Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-28
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
The Cornerstone Laying ofthe
knights of Pythias Tenn
pie.
A Speech Delivered BY NJ. Savage in Hon
or Of the oooasion-rhe Program
Well Carried Out.

n hSpeccu OcAAbeEeu bS IN. o1VaB e IN non
OF Of the occasion-The Program
Well Carried Out.
The corner stone Of the knights
of Pythias Temple. corner franklin
and Third str ct, was laid this morn
ing with impressive ceremonies.
The members Of the order assembled
at the lodge room at 1920 o'clock,
aud marched ia q body 10 the new
building. There was d good attend
ance of knights and the program
was carriettout in good order. The
services were opened with prayer by
Rev. W.. r.. PEBBLES, a mem
Der of the order. The choir
rendered music, after which the
building was delivered by Knight N.
L.sCarney. Chancellor Commander
l5uller Boyd accepted the building in
neat speech, suited to the occasion.
Placing the articles intended to be
put in the cornerstone In a box was
performed by II. w. Ritter. Before
the box was sealed, the names of the
harter members Of the order, several
pieces Of coin, copies of the city pa
pers, the names of the president of
the United States, the governor OF
Tennessee and Mayor Of Clarks-
vile were dropped into it.
There was also paper put into
ne box stating that Jas. l.. Glenn
vas not a member of the order, but
n recognition Of the valuable coun-
sci he had given the ordcr his name
would be given a place in the box.
This was greeted with cheers from
the audience The box being sealed
and placed in the cornerstone, the
orator of the occasion, Knight M.
Savage, was called and responded in
his happiest style. After his speech
the choir rendered a musical splec
ton and the benedict on was pro
nounced by Rev. w. r PEBBLES,
which completed the program.
The speech Of Mr.. Savage was
characteristic of the man. 1t dealt
in facts. He said
Ladies and Gentlemen
Fellow knights, congratulate you.
Only few short years ago, in 1864,
Justus Fl. Rathbone, who died with
in the past twelve months, wrote, in
small Office in the City of Washing
ton, the constitution and by laws, and
introduced TO the world the order of
Knights of Pythias. Without mem
bers, and with little at first to recon-
mend it; without a. dollar in the
treasury, and without treasury to
put dollar into, 1t commenced its
battle with the world, having moth
ing to guarantee success except the
armor of righteousness and merit,
with which it has fought for twenty
six years, and to day behold what
was then an infant in its swaddling
clothes. We have 275,00O knights
Of Pythias, fifty grand jurisdictions,
3,700 subordinate lodges have q coo
members in the Endowment Rank
have paid $4,000 900 in Insurance
have $40,000,000 outstanding insu-
rance; own in real and personal prop
erty $4,000, 900, and have expended
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars in
cAring for the sick, burying the dead
and in benefits to widows and or
phans of deceased members. Ours
Is prosperous order, and whichever
on go, into every prosperous village,
town and city in the Union you will
find the banner Of Friendship, Chart
~ and Benevolence, and an army Of
pen handed, open hearted Knights
of Pythias, always willing and ready
to aid worthy brother in distress.
Cumbel land Lodge No. II was insti-
tuted in 1874. Examine its roster
and you will find it made up of our
best people, both of the town and
ourty. Farmers, mechanics, labor
ing men, merchants, clergymen, doc
tors and lawyers, hand in hand
working for The good of their order
and their fellow men. BY the effort
here begun we demonstrate we are
not drones when the spirit of enter
prise and improvement comes this
way: When GAINESVILLE is putting
On her best clothes to retain her rank |
among our other towns and cities. we
select a corner of its commercial |
street and erect thereon temple, a
house that will be credit to the town
and oui order, when the light from
twenty furnaces do away with the
necessity for electric lights, and when
tue spindle and loom are heard on
every hillside OF GAINESVILLE with
30, 900 population. les, fellow
knights. / congratulate you on this
occasion. In all our walks, in bust
ness, in our lodge, in the sick room,
at the graves of dead brothers, let
love be the cornerstone of
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