And I now do proclaim to the whole Masonic world that the Most Worshipful King Solomon Grand Lodge of the State of Texas of A. F. & A. Masons has been regularly constituted according to the laws and land marks of Freemasonry.
The Most Worshipful St. John's Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Masons of the State of Illinois and jurisdiction further declare that the Most Worshipful King Solomon Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Masons of the State of Texas is the only regular and lawful Grand Lodge of Colored Masons in the State of Texas.
Yours Fraternally,
JOHN G. JONES, Grand Master.
MOST WORSHIPFUL KING SOLOMON GRAND LODGE, ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND JURISDICTION ORGANIZED ON THE 19th DAY OF MARCH 1908 AT SAN ANTONIO.
A Masonic Convention of several warranted Lodges of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Texas, assembled in Masonic Convention in the city of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, on the 19th day of March 1908, and lawfully organized Most Worshipful King Solomon Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Texas and Masonic jurisdiction, and the grand officers were elected and installed.
The Grand Officers were installed by Bro. John G. Jones, Grand Master of the Most Worshipful St. Johns Grand Lodge of A. F. and A. M. of the State of Illinois.
Addresses were made by several of the brethren and after the transaction of considerable business, charges were preferred against Bro. K. R. Rogers of Austin, Texas, and he was expelled for un-Masonic conduct, from rights and privileges of Free Masonry.