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2 THE M A S O JST 1 (' JOURNAL ■ill* i 1" ,* ' 'If ii'' III k , ,STt« ■ 'lit t i ii: liS'i ■ - i " '--ip . ;■ :ij. PPiisl . .. , . ''' . Vip I :i|-ll r ' :•■ i >■*1, ! I |,^( ‘ 1 };r ;:;■■;■■ ',ll hi, I THE MASONIC JOURNAL GREENSBORO, N. C, Thursday, Jan. 20,1876 E. A. WILSON, Editor & Pioprietor. $ 3 00 ] 25 TERJIS : I copy One Year _ . - 1 copy Six ilonths 8®" No club rates.“©a Any person sending us 8 or more yearly subscriptions, with tlie CASn, will receire tlie paper one year free of charge. subscribers. Show this number of the of families can tahe but a single new spa , , j • 1 nor and that one shou d be comineiidecl Journal to your brethren and neigh- , pei, and mat one suu , , I to their consideration which bors, and their families, and induce as many as possible to take it. A few have labored faithfully for us, and with fine success, which proves what a.l may do if they will. Send the money by Rost 01- hce Order or Registered Letter. ADVERTISING KATES. y n 3 ►> o 3 CO o O o !?! t?3 > 1 inch, ® 2.50 $(t.no' $10.00 $ 1.5,00 inclif’s, 4.50 9.00 15 00 30,00 :> iuclr-s. 0 00 12.00 20.00 30,00 Tioiuinn, 10.00 20.00 35.00 45,00 -.V column, 1--1.00 35.00 45.00 00,00 5 column, 20.00 45.00 00.00 100.00 The Tar River Beacon is the name of a ■ new paper started t Greenville, N. 0.. ■ .the first number of which is to hand. It i.s published by Thos. B. Garner, is demo cratic in politics, and judging from the ■ number before us will at once take its ■ place among the best local papers in the State. We place it on our exchange list and wish it success. .Greensboro Lodge, 76, F. & A. M. ac knowledge the courtesy of a serenade by the Cornet Band last Saturday night, while the Lodge was in session, and, as it Avould happen, wdiile the interesting cer emonies of installation were being per formed. fJust here we congratulate the Lodge on securing the services of brother Dod son as W.-M for the present year, and if the membership will do its duty in at tending the meetings and aiding the of- fioer.s to perform their duties a new era iS indeed.-beg,iLQ for the Lodge. Ti'imsient arlvcrtisemcnts cliarged SI }icr inch for lirst, ami 50 cents for each siib.^e- , .ipient insertion. If^" Special Notices 25 cents perline for tlie ilr.-t, and 20 cents for each subsequent insor- lion. Simple annnniicemeiit of Marriages and 'Dcatlis IVea : Obituaries and Tribute.^ ofRo- spect eliarged for at reg'ular adverti-iiig rates. 8®” TERMS—CASH ON DEMAND. trg*' Otlice on Soutli Elm Street, tirst door ..I'ortli (»f tlie Patriot Office. Write.—There are many Masons in this State, and also in the other Southern States, who have the talent and taste for writing, and if they would exercise their talent for the Journal it would aid iis materially in making the paper mure in teresting and attiaetive. Who of our many friends will thus aid us? Write ; and ii in the judgment of the editor the article is not suited to the pa per. write again. Often he has vvritten articles that he afterward regretted hav ing published, and hence the care and prudence exercised in seeking to supply the public needs moie tlian is often asked for. And when writing don't have your articles too long, but rather boil down and give us the cream of /our subject at once. One short article is often worth more to a newspaper than two long ones, and is more apt to secure insertion. Help us to help others. Gaft, W. T, R Bell —It was a real treat last Friday evening to meet our old friend and former A.ssoci.rte, Capt. W. T R. Bell, of Carteret, who was on his way West to take charge of a High School at King's Mountain. Our Western friends may well congratulate themselves on se curing him, for he is one of the few '’oung men we know who will do to tie to in all weather. As an accomplished scholar and suc cessful teacher he has done more than a full share in educating young men of Eastern North Carolina since tin. war, and as a member of the late N, C. State Senate none stood higher or was listened to with greater respect. As Associate Editor of our former paper his labors al ways met with the highest appreciation from a discerning public, and it affords us a real pleasuie to be permitted to thus publicly acoo?d to him what we consider his just due, and we repeat that our Wes tern friends will find cause to congratu late themselves on securing the presence and services of such an able and distin guished gentleman. best meets all their needs.” And we may add, does not the M.ason ic Journal fill the bill, by supylying all demands of a first-class family paper'i* It is a Weekly, cheap and filled with the very best matter for all classes of its read ers. Tiianiks to an unknown friend for a. copy of the able addres.s of M. E. Wil liam Fowler, H.'P., to the members of ‘ Ancient Chapter, No. .1,” New York City, Deo. IGth, 1B75. The address is replete with solid information, and shows a membership of 19.7 Companions, and the total assets above liabilities ' $3,254. Forever may old No. 1 prosper and flour ish. The following are the concluding .remarks of Comp. Fowler : ‘‘My Companions, in conclusion, let me observe that, as has hitherto been the case, we shouhi gather around us in our Chapter, only the pure and true, and generous hearted and liberal minded men who will work with diligence and devo tion, not only for a few days, but for life, ■ not for themselves, but for the cause of their Master in Heaven, and for human ity.” The News.—Again do we appeal to the brethren, and especially to the Mas ters and Secretaries of the.Lodges to send ms any items of Masonic information that ■m-iy come into their possession. We de- j sire to make the paper more and more I interesting, with each number, and the .brethren can materially aid in this par- ■tioular. All should feel an abiding Interest in the success of the paper and strive to leiitend .our circulation-by .sending us new The New Asylum. Says the Asheville Oiiizcn : ‘‘Our Ma sonic friends held a meeting Friday pre paratory to receiving formally, from Rev. Mr. Pease, the magnificent property recently donated by that gentleman for an orphan asylum. God will surely bless the giver of such gifts.” Mr. Pease is a Northern gentleman, and a true philanthropist, and having seen the beneficial results of our orphan wont has donated the valuable property above alluded to to have the branch Asy him at Mars Hill removed to Asheville, and which being a more eligible point the management have accepted and made thetransfei. AVe would have reported it sooner had it been properly reported to us. Sphere of the Press.—Savs the Roanoke Ncivs : The sphere of the press as an educator is almost illimitable and its power for good incalculable,—As the right arm of popular education, it s ev erywhere a neoes.sity. It is charged with a higli and important mission, not only as a medium of information, but as the guar dian of the morals of the community. The newspaper is the handmaid of civilization. No family can maintain its place in society without it. The man needs it for information about mar kets and politics, the woman needs it as a diversion from her household cares and family duties; the young need it for both amusement and instruction, Tbousands Masonic Journal.—We have several numbers of this new candidate tor ma sonic patronage. It is a Weekly, pub lished at Greensboro, North Carolina, at 112,00 per year. We coiiiess we like this new Journal and extend to it a hearty welcome to our exchange list. There are Masons enoi gh in North Carolina to give Ihe Journal a living siip])ort. and if it is not done, they are hardly worth the name of Mason. There are not “too many ’Masonic Journals,” but there is a most discourag ing disincliualion on the part of the Craft to patronize them. A great number of degrees, a gaudy costume, with official position—these are the objects of Ma.soii- i ic -imbition, instead of masonic Fiiowhidge and practical charity. We regret to say this, but it is a fact proven by the expe rience of more than thirty years. But brethren of North CaroliHa, give your “Journal” a liberal support.—Cincinnati AJasoyiic Review. Thank you, brother Moore ; and we hope our good brethren in North Carolina —and all over the South—will solidly appreciate your kind, truthful remark.s, and work for the Journal with a spirit of determination that will at once make it a success. By the way, the Review comes to us very irregularly. Can you not send us the back numbers for Sepit., Nov. and Dec. ? The three legal rules of avoucbal are the following ; i. I have sat with him in a Lodge of the degree now under con sideration. or in the Grand Lodge which is the beat of all. 2. 1 have legal evi dence concerning him from a man whom I know to be a Mason of the degree now under consideration. .3. 1 have examin ed him by the order of the Master or one of the Wardens; and can avouch for him as a Mason of the degree now under con sideration.—Anterprise. business mistake.s. These j overlook the fact that ; pit'i Uuestion. A member of a Lodge stricken from the roll for non-payment of dues wishes to be reinstated. Is the Lodge compelled to accept his dues, or if not, and they do refuse, what is the status of the Brother ? Ansiver—When a lodge has disciplined a Brother for non payment of dues, it re serves the right to restore him to his for mer membership or not, as it may please, but it does not and cannot prevent him from affiliating elsewhere, hence, when he tenders the amount of his indebtedness, the Lodge must receive it, and give him a receipt for the same ; tirst, because it is the personal right of the Brother to place himself in position to be affiliated, and, second, because it is the duty of the Lodge to avail itself of all money due it, not on ly 10 meet its current expenses, but the claims of the needy that may be present ed to it.—Philadelphia Chronicle. A Brother’s Word. There is a class of Masons, consi.iera- ble in number, which seems to think the institution created and kept up partly for the special benefit and convenience of its members, and altogether as a general msura.no6 a.23-irist Sriiy aod Gvsry thing that might happen. If one of them lends money to a Brother Mason, or sells him a bill of gcods on credit, and the loan is not returned, nor the merchandise paid for, their idea seems to be that ■ the Ma sonic organization should assume the role of collector, and make good for them their P®“P>eeiitir,|, ^ Masonic A has r.o civil powers, and can only npo.i derelictions which relate loit/**’ affairs, or are in violation of the hj*’ morality, and even then its highest" ally is exclusion from the iiriviU the Graft. The best authorities of il"' Craft have decided with great unaniJ, that Ma.sonry cannot take the place oft) i ordinary courts of law nor usurp I' functions of a Deputy Sheriff.- every Grand Lodge, when thesuhjectl,^ been brought before it, has decided,|J, the Grand Lodge of Illinois, that; Lodges shall not take cognizanc. j|! difficulties of a legal character, gro,;,ji out of business transactions helnepl Brethren, nor entertain charges againji Brother for the purpose of adjustiiisiii(„| legal rights, pecuniary or othenvr.e, tii.| less such charges shall clearly specify on the part of the alleged oti'ender. And Grand Masters have decided Grand Master Thome, of this State, tk A Masonic tribunal will not intcrftit| to establish the civil rights of Brelhrei | nor will Masonry allow itself to be m1i| a ..onvenient means through vhieli i] creditor may collect what is due lij. from his Masonic debtor. The plain English of this means th; while lawsuits and conteDtioiis amcLi Brethren are to be avoided, if possili still when there is a suit it must he iriii! before one of the acknowledged trifciiDh of the country having authority to k- force i;s decrees. Moreover, it shoiii be understood that in businese Eiatta; we are to depend on business metWi, and not on some abstract and uudrUi power, which is expected to coue toth rescue, and correct our own want oi| judgment. There is another phase of this etilj which needs correction, and that li lit) habit some men have of pledging, ail others ct accepling the word of a IJaioi on the most trivial occasions. A loanti fifty cents, or any other equally iinin-i portant matter, calls out the aEseveratiot, only in nine esses out of ten tobevioli;' ed from sheer forgetfulness. Kowserw things should be treated seriously, aii we should ever keep a watch upon oat- selves that we do not needlessly trile with them. The habit appears to k much like the habit of using prolaiie language, which adds nothing to the co gency of an argument, or of force toi declaration. Wc should have considets- blo misgiving if a promise made to us wet! backed up by a needless oath, andieiko manner we fear to trust a man wholas* Masonic pledge always at his tongues end to be given without thought and bro ken without hesitation. We respectfu.ly submit that the habit should be correctel by the individuals given toit, if possible, and certainly by all others in considering any such pledges as mere verbiage, kab ing no deeper foundation than the lips of the speaker. But, occasion ari»ing "'kere such a pledge may be given, and !t«t pledge being willfully or even heedlesdr broken, then we, having the power, would assess such Masonic punishment as migbi tend to sharpen the recollection of too offender. It onght to be the bigko®* pride of a man, and especially of a IR son, to have his word equal to his koJ r and when a promise made freely, to ne backed by an objurgation or Jla- siinic pledge, we should consider tke» tide subject to a certain discount, a>i > therefore not to be taken at par, if a a • ■ A general agreement on this subjec w put an end to the evil arising he® ’ and save a great deal of ill-feeling , lessly evoked by a tlioughtless indu gc ^ in a foolish and undignified habit, t*" , trust that every reader of khis ■ will enroll himself as one to put it 1^ —N, Y. Disjiatek,
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