The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-08-30
THEY WIN GREAT LAURHLs.

The Canton Commandery, K. IT., Have
the Finest Headquarters at the Conclave
in Cleveland---What an Esteemed Con-
temporary Has to Say of the Canton
Party.
The Canton commandery, X. r., took
Cleveland by storm at the X. T. con-
clave just closed in that city. The
headquarters of the commandery and
the doings of the delegation and the band
could be highly spoken of, but modesty
will not permit the heaping of more
laurels upon the party than is Justly
done by the esteemed contemporary.
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. That paper
says "Canton commandery reached
the Kennard house about 7 o'clock.
There were about seventy-fve swords
and nearly as many ladies and they
made a happy party. They were
accompanied by the Grand Army Rand
of which all Canton is proud and Justly
so. The knights and their ladies nro-
ceeded to their headquarters to parlors
% and %, and the beauty of the decora-
tion was surprise to them. The work
was done Monday evening by a COM
mittee consisting of Sirs ] Nj. Camp-
bell, f. Nj. Wyant, p. G. Williams and
A. r. Demuth. The commandery GER
talnly has reason to be proud of the
work of these sir knights. OF all the
handsomely decorated rooms at the
different hotels the parlors of the Can
ton commandery were among the finest.
They were rich in their simplicity,
Upon the lace curtains at the windows
floral hlnTnC A
carnations was a beautiful thing. Be-
meath the mirrors at one end of the
room was a shield of white flowers
with the words Canton Commandery,
No. 3S," in blue flowers.
triple arch, beautiful design, and
further down the room was a floral ban
ner of white flowers with the Masonic
motto, I'm hoe signo vinces," worked
in red, AT one side of the room was a
horseshoe OF red carnations with the
ends In pinkS, and on the other side of
the room was bank of potted plants
III pinks. The ladies presented the
VISITORS with neat cards upon which,
around cross and crown, was the
quotation, May good digestion wait
ON appetite, and then invited them to
OhO luOiOo hCdNlly lOdu6u WlGl GOOD
things, The officers of the command.
cry are H. l.. Erdman, eminent com
mander; T. &. Hair, generalissimo: r.
d. Keplinger captain general: c. II
Garriagues, prelate; H. r. Banhof
senior warden; George Au, Junior war,
den; j. s. Melbourn, sword bearer. IT
r. Ruff, standard bearer. and F, NJ
Wyant, warden. After brief social re-.
union in their own quarters. a large
number of Canton Knights and their
ladies formed in line and headed bv
their band, went the rounds of the
hotels and called on all the com
manderies.
The Plain Dealer says of the Massil-
lon commandery: The Massillon and
Sidney communicates arrived Tuesday
forenoon, the former at 1O:3O and the
latter at Z o'clock. The Massillon
Harmonic band, nineteen pieces, and
the Kenton band, nineteen pieces, ac-
companied the Communicates, and dur
ing the forenoon played inspiring selec-
tlons in the rotunda of the court in the
American House, where they are ston.
ping. The Massillon knights will have
no headquarters, but the Sidney com.
mandery will keep open house in mar
lor l02, which is charmingly decorated
for the occasion.