. The following Grand Officers, to-wit: The Grand High Priest,
Deputy Grand High Priest, Grand King, Grand Scribe, Grand Captain of
the Host, Grand Chaplain, Grand Lecturer, Grand Treasurer, Grand Secre-
tary and Grand Sentinel, shall be elected from the members, for the time
being, of the Grand Chapter, and the following Grand Officers, to-wit: the
Grand Eoyal Arch Captain, Grand Principal Sojourner, and the three Grand
Masters of Vails, shall be appointed by the Grand Council, and they may be
chosen from the members of Subordinate Chapters.
Section 1, Article VI, as amended.
Sec. 1. The representatives of Subordinate Chapters shall be paid out of
the funds of this Grand Chapter, six cents for each mile going to and return-
ing from the Grand Chapter, and three dollars a day for each day's attend-
ance on the same; Provided, That not more than one delegate from any
Chapter be entitled to receive such compensation; and that no representa-
tive shall receive out of the funds of the Grand Chapter, a larger sum than
that paid in at the same Convocation, by his Chapter, on account of the
annual dues of said year; Provided, also, That a proxy of a distant Chapter,
residing at the seat of Government, shall receive no compensation.
Substitute for Section 18, of the By-Laws for the Government of Subordinate
Chapters:
Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of every member of the Chapter to pay his dues
on or before the day of the annual election, and on failure to pay the same, he
shall not be entitled to vote or hold office. If said dues are not paid on or before
the Twenty-seventh December, then the Secretary shall immediately notify
such delinquent to appear at the regular meeting in March, when, if not paid,
the Chapter may suspend said delinquent until all arrearages are paid; but such
suspension shall not work a release from the payment of dues during its continu-
ance.
Section 18 of Grand Chapter Regulations, as amended:
Sec. 18. The Grand Treasurer shall receive, as full compensation for his
services, the sum of fifty dollars per annum.
Amendment to Section 8, Grand Chapter Regulations:
That the usual Report on Foreign Correspondence be not published with
amendments to constitution, etc.
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the proceedings, until otherwise ordered by the Grand Chapter, but that,
in the meantime, the Foreign Correspondence Committee will prepare the
usual review, and submit the same, annually, to the Grand Chapter; and
for preparing the Report on Foreign Correspondence, the Chairman of the
Committee shall be allowed the sum of fifty dollars per annum.
Additional Regulation for Subordinate Chapters, to be inserted as
Sec. 36. That it is the sense of this Grand Chapter that the practice of
sending open postal-cards, or otherwise giving publicity to the delinquency
of members for dues, is irregular, improper, and is hereby forbidden.
Delinquent Chapters.
Resolved, That when Chapters are in arrears for 1874 and 1875, they be
allowed ninety days within which to pay amount due, and that on failure
to pay, the Grand High Priest shall suspend them from working; and that,
when Chapters are more than two years in arrears, they be required to settle
within sixty days, and should settlements not be made, their charters shall
then and there be forfeited.
Adopted, February 1, 1876.
Proposed Amendment to Constitution—Referred to the Subordinate Chapters, and
to be finally acted upon at next Grand Annual Convocation:
Amend Section 6, Article II, of the Constitution, so as to make the com-
pensation of Grand Secretary four hundred dollars, instead of six hundred
dollars, per annum.
GRAND CHAPTERS,
with address of grand secretaries.
grand chapter. grand secretary.
Alabama Daniel Sayre Montgomery.
Arkansas Luke E. Barber Little Rock.
California Chas. Louis Wiggin San Francisco.
Canada R. P. Stephens Toronto, Ontario.
Colorado.. Ed. C. Parmelee .'...Georgetown.
Connecticut Joseph K. Wheeler Hartford.
Delaware J. P. Allmond Wilmington.
District of Columbia L. G. Stephens Washington.
Florida DeWitt C. Dawkins Jacksonville.
Georgia J. Emmett Blackshear Macon.
Illinois James H. Miles Chicago.
Indiana. John M. Bramwell Indianapolis.
Iowa Wm. D. Langridge Muscatine
Kansas Erasmus T. Carr Leavenworth.
Kentucky Joseph H. Branham Owensboro.
Louisiana ; James C. Batchelor New Orleans.
Main e. '. Ira Berry Portland.
Maryland Wm. A. Wentz Baltimore.
Massachusetts Z. H. Thomas, Jr Boston.
Michigan Wm. P. Innes Grand Rapids.
Minnesota A. T. C. Pierson St. Paul.
Mississippi J. L. Power Jackson.
Missouri Geo. Frank Gouley St. Louis.
Nebraska Wm. R. Bowen Omaha.
New Hampshire John A. Harris Concord.
New Jersey Thos. J. Corson Trenton.
New York. Christopher G. Fox Buffalo.
North Carolina Donald W. Bain Raleigh.
Nova Scotia James Gossip Halifax.
Ohio James Nesbitt Troy.
Oregon Richard P. Earhart Portland.
Pennsylvania John Thomson Philadelphia.
Rhode Island Geo. H. Burnham Providence.
South Carolina. Myer B. Moses Sumter.
Tennessee John Frizzell Nashville.
Texas.. Robert Brewster.... Houston.
Vermont W. H. S. Whitcomb Burlington.
Virginia John Dove Richmond.
West Virginia Odell S. Long Wheeling.
Wisconsin John W. Woodhull Milwaukee.
GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES.
Elbert H. English, Little Rock, Arkansas, General Grand High Priest.
Christopher G. Fox, Buffalo, New York, General Grand Secretary.
The next Triennial Convocation will be held at Buffalo, New York, on
the third Tuesday of September, 1877.
GBAND BEPBESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES OP THE GRAND CHAPTER OF MISSISSIPPI AT OTHER
GRAND CHAPTERS.
STATE. NAME. P. O. ADDRESS.
Alabama David Clopton Montgomery.
Arkansas Luke E. Barber Little Bock.
California Geo. B. Grimes San Francisco.
Canada Henry Bobertson..... Collingwood, Ont.
Connecticut Jas. L. Gould Bridgeport.
Delaware Daniel C. Godwin Milford.
District of Columbia Albert Pike Washington City.
Florida David Jones Jacksonville.
Georgia Sam'l G. Lawrence Atlanta.
Illinois John M. Pearson Alton.
Indiana B. J. Chestnutwood South Bend.
Iowa Zephaniah C. Luse. Iowa City.
Kansas Bichard B. Bees Leavenworth.
Kentucky ..Henry Hudson ..Louisville.
Louisiana J. Q. A. Fellows New Orleans.
Maine Joseph P. Gill Lewistc n.
Maryland W. T. Adreon Baltimore.
Massachusetts Alfred F. Chapman Boston.
Michigan Wm. L. Greenly Adrian.
Minnesota E. D. P. Porter St. Paul.
Missouri Geo. Frank Gouley St. Louis.
Nebraska H. P. Dewell Omaha.
New Hampshire Dan'l B. Marshall Nashua.
New Jersey M. Higginbotham Jersey City.
New York John W. Simons New York.
North Carolina E. F. Watson Graham.
Ohio Jacob Graff. Cincinnati.
Oregon Geo. A. Eades Salem.
Bhode Island Oliver Johnson Providence.
Tennessee A. J. Wheeler Memphis.
Texas W. T. Austin Houston.
Vermont Chas. A. Miles Brattlehoro.
Wisconsin Thos. B. Tyler Sparta.
Pennsylvania John Thomson Philadelphia.
Virginia John Dove Bichmond.
GRAND REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES OP OTHER GRAND CHAPTERS AT THE GRAND CHAPTER
OF MISSISSIPPI.
STATE. NAME. P. O. ADDRESS.
Alabama..... R. L. Saunders Jackson.
Arkansas W. D. Ferriss Pickens Station.
California Ckas. T. Murphy Durant.
Florida J. L. Power Jackson.
Kansas..... E. Geo. DeLap Natchez.
Kentucky John Y. Murrv Ripley.
Louisiana Win. S. Patton Meridian.
Massachusetts... John Y. Murry Ripley.
Nebraska R. P. Bowen Chulahoma.
Minnesota Jas. M. Howry Oxford.
Missouri R. B. Mayes Yazoo City.
New Jersey A. P. Barry Hazlehurst.
Oregon R. B.Mayes Yazoo City.
Ohio : John F. Arnold Rienzi.
South Carolina Wm. S. Patton Meridian.
Wisconsin E. Geo. DeLap Natchez.
ANNUAL SESSION.
CONVENTION ORDER OF HIGH PRIESTHOOD
OF MISSISSIPPI.
Session of 1876, held at Jackson, Miss., during the Convocation of Grand
R.\ A.*. Chapter, December 31st to February 1st, 1876.
Convention opened with the usual rites and ceremonies. Officers present:
M.\E.\ Comp. W. D. Ferriss, Ex. President.
" " E. P. Bowen, as Ex. Vice-President.
" '• P. M. Sayery, Ex. Chaplain.
" " A. P. Barry, Ex. Treasurer.
" Wm. Richardson, as Ex. Conductor.
" J. W. Winn, Ex. M. of C.
" " E. A. Kinchloe, as Ex. Herald.
" " E. W. Hughes, as Ex. Steward.
" " J. A. Hearne, Ex. Sentinel.
The following Companions petitioned, were elected and duly anointed into
High Priesthood during the Session, viz:
Companion F. A. Miller, Burnsville, Tishomingo county.
" J. H. White. Satartia, Yazoo county.
" E. Roberts, Center Ridge, Kemper county.
" R. W. Shipp, Dover, Yazoo county.
" C. F. Nicholson, Auburn, Hinds county.
" Jas. L. Finley, Guntown, Lee county.
" R. .J Fleming, Corinth, Tishomingo county.
" Geo. Nicholson, Summit, Pike County.
" E. F. Shuler, Sallis, Attala county.
" Jno. T. Buck, Jackson, Hinds county.
" Jno. A. Galbreath, Jackson, Hinds county.
On motion, the Committee on Rules and Regulations were discharged and
a new Committee appointed, as follows :
C. T. Murphy, W. D. Ferriss, R. L. Saunders.
And said Committee was requested to complete such report in time to he
incorporated in the printed proceedings of Grand Chapter of 1876.
Convention then closed with usual ceremonies.
P. M. SAVERY, M.\ E/. President.
Attest:
R. L. Saunders, Ex. Recorder.