Editor's Corner Highlights Fraternal Unity and Lodge News
The article urges Georgia lodge members to contribute to the Secret Orders pages, inviting announcements and reports from secretaries. It praises past master Masons in Atlanta, notes recent Pythian Knights events, and calls for lodge communications by Thursday nights to keep the page representative and active. Brother W S Ster contributes an article on fraternal life and the Junior Order of American Mechanics.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Trett Iondges
Ms Page
Order of American Mechanics
Supreme Lodge Session of the Fraternal Union
The Fraternal Union of America will convene in Denver on October 16 for a session described as vital to the order. The piece highlights aims of friendship, mutual aid, and patriotism, noting membership over 25,000 and strong Atlanta representation among five local lodges.
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Fraternal Union of America
Denver
Colo
Fraternal Union of America Fraternity
Supreme Lodge
Mfe
Colorado
Atlanta
Seasion of the Supreme Body
Markey
Maccabees
D P Markey
Knights of Maccabees of the World
Committee On Statistics and the
Order
National Iraternal Congress
America
The
M . Hollister
Snal Fraternal Congress
H Wollater
Ladies of the Bees
Bina M. West
Ladies of the Maccabees
Committee
North Broad Street
Newman Laser
A. 0. Woolley
A. P. Woolley
Patent Goat Warning At Lodge Ritual Debate
Bee Hive warns against patent goats and unapproved devices in initiatory work. A Georgia lodge debate cites a judge’s ruling in a case against the Woodmen of the World, stressing the sovereign camp’s limits and ritual descriptions. Meanwhile Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 68 reports a lively meeting, growing membership, and welcomes visitors.
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Missis
Past Master Masons Grow in Atlanta Fraternal Orders
1901 proved prosperous for fraternal beneficiary societies with 52 orders reporting 3,472,139 members and admissions totaling 628,090. Benefits paid reached 50,135,073.62, with total benefits since inception near 495,992,496.02 and year-end surplus over 17 million dollars. Knights of Maccabees leadership and Ladies of the Maccabees activity in Atlanta noted.
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Committee On
National Fraternal Congress
Denver
Bea
Knights of Pythias entertain at Castle Hall in Atlanta
A large Knights of Pythias gathering in Atlanta filled Castle Hall with members from city lodges and nearby towns, plus families. The event launches a series of entertainments to boost fellowships and membership ahead of the Georgia Grand Lodge meeting in May. Roger Williams directed a successful program attracting prominent order members. local committees from Gate City, Atlanta, Empire, Capitol, and Uniform lodges coordinated the details. Knight F. M. Somerkamp of Savannah served as grand chancellor in the grand domain of Georgia.
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Atlanta
Castle Hall
Miser
Knights Pythtiay
Gate City
J Houston Adams
Henry R_ Kennedy
Lowndes Calhoun
M C Tompkins
A Ernest, Jr
Wallace Rhodes
Empire Lodge
H L Gardner
J © Bond
W H_ Harrison
Capitol Lodge
R M Eubanks
Lon Johnson
James B. Belcher
Uniform Lodge
Order
Junior Mechanic Attitude On Problems Of The Hour
The Junior Order of American Mechanics fosters patriotism, faith, and citizenship through study. It warns of crises in finance, morality, and labor capital conflicts, urging adherence to constitutional ideals, tradition, and unity to confront societal challenges. The piece emphasizes duty, discipline, and reform within the order to sustain American principles.
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Order of American Mechanics
American Republic
St Louis
Newport
Baratone
General Bell Fools the Grass at Fort Riley
An anecdote from Fort Riley Kansas recalls General J Franklin Bell during his Seventh Cavalry adjutant tenure. Lacking shade, he fertilized and watered housing and lawns. He climbed the roof with a hose saying the grass learns from moisture in the air, and in time Fort Riley boasted a fine lawn.
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Bell
New York Times
J. Franklin Ell
Samar
Philippine Islands
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kans
Kansas
Artilery Post
Apalacha Tribe Holds Pleasant Powwow Night
APALACH A TRIBE 31 ORDER OF RED MEN held a cheerful powwow last Thursday. Chiefs including Prophet Clayton and Guard of the Forest Dogins presided as two scalps were taken by hunters and warriors. Sachem C. C Adams led loyal members as the tribe prospers, wampum belts grow, and council fires brighten in the wigwam.
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Clayton
Sachem
C. C Adams
Council
Items of General Interest to Junior Mechanics
The Georgia relief effort for widows and orphans gains support in Atlanta councils. Brother W H Grubbs, former Georgia state councilor, is appointed deputy national councillor for the state. Debates follow regular lodge work, with increasing attendance as members reconvene after adjournment. The Daughters of America aid the order, boosting membership and influence in Atlanta councils.
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Councils For Relief of Widows and Orphans of the Order
Order
Atlanta
W H Grubbs
Georgia
The
Daughters of America
Joseph storage as insurance for family and community
The text compares Joseph’s store of grain to fraternal insurance, urging men to prepare for famine and support dependents. It emphasizes that God provides through human effort, and that provisioning in youth matters for family and community welfare as a public benefactor.
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Joseph
Egypt
God
Eureka Council No 7 The Junior Order A M Meets
Eureka Council No 7 of the Junior Order A M held a lively meeting with several applications received and much work planned for tomorrow night. Members spoke on the Constitution’s BeGTEE order page, noting strong interest and a flourishing council with good attendance desired.
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Eureka Council
A. M
Gate City Lodge Program of Entertainments at Meeting
The event opened with an address by Charles T. Cash chancellor commander of Gate City Lodge No 74. Performances included violin and piano solos by Dave Silverman and others, recitations by Lucius Perry Hills and Mrs Robert B Blackburn, vocal solos by Nellie Nix Arabella Crane and Furlow Anderson, readings by James W. Austin, and addresses by Rev W Bull and F M Somerkamp grand chancellor of Georgia. Refreshments followed and attendees urged similar entertainments in the future.
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Charles T. Cash
Gate City Lodge
No 74
Dave Silverman
Fairbanks
R. J. Robins
F M Somerkamp
Georgia
Lucius Perry Hills
Nellie Nix
Robert B. Blackburn
Virginia McDaniel
Vance Hunter
Arabella Crane
James W. Austin
Furlow Anderson
Sick Members Listed From Atlanta Lodges of Masonry
A dated roster lists sick members of Atlanta lodges including Leo Fresh at 21 Brotherton Street and B F Helly at 16 Lumpkin Street among others such as L Burge 40 Center Street and R L Nash 26 Bush Street, with affiliations to Red Men and related groups.
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Atlanta
Masonic
Leo Fresh
Brotherton Street
ORD
B. F. Helly
Lumpkin Street
L. Burge
Center Street
Lumsford
North Avenue
M. P. Camp
Nelson
R. E. Richardson
Alexander Street
M. George
Courtland, Avenue
J. P. Green
Gresham’ Street
R. L. Nash
Bush Street
J. W. Johnson
Pulliam Street
T. Mabry
Howell Street
J. H. Kelly
Lucy Street
S. L. Harris
Poplar Street
I Fights mit Sigel General Sigel's Civil War tale
The piece chronicles General Franz Sigel born in Baden in 1824 and recounts his Civil War career from emigration in 1849 to major general and West Virginia command. It ends with a Union soldier Grant P. Robinson noting Sigel’s chant I fights mit Sigel as he dies at the Rapidan, a grave marked with a rough board stating that line.
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Mit Sigel
Franz Sigel
Baden
Germany
America
New York
St Louis
Missouri
Battle of Carthage
Hapes Ferry
Burnside
Department of West Virginia
Register of
New York City
Rapidan River
Grant P. Robinson
Downfall Linked to Bargain Shirts in Treasury Office
In a Washington Star retelling, a treasury department clerk wears a vivid pink madras shirt to work. Colleagues pry, guessing vice or double life, until he admits his fall began with bargain day excess. He cites cheap $159 shirts for 3 cents as temptation and vows remorse.
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Treasury Department
Treasury Appropriations
Washington Star
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Supreme Steward
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Sncellor
CPN Hve
Nelphi Lodge
Knights OF Pythias Logige
Banwood
J N. Brawner
Comander
Hrother W
Tr. Winn
Billy'’ Gritfin
George Sims
John Ivey Cresiate
Buck Bralings
C. W. Reese
Ag Ehlet
Lodge
Lodges OF
Friendly “Societies
England
Thomas H Jeffries
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Fang AM
Normandy
Grand Represen Knights of
Pythias
BR. Uw
Piedmont Lodge
John R. Wilkinson
F . Sommerkkamp
I. P. of
A Leseur
Maa
Ane
Williams
State Council
William
Wier
H L Myers
K. of
Thomas C Pelot
Finance Uniform Lodge
Knights of Pythias
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