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INTERESTING MA
SONIC HISTORY.
I in- lollnwing intcimg ami
historv of f mm uia Masonry
uit*, written In Judge John I!.
\\ ilk iii'Oii. I niton t*<iiinL> '
I:ii ordinary
.1 III \ I) Mill I
ill * I:
I In records of the Grand Lodge,
ni i>eoigin. K. atlil A. M., were
. i.-troyed In lin- in I820, ami no
proceedings were printed prior
I|ii.iHu ami llm proceedings be
tween | s‘j(( ami 1850 »in» out of
11i t111. ami know <>1 no existing
eopie ntlier than the yeai-s ISI.'I,
l > imil | s |; Wf must therefore
i . |icml iifmn what historians gi'v
i - a a larts.
\t the inerting of the < Hand
Lodge iii Lngluiid in I f fill, tIn*
deputy grand maalei “ilmoiii
mended the mnv colon) ol GiWgia
ii \in th \ mi l icn to the ben, \ ol
■ n ni t hf paitieului lodge."
|:.. U i i I.a< <■ > "ii'- grand stewuid ol
iim iiianil Lodge ol England al
that tiino. ami emigrated t** < leor
j. >.111111' 11mi- that vein.
Hi t w ffa \ |n il IT ami I >ffcm
IM i :ii, |TJtr*. lionl W oymonth.
U'.iml master nl Miisonsot Knulaml,
i-- umI a w at rant.diieeted Ni I .’one I
I i i y, al Savannah. Ua., to open
new ( piirlicnlur) loilgo at that
place, ami was by him faithfully
i • rented, ami the lodge was known
a- King Solomon's Lodge. Koger
I •i f \ was the first iimster of Solo
i,uni's Lodge, ami succeeileil him
-i If until 1757. when Grey Klliott
• as a111»nintf<I provincial grand
i'lister ot Georgia by lairil A her
i.nur, the then t'lHinI mastei ol’
Loglund, ami miller that “pro
Uncial warrant" a number of
'•particular" Unices were eslub
bshcil Ihroiighout the province of
' • < mgia.
Noble .lonc.s succeeileil Grey
Illicit in I 77b— I h'cember, I 77li,
"aninel KIJiotl, the last provincial
I'rami mastei of the Grami Lodge
ot' Kngliiud, relinquished his right
to preside over the craft in (ieoi
Kill; and in the account, of the in
formation of the Cirnmi Lodge,
17s7, if is stntisl that “Major (icn
oral Samuel filbert was then the
i.ovinclal ^iiiihI masler and re
signed the chair." Ilia comlncf
had been so ''generous and Ma
sonic" that the (irand Lodge pic
Kcnted him a past grand master's,
< iiiilcmutical jewel in testimony olj
heir respect and brotherly allce-
tion,"
Brother John S. Davidson,grand
master of Georgiu, tolls ns in
Gould's History of Km'iniisunry
that. “The convention was held at
Savannah in December. I7.s7,amt
• as composed of only two lodges,
.sing Solomon's, chartered by the
(irand Lodge of England, and
Hiram Lodge, chart*'red by the
\nclent Provincial (irand Lodge
of Pennsylvania; the brethren did
not understand that there was any
distinction, and so far as now ap
pears the war of the ‘Ancients'
and 'Moderns’ never vexed this
-Uit*' it provided that the first two mission of all confer-odd. The largo
meetings in each calendar should majority of the lodges adhered to
beheld in Savannah and the other j the .Milledgevillc (irand Lodge,
two at Milledgevillc, the capital of which proceeded at once bo deflate
the stale. The first cnmmiiniea the action of the Savannah body
tion in the year was the annual null and void. At its next oom-
ineeting for the choice* of grand miinicatioa one of the Savannah
officers. The state was so large lodges had given in its adhesion;
and the facilities of traveling so but thirteen lodges stood out. and
ary. and appealei m Me thatjthe composition of the the .(irand Lodge gave them until
1,1 r r>l 1 11 (irtind Imdge at the two pi pecs was the next annual communication to
as diH'erent as if their -were two make returns ami pay their dues,
distinct Isjilies; the grand officers
even did not attend both. At first
tlie officers at the Milledgevillc
meetings were nearly all pro (cm.
oHieeis. This soon led to the ap
pointiiicnl of deputy officer
that in fact tlie (irand Lodgi
two sets of otficers; one lor the
soufhern and one for the northern
meetings. In theory it was the
same (irand Lodge it both places,
but practically there were two
(irand Lodges, each revising and
repealing and thu.-< annulling the
action of the other. Two sets ot
records were kept,, but ii wastin'
duty of the secretary of each to
transmit to the other a • opy id his
minutes; still each published its
proceedings annually, and lor the
years I Mg I to LS2li inclusive, anil exempt from di
probably for 1827, two pamphlets
were published, one Ibi the body
at Savannah, the othei for the
Milledgevillc body .
The inevitable result followed.
Dissensions arose between the two , of a «| nor it iii
bodies, criticisms were made in (irand Lodg
other (irtttid Lodges, and at its
meeting in Deei'tnber, 1825, tiie
Milledgeville body adopted tlie re
port of a committee which declared
that tlie existing constitution was
‘‘inadequate to insure prosperity
to the craft', and that its numerous
defects could not lie remedied by
the ordinary method prescribed in
such eases," that is to say, in the
manner prescribed in the eonstitn
tinn bn amending it. The com
mittcc recommended that the sense
No one of them complied, but con-
tinned to respect and obey tlie
grand ollioers elected at Savannah.
While this state of things existed
the anti - Masonic excitement
so reached (Jeorgia, and raged with
had iniicli violence. From this combi
nation of causes the recusant
lodges, with a single exception,
died out, among them 1 nion
Lodge, No. H, which has been slip
posed to lie Unity Lodge, char
tered in 177". by the (Irand Lodge
of Fugluud. Iml which in all prob .
ability was chartered by tin* (irand
Lodge of (Jeorgia. Among them
also was Hiram Lodge, No, ‘J,
which had become dormant and
then revived in I*28 as No. .To.
Nor were'the Milledgevillc lodges
istcr. They died
out so rapidly that the (irand
Lodge was obliged to reduce tile
number necessary for u quorum to '
live, and even then could hold no
meeting in lKM.'l or 1 Kid for want
The practice of this
in 1'i'iiiiiulM‘i'iiig its
lodges, thus giving them but tem
porary numbers, makes it difiicult
to trace the lodges, and ascertain
wind ones survived the storm.
Hut King Solomon's Lodge, in
spite of its controversy with tin*
(irand Lodge and the assault of
the anti Masons combined, con
tinued to hold its meetings and do
work, “conferring degrees on all
worthy applicants."
In 1829 the (Irand Lodge de
clared the charters of all the rocu-
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The rate is practically on the basis of one fare for the round
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These reduced rates are in effect on certain dates in montb >
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chance to see our western country in a comprehensive manner.
If you desire to go only as far as Colorado, there are excursion
rates in effect to that section and return, all summer long..,
specially reduced June 30 to July 4, August 12 and 13*
and August 30 to September 4. Extension trips to Ogden
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Seed booklet ««d rate,.
of the lodges betaken in relation sunt lodges forfeited mid gave their
to willing u convention at Mil ledge
ville in DciTinbcr, 1828 (the time
of tlie quarterly communication),
t\> Ira me a new constitution, and
the (irand Lodge so ordered. A
committee was appointed to Vomit
the vote, and if (lie result was in
the alfirmative, to call the eon
vent ioil.
The < irand Lodge at Savannah
in March, 1828, agreed to this ac
tion, witli tile proviso that tlie
new constitution -.iiouDI be sub
milted to the (irand Lodge toi ap
proval; but the Milledgevillc body
met this by a declaration that till*
Masons comprising the sulmniinate
lodges have the right to ratify or
reject the constitution or,in plain
terms, that a convention author!/
is! by a majority of the memlieis
of tlie lodges lias the powei to
frame a new constitution. The et
i foot was to declare that the pro
iiiiiiiIhm'S to loyal lodges, but pro
vided Hint by making amends they
might be received into good stand
ing mid take the highest vacant
numbers. None availed them
selves of this permission, in lS.'H
King Solomon’s Lodge, whose
charter hud been declared forfeited
and the title to its property vest
ed in the (irand Lodge (but which
AddreM
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
Traf. Mgr., Rock Wland System,
CHICAGO.
Nun.
Addrui.
Lee*, about-
weeks previously the Grand Lodge
had directed the grand secretary
to renumber the lodges, and he
i proceeded to do so, giving No. 1 to
Social Lodge at Augusta. At the
session of the (irand Loilge.iu 18.29
i the matter was brought up, but
the resolutions of the lodge had
been lost or mislaid. Kepresenta
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ns AD DOWN
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT HOV. 20. 1904.
No 10 No in]No UoIno 38iU'I>vC!
admitted to seats; a committee was
appointed to confer with them and
they were introduced and the
causes of the estrangement dis
cussed; the committee was in
creased, and directed to ascertain
upon w hat terms a reconciliation
could be effected. Upon confer
ring together it was wisely con
cluded that it was “unnecessary to
refer>to the grounds of the differ-
la ir.pj n or>p
sim remained in its possession,) tives of the , 0(iRe we re in the city, i »“»;i
was Cib>d to appear at the next an- an(lltwa8 ,, e(s()lved fchat they be
nun! meeting to show cause why it 1
should not be expelled and its
members placed under the ban of
the Grand Lodge. No notice was
taken ot this summons.
In 18;{2 a new citation was or- j
doll'd to In- issued and sent by j
mail to the master or first three of-1
lieers. No sessions were held in ]
IS.t.'t or baton the last day
of the session in 1 Sb5 a resolution i
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it, and that HOP members voted in
favor of the convention. The re
,ui isdii'tion." The newspapers of | s,l 't wa- announced in the new
that date speak ol cementing the
ditTcrent lodges in the slat** imdei
one head, but the grand otficers
elected anil installed were all
Uiembers ot the two lodges; King new
was adopted declaring the lodg* euces,"and the committee reported 10 528
posed qew i (institution should not expelled. j resolutions to the effect that the
be submitted to the (irand Lodge Al>out this time, however, there sentence of expulsion be removed
toi its action. The committee arose a feeling in the lodges in fa ! and that upon payment of dues
found Lhat seventeen lodges voted vor of reconciliation with the | anil a sufficient apology the lodge
against (irand Lodge, especially among the
younger members. On January 5,
is;i;. an effort was made in the
lodge, w hich the master favored,
looking toward a settlement of the
contest, but the lodge adopted a
ing each lodge two representatives, j resolution not to take any notice of j ted all past dues (since 1825,)
The convention was held and a! the Grand Lodge; thereupon the gave the lodge its old place at the
constitution was adopted master and other members resigned j head of the list, restored
papers of the day, and the com
mitt* 1 *' (ailed the convention, giv
l»e considered in good standing, all
sentences against the lodge or its
members Vepealed, and its repre
sentatives admitted unanimously.
The master made the apology, and
thereupon the Grand Lodge remit-
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Returning
Z. Greene, D. D. S.,
its old
Solnimm's hav iug the grand mas-! abolishing quarterly eommunica-1 their membership and petitioned j miml>er and gave its represeuta-
‘y.'r, NY i Ilium Stephens; tin* deputy! tions of the Grand Lodge and pro- the Grand Lodge tor restoration, Jtives all the privilege.' ot membeis
grand master,General Juine* Jack viding for an annual eommunica- ; w hich w as refused on the ground j in attendance upon the the grand
son; the. grand senior warden, Sir! tion at Milledgeville. But the | that no evidence was presented communication.
(iiH'rge. Houston; the grand trea-> ] Grand Lodge at Savannah met as j that the petitioners were Masons, j institution
artT, James Habersham; grand usual in March, 1827. It refused
secretary, Samuel Stirk; while! to recognise the new order ot
Hiram Lodge hud the grand junior things, ami elected grand officers,
warden, Thomas Fife; lx>th lodge
Immediately the
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Office on Second Floor of
Black Bros. Co.’s Building
L. M. Farmer,
LA.WYER.
WHEN AN
E^xperl
Plumber
iK'ing localetl at Savannah.
Masonry. as late as 1818, .seemed
to be confined to the cities, for it
is reported that at this time there
were only ten active lodges, three
ol'which were in Savannah; but in
1822 their were thirty lodges un
der the jurisdiction of the Grand
Lodge and the institution win ex
< eedingly lunspei-ous.
At'ter the great fire iu Savannah
.n 1820, w In'n the records ot the
virand Lodge weiv burned, a new
'institution was adopted, it pro
rilled toi quarterly meetings of
'he Grand Lodge, and to appease
i. jealously existing between the
northern and southern parts of the ratification, acquiescence or
As Masonry began to revive j growth, but with the civil war and
there arose a general feeling consequent depressions ol business
throughout the state that the ami fostering of Charitable enter-
The Milledgeville body met for the schism should be healed. The j prises the Grand Lodge became
first time on the fid of December, brother who offered the resolution financially involved, resulting in
1827. Kaoh side argued the mat-j expelling the lodge visited it on the necessity of having biennial
ter ably, the Savannah Grand November 20, 1888, and urged a sessions for ^he years 1879 and
Lodge taking the ground that the’ reconciliation. The lodge met him 1881, freeiug the Grand Lodge of
method of proceeding was uncoil i in the same spirit and adopted res-1 debt, and Masonry took on new
stitutional, and the Milledgev ille olutions to the efteot that the (lit- litV of prosperity and continued to j -j. reats a q ^i sertses of domestic nnimnlg
body arguing in effei t that a ma i fereuce between the lodge ami the grow until there are 470 subordi-1 Calls answered day or night
jority had the right to do anything Grand Lodge was beneficial to j ua te lodges and upward of 25,000
to the craft: Masons within its jurisdiction.
Office on Second Floor of the Aruall
Merchandise Co.’s Building
Dr. C. A. Smith,
VETERINARIAN.
ar Gearreld’i
Office
Livery Stable.
w ithout regard to the constitution, neither, but injuriou
The Savannah body was clearly that the lodge siuoerely desired re
right, according to Masonic law a.- conciliation on houorpble terms,
theretofore held, and a- since held, ami that when the Grand Lodge
w ith perhaps a singu* excepition. would rescind the resolu-
The result, however, w a- an ill us t.iou ot 188.* the lodge would stand
trathm of how a movement, illegal ready to effect a reconciliation on
in its origin aud progress, tiecomes such terms us may.-in a spirit ot
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