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On Wednesday night of last week, the shook of an earthquake was experienced in Richmond, Petersburg, and other points in Virginia, and along the line to Raleigh, N. 0., the shook passing from South to North. In various places the shock was so severe as to produce sufficient oscil lation to cause buildings to shake and to produce serious alarm among the people. When corresponding with the Journal remember these things; Write the names of Persons, Post Office, County and State plainly, and for all subscriptions send the money with the order. When writing iat'publication use only one side of the paper. This will save errors in making entries on our Mail Books, in the first in stance, and in the second you will aid the printer materially. Tii.^nks to. the brethren who have so kindly remembered us daring the holi days. Send in your subscriptions, and in doing so be sure to get one, two, or more friends to join you, and make us glad with good lists from every neighbor hood. If every subscriber will send us the name of at least one more (with the cash) it will at once put the paper square ly on its feet. The Old Ys.ar has passed. Its w'ork is completed and every item is summed up in the great book of Eternity. To many it has been a year fraught with pe culiar joy and prosperity, while thousands of Olliers have gone down beneath the waves of sorrow and adversity. It has been a year of great monetary hardships to the masses, while many have fattened on the misfortunes of their fellows; and thus it has ever been. How many who began the year as blithely as we do this, are now resting in the church yard. Among the.se are many of our Masonic brethren—-we trust called from the labors of the Terrestrial to the refreshments "if the Celestial Lodge above Let ua emulate the good of their lives, and cast the veil of Charity over their weak nesses. And may the new born year ■prove one of great joy to all our readers and our Craft. Amen. AU right brother Independent; here's our aUERY. At the regular time for the election of olficers of our Lodge, a brother who was duly qualified, was elected Master. Af ter the Lodge was closed, and not until several days after, he expressed his de termination not to be installed and serve in the position to which he had been- elected. The question arises does the Master of the past year continue to fill the office of Master for the next year, or will the Senior Warden elect, after hav ing been installed as such, take charge of the Lodge, and discharge the duties of Master? N. Answer : When a Master is installed he is in stalled to serve until his successor is electe.l and installed. In the absence of the Master, the Senior Warden sut'ceeds to the office of Master, and in the absence of both the Master and Senior Warden, then the Junior Warden becomes the Masterpiro tem. This)is the law and the custom, but in this case let us see who is really entitled to the chair. An election was held and all the offices filled, but the Master declining to accept the position to which he was elected, and be installed, does the Master of the past year continue to act as Master, or does the Senior Warden elect assume the du- of Master after his installation ? Here a conflict of authority might arise, for each would have apparently good grounds for urging his claims to the office. Our opinion is, that under such pecu liar circumstances, a new election should beheld. And this is our reason : If the oSpoq failed to elect the Master of the Past year, it is evidence that it did not w’ish his services in that capacity any longer, and therefore by electing another member to the office, the Lodge virtually aeded his term of office. Under these circumstances it would hardly be proper for the Senior Warden elect to assume the duties of Master ; because, while the Lodge might be willing and anxious to put him in the second official chair, it might not be willing to make him its pre siding officer. He might be young and inexperienced, and unqualified for the position. Therefore, in voting for such officer, the members voted to make him Senior Warden—not Master. Nor do we think it 'would be proper for the Master of the past year to contin lie to fill the same office. He may not have been an acceptable officer, .and for him to continue to act might be against ihe almost unanimous wish of the mem bers ; yet if it be admitted that he had the right to continue in office, he could be forced upon the Lodge by the act of a single member. The law making the Senior W'arden the Master of the loAge, pro tern, in the absence of the Master, applies when a Master has been regularly elected and in stalled, and afterward fails for some cause to discharge the duties of his office ; but it was never intended in our opinion, nor do we think it law or justice that a Senior Warden should attain to the office of Mas ter simply because the brother elected | refused to be installed as Master. 1 We are therefore of the opinion that in the case cited by our correspondent, the proper way is to have a new election, which can be held under a Dispensation obtained for that purpose, from the prop er authority. Elections- The following are officers elected for North Carolina Lodges, Chapters, &o., for the following Masonic year; Raleigh Chapter No. 10: John Nichols, High Priest. A. S. Lee, King. F. H.,Busbee, Scribe. J. B. Neathery, Captain of the Host. W. J. Ilicko, Principal Sojourner. W. B. Wetherell, Royal Arch Captain. T. W. Blake, M. 3d Vail. J. C. Brewster, M. 2d Vail. Jno. Whitehead, M. 1st Vail. M. Grausman, Treasurer. D. W. Bain, Secretary. Concord Chapter No. 1; C. M, VanOrsdell, M. E. H. P. H. H. Munson. E. K. A. Wronski,;.E. S. WL A. Williams, C. II. R. Greenberg Treasurer. J. C. Muds, Secretary. Hirau Lodge No. 40; A. S. Lee, Master. F. H. Busbee, Senior W’arden. J. C. R. Little, Junior Warden. L. E. Heartt, Treasurer. E. B. Thomas, Secretary. Goldsboro Lodgp; No. 332: H. F. Granger, W. M. W. F. Kor.iegay, S. W- J. D. Winslow, J. W. E. W. Adams, Treasurer, T. B. Hyman, Secretary. Don’t forget to send in the Christmas and New Year’s presents, in the shape of subscriptions to the Joubn.vl. Every ! new subscriber received strengthens the list, and adds that much to the perma nent establishment of the papet. Wilmington Lodge No. 319: S. Northop, W. M. C. II. Robinson, S. W. W’. P. Oldham,(J. W. A. J. Howell, Treasurer. W. S. Warrock, Secretary. 'tv. II. Chadbourn, S. D. E. G. Barker, J. D. John B. Robinson, S. II. Collins, Stew ards. John L. Cantwell, Marshal. George Patterson, Chaplain. B. G. Bates, Tyler. F. & A. M., have resolved te issue a six per cent, ioal, the proceeds of whrali are for the purpose of redeeming the 7 o-lOths loans now outstanding. It will bo issued in bonds of $50, $100, $500 and $l,0(-'0 each. Ills Imperial Highne.-s Prince Rhode- canakis has been re-elected Grand Mas ter of Greece for a further term of three years, and was installed as such, amid great pomp, on the 26th of October. Testimonial of Esteem. A joyful group of Maso:;io brethren as sembled last evening at the office of Dr. Samuel S. Everitt, and so cleverly did the gathering happen to drop in that the Doc tor was entirely surprised, but most hap. pily so when Mr, Eugene S. Martin arose and, in the name of the assembled breth-' ren, presented him in appropriate terms with a swinging silver ice pitcher, waiter, cup and card receiver, having engraved thereupon : “Dr. S. S. Everitt, P. M. St. John’s Lodge No. 1, from MasoKic friends, Dec. 27, 1875, as a token of their brotherly love and esteem, and testimo nial of their appreciation of him as a man and Mason, and of his faithful duty to the craft. The happy faces of the do nors glanced gleefully from one to the other in smiling recognition of the Doc tor’s blushes of surprise, and after he had thanked them in words heartfelt and earnest a general hand-shaking of hap piness went the rounds, followed by a few jokes and pleasant yarns, which con- concluded the surprise, and all went home with ^earts beating big with broth- 6) iy love — SVihmngioyi iS7ar* The Grand J/aster of Iowa that he has granted twenty-seven dis in .''ear, and tint sations to establish new State, during the paat twenty six of them have and are now at work. been instituted The Grand Lodge of Michigan hasuu. dertaken to and is now building an Odd Fellows’ Institute at Lansing. The total number of initiatiens in tl, Order during the year 1874, was 55,00j The annual communication of the M W. Grand Lodge of F. k A. M. of th State of Nevada, and the annual conto. caDon of the Grand Royal Arch Chap ter of the State of Nevada, bays h,,,. postponed to the first Tuesday in Jntf 1876. Oddfellowship, The reports of the different Lodgeiij Kansas shows a total membership w 4,723. The total receijita were$36,21j. 25 ; the Lodge expenses, $19,384,31. Ih Widow and Orphan Fund amounts to $26, 167,20, an increase of $2,635,19 4 ring the past year, and a decreaseoi $1,076,85. The total of Lodge fm4 amount 20,465,64, an increase to $4,6oo- 33 during the year, and a decrease of jil,. 150,14, beiiig a net increase cf $983,IJ, The total amount expended for relief ij regular channehs was $6,599,90, and ii irregular channels, $2,193,04, maliijj a total of $8,792,64. St. Joan’s Day.—St. John, theEns, gelist, 18 one of the patron Saints of th order of Free Masons. » * ♦ Masonic Lodges, in ancient times, wm dedicated to King Solomo.n, the fin' M. E, G. M,. and continued to besodd- icated until after the Crusades. Amoc; the various orders of Knights engaged;: those chivalric wars, none were mors coi- sp.'ciioua than the magnanimous Ordetoi the Knighta of St. John. Many ofth' brethren of the Ancient Craft also ve'.: forth to aid in redeeming the sepiilchreoi the Saviour from the hands of the iufidd!, between these and Knights of St, Joli there e.xisted a reciprocal feeling of brotl- erly love. 'They entered into a solemn ]iledge of friendship, and the plains of Jerusalec bore witness to their vows. St John,tie Evangelist, was the Christian patrou o: Freemasonry. It was for this reasontli argument was made that all lodges whese members acknowledged the divinity of Christ should be consecrated and dedics. ted to St. John.— Weekly Courant. The Power of Masonry. Masonry cannot subdue the tempost nor say to the ocean “Peace, be still,” hti' it lifts the sinking mariner from theen- gulphing wave and warms him into liff- It cannot hush the voice of the tlmcdBr. nor arrest the lightning’s fiery uiEsilE- but it takes the victim of the storm and wraps its snow-white robe around b»' It does not stand at the door of the !«■ pulchre to roll away its stone and biditi silent, solemn tenant come forth, but it finds the lame, the halt, and the blind, that have fallen by the wayside, and pours into their hearts the oil of joy and gladness. It does not go abroad to p'®' claim its benevolent spirit, but it wipw the tear from the widow’s eye, andguidrt the feet and guards the head of the W' phan. It does not boast of its desdt o charity, but it “feeds the hungry, clolte* the naked, and binds up the wounds of the afflicted,” It does not claina tbatit has fraternized the world, but it diff®*’ its spirit of |universal Bretherliood aW Charity as gentle as the dews of Herffl* and as genial as the light of Heaven,-' Grand Master Price, OF Kansas-
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