The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-23
RED KEN INSTALL OFFICERS.
Judge Robert Daniel OF Gri1dn Deliv
ers the Grafton.

Judge Robert Daniel OF Gri1an Deliv
ers the Grafton.
The public installation Of officers of thl
Order Of Red Men took place LAST night a
Masonic temple The hall was well fllet
with people and the exercises were highly
interesting. Judge Robert T. Daniel Of
Griffin. great senior sycamore OF the state,
was the orator. District Deputy. A. \,
Manucy. installed She officers.
The following are the officers installed:
Sachem-W airing Russell. Jr.
s. S.-George W. Griffith.
J. S.-John 3. BGrthelmess-
X Of W.-Cuthbert B. Herb.
c. Of R.-Frank Mclaughlin
r. S.-George W. Alley.
L. S.-Frank NJ. TidweL
Warriors-James w. Creekman, Robert
D. LaRoche. George W. Mat hews, Isaac T.
Mcintosh.
B-avss-Be njamin r. Gnann, John J.
Brewer, Charles J. c. Langls, Charles B.
| Jacobson.
| G.. Of W.-Aaron Don Levy.
After the installation, District Deputy
Manucy introduced Great Senior Sycamore
Daniel. Judge Daniel began his speech by
referring to ths-early history of Savann nah
and the prominent part it has always taken
in benevolent and charitable institutions
He showed that he had been "a close student
OF SavAnnah's early history. Speaking Of
Savannah's maintenance of benevolent and
charitable Institutions he paid the city a
pleasant compliment and said: "The
zephyrs waited from the orange
groves Of the south are not purer
than the motives which prom ot Your gen
erous action. TINS stately ca KS, draped in
their somber moss, that stands silent senti.
nels over the narrow beds ia yonder Bona
venture, while the rhythmic river lulls a
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sleepers, are not grander IN their pictur-
sequences than the glorious deeds of benevo-
lence and charity Of your noble men and
nobler women
The Improved Order of Red Men. the
orator said, is not a new institution, al
though it is young in the south. The order
was instituted in 1913. Its carly progress
was slow, but little effort being made TO
spread it. Ten years ago there were but
y, 900 Red Men in America; to-day there
are over 100000, The growth Of the order
has been as substantial as it has been rapid
In Atlanta it has the largest me mbership Of
any secret order, the number of members
being 1900 Gov. Gordoa, Mayor Glenn.
DR.. Hawthorne, Judge Hillyer, Judge J. A
Anderson, and Hon. John B. Goodwin are
members of the order.
To relieve the sick, bury the dead and
educate the orphans are its leading objects
and aims. During last year the order dis
trlbuted for the above purposes $3.50, $40 25.
II is a social, fraternal aud benevolent
organization, founded upon the customs.
traditions ard history of the aborlgines of
America. TIE order is smphaticalley an
American institution, born ia America and
Of Americans
The principles of the order were de-
scribed in beautiful language by the
speaker. "Around the council fires. with
the Silvery moon standing sentinel with the
braves in their silent watcl, the grand prin-
cipleo OF the order are instiled into the
minds of this pale faces who have been
captured on the hunt.n The motto
of the order, Freedom, Friend
ship and Charity" was dwelt
upon. The advantages Of the order were
forcihly presented. "You perceive that
around the council fire we seek to draw the
mind from the sordid paths of life into a
higher and better atmosphere. At the very
threshold the transformation begins. and
through all the intricacles of the degrees.
the work goes on. New ideas and new
beauties are developed and unfolded TO the
mind, which under such influences broadens
like the domain of heaven, and the truths
of Rsdmanshsp bedeck its canopy like gilt
tering stars
The speech was a splendid piece Of
oratory, and was punctuated by hearty APP
plause. Judge Daniel is grand warden of
Odd Fellows of Georgia.
The Savannah tribe starts Off with a
membership of forty-five. Tribes are To-
Gated in nearly all tue principal cities and
towns In Georgia, and the order Is growing
rapidly. The grand council of the state
will meet in Athens in Nav