The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-02
COLOR LINE IN THEL0DGE
SOUTHERN GOOD TEMPLARS UP
IN ARMS.

They Threaten to Secede from the
Right Worthy Grand Lodge and Set
Up an Independent Jurisdiction
Grand Lodge Officers Elected for
Next Year-The Next Convention in
Atlanta.
The Grand lodge Of Good Templars of
Georgia adjourned yesterday. The session
was day shorter than was expected. Some
Of the delegates left for home last night,
and others will leave this morning, but the
majority will remain over until tomorrow,
and will take in Tybee to-day.
The session was a harmonious one
throughout. Aside from the adoption of
resolutions declaring the order to be indie
pendent OF politics, the color question was
the most important matter that came up.
The question is regarded as a very serious
one. The resolutions adopted by the Right
Worthy Grand lodge at its session in Sara
toga, two years ago, have seriously affected
the order in the south, and unless the OBJ
Jectionable law establishing the utilization
Of white and colored Good Templars in the
same 10 1ges is abolished the southern grand
lodges will set up an independent iuriSdic
ton.
THREATEN TO sECEDE.
AT the convention of the grand lodges of
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee, Arkansas.
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida,
held in Atlanta last fall, this matter was
discussed at length, aid it was de.
cided to take 10 action until the
next Right Worthy Grand lodge, which
meets in Chicago next May. Grand Chief
TpnnInr nd oh
Worthy Chief Templar Turnbuli of
Scotland that if the action
of the Saratoga convention is
enforced, the southern lodges will sec ede
Mr.. Turpbull replied that he would not en-
force the law until the matter had been
brought before the Right Worthy Grand
lodge at Chicago
TO FIGHT FOR REPEAL.
The representatives from Georgia will
make fight to have the law repealed and
if they fail, there is hardly a doubt of
There is already a colored branch
Of the order, the fight being to
prevent what would virtually amount to an
amalgamation of the two branches There
is entire unanirnity among the southern
grand lodges on this question. There are
10000 Good Templars in Georgia, and the
order is correspondingly strong in other
OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
The only important matter besides the
color question, which came before the Grand
lodge yesterday was the election of officers,
which resulted as follows:
Grand Chief Templar-M. J. Cofer,
Washington.
Grand Vice Templar-Mrs. Rosa Ride,
Savannah.
Grand Councillor-C. H. Harris, Au-
gusta.
Grand Secretary. G. Thrower, At
lanta.
Grand Treasurer-L. R. Gwaltney,
Rome
Grand Superintendent Juvenile Templars
j. j. Keith, Louisville
Associate Grand Secretary-Miss Laura
Glover, Atlanta.
Grand Chaplain--John Awtry, Acworth.
Grand Marshai-S. 7. Potts, Augusta
Grand Deputy Marshal-Miss Florence
Monkey, Monkey.
Grand Inside Guard-J. S. Evans, Savan-
nah.
Grand Sentinel-C. A. Towles. Flovilla
Past Grand Chief Templar-D. c. Oliver,
Athens.
Representatives to Right Worthy Grand
Lod<e-(I. C.. Thomas and D. G. Oliver,
Athens; aternates, NJ J. Cofer and R. o.
Barksdale, Washington.
TO MEET IN ATLANTA.
The next Grand lodge will meet in At
lanta July "a, 1889. Resolutions of thanks
to the retiring Grand Chief Templar for the
interest he has taken in the order, and for
the untring z3al in which be labored in its
interest; to the people of Savannah for
their cordial welcome to the Grand lodge;
to the press for it's interest in the tenn
perance work, and to the railroid for
transportation. were adopted. The Atlanta
Common lCedlth was made the official organ
of the Grand lodge. The lodge then ad-
journed.
LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
Odd Fellows hall was fairly well filled
last night with delegates, members of the
order and temperance workers of other or
CARNATIONS in the city. A large part of the
audience was composed of ladies' An in
teresting programme of music and
recitations had leen arranged and
| were carried out. Hon. George c..
Thomas of Athens, Rev. L. r.
Gwaltney of Rome, and other speakers ad-
| dressed the meeting, Mr.. Thomas in his
opening remarks said that Good Templar-
| ism in Georgia means prohibition. He
| spoke at some length, and drew a vivid
picture of the woes of intemperance com
pared with prosperity attending coun-
try where no liquor is Sold
| The delegates and visitors to the Grand
lodge will be given an excursion to Tybee
| to-day, leaving the city at $3.50 o'clock this
morning and spending the day at the beach.
| To night the officers of Christian Temple
lN,Iro of will ha Y,uhliclx-