Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-20

IN the death Of storer : knight, the
Grand Chief TeInpIar, 81 the Good Tenn
piars ~ Maine, the state loses one u lts
beat citizens aud the eaase of temper
workers. Mr.. Knight was a man OF
strong convictions. and had the moral
courage to follow those lines Of action
.Ilieh seemed To him TO he right, and for
the highest welfare Of ses.isfv. He sill
be sadly missed from the many good
movements 10 til. interests Of temper
amer and moral reform with which h..
ha- beesi 80 long aud 80 eonspieuousIy
identified.
Mr.. anigbt was born 10 scastoro, Me,
Jsiy II, 1851. He received good eeui
mon school education and commenced
bis business life and experience az
"a clerk In Portland grocery store when
s. years Of age.
He bore a most honorable part In the
var of the Rebellion where he won an
excellent reputation "a brave and
faithful soldier. He enlisted In the 10Th
Ne. Vols. Aug. y, 1859, was wounded
at the ba,tle Of Cedar Greek Oct. 10Th
and VIA honorabIy discharged
from service May iish 1866.
IA lsG7 he entered the Post Office where
he remained seven years working him
.eif up through the various grades. I'M
til his appointment to the raiIway mail
service, and thence to clerk in charge Of
!, route. Ia this position he remained
ten Year., until removed by change IN
the Administration in iss5.
Ia IS-G he was elected Register of
Deeds for Cumberland County. in which
Office he served with ability and 10 the
general satisfaction up to the time Of nis
death.
Mr.. knights record as Tenn
perance worker l. long and
= good one. He was a Good Tempiar Of
more than twenty years standing and IN
IN that time his voice was ever foremost
10 The advocacy Of the interests OF that
great order which has for its work
the advancement Of the cause Of temper |
ancc. lie was repeatedly elected 10
honorable positions Of official response |
bilIty by his own Lodge and District. |
lie was for a long time District Deputy
IN 1883 he was elected Grand Counselor
and vt the annual session OF the Grand |
Lodge held in Augusta last April he was
elected 10 the oiliee of Grand 'hief
TeBplar
Those who had the pleasure Of meet |
ing Mr.. knight ut the last Grand Lodge |
will remember the conspicuous part he
bore in its counseis and the impartial
dignity with which he presided over
IT, proceedings lie WAS a man
If great gentlencss Of manner aud |
If frank, honest address. lie
lad been for some time suffering from
II health, and to this he referred, In an /
lpologetle way,as the only thing which |
had prevented him from doing more for |
hat great Temperance Order whose |
work and principles he loved 50 we'll. |
Those who listened to his splendid re-
port, however, were unable TO see what
there was 10 do In his position that he
had left uudonc. His position will be
hard to fiji. The Good 'remplars of |
Maine never had a more earnest. untir-
ng, devoted member than he.
Mr.. Knight was an earnest member of
the Republican party believing that to
be prominently the party of temper
inec. In conversation with the writer
At the time the Grand Lodge of Good /
femplars was in session NJ Augusta last !
April, he said that as nm earnest eonsis-
ent temperance worker in the State OF /
Maine he could see his way clear to act /
with no other party than that which had I
lone all the good work for Temperance !
hat had been done in this State in the |
past, and to which alone, in his opinion,
Ne could look for temperance legislation |
IA the future.