MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND
LODGE OF MISSOURI CLOSES
BUSINESS IN THIS STATE
Hon. Crittenden Clark, one of the
most prominent attorneys of St. Louis
and present grand master of the
Masons of Missouri and jurisdiction,
in company with the following grand
officers: Dr. Crossland, St. Joseph,
Mo.; Eugene Lacey, Willis G. Mosley,
Fred Dabney, Kansas City, Mo., and
| P. L. Pratt, Cameron, Mo., were in our
city the 18th, 19th and 20th, closing up
the business affairs of the Missouri
jurisdiction in this state.
□ Owing to the recent establishment
of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge
of the State of Nebraska and its juris
diction it was necessary from Masonic
custom and usage for Missouri to re
frain from doing further business in
the state of Nebraska and to release
all lodges in this state still holding
charters under their jurisdiction.
Grand Master Clark of Missouri
called an occasional Grand I,odge of
Missouri Friday, the 19th, assisted by
the following grand officers:
Dr. Crossland, St. Joseph, Mo.,
senior grand warden.
Eugene Lacey, Kansas City, Mo.,
junior grand wry den.
Willis G. Mosley, Kansas City, Mo.,
grand relief secretary.
Fred Dabney, Kansas City, Mo., dis
trict deputy.
P. L. Pratt, Cameron, Mo., grand
lecturer.
After the business pertaining to the
lodges in this state holding charters of
the Missouri jurisdiction had termi
nated and expressions of regret in
severing connections, and success and
goodwill having been extended to
them, Grand Master Clark of the Mis
souri jurisdiction then turned the
gave! of authority over to the Hon.
Nathaniel Hunter, Omaha, most wor
shipful grand master of the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State
of Nebraska and Jurisdiction, who
then proceeded to call the two grand
lodges into a joint session.
The following officers of the Ne
braska jurisdiction were present:
Perry R. Warner, Omaha, deputy
grand master.
Jonathan N. Thomas, Omaha, grand
junior warden.
Walter L. Seals, Omaha, grand lec
turer.
Charles W. Dickerson, Omaha, grand
o-vnr deacon.
After an unlimited exchange of fra
ternal greetings and the appointment
ef the grand representatives to the
Grand East of each Grand Lodge, the
representatives of Missouri then dis
played that flow of oratory for which
they have long been known, in the of
ficial acknowledgment of the Most
Worshipful Grand Lodge of Nebraska
and its Masonic Jurisdiction, and
hoped for them many successes.
The joint session of the Occasional
Grand Lodge was closed in the most
befitting manner by Nathaniel Hun
ter, grand master of the state of Ne
braska and its jurisdiction.
The visiting grand officers were
highly entertained during their brief
stay in our city and openly expressed
their regrets as to not having had
their Grand Lodge entertained in this
state.
They left Saturday evening for Mis
souri much pleased and enjoyed.
BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS IN THE
** NORTH PROSPER
Over Four Companies Have a Cap
italization of Over $2.35,000, With
Excess Sales of $30,00(1—Ohio
Leads All States.
Columbus, O., Sept. 24—As a result
of inadequate housing conditions in
several of the most important indus
trial centers to which Negro work
men have gone in large numbers since
1916, Charles E. Hall, supervisor of
Negro economics for Ohio, began
•I'p- in May, 1919, a campaign for
building and loan associations to be
organized and financed by the pro
gressive colored men and women in
each of these congested communities
to assist Negroes to buy or build
homes.
A circular letter calling attention
to “Housing Facilities for Negro La
bor,” together with a statement giv
ing general infoi-mation on the sub
ject of organizing building and loan
associations was carefully prepared
and mailed from the Columbus office
on May 8, and through the courtesy
of the Department of Building and
Loan Associations were mailed to the
chairman of each County Negro
Workers’ Advisory Committee. A
model form of constitution and by
laws was also prepared by the super
visor who gave copies to those most
interested. Through correspondence
and local conferences the movement
t was started from Lake Erie to the
Ohio river.
Prior to this there was only one
association, the Star Building and
Loan Association of Toledo, which
was under the direction and control
of colored men. Since the inaugura
tion of the campaign of Supervisor
Hall, three other associations have
been organized and chartered, one at
Springfield, Middletown and Cleve
land, while others are being pro
moted at Akron, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Greenfield and Youngstown, by influ
i ential men who have a vision of racial
opportunities through co-operative en
terprises.
The four companies mentioned have
a combined capitalization of $236,000
with stock sales already in excess of
$50,000. The Negroes of Ohio now
lead those of all other northern states
in this enterprise.
BOOTLEGGERS PROVE
INVENTIVE GENIUSES
Many Former Liquor Dealers Become
Ardent Horticulturists and Vendors ;
of Potted Plants: There Is a Reason.
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San Juan, P. R., Sept. 19.—The gov-1
eminent officials have just discovered ;
the means by which liquor is carted j
around San Juan and disposed of in
contravention of the prohibition law.
The old crude methods were stopped
long ago, but the liquor still continued
to circulate. Recently an inspector
noticed a big boom in the business of
peddling growing plants.
People who had been in the liquor
business, it appeared, were particular-.
ly interested in horticulture all of a j
sudden, and the agent got suspicious i
and investigated. He found that gaso
line tins had been arranged with false
bottoms, inclosed in which was the
contraband liquor.
The upper part of the tin was filled
with clay and a growing plant placed
in it. The dealer had only to trans
plant his shrubbery from the filled tin
to an empty one and get out the par
ticular form of intoxicant he wanted.
DEMAND FEDERAL GOVERN
MEN CONTROL LYNCHING
New York, Sept. 23.—The following
resolutions, calling for federal inter
vention in states where lynching is un
punished and unchecked, were unani
mously passed at a mass meeting of
1,000 persons in the meeting hall of
the Society for Ethical Culture, 2
West Sixty-fourth street, New York
City, on the night of September 16:
“We, citizens of the United States,
assembled in the meeting hall of the
Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West
Sixty-fourth street, New York City,
on the night of Tuesday, September
16, submit that:
“Whereas, John R. Shillady, secre
tary of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
was without provocation brutally as
saulted in broad daylight on a main
street of Austin, Tex., on August 22,
1919, the mobbists being led in person
by a county officer of the state of
Texas;
“Whereas, Governor W. P. Hobby of
Texas not only declined to remove such
officer, hut condoned the assault, say
ing that the victim was ‘the only of
fender”;
“Whereas, Each week witnesses ad
ditional lynchings and mob outrages
in the United States, eight persons
having been publicly burned since the
beginning of the year 1919 and forty -
- even publicly murdered by mobs;
"Whereas, Civilization in the United
States is gravely menaced by the per
sistence, unchecked, of mob lawless
ness and mob murder;
“Whereas, Many states have wholly
failed to take action against lynchers,
Governor Bilbo of Mississippi having
confessed inability in June, 1919, to
prevent mob murder, the governor of
Texas having approved a mob assault
in August, 1919;
“Be it therefore resolved—
“That the congress of the United
States be and is herewith asked to
create a special federal commission or
congressional committee to investigate
lynching and mob violence as a men
ace to national security;
“That the congress investigate every
case of unpunished mob murder and
assault as a failure of the states to
accord United States citizens the
rights and the protection guaranteed
by the federal constitution;
“That the congress devise means
whereby the federal government shall
guarantee the processes of law and
justice now denied where mob murders
and assaults are permitted to occur
unchecked and unpunished."
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JUST OFF THE PRESS
“Brown Boys in Khaki Brown,” a
snappy, Stirling, catchy race song.
Suitable for stage, church or school.
Sung about our own boys in our own
songs. Words and music by Eva A.
Jessie.
Copies at 25c at Monitor office, or
send 25c to Eva A. JeBsie, 309 Weac
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paper Union.)
"Dear, dear!” mourned nnd pltlpd
Alvin Prince, nnd stood looking down
at n human form lying prone upon the
straw-littered floor of an abandoned
shelter shed at a remote corner of his
farm.
He was a genial old soul, this pleas
ant-faced, kind-hearted deacon, select
man and the prop and stay of sterling
uprightness and dignity In the com
munity. He had been passing the shed,
when he fancied that a groan proceed
ed from within. He stepped across
the threshold and, startled and puz
zled, gazed down at the recumbent fig
ure. It was that of a young man with
a refined cast of features, his eyes
closed In sleep. Two further discov
eries of the farmer brought a serious
expression to his face. One hand w*s
abrased nnd bleeding, and a cut In the
head showed a seron# recent Injury.
“A convict—an escaped convict," so
liloquized Prince. “Poor fellow I And
he's badly hurt. What Is m.v duty In
the cose? He looks likely, and per
haps n mother, a sister Is worrying
about him. There Isn’t anything of
the criminal In that fnce. Shall I pro
tect him?"
The decision was quickly made.
Prince proceeded across the farm, got
to the house, mnde up a bundle and,
hitching up a horse to the old family
carryall, started back the route he
had come.
"Mother and Ze'da away," he solilo
quized. “nnd I don't see Zeph anywhere
around. That just suits me.”
Zeph Barnes was the handy man
about the farm. At that moment he
whs making Uls way past the old shed.
His course lips puckered as he dis
covered its Inmate. He scented a mys
tery as he saw Prince returning. He
wondered if there was any reward of
fered for the apprehension of con
victs and, climbing to the shallow loft
in the structure, waited for develop
ments.
These materialized with the arrival
of Prince. The latter proceeded to dis
robe the stranger. He made a bundle
of the incriminating convict garb und
thrust it Into an old manger, attired
him In a suit of his own, lifted him
Into the wagon and drove to the house.
He got his Involuntary guest to bed,
applied lotions to his wounds, and won
dered wlmt his story would be. When
consciousness was restored, Alvin
Prince gently Inquired If the Injuries
were painful.
“1 think only a stumbling fall," re
plied Ills guest. "Let me see, I was—
Where was I? What was 1 doing?
Pin all dazed. My name Is Wilbur
Thorne. I have a home, but I left
If for wandering a long time ago. I’ve
kept going with all kinds of jobs. You
must he a pretty kind sort of u man
to take In a stranger this way.”
"Oh. that Is all right," declared
Prince lightly, and felt a certain deli
cacy about referring to his convict sus
picions.
Mrs. Prince and her daughter Zelda
came home two days later from a
week's visit to a relative, to find the
Interesting-looking stranger Insisting
upon doing some light work about the
farm. They were so used to the chari
table impulses of the husband and fa
ther, that they did not question him
when he told them that lie was taking
care of Ills visitor until lie got on his
feet again.
Ills frank, engaging ways won the
favorable opinion of Zelda and her
mother, and as the weeks drifted on
Wilbur Thorne became so useful and
so happy that Prince had not the heart
to either question him or turn him
away.
He had not noticed that a bond of
mutual liking was being cemented be
tween the two young people, hut Zeph
Barries, himself secretly in love with
Zelda, though the latter detested him,
was witness to an Interview between
Thorne and herself when the latter
confessed Ills deep affection for the
farmer's daughter. Just before dusk
thut evening, Just as the family were
seated on the lawn. Mr. Prince read
ing. Mrs. Prince at her knitting and
Zc Ida and Thorne looking over a pic
torial magazine, there appeared Zeph
Barnes and a man whom the farmer at
once recognized as the town marshal.
"There's the man," spoke Zeph,
pointing to Thorne. "He’s an escaped
convict, and here—" nnd he tore open
a bundle under his arm, revealing the
convict’s garb In which Prince had
first seen Thorne.
"Why! you give me a link In the
past always a mystery to me,” exclaim
ed Thorne abruptly, arising to Ills feet
with an animated expression on his
face. “1 wore that suit the day I
got hurt. Where did you ever get It,
Zeph? You see, Mr. Prince, my Inst
Job was playing the convict for sorat
movie people over beyond the village.
I took a casual stroll In It while wait
ing for my part In the scenario, had
a had fall, nnd—nnd I guess you enn
tell how you found me.”
Zeph drew hack crestfallen. The
marshal, however, Insisted on some
close questioning, and Wilbur Thorne
was forced to tell that he was the son
of a wealthy man with whom lie had
quarreled to become a wanderer. A
repentant truant, now that lie had won
Zetda's love, he was willing to ask pa
rental forgiveness, and u week later
Alvin Prince was glad tr uccept Wll
'■nr Thorne as his son-in-law.
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