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t TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. WEPN'ERDAV. MAY 1, 1 907. J. W. SIBLEY, Pres, and Gen. Mgr. J. A. MENGE, Vice-Pres. & Treas. W. L. SIBLEY, Secretary. SIBLEY-MENGE PRESS BRICK CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE FACE BRICK IN RED, BUFF, MOTTLED AND FANCY COLORS. General Office, First National Bank Building, Birmingham,’Ala. Factory and Shipping Depot, Sibleyville, Ala. Our Speckled Gray Brick Are Being Used in the New Masonic Temple, Manta SCIPLE SONS, General Agents, EMPIRE BUILDING, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HIGHEST TEMPLAR IN ALLTHE SOUTH J.‘K. Orr Is Only Southerner Of the National Officers. Th* hlfhMt ranking Muon In Atlon ta I. J. K. Orr. the well-known whole. tale ehoe dealer. Mr. Orr la very eminent eword bear er of the (rand encampment, Knl(hte Templare of the United Statee. This ti the first time In thirty year, that the South hu had an officer In the grand encampment. Georgia hat only four thirty-third degree Masons, four If! tho next degree, Knlghte Commander of the Court of Honor, and over 300 of,the thlrty-eec- ond degree. The four thirty-third degree Mason. are: . John R. Wllkerson. Atlanta. Harry C. fltockdell, Atlanta. 1L J. Nunn. Savannah. A. B. Simmon*. Savannah. Four Knight. Commander. The four Knlghte Commander of the Court of Honor, which la a degree be tween the thirty-third and the thirty- second. are: E. S. .Me('undies*. Atlanta. J. Greenfield, Atlanta. C. H. Strong, savannah. H. W. Wltcover. Savannah. In the thirty-serond degree Georgia hu over 300, of which number about 100 live In Atlanta. Many reach thle rank, but thoee going up to the next two degree*, which mark tho hlgheet itblo In Maeonry, are comparatively posslb Atlanta leads In the elate In the number of lodges. Masons and Interest In the order. With the completion of the new temple, Atlanta Muone wilt own the ffneet home In the South, and the home here will be distinct from many, In that It will have no commer cial features. That la. tho building will be devoted entirely to the needs and requirements of the Masonic or der. An Exptnelve Row. > Maine e few summers no*. of ths bools James .—.. had a most amusing esperl.oce In e gloomy >uml. James was stopping at out of the ililra hotels not far from the An- -*-"irsr. Desiring to take n row i engaged a small boat from a _ lived near the hank of th* d started out urly In fa* morn- did not roturn until about 1 Fastening tho boat to a trot, tho wont up to me^ former's bouse and aakod what tbs ° lu*| ,W l0U * hart you had ths boatl" hs ’••Slues I this morning," Mitt James rt- “peoWhUllklne!" hs oxclalmod. "you've htd that beet five hours, b'gosh, I've how morhl" she asked. GEORGE M. MOULTON, OF CHICAGO. Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Encampment of Knlghte Templars of tho United 8tates. He it ths first eminent commander to S ty a visit to Georgia, and will bo tho guest of honor at the Capital City lub on Wednesday night. FIRST TEMPLE IN ATLANTA WAS IN DECATUR STREET Atlanta’s first Muonic temple was located on Decatur (treat where the Star theater now stands. On April 5, 11*0, K. L Angler, futher of United Statu District Attorney K. ATLANTA'S FIRST MASONIC TEMPLE. On th* sit* of th* present Star Theater once stood Atlanta’s first tern- S I* of Maeonry. It is shewn in th* extreme right of the picture, with htrman'a tents In the foreground. A. Angler, and Clarence V. Angler, executed a lease, or rather an agree ment, with the Masonic Hall Company, of Atlanta, which provided that Inas much as Angler was then erecting a two-etory brick building on Decatur street, the Masonic Hall Company was to put on a third story, to occupy and enjoy Ihe use of the same as long u tho building stood, and the lease pro vided that If the building should be de stroyed by Are tho lease should termi nate. When General Sherman gnve orders to Ills Invading army to bum the town, squads of soldiers were sent out with torches and ono particular squad sent down Decatur street wu In charge of a corporal who was a Master Mason. • When bis eye caught the square and compass on the front of the Masonic building he not only gave orders that it should not be burned, but left a de tachment of soldiers to guard It so thu! other passing squads might bo told what the building wn* and why It was protected from destruction. It Is said that this was one of the few buildings spared except those used by the officers for headquarters and simi lar uses during the alegc. Title build ing stood until a few year* after the surrender, when It caught Are and wo* destroyed, annulling the lease. Tho picture from which this Is printed Is perhaps the only one In existence. Gloves. Tbs origin of sieve t. very ancient. Some authorities assert that tlt-y were known *n Wide times, front reference* made to '•hoe.'' wMrh were lb >u*bt to he Idem with gloves. The first eleor nceouat JP glove, comes, however, from \enopbon. This writer speak, of the I'srsl.ns wearing glove, on ttielr bands to protect them from ■‘omer desertlie. Laertes working In _ Jen with glove upon his hands to protect them from the thorns, aud V.rro mentions this apparel as betug worn by the ltomstis. Glove* have been token* of solemn nnd Important thing, from the ninth century. They were adopted ss . rite of the church, nnd Inter the trnnefrrrtng of land* or title was always attended with the presenta tion of glove. In the eleventh eentnvy the method of ehsllenrlng to single com- list by throwing down n trove wu Inst!- —. —d tbr- — — • MASONRY IN GEORGIA; ITS PAST AND PRESENT Continued from Pago Three. meetings and do work, “conferring degrees on all worthy applicants." In 1829, the grand lodge declared the charters ot nil the remnant lodfra forfeited, and gave their numbers to loyal lodges, but provided that by making amends they might be received Into goal standing and take the highest vacant numbers; none availed themselves of this permission. In 18S1, King Molomon's lodge, whose charter bad been declared forfeited, and the title to Its property vested In. the grand lodge (but which still remained In Its possession) was cited to appear at the next annual meet ing to show cause why It should not be expelled and Its meml>ers placed under tlm ban of the grand lodge. No notice was taken of this eunnnoue. Dealing of 8chism. In 18S2, a new rltntloti was ordered to be Issued nnd sent by mall to the master, or first three officers. Xn sessions were held In 1833 or 1834. but ou the last day of the session In 1835. n resolution was adopted declaring the lodge expelled. About tbls time, however, there arose a feeling In the lodge In favor of the recon ciliation of the grand lodge, especially among tho younger uicmlicrs; but It was opposed among the older members. On Junuary 6, 1W7. an effort was made la the lodge, which the master favored, look- lag toward a settlement of the contest: but the lodge adopted n resolution not to take any uotlee of I upon ■■ signet grand lodge i_. —» ~~ rr — fused on the ground that no evidence was presented that the petitioner* were Masons. As Masonry began to revive there arose a general feeling throughout the state that the schism should be healed. The br6ther who offered the potltlon expelling the lodge, visited It on November #>, 1838, and urged a reconciliation. The lodge met him In the same spirit and adopted a resolu tion to the effect that the difference be- tween A>.Up.jM «« f - 7K sincerely desired ru ble terms; and that _ • would rescind the resolution of 1836, the lodge would “stand ffgagar that the CfHIli HHIl III! conciliation on when the grai resolution of 1836, the lodge w reedy to effect a recoudilatli. . .. terms as may, In a spirit of mutual con cession, be hereafter agreed upon by the parries." Two weeks previously, the grand _____ direct re number the lodges, nnd he proceeded to ... - -- gogf nf th ___ i . i . Man resolutions of the lodge bad _ • giving No. 1 to 8oclal Lodge, at “ “ * no lodge the matter was brought up but tilt. dus of the lodge bad l»eeu lost, or mislaid. Representatives of the lodge were be admitted to seats. A committee was I what terms n reconciliation could LJ fected; upon conferring together It wn* wisely concluded that If was “unnecessary to refer to the grounds of the differences, nnd the committee reported resolutions to i nc. Luaumu ucunuia r\mun i i cmrban, J. K. Orr, one of Atlanta's best known Masons and merchants and • leading worker among the Masons, bears the distinction of being the only Georgian who is an officer of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templars. He bears the title of Very Eminent 8word Bearer. and a sufficient ■! polony, the lodge be con standing, nil aentences Ige or It, members repenlml. eldered In goo 1 llist tbs IimIl ............ . I Its representatives admitted to,their In In tho mod lodge. The reeolntlone re adopted unanimously. The master made the apology: and tl lodge remitted nil paet gave the lodge It, old and thereupon the grand ~ due, (since IMS) ... plane at the hes< restored Its old number, nm elvdl war and ronsequent depression of hntl ness, and fostering of chnrltshlo enterprises, the .rand lodgu beenme Ananelallr Involved, resulting lu the necessity of baring biennial sessions for th* years 187* and ISM, freeing tho grand lodge of debt, end Maeonry took on new life and prosperity, and continued to grow until there are now 471) anlmrdlnntr lodges anil upward of 35,000 Masons within Its Jurisdiction. Sagacity of the Ancients, Mnny onotatlnna came from the works of Thales, the Greek philosopher end one of the eevrn wise men. It was be who said. "Know thyself;" "Few words nro n sign of prudent Judgment:" "llenreh after wisdom, nnd choose whst le most worthy;" "There Is noththg more beautiful than th, world;” "Tim*.la the wisest thing, for it Inveuts and dlneorera nil things." If* also ssld that It wan the hardest tbl In th* world to know oneself, and t easiest to ndmnulth smother. In hie yon - Thales wn, urged to marry; tiut ha said. "It le too eoon;” and Inter In life, upon being urged (gala, he said. "It la too late.” tuted. end custom still remslus la countries. Gloves were not worn by women nutll after the Reformation. HENRY M. WOOD. Organiser of the Piedmont Lodge and a leader In movements for the advancement of Freemasonry. ORIGIN OF MASONRY; CENTURIES OLD Continued from Page Three, atone of the Masonic arch—Brotherly Love. lu pence nuil In war. In every age end every land. It has hound us together, and ha* been * potent factor, not only lu the hlstorar of Masonry, but In the history of mankind. Stands for Pence and Liberty. Mtsonry hae aided wonderfully In the fraternisation of tbe human family. It hae ever stood for peace. It has ever stood for liberty. It hus ever etood for freedom of science. Within our sacred temple the v. A. of the U., whose lives are clean, whose hearts arc pure, tuny worship around one coiuon altar aa brothers of tho square. Nodal differences do not exist. The, great of earth, even royalty Itself, must meet on equal terms with him who stands upon the lowest round of the social bidder. Within our temple tic* millionaire nnd the pauper stand upon the mum* level. The wealth of the one mid tho poverty of the other couut for naught. The rich und the poor uteet together, for the I*ord Is maker of them nil. / Its humi rown of right living. - I plead for these Ideal* of Mnsoury. I lend for *he brotherhood of inau. l*ot us 0 away with the harrier* of sect and creed. 1 feeds. not freed*, shall save tusu this dawn of thn twentieth cen ... . . all artificial barrier* Ik» rased to the ground nnd let men lie Judged, not by hdr profession, but by tb-lr lives. For his In Masout-y. Why 8hou!d Brothers Quarrel? 1 plead for the fntherhwm of < misrepresented) UMtHue as sounding limes an. cymbal." And tbls la Masonry. .. - * ! If It were but nrsc (ifttl .... lottffvr wm snl. No I groat In every ago who have done valiant service In Its mured cause. Brotherly lovb! I would rather lift the load from a broth er's shoulders than amass the fortuae of s Croesus. I would rather bring sunshine Into the home of one pure, sweet womnn than win the conqueror's laurel wreath. I afflicted and the sorrowing than dwell In marble palacer beneath the golden sun of luxury. “Dunce." It la a strange fact that tbe word “dunce," meaning a stupid person, comes from the name of one of the most eminent sc hols re of his time. Duns Scotne. In the Reformation the works of the schoolmen fell Into disfavor of the re formers, and Duns, who was the leader of the schoolmen, was often spoken of with . .. , a longer would capital war on laltor. nor labor on capital. Ilomes for tbe aged, the destitute, the helpless, wonhl rise on every bill. Evil sneaklug would erase, mm weald no longer place tho enp of temptntlni to their broth ers* Ilus, honest toll would receive Its fair reward, and beneath the blue rtuopy of heaveu wrong aud fujus’.fc* would be un kuowo. India’s Great Temple. a. teMSirru priluv lo tne •r-lorod nnd unforgotten ily lienutlfut. Most mar ine multitude, of pillars — if dome which were so fashioned and arranged that when the word *1ove" was whispered echo took op the sound “love" and answered !«ck again, “Lore, lore, love!" until the vast v 1 rvss resounded wlth the echoing Nlowly, slowly the l mn.lc I every corner ami crevice of the lent responslte echo to the echo of love. Bach Is the Temple of Masonry, and such ft shall ever remain, dedicated to tbe over living God, aqd consecrated to the good and MEN WHO BUILT ATLANTA TEMPLE- Joseph Greenfield Heads tho Building Committee of ‘ New Temple. Upon five well-known Atlantans anj prominent Masons falls the brum of responsibility in tho work of building a $200,000 Masonic temple. This five Is known as the building committee, and was named from tho board of directors of ths Masonic Home Company. They are Joseph C. Green field, chairman; E. S. McCandless, For. rest Adair, D. O. Dougherty and John R. Wilkinson. All are men of large business affairs and experience and represent the highest type of Atlanta citizenship. Upon this committee was Imposed tho task of securing plans, making con tracts and all the other Infinite detail of such a magnificent undertaking. They have the deepest Interest In the work and In seeing that Atlanta hat one of the moet splendid Masonic tem ples In the country. The Masonic Temple Company was chartered eighteen years ago for the purpose of erecting a great temple here as h home for the order. A lot was purchased at the corner of North Pryor atreet and Auburn avenue. Just opposite the present Y. M. C. A. building. But the .time did not seem auspicious for beginning a .temple of ths magni tude desired, and -this lot was flnnlly sold and the lot at the comer of Peach tree nnd Cain streets purchased. Some- thing over a year ago the movement to build a temple wa* Inaugurated and the committee named above we* appointed from the board of directors. The personnel of the board of direc tors Is as follows; Governor-elect Hoke Smith, president; John R. WUklnson, vice president; J. K. Orr, vice presi dent; Captain James W. English, treas urer: George E. Argard, secretary: D. O. Dougherty, Forrest Adair, E. S. Mc Candless, Joseph C. Greenfield, John Joiner. C. I. Branan. A. J. Shropshire, A. O. Rhodes, H. C. Stockdell, I. Spring er and John R. Dickey, "Idiot” The alteration la meaning of the word Idiot” Is peculiar. Originality this word meant only a man In private Ilf* ss ill* tlngulshed from one who was concerned In public affairs. In tlm* tbe word degenerated, nntll it one who wn* defective In over t lento. JOHN J.SEAY, OF ROME. Grand Commander of Knights Templare of Georgia. Ho will preside • the grand conclave of Knights Templars which is being he’d in At-