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SPECIAL COURT HOUSE EDITION OF THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Text Of Dr. Poteat's Speech At Corner Stone ASSES NEED hp FOLLOWING GOLDEN KULE UJ f, aa.. 'tujmamier the conception of divine ius- the prmc.p-. t- ticc tempered- With mere v. The Deitv " 3 -?ettin to his creatures an unbelieva- r ke preserved along withV-- xa'Ple tne square Ointlevents pretahfing to f" -jading -them fo low it a all 1 T1T te was a lime wneu masons ontent to sit in tne seclusion ;r lodge looms and bid the world settle its own prob What little sense of obligation Ut was satisfied when a silver Li orator arose and acclaimed fctly admiring crowds, emmitt- irlain generalities ami iwwery iJm about the glories of the Even now, sad to relate, many either do not realize, or refuse hit tnat masonry nas anyuiwg lant to say to the world at large. ty to them means various ntu, oerformances ana tne coircn- of a few pennies to charity. In inion such alleged masons are Lre to retard the progress of temity than all its outside ene- iambined. This statement is fcithout the lightest thought of asperisions upon our beauti. Iial which I love as well as any more and more gloriously or the world perishes. Thirdly what our brother president R' osevelt called the Spuare Deal, h oldest of all our known "symbols is that of the set square. It has been emDlo.-eH in nil tha a- Af The Largest Crowds ! i321 civilized man can be traced t UravnPsvill VV11 u,sea 10 teach uprightness Ever In ' ajnesYiue , flnc what we know as the Golden Rule. nflQrs Inspiring: An j Both the Greek and Latin words for - souare means a ru o or o-uu of Hfo The square is the foundation of the 4ith problem of Euclid who in the sixth century before Christ sought to present a pagan and polytheistic world a comprehensible picture of Deity, and suggests to us in a most striking Speech . ,avinir of corner stone of the kVtOetober 26, Dr. Hu- poteat, of the Latin de- Hou L. .V. si ;on. ectio , d the new Court House i : ., i v Pr poteat enipnaiu va nriii'iplf o" which all Masons Ln which the order is founded. videi these principals into seven ubies wiucn ne usicu m me 'of their importance as follows: .I.-,;.. niiiiflrA. df&l. re- V HiUUlil", - "I- world had given heed to this Masonic principle, not one of the rjroblems that his ' face us now would exist. Tht fact that they do exist is complete proof ! of the failure of Masnns tr evert ia(-' influence in our social and civic life thpt they ought to exert and can exert if they will. Suppose men everywhere guided their actions by this principle. Tiie negro problem would be a for. ;nr law, .unci -v.. fcvLLcu iugutiiiiixe, anises wuuiu no Vi Tl. -.lnJ nr.An:nl 1 1 . ... hteousr.ess. ne piat-cu special longer paralyze American industry, bis UP'!" 'ne i'"i'u-a",-c socialism wouia never nave peen oorn, lasons Dut all American citizens bolshevism would have remained in 8 nrni stana lor iaw eiumce- the depths ot hell its home, nations Anwrainsm ana eaucanon. event brought to Waynesville v the largest crowas seen nere eral years for a puDlic gatner- txcepting mass meetings aim I assemblies. Poteat's speech was as follows: further its influence and increase its efficiency, and onmve in the loct rll YS or strength jtsi vindictive enemies. Masonry believes m the widest possi ble extension of educational oppor tunity, absolutely free from the drugs of predigested opinion and the stifl ing. Stutttiner intellectual ,M intoierent religious meracny De it Catholic or Protestant, and both are to he fmin c, I has wisely and truly said that the Mvuege oi ireedom carries with it the vuntraLion T.n nam v.- Masonry subscribes to this sentiment wiuiout Hesitation or reservation, re joices in the ever widening spread of education for 1l men ;u actionary, the tight wad, the moss uacK, xne bigot are looking for a fight fisu"ry SayS "here am 1 put up your In the tlPVt. nlane'T . . nimly for from nm 1 l. ... , toleration. M ,ll.ra of rti lt;.meflns the knowledge appreneiKiion and compre hension Of hia Hool,., ...:.u ... . P C, ,f tl,,. i fca nun men and1 tvoi tl maae y Hlm whih con tiol the universe "with all its mighty and tnagestic formations." The true Mason, therefore, is never content with tne light he hs received, but presses for further at.d yet further light. At a certain point in the degree of Mast er Mason, the candidate receives a certain word which he is informed is a substitute for the tnie wH A-nst therein, my bretheren is symbolized tms truth i am seeking to impress on VOU now. The true wnrH Ahnt ia tn say perfect knowledge of the Divine Creator, is inattainable in this finite life and will be communicated t n only when He raises us in thnt Inst most sublime degree. Now because our minds are limited and restrained by mortality, truth does not appear in the same guise to all men. We interpedt and explain the farts of life, economic conditions, phi losophical nronouncements. rolierimu speculations and revelation differently. nonce arise various schools ot thought, various nolit.iial nm-tiei. vniiAiw lem onstrflt.iiins. Mnsnnn-v tenchoa thnt w- are children of a common Father and. theretore, brethere-: that every man. has a full and complete right to his Dolitic.fll. llliloftonl;f-n I nn,i veliiriniia i opinion; that no man who treads this earth has authority to say, to another what he shall believe and what he shall not believe. Today intolerance seems to be steadily growing uglier and j stronger. This devilish spirit and all -.bo .....v.. fcl..CT vi, vi it ..io- ! sonry sternly rebukes. We believe the words of Paul: "For we shall all stand before the judgement bar of God." And we assert boldly and joyously that intolerence and bigotry are of , their father, the devil; that the search ii'or truth is man's sublimest vocation, 1 1 I. . . . L i . : , ... I a mi mai. in inai sfurcii ne is ana oi riKw ougni. 10 ue, as iree as uou s sunlight. Finally Masonry preaches righteous ness. "To be good and true is the finest lesson that we are taught in Masonry." Our order is founded on a firm faith in the existence of one omnipotent God, and on the belief that only through love for Him, and unceasing striving t do His will can man ever attain happiness in this life or heaven in the world to come. Ma sonry, therefore, takes her place proudly beside the home the school and the church, as one of the means of bringing the kingdom vi God to its glorious consumation. She seeks to displace and supercede neither but' to assist and strengthen the work and influence of all three. Surely there has never been a time since the Morn ing Stars sang together at Creation's dawn when there was a greater need for righteousness, for faith in God, for devotion to His will, than now: Far, far back of the beginning of ; written records of the race there was a man who looked up into the starry Heavens one night and saw the face of God shining with "a light that nev er was on land or sea;" who listened lo the mighty roar of the ocean and heard the voice of the Creator speak ing in solemn, beautiful tones; who beheld in the lightning's flash the all seeing eye of the infinite and in the thunuer heard the muttering of His wrath. I know not who that man was but he was our brother. All along down the ages there have been men who have sought constantly and eag erly after God if happly they might find Him. They were our brothers. Other men have died beneath the tor tures of a vindictive and bigoted in quisition rather than deny the faith that hallowed thir lives and the truth that made them free. church and the living God has tterly to comprehend the time, and spirit ot this brotherhood, never caught even a famt r vf the true Masonic light. ;ier now with me. those e-reat ls which embody Masonry's e to the modern world; those which every genuine Mason o practice in his own life, and ?afate; those principles for me -Masons are always ready of their time, energy, means eed be of their life's Moon. p these is charity. That feel- causes men to share with s fortunate brother, not in the ' handine out a dole hut us of what the Creator has nlac- k world for the use of all men. j- has a further and higher ( means brotherly love '-ion. In a day of sham nrac- : suspicions, of whispered &c uaannry s voice rings out 1 strong, "0ne is your father ;e a-e brotheren. Vows have p a, iline altars binding your- ?ether in sweet, foil much in a new commandment give m that ye love one another." e ever been a time in the M the world when enmities IWe tO he snnthet ,'c.nJ P-strife r to be vanquished, the in oi slander to be dis- me sweet affection. Ma voice falls upon our inno-linir ka.. -.1 . o o r a" no ot the angels' song, N eart.li -n T ' ji .' 6w wui io men. uli and pmwin t f v.i tit f O--" 6 VUK hie ; Juism, of deep and geira m the welfare of aU men. I ho thirtk t11 Ameri wday among the company ! ' "ving monument to self- piendid isolation, mock 5erm? states of Eurnn and IfZ? 6ettl their own prob- ' ner sons spend eight 5very twenty-four in the ( a distrased worthy 'fcaes her votaries that the C.t God-like pursuit under L nve,n that followed SDlir . ,. """i Weill. r ?XXl." And When the would not plot to oppress and roo other nations and the World War would not have spread misery and devastation and ruin over the face of the world. Surely we Masons have spent too much time philosophizing and not enough time in applying our beliefs and tenets to the alleviation of the world suffering and the solu tion of the world's problems. As I have already suggested, unless we speedily and whole heartedly set about this divine task, we shall perish, and before God, we ought to perish. In the fourth place, respect for law. It has been said more or less correctly, no doubt, that if church members would quit drinking blockade liquor, the blind tigers would soon be com pelled t go out of business, I presume the statement would be equally true u the word "Masons" were substituted for ''Church Members." And it must be confessed with poignant shame, tlm m some sections of our state Ma sciij not only drink monkey rum, but manufacture and sell it. That we be lieve in the toleration of Other men's opinions, I shall point out presently; but there is nothing anywhere in Ma sonic law, history or tradition, which tcacnes us to gloss over and excuse violations of plain statutes laid down for the guidance of American citizens. We are told, "In the decision of every tiespass against our rules,, you are to judge with candor, admonish with friendship and repremand with jus tice." This is plain enough to be. com prehensible' by even the dullest intel 'eci. Masonry has no room, for ex ample, for the blockader, for he is a deliberate offender against the law vf the land. But this is not the end of the matter. Masonry not only teaches her votaries to respect the law of the land. This is not ts.e. ! She also demands that you and 1 constantly do all in our power to develop in and out of the lodge such an alert, sensitive and imperious pub lic opinion as will put the blockader Masons in general are slowly, awakening to the indisputable activity, of turmoil and strife, activity, of turmoil and strife, ieion and unbelief, of selfish- ld the mad scramble for wealth, i: produce or quit. ly consideration of right and demands that an organization te and as powerful as ours be felt mightily in all good that in short Masonry has a :e for the world in which we shall attempt in a short time nt to you my conception of pat message is. nry is not a religion, never has ad never will be. That Ma- b sees in the order a substitute and those who deal with him, as well ocialist rwrtej ait,-,;.- , &ilh?Lth? ritjr of r for h.rr d thl; .uJlKut lood to ew lives by an unheal. as all other law breakers, where they btlon,?, among the pariahs and out casts of society. I have discussed this particular form of contempt for law purely as an illustration of the duty and principle of Masons to spread abroad this trumpet call which the nydpr senile frnm nole tn rvnle T.ihei"t.v ' " ' I- .w i - , . - -j ii founded on Law, o obedience to law, on respect for law; when law is dispised, ignored, forgotten, .liberty trembles on her lofty throne and an archy and chaos, deep down in the bottomless pit, prepare to issue forth, to tear down and mangle and destroy." I pass to the ne't phase of Mason ry's message, namely, Americanism. We talk at length of our great melt ing pot, and of the fact that this na tion oifers a hospitable welcome to nitn of all races. This is, no doubt, ery fine, but no person with an ounce cf biains can deny that we have with in ciur borders large elements wear ing all the liveries of citizenship, who have no more right to enjoy the bless ings and the freedom of this fair land than the devil has to direct the Angel Choir Our estate is broad but it has no room in it for men and women whose souls are bound hard and fast id oome foreign court, and who bring an ineradicable hyphen in their bag gage When they land on our shores. Masonry preaches, and all genuine Masons practice, Americanism, and in so doing arouse the ire of certain hyphenates whose Americanism could never achieve a passing grade in any sort of -examination. It is high time tliat we awake out of sleep and heed Masonry's call to this sublime task of oriving out forever foreign alleg ienc e and disloyalty of whatever kind, end of bringing in the day when every man, woman and child all over this g'orious nation can say from his heart "America, first, last and always." In the sixth place Masonry has something to say to the modern world on Education; l he puDlic scnoois oi the country with all of their imper fections, and they are many, are the nursery of our future, the seed bed of our destiny. Ont of the truest things that greatest of all Masons, tAibert Pike, ever said is this, "It is never safe for a nation to repose in the lap of ignorance." Ignorance, my bretheren, is tne motner oi nine.eBu of all human WTethedness. jsottow and death, tears and misery, strife and war, have always bean her frui tion. Masonry therefor iwlieves in thm rustic schools: all rood Masons ht for the public schools .support heartily every measure aesigueu w Two Wonderful Assets To Haywood County The New Court House The American Enka Plant r.,,i.. , .;.iiu2r!rjy if Airplane View of the Plant of American Enka Corporation, located on Highway No. 10 Between Way- nesville and Asheville. N the Course of Three Short Years, the Am erican Enka Corporation has Converted what was a former district in Western North Carolina into a modern industrial center, and in Addition has built a thriving little city where peace and contentment of mind reign supreme among two thousand industrious workers who are ever faithful to their tasks, and the Corpora tion they so ably represent. ii ikiericai :Enka CerporatiM ENKA, NORTH CAROLINA Rayon Makers Rayon Distributors 1 ! I .V ! r, i I !,1 i r 3 ) 1 ! i :! i ! i i : ' 1 i 4 1 I i ' i I' 1 1 1 4 r ' f:: i .. i
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