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THE MASONIC' J 0 U R N A L
THE MA.S0NI0 JOUENAL
GREENSBOKO, isB C.
Thursday, Jan. 6 1876
E, A. WILSON, Editor & Pioprietor.
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north of the Patriot Office.
Sickness of the Editor accounts for the
lack of editorial and other shortcomings
this week.
People would be much healthier, we
learn from of Health, if
they ate more onions. The American
nation has one leading trait. They peril
health out of respect for other people's
noses.
We have received from brother D. W.
Bain, Grand Secretary, the S^uiops s of
the Preoeedings of the recent session of
our Grand Lodge, but which having come
too late for this issue will be published
in our next.
als” which have been published in dif
ferent parts of the country during the
last forty \mars, and after having been
repeatedly quite heart broken at the
failure of our efforts to find a suitable
place on our shelves for Masonic news
papers, wm refused to be comforted when
we received the prospectins of this new
trial of the liberality and thirst for
knowledge of the Fraternity. We W'ere
tempted to cry out, “Take any name,
take any shape but that!” But we were
too late; the fiat had gone forth. Its
form is not so unwieldy as some ; indeed,
for a single reading is convenient enough,
but we have acquired a mania for pre
serving everything Masonic that we find
in print, and we fear that many readers
will not take the trouble to j.Iace this
new serial in the libraries on account of
its shape.
As for ourselves, however, the early
numbers promise so well, we shall always
welcome it to our table, peruse it careful
ly, bind it handsomely, and then stow it
away in a cupboard prepared expiessly
for such Masonic literary giants, where
we can lay our hands upon it at any mo
ment. We wish the editor all the pros
perity he hopes for, and trust that his pa
per may accomplish even more good than
he anticipates.
Can a Lodge Expel for Non
payment of Dues ?
“The Square wishes the Masonic |
^Journal, of Greensboro, N. 0 , as well 1
as its other confreres, a “Happy New j
Year," with an increased circulation.” i
Thank you, brother Anderson. It is |
very plea.sant to be so kindly remember- j
ed, and we assure you that everything I
will be done to make the Journal, at j
all times, highly acceptable to all classes j
of its readers. 1
we
(IS
name
Too Good to Lose —The following is
, from brother Nickerson, editor of the
Hew England Freemason, and we will
preface it with the exp>lanation that on
receiving our prospectus brother Nioser-
son kindly wrote to us making many
3'ahiable suggestions, all of which
truly appreciated and so wrote; but
he s.rys, he was “too late ;” the
and form had been selected and the
heading engraved, and now to punish us ;
for not wisely stumbliiig on his ideal in I
our search after a sigh-board, he bela
bors us in the followine 2entle .st.vle ■
iN'EW Masonic Journal.—We have
received the first numbers of the '•‘Mason
ic JouTUdl: a Jlasonic and Family
Weekly,” published at Greeniboro, N C
by E, A. Wilson, It is a handsomely
printed eight-piage newspaper, 12 by 18
inches, designed to supply “the great
need of an Organ of Freemasonry in the
South, whose weekly visits should brigbt-
,,en the firesides of thousands of homes,
and make glad the hearts and strong the
hands of our declining Brotherhood.”
After being driven almost cr..zy in the
attempt to assort out and arrange the
numberspf the various “Masonic Journ-
Editor Masonic Journal :
This question came up
before our Lodge at its last meeting and
was postponed until onr next meeting.
And as the action of the Grand Lodge, at
its meeting in December, 1874, ha.s im
posed a per capita tax of 50 cents on each
member returned to the Grand Lodge by
the Subordinates, the question ari.ses, can
a Subordinate Lodge expel a member for
non payment of his dues ?
There are but four ori mes against the
laws of Masonry for which a member
may be expelled from the Lodge, and
these are very high crimes in Ma.sonry, to
wit: Disobeying a summons. Profanity,
Drunkeness and immorality. Immorali
ty embraces the whole of the “Ten Com
mandments.”
There is no author upon the subject of
Masonic histoiy or jurisprudence of which
I am aware, who says that poverty ia a
crime. The great ends and aims of the
Institution is Charity and benevolence.
Therefore, if a brother is in such strait
ened circumstances that it will be injuri
ous to himself and family to pay his dues
to the Lodge, lot the Lodge donate them
to the brother as an act of charitt', there
by relieving him from the burden and
make him a new man. Expulsion means,
literally, to drive from the Order; Sus
pension means to hang up, that is, it de
bars from the benefits and privileges ;
Dismember mean.'} to out off for a time, or
until certain conditions are complied with
by the offender. Then if a Lolge noti
fies its members to appear and show
cause why they should not be dealt with
for non-payment of their dues, and they
answer the notice and say they will not I
pay for certain reasons, I s.iy, in justice j
to the Order, Suspend them for twelve ,
months. j
Let this rule be enforced all over the
State, and at the next Grand Lodge there
will be a very different report from the :
Subordinates as to “dead heads.”
The fraternity has become burdenedi
all over the State, with useless drones in
the hive, and this incubus must be de
stroyed or the fraternity goes down un
der this load. Via.
[The brother does not answer his own
question, only inferentially.^ The law of
j our Grand Lodge is that the severest
penalty in such case is dismemberment or
exclusion from the Lodge, and which does
not impair the standing of the member
with the fraternity at large. See Ma
sonic Code, pp 32, 33, Sec. 9 and 13.-
Editob.]
Courtesy to Strangles.—The man
ner of receiving visitors in the Lodge,
Chapter and Commaudery varies, not on
ly according to lines of latitude and lon
gitude, but. according to lhs individual
Tdeas of those who for the time may have
the direction of affairs in these Bodies.
We have visited lodges far distant from
home, where, although unknown and
lacking a personal introduction to the
brethren, we have been given so waim
and cordial a greeting that we almost for
got we were strangers in a strange land.
In a few cases we have been held at arm s
leiigtli, as it were, and have been made to
fee) almost as though we were intruding
upon our bietlireii in asking admission to
their assemblies. Doubtless there are
some imposters, some heedless and de
signing members of the order, whom to
bar out from Masonic intercourse and
sympathy would be no great wrong. But
because of these characters with which
all Lodges have to deal, and the remem
brance of whose visits is never altogether
pleasant, it should not be forgotten that
one of our grand watcli-words is “1* rater
iiity," and that courtesy and hospitality
to strangers are especially called for both
by the letter and tlie spirit of Masonry.
“Be not forgetiul to entertain strangers;
for thereby some have entertained angels
11IIawares.”—Freemasons Feposdory.
Killed at the Altar.
The Augusta Constitutionalist vees.Ws s.
sad and tragic incident of the war which
iiappened in the last days of the siege ol
Charleston. A young lieutenant, bv
name De Rochebe, had been nur.sed
through a desperate wound by Miss Rick-
eus, a young and beautiful daughter oi
tlie former Governor of South Carolina.
A mutual love sprung from the interest
which she felt in her patient, and from
his gratitude to the fair Samaritan, they
became engaged, and late in 1864, were
standing at the altar and about to be wed
when a shell from the Federal fleet burst
in the room, injuring seven persons and
inflicting a mortal wound opon the bride.
The scene of woe that followed defirs
description. When she was restored to
coiicioiisness the surgeon declared .s!ie
could only live a fow hours. She was
laid upon a couch, and the ceremony pro
ceeded amid the sobs of all present, and
almost as soon as she had jinmoiiiioed
the vow.}, her life ended and De Rochelb-'
had a wife in Heaven.
A Chinese Battle.—The Virginia
Citv (Nevada) Enterprise gives an ai-
oouiit of a terrible battle battle that oc-
ciired in that city, about two week.s since,
between factions of the Chinese laboiers
The citizens were at first aroused hv the
rapid firing of pistols in the Chinese
quarters. In tlie streets, around ihe cor
ners, through the alleys, out of the win
dows, a rapid tiring was ke] t iip. Tlie
police, a’uiiiig Ihemselvef, went to the
scene of battle and demanded a cessation
of hestillties ; but little regard was paid
to them. With biillet.s whizzing about
their heads,tliey rushed in and discharged
several shot-guns, when tlie Chinese stop
ped fling and rushed to their rooms. The
j battle lasted half an hour, during which
time the shouts and yells of the oombat-
' ants were equal to the soreames of red In-
i dians when they go for scalps. A Chiiia-
; man named Ah Ben, keeper of a wa.sh-
. house, was killed and four others were
I wounded. The police think others were
: killed and wounded and were dragged off
I by their friends. The cause of thS fioht
not known except to the Chinamen
themselve.i. Brit it appears to have been
a fight between oompanies.—Some of
these feuds, it is said, originated in their
; own country, and they break out afresh
I on the I pifio slope, when .sufficient num
bers of the belligerents meet to make a
I free fight interesting.
An Item W.'ncir
—RVe reproduce the
Raleigh Hhws, and recommend
consideration of our readers.
Let it go the round., of the pre.ss.
We have probably all of ns met nij],
Should Be
from the
'ittolU
instances in which a word heedlessly
ken against the reputation of a female'h,°j
been magnified by malicious mindsiuiji
the cloud has been dark enough to over '
shadow her whole existence. To thot
who are accustomed, not necessarily Roq '
bad motives, but from thoughtlessness m
speak lightly ofladies, we commend Ih'esj
hints as worthy of consideration :
Never use a lady's name in an improp.
er place, at an improper time, or in mijeJ
company. Never make assertions aUst
ler you think untrue, or allusions that
ou ieel slie herself wou.rt blush to hear
■Vheiiyoii meet with men whodonot
scruple to make use of a woman’s naoi
ill a reckless and unprincipled manner
shun, them for they are the worst inenn
bers of the community—men losttoeveiy
sense ol honor, every feeling of bumani.
ty.
Many a good and worthy momaG
■liaracter has been ruined and her heart
oroken by a lie manufactured by some
, illian and repeated where it should not
have been, and in the presence of thos*
whose little judgement could nos dele
them from circulating the foul and dama.
ing report. A slander is soon propagatec:
aiul the smallest thing derogatory tow
man's character will fly on the wingsof
tlie wind, and magnify .-s it circulate,
until its monstrous weight crushesllit
poor unconscious victim. Ee.«fiect tit
name of ivomen, for your mothers aoil
sisters are women, and as you wouldhavi
their lives nnemhittered by the slatdtt
cr's tongue, lieed the ill that your oxii
words may bring upon tlie mother, the sis
ter, or the wife of some fellow creature.
Practical Masonry.—A correspoi-
dent of tlie Voice of Masonry, writing
from Belfast, Me., some iiiontlis since, ro
lated the following pleasing inc.deiit;
There arrived in this city last week,
on the train, an intelligent, sweetfac^i
little girl of ten years, the history ofwhosi
long journey from the far West is e-tceeil-
ingiv interesting. Slie is an orphan; let
fatlier, a Mr. Rii e. formerly ofthiscoun-
ty, living in Farmington, Minn., had lost
iii.'! family, one by one, save this little
girl, and then died himself. The little
one desired to reach her relatives intbii
vicinity, Blie performed the long jeot'
iiey of more than fourteen liiindred milet
alone and without money', having kf
guidance and protection only a small
■•‘lip of paper wiiich bore the statemei.t
under the seal of a Ma.“oi;io Ledge, to
."^he w.is the daughter of a deceased broil
er Master Xla.son, wlio wished to reaJ
friends in the East, and committing lot
to the care of all Brethren whom *1*
might meet. It was better to her tl>M
gold. It raised up friends for her,
opened the hearts of all. Ladies carco
wlo
lor iier tenderly, and bearded men,
had. braved many a danger, felt its"
eyes moisten and their hearts go out
^ V ^ til V./tOVV It (ttj '-A .
sympathy as they listened to the otorv®
this little waif committed to their cai«
roteclion. Bhe had a free patera?'
meals at the stations, and the best bertl
in the sleejiing cars. The Knights
1 li I lie uai o. Aiic-ii-ing*— .
who bore the Red Gros.s on tlie plains®
Palestine, kept not more faithfully tli®''
vows, than did those modern Tempi-'
the
Awl
the obligation to befriend and protect^
orphan ol a Brother Master Mason. -
BO she passed from car to ear, towara ®
rising sun, her paper finding 1'“*® p ,/!
ery where. At last she re'Aclied
where she was taken to the house of
gentlemanly conductor. Her
were sent for, and she was taken to
future homo in Searsport.
slip of paper will long be oherishe^_^^
her as the chief among treasures. ^
asked liow she could have made sue
ong journey alone, she replisJ tha
was no difficulty about it, for e\eP
she met was a Mason.
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