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Secrecy (Exchange) It has been said that Masonry is the open secret of the world. Its principles are such that they may with full propriety be shouted from the house-tops. However, there are certain things about the Fraternity that should be held within the tiled recesses of the lodge or between brethren entitled to them under proper circumstances. In addition to the ritual and method of recognition that should never become known to those not of the Fraternity, there are other matters that should never be divulged. For in stance, if a man apply for the degrees and is blackballed, the fact should be held in inviolable secrecy. The lodge has a right to accept or reject an application, but it doesn’t have the right to publish the fact of rejection. There are many things besides those generally regarded as the secrets of lYeemasonry that ought to be held in secrecy. Cir cumspection is truly a Masonic virtue. TIME Sporting Goods Company Everything For the Sportsman 1624 East Main Street PHONE TU 2-6212 They Say (Masonic Standard) If “They say” was throttled, hanged, choked to death, quart ered and burned to ashes, and the ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven, there would be peace and harmony in the world and much less heartache. “They say” is a cowardly twin brother to Lucifer, and is an es caped convict from the realm of Abandon. “They say” is a sneak thief afraid to appear in the light, but under cover of somebody else’s slurs pilfers good deeds, steals good reputations, and, clothed as an angel of light, seeks to “damn with praise.” “They say” is a liar and never speaks the truth. The brightest, purest most beautiful character in the world becomes hideous when “They say” has finished the falsehoods he invents. “They say” is an assassin, stabbing in the back and never appearing where his dastardly, hideous demoniacal countenance can be seen, but cowering in the shadows of good men, carries on his Mephistophelian work of destroying good names. Trouble makers are abundant in the world, and the trouble fac tory runs day and night, with “They say” as the manager. He throws into the bubbling caul dron of care whole tons of mean and false insinuations, pokes the fire of the furnace with the pronged fork of hypocritical “friendship” and hums an in cantation of discordant malic iousness to keep up his fiend-like spirits. “They say” should be avoided, and what “They say” utters nine times out of ten—nay, should never be believed, for nine times out of ten—nay, ninety- nine times out of a hundred, the utterance is false. Avoid “They say” as you would a venomous reptile. * OFFICE EQUIPMENT | And School Supplies | Typewriters . . Adding Machines . . Cash Registers . . Ledgers ♦ . . Tax Forms . . And All Supplies For School or College. ^ Let Us Supply Your Office With Modern Equipment J Standard Office Equipment Co. 175 N. Second St. Dial YU 2-7111 t STILL OIL CO. i East Main Street Phone YU 2-3215 Distributors of GASOLINE - KEROSENE - FUEL OIL - FARM TRACTOR FUEL Complete Service Station Facilities! Directory Stanly Lodge No. 348—First and third Friday nights in each month. Albemarle Lodge No. 703— Second and fourth Monday nights. Pee Dee Lodge No. 150—First and third Thursday nights. Yadkin Falls Lodge No. 637 — First and third Monday nights. Albemarle Chapter No. 71 O. E. S.—Second and fourth Tuesday nights. Norwood Chapter No. 164— First Monday night. Tallassee Chapter No. 208— Third Tuesday night. Where Joking Is Out Of Place (Exchange) By a certain type of mind “scaring” a candidate is con sidered to be an excellent joke. Those who petition a lodge are told of the terrors of the “lodge goat,” thus keeping alive a form of ridicule of Freemasonry in vented by its enemies more than 200 years ago. A candidate is told he will “back down”. The terrors of the “third degree” are expounded with laughter, winks and apparent enjoyment by them who thus soil something sacred and beautiful for the sake of a moment’s amusement — if, in deed, it is amusing to make a new-comer afraid of that which later proves to be without terror. Citation won 32 races in 45 starts and was unplaced only once during his career. Fine Heritage (The Compass) Masonry was never designed to be a popular institution, yet in all ages “the best men of so ciety” were found in its ranks. But it is on American soil that brotherhood shines especially to our liking. Among the ancestors of our New World civilization do we find them. They were among the Boston Puritans, the Newport Jews, the Baltimore Catholics and the Philadelphia Quakers. The colonial governors were chiefly Masons, the Continental Congress of 1774-1775 was large ly Masonic. George Washington and Peyton Randolph were among the leaders who were Ma sons, and the Continental Con gress of 1776-1777 was almost wholly made up of members of the Masonic Fraternity. So it is today that we Ameri can Masons look with wonder and admiration into the Ameri can Masonic past. The future of American Freemasonry will have to speak for itself. Ross Studio Portrait & Commercial Photography • DIAL YU 2-5815 215 West Main St. Albemarle, N. C. MR. AND MRS. JOHN ROSS WE ARE HEADQUARTERS In Albemarle and Stanly Coun+y For General Electric Home Appliances We Also Feature Hardware, Building Materials, Paints, and a Complete Line Of Sports Equipment! Lowder Hardware Co. 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