The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-15
KNIGHTS on a PILGRIMAGE.
Palestine Commandery to Leave To
night for the Rome Conclave.

Palestine Commandery to Leave To-
night for the Rome Conclavs.
Palestine Commandery No. Z, Knights
Templar, win leave tonight for Rome to
attend the grand conclave, which will meet
there to- morrow. Twenty-seven Sir Knights
ard nine ladies will make the pilgrimage.
The commanlery will travel in a special
car. leaving Savannah at $40 tonight,
tomorrow morning From Atlanta
the commandery will havs a social train
to Rome, arriving there at $50 O'CLOCK. in
time for the parade at 10 o'clock.
The following officers and members Of
the commandery will form the party:
Eminent commander, 7. Ballaatyne; gener-
alissimo, w. A. Walker; captain general,
j. +. Cavanaugh; treasurer, II. p. Lowell !;
rec rider, j. F. LaFar; prelate, Rev. Charles
II. Strong; senior warden, G. A. DraytOn;
junior warden, j. K. Saussy; standard
bearer, Joseph Phillips; warier, r. s. Nell;
precentor, p. H. Ward; organist,
NJ. Steward; first guard, I. II.
Mcmillan; second guard, A. r.
Lauaey: third guard, George Goebel;
sentinel j. F. Herb, in place of E. T.
Roberts, and Sir Knights L. g. Armstrong,
Fl. Bartlett, A. s. Nichols, J. w. Peai, II.
P. Smart, f. F. Stanford, d. X. Thomas,
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and j. r. Sheldon. Deputy Grand Com
mander K. j. Num- aud Grand Recorder
). +. Hamilton will accompany the COM
mandery.
The following ladies will accompany the
sir knights: Mrs. S. p. Hamilton, Mrs T. Ii.
Mcmillan, Mrs j. F. Cavanaugh, Mrs.
w. A. Walker, Mrs. g. w. Haslam, Mrs.
]. r. Sheldon, Mrs. J. F. Herb, Miss Mary
Sagurs and Miss Emma Sagurs The com
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at the Armstrong house, which is also the
headquarters Of the grand commandery.
The Savannah knights will return home
Friday morning at o'clock. The comman-
derry will assemble at the train tonight
without the formality of marching from
the Masonic Temple The recorder has Sc
cured tickets for all members of the party
except the ladies.
The knights Templar of Rome are pre-
pairing to give their brethren as royal a
reception as Knights Templar have ever
received in Georgia.
The event Of tomorrow afternoon will
be high tea rendered at the residence of
Mrs. John j. Seay, and this will occupy the
hours from to in the evening. Only the
visiting ladies and those resident ladies
who take part will he invited
AT night the resident and visiting ladies
OF the Knights Tempiar will proceed in
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the religious exercises of the evening will
be conducted and a sermon preached by
Grand Prelate Winchester of Macon, after
which Hon. John s. Davidson of Augusta
will deliver the GRAFTON.
Thursday morning the ladies will again
assemble at the Armstrong hotel, and escort
the visiting ladies to ride over the city
and suburbs
Thursday afternoon will be taken up with
the Steamboat excursion rendered by Capt.
John j. Seay, to the visiting Templars.
Thursday evening the doors will be
thrown open for a reception to the visiting
Knights aud ladies, in honor of whose
presence the Armstrong will be brilliantly
lighted and decorated The Knights Tenn
plar will appear in their full dress uni
forms on this occasion. The "Shriners," in
GLIDING some twenty or twenty-five of the
delegates, will appear in their dress uni
forms, which consist simply of full dress
suit, with Turkish fez on the head. Later
on the Yaarab Temple Of Atlanta will con-
fer degrees in the mystic shrine at Masonic
temple