Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-01
KNIGHTS TEMPL.AR.
The Grand Commandery Meeting Changed
to June 9 and 10.

The Grand Commandery Meeting Changed
to June 9 and 10.
One OF the most important. if not, in
fact, the most important event of the com
ing summer for Knoxville and surrounding
country, will be the meeting of the Grand
Commandery of the State, Knights Tenn
plar The meeting had been set for the
25th and och instants but, on account
of the military drill of the Nashville Expo
sition falling on those dates, which is an oc-
casion which will engage the attention of
members of the order, as well as others who
/ wish to be in attendance here, the date of
the Grand Commandery meeting has been
changed TO Thursday and Friday, June 9th
and 10th This is d desirable time for the
meeting, and viii no doubt give satisfaction
all round.
This Is the first time the commandery has
met in East Tennessee, and Knoxville, the
capital city of this beautiful and prosperous
division Of the State, should be proud of the
honor thus conferred, and will no doubt srls-
tain her enviable reputation for hospitality,
for this is an occasion which win put on
hospitality to the test It is to be
counted an honor to have this meeting in
our midst. from the fact that it will bring
to our city an assemblage of from 200 tc
$50 of the members of the order of Knight.
Templar, together with "a number of ladies
= their wives sisters, or attendants. They
viii come from all parts of the State, and i
viii be in the true sense of the word a rep
resentatiye gathering.
The exercises of the meeting will be of ii
imposing and attractive character, one lead
&, ing feature of which will be a eompetitiv
n drill by Copur de Lion Commandery, of til
!, city The general committee Of arrange
. ments are now engaged on a programme c
s exercises, which will he given to the publ
as soon as consunmated. It is the intel
4 tiou to regale the assemblage Wit
some of the best music it is possib
~ to procure The committee are now neg
-, tating for the music but it IS not vet St
= cured, They have already proposition
from the Philharmonic and aUniversit
~ bands of our city Also from bands at A
it lanta, Memphis, Columbia, and perhal
N other points.
Aspiendid supper is to be an importa1
Z lecture of the programme for the grand T
d ception on that occasion. The commits
y of arrangements for the entertainment
the colnmandery have agreed with the lac
managers of the industrial Home, of tn
ID city, to pay them the amount they had 5
apart for this supper. However. any co
tributions die ladies may solicit are not
the Templars, but for the Industrial Hon
-" So that anything the ladies may make out
i' the supper viii be put into the fund +
80 the erection OF a new building for the hon
which is indeeda most worthy cause, a
~ should, of itself. command support
Mr. Sam B. Dow, Of the committee,
been very active in the special work Of y
curing assistance faa the order 20 bear
expenses, and we are glad to know that
to has met with liberal and substantial
tly couragement We hope he may continue
ork he 50 encouraged. Surely no one who
re. able will refuse to rid in such an enterpri
gns It must and Will be a grand success, bu
ort depends upon our citizens to make 1t so,
ice !, iar,fp extent.