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consideration of the exalted service he rendered 

 to the institution, which in after years became 

 an object of charity for the Masonic Fraternity 

 of IsTorth Carolina, although himself not a mem- 

 ber, in their annual convocation held at Green&- 

 boro, ^rth Carolina, in 1911, a resolution was 

 unanimously passed to erect some suitable monu- 

 ment on the campus of the Oxford Asyliun, or 

 elsewhere, as the committee may direct, in honor 

 of his memory. Hence his name will be doubly 

 writ : first, upon the hearts, lives, and characters 

 of those who shall go out of that institution to 

 bless the world ; and upon this stone, which is a 

 tribute of the generosity of the Masonic Fra- 

 ternity. A further tribute was paid to his mem- 

 ory by the board which he ser\^ed so faithfully 

 and long, to leave his chair vacant, with a tem- 

 porary presiding officer, for twelve months. 



We give below a statement of the Oxford Or- 

 phan Asylum at the time of his death : 



Number of orphan children 652 



Value of plant: 



295 acres of land $12,000.00 



Brick dormitory 26,000.00 



Six frame buildings, including shops, 



sawmill and brick plant 15,000.00 



Improved farm implements and live 

 ^^°^^ 2,500.00 



