Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — THE MASONS SAID “NO.” [ARTICLE]

THE MASONS SAID “NO.”

In order to give the affair a little more of an air of respectability, it has been published—at the instigation of the managers, no doubt—that the Masonic lodge would dedicate their hew hall in the block on the cornerof Washington and Front streets, on one day of the coming K. of P. carnival. This same statement has also been published in the press of neighboring towns, with the same view, no doubt. A prominent member of the local F. & A. M., lodge informs ns that the statement is not only erroneous but was made entirely without the knowledge or sanction of the Masons, and that they will not dedicate their hall at any time during the revel and will have no part in the same as a lodge in any shape or manner. He said the Masonic fraternity was not in the business of “legging” for saloon-keepers and gamblers.