Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-10
Order OF NOrkingmea and the Yellow
Fever Epidemic Of 1S7S-Knights
OF HOnOr-RepOrt of Grand
Reporter Ben h. Pnllen,
of Memphis.
Special to the Appeal. ]

Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, April 9.-AttoIney- General
Lea left to night for Washington to repre-
sent the State in case to come before the
United States supreme court next Monday.
In the Grand lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workingmen, Mr.. M Crafty pre-
scented a resolution by the Memphis lodge,
printed on satin, thanking the Grand and Su-
preme lodges and members of the order, for
aid rendered during yellow-fever.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
At the meeting of the Grand lodge of
Tennessee, Knights of Honor, held to-day,
g an porter Ben X. Pullen presented his
arnuaj report, from which the following
fIc;s are taken:
Number of members at last report, December 81,
1877, 3Sl4; added during the year, 1877; with
drawn, suspended, died, etc 1856; net gain, 6Sl,
making the present number OF members 44q5,
whereas the present number of members. as shown
counted for which is caused BY errors in reports,
1873; number initiated during the rear, 1852; num-
1867. withdrawn, 50; suspended, 256; expelled,
1; died. 167. Total. 4S6. Gain, 68l.
THIS statement does not include members
of new lodges instituted since September %,
1873, since which date ten new lodges report
1874 charter members. The receipts of the
Grand lodge from April II, 1873, to March
81, 1879. were 1896 10, and the disburse-
ments $396l IS, leaving a balance of
$2004 Is At the commencement Of the
present term the Grand lodge was indebted
to the Supreme lodge, on account, $24S3 II,
all of which has been paid, and the sum of
S221l 76, in available assets, over all liabili-
ties, is found, after paying all Indebtedness,
supplies and expenses for the past year.
Grand Reporter Ben h. Pullen winds up his
report as follows:
And now, my brethren, in closing this report,
retrospective view of the labOrs, conflicts and trials
feeling In the hearts OF each OF you In view OF the
many noble Knights who have been laid beneath
the sod Our reports show an aggregate death roll
OF one hundred and slxty-seyen members most OF
whom were victims OF the fell destroyer. yellow-fe
fortunate than mvseif, at distance from its raw
ages little appreciate the sorrow and desolaton
dicti Jn-a sorrow and desolation which entered my
own happy home and despolled IL OF Its brightest
the discharge OF any OF the duties Imposed upon me
It has been unintentiOnal. The frailtles OF human
nature may sometimes betray into error, but char
lily Is ever kind and with its broad mantle
those errors which are not or the heart. Again
thanking you for the high honor conferred upon me-
! "'1' BEN X. PULLEN, Grand Reporter.
BY Mail.
The Nashville american, of Wednesday
morning, says; Among the members who
who arrived in the city, yesterday, are John
w. Chlldress. G. D.: Ben X. Pullen, G. r.;
6. F. Goodyear, q. T.; j. Bunting and Hu
&. Anderson, grand tIustees; Fount Smith
son, committee on laws and revision; S. S.
Garrett, committee on finance; w. r. Bas-
kett and L. d. Cate, committee on creden-
tIals; Representatives Frank Winship, Pu
laski; c. C.. Gentry, Trenton; S. C.. DeFass
and S. A. Champion, Memphis; j. L. How
lett, Lewisburg; w. II. Taylor, Dover; Il.
c. Remine, Limestone: A V. War;. Rose
vile; A. b. Solomon, Bells Depot; NJ. NJ.
Butler, Bristol; l.. A. Gratz, Knoxville; j..
+. Helms, MorrIstown; Judge Summers, of
West Tennessee"
1t is expected that the business of the ses-
sion will be completed in two days. The re-
ports of the grand officers have been printed,
| and are ready for distribution. The order in
this State is in lourishing condition, there
being one hundred and thirteen lodges, with
a membership OF about ftty-6ve hundred.
| All debts have been paid, leaving q balance
IN the hands of the grand treasurer OF about
| twenty-three hundred dollars. The Grand
lodge will probably elect two representatives
| to the Supreme lodge, each two thousand
members being entitled 10 one representa-
tive. Nv the time the Supreme lodge meets,
it is expected that there will be six thousand
members in this State.