The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-21

Nashville being central Is the favorite il
general, but Columbia will be the poin
at which the next annual meeting will b,
held. As related heretofore, there wer,
some 200 representatives entitled 10 seats
in the grand lodge. They were appointed
from about eighty subordinate lodges, on
OF total OF l27 lodges within the State
A number OF those in attendance wer,
not entitled to vote, hence only III balloti
{ were cast for officers. In the selection o.
a representative 30 the Sovereign Grant
lodge Mr.. A. i. Davis, OF this city, Ia,
! but two votes majority over his compcti
tor, J. J. Cole, the retiring grand master
u very worthy gentleman, who presided
: with ability and who would have made
highly crcditable representative. tn,
contest was largely between the delegates
from the two great divisions OF the State
and II was quite feather in Mr.. Davis
cap 10 win over 30 clever man. tn,
, grand master for next year, John l.. Nolen
is an able lawyer of Nashville, aud the
deputy, Peter Harris, also resides there OF
near by.
Among the most pleasant incidents o
the session was the attendance OF Ia,
grand sire Of the order on this and severa
other continents, john G. Underwood, o
Kentucky. The exalted officer il hand
some and eloquent In appearance he il
much like our fellow citizen Harry NJ.
Hill, but u II no Encouragement 10 the lat
ter 10 SAY ho h u handsOmer and much
more eloquent man. lie has been u zeal.
Gus member of the Order OF Odd Fellows
since 1866, when he was initiated in the
loft Of warehouse, one Of the present sli.
prcmc or appeal judges Of the State read
ing the chargc, while another held can.
die 20 light up the subject. Since then
| Mr.. Underwood has served ~ grand mar.
shat az the head ol a procession OF 1900
Odd Fellows In the city of Boston, where.
y lew years before, he was prisoner in
Fort Warren, and where the process on
and the spectators, over 100000 strong,
were more than four-ffths from the New
England Statistical live Yankees, as il
were, and lac an cx.rcbcl Of rather high
degree.
! Tie first lesson In odd Fellowship the
! grand sire OF the order ever received was
| IA giving a fried chicken lunch, nut up for
MN 10y Chattanooga lady, TO a half
| starved Union soldier boy from Ken.
lucky, then a prisoner Of war and
ON his way To Andcfsonyille. Tho
]
oi that tamc boy nj a dangerous outpo.t
IN Kentucky, when the grand sire ex.
pcctcd Ia De- shot by a squad ui the enemy,
but wis permitted 10 pass unsca,hcd, the
! youth saying ~ lac went by Ia low tone:
! IAN right, John The third lesson was
Ia reading While a prisoner ut Fort War.
ten the roll call Of the Sovereign Grand
| Lodge, then la session at Boston, the ull
ol the untcprcsentcd southern States at
each days proceedings, then reading "A
vicious editorial IN daily paper saying 1t
was carving the Joke most too Tar to thu-
call TIE roll Of ihC states in rrbc ion. Tho
grand sifc thought there must bo some.
thing worthy Of consideration In an order
which thus manifested IL br1thcrly alice.
ton lot q people la rebellion, rs il WAS
called, and hc then and thprr determined
a. Join Il rs soon Us peace rcgncd. and hc
The grand sire since he Joined has been
a jealous, active, earnest aud industrou.
advocate OF the grand orlcr, and his i'm.
posing appearance, splendid Grafton and
effective argument made q decided imprrs.
hlun on the members Of the grand lodge.
The cuh pipe smoking representative,
ifum thU back counties Wurc moved into
sensational expressions ui admiration, aud
u WIS tlid that never since Andrew John.
sons Time Ia thci- experience had thcy
listened 10 such ringing cNpp ggions from
so gifted nn orator. No wonder that the
order gained over 2b.uuO In number last
year. aud no wonder % was lhc most pms.
porous year siucr 1873 The order D. IN.
yUl,iug everywhere except IN Chill.
south America. lts mcmhrfu cNcrrd $50.
Uuu iU this country, while thc total in the
various countries sum up nearly /. 900. ulO
AHiNv men belonging lhc order are what
may Doc termed healthy, picked mon.
/ varying between tWyut, ono and iorty.hyr
Nyar., %. good moral standing und indus.
uluuH habits, dawn mainly from the
D.rHr Who work Zoe their living. d will De-
seem ihai iuu UuIyI IN thriving we'll. The
s1uufiiuHir Iulgvs in America number
500 auu lnsl year Ja,uib biuJhcn, were
relieved, tuc sum dIsJIuyi Go them reach.
| lnF 2,.H',,ub
The unirt he Tennessee h a1urahinr.
loot thr rIUI'r.. increase Boz number Iis
urru 100 i1Ht Tennessee. I'm the Middle
division There uH,r h"uu hIrmIus. while
100 iho N,irru 30 lI. scpu hui httlp Hri.
nation, though % hlH lD.t iu own very
we'll Tho property belonging ~ the order
iu luuu,sUo .H worth e.Uuulp aud oi this
ynyNI.i b. located lu Memphis, so. uuD No
JHr.Hun, ami lhr remainder iu the Middle
Nl Eastern divisions Tho four lodges
b'lr 100 Mumph., dishuryi nearly s5.Uul
'Hs. year tot viDi, ul which some s8.uuO
was Iu brethren, aud the remainder To
widows Hni orphans. The total r,yeuup
here b. annually about slapl, more than
iWuihluis ul ihis coming tom rental Of
"dl lrHgws htI, and iDr many years
ita' aU ul lhc latter and moro has been
The order hero haas r,.u,pI,G,I a, a..
lIu''l sens" ilc cardinal principles IT ils
foundation, which say~ "Non arc com.
mlnlri 10 visit he sick, relieve the dis.
lras a. bury the dead. and educate the
orphan