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SCOTTISH RITE REUNION HELD
NEW ORLEANS SCENE OF MID-SUMMER REUNION OF MASONIC BODY
INITIATE LARGE CLASS
Many Prominent Masons Took Part In Reunion. Choir Furnishes Special Music.
New Orleans, July 30.—The annual mid-summer reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies, under the Grand Consistory of Louisiana, held a three days' session at the cathedral in Carondelet street, the ceremonies lasted until late Sunday.
A call to all members of the Scottish Rite including the members of the thirty-second degree, was issued by Joseph Sinai, grand master of Kadosh, and head of the Masonic order in Louisiana. Members of the Scottish Rite from every part of the state attended.
The reunion was one of the most important ever held here as a large number of candidates from different sections of Louisiana took the various degrees of the rite from the Lodge of Perfection, Chapter of Rose Croix, Council of Kadosh, and the Grand Consistory.
Degrees from the fourth to the thirteenth were conferred Friday, July 27. Degrees up to the thirtieth were conferred on the candidates Saturday and the thirty-first and thirty-second were conferred Sunday morning at the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
The director of the work of the summer reunion was Joseph Sinai, and the committee on work was headed by W. H. Murtagh, chairman; Julius secretary, and H. W. Robinson, Wyne G. Rogers, Thomas Killeen, D. Ettinger, W. J. Schmidt, Joseph M. Barrus and A. J. Schultz.
George A. Treadwell was communicator of degree; the auditorium was in charge of J. H. Kamlade, Jr., J. J. Lamothe, W. T. Barcelo and J. W. K. Stumpf. Others who had important assignments in the work of the mid-summer reunion of the rite included: Gebhard Krumm, F. H. Probst, J. Hartland, R. F. Spangenberg, Touro Glucksman, Eugene Freeman, Ira Wiengrun, E. H. Addington, J. B. Mertzwiller, C. Moss, H. S. Meighan, E. C. Samuels and S. C. Gainsburgh, who was class director.
The consistory choir, under Ferdinand Koelle, furnished the special musical numbers during the three days given over to the solemn ceremonies of advancement in Masonic work.
Monroe.—Never before in the history of Monroe have such extensive preparations been undertaken, as have been in progress for entertainment of the 1,500 or more delegates of the American Legion and American Legion auxiliary to the fifth annual state convention of the American Legion in that city starting August 15 and closing August 17, with a bathing beauty contest, entries to which will be supplied by American Legion posts from the entire state and which will be the crowning entertainment event of the amusement program. Suitable arrangements have been completed for the housing and feeding of all visiting delegates and many added forms of entertainment will be supplied by the various business and fraternal organizations of Monroe.
Baton Rouge.—The Louisiana State university is the breeder and owner of Noble's Raleigh Faithful 487515, champion junior two-year-old cow of Louisiana. Faithful started her test when two years two months old and in one year produced 9238 pounds of milk and 448.03 pounds of butter, displacing Henderson's Foxy Girl 433070 which has held the record in Louisiana.
Opelousas.—A meeting was held at the Elks' Club to elect officers for the post and name delegates to the convention. Stunts will be arranged to advertise the Cotton Carnival which will be held here on September 1.
Opelousas.—Led by J. F. Dezauche, one of the experts on sweet potatoes in this section of the state, plans are being perfected to ship several hundred cars of sweet potatoes to distant cities in the near future. The destination points cover every section of the United States, those in charge say.
Alexandria.—Sherman Cook, postmaster at Alexandria, died at the Baptist hospital here following an operation for appendicitis. He was a public spirited citizen and as chairman of the good roads bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, has contributed materially to the achievement of the public road system of the parish.
Lake Charles.—The latest development in Lake Charles is a cotton gin. The gin is being erected by the Lake Charles Gin Co., Inc., and will be ready for operation when the first load of cotton comes in.
Lake Charles.—Floyd Hamilton, construction engineer of the State Highway Commission for Southwest Louisiana, announces that the project of a bridge over the Mermentau river between Jennings and Crowley on the Old Spanish Trail, is progressing rapidly.
Monroe.—Officers of the Consolidated Carbon Company announce that the company's plant for manufacturing carbon black will be completed during the early part of August. The plant will consist of 120 burning houses with a capacity of 12,000,000 cubic feet of gas a day, located north of Wham, Ouachita parish. A gasoline absorption plant is also being built.
Mer Rouge.—The corps of engineers of the Louisiana highway commission, who have been at work on the Lone Star Route for the last month have completed their work. The survey of the route taken has been approved and accepted by federal engineers. When this good road route is finished it will complete the last link of the Lone Star Route.
New Orleans.—The police announced that the hundreds of persons who in the night saw a gang of men drive up in a motor truck, stop before a Piggly Wiggly store, enter, turn on all the lights, even the huge electric sign before the place, load a 600-pound safe on a truck and depart, witnessed one of the boldest robberies ever committed in New Orleans. It was not known that the men were robbers until when the manager discovered the safe with $600 in cash was missing. Several persons who witnessed the theft said the turnstile just within the entrance of the store interfered with the movement of the safe as it was being taken out, and the men carefully moved it out of the way.
Coushatta.—Assets of the People's State bank which closed its doors when a run on the bank began will be sufficient to pay all depositors, according to O. H. Pittman acting bank commissioner, who has made a preliminary investigation of the affairs of the bank.
Gueydan.—The new administration for the town of Gueydan has received its commissions and was sworn in following the adjournment of the old council sine die. The new council organized with the election of mayor protem and appointment of various committees. One of the objects will be to take advantage of the privileges granted towns of more than 1,000 population to build and maintain a system of street improvement.
Crowley.—R. F. Smith of Crowley, president of the Rice Millers' Association, and L. M. Simon of New Orleans, export representative of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Rice Growers' Cooperative Association, sailed for Europe on the Leviathan to study conditions in Sweden, England, Belgium and France relative to the market for American rices.
Ruston.—Contract has been let by Mayor Moore and the town council for the paving of all principal business streets on the north side of the V. S. and P. railway.
Opelousas.—Because of the large number of exhibits for the Cotton Carnival, Chairman Manouvrier of this committee, has announced the round stable, one of the largest buildings in Southwest Louisiana, has been obtained to take care of the exhibits. The original buildings planned were too small, he said.
Natchitoches.—E. S. Cropper, who shot Mayor T. E. Poleman here Armistice Day has been adjudged insane by Judge J. W. Jones.
Houma.—Herman A. Cook, prominent lumber man of Houma, was elected president of the Houma-Terrebonne Association of Commerce at the annual meeting of directors. Julius Dupont was elected vice-president; Dr. Hugh St. Martin, second vice-president; J. A. Daspit, re-elected treasurer, and Arthur W. Van Pelt, secretary-treasurer.
Mer Rouge.—The community singing at the high school auditorium was considered a success. This is the second meeting and the crowd grows larger each time, it is said.
Shreveport.—The gross postal receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30, amounted to $387,826.62, an increase of $37,036.82, or 10.56 per cent over the previous year, it is announced at the local post office.
Shreveport.—Declaring the change amply warranted by the steady decline in prices of flour and wheat and the beginning of a natural decline in prices, the Wiener-Loeb Grocery Company here has announced a sweeping reduction of 33 1-3 per cent in the prevailing bread prices.
Monroe.—The city commission council of Monroe has presented petitions to Louisiana senators and congressmen asking them to help the Monroe municipality in its fight to prevent the Arkansas oil field from dumping its crude oil into Monroe by means of the Ouachita river, which carries the crude oil dregs and scum of the oil field for a distance of 35 or 40 miles into the Louisiana municipality.
Monroe.—Youths at the Louisiana Training Institute have practically made that institution for wayward juveniles of the state self-supporting, at least for this year, according to members of the board of trustees. The farm has produced a bumper crop of all kinds of agriculture, the largest in the history of the institute.
Natchitoches.—A meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the proposed system of parish-wide roads in Natchitoches parish. Every ward was well represented.
