Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-19
PYTHIANS TO MEET.
GRANDLoDGE wILLAssEM-
BILE HERE TUESDAY.
Work Before the BOdy--Unif0rm
Rank to Parnsie--Thc Hines
Memorial.

Pythias of Virginia viii meet IN IT'S
twenty.ffth annual convention in III
let's Hall, this city. on tuesday night,
the DIST instant, at s o'clock. The
session will be OF unusual interest to the
order throughout the state, and the at.
tendance will be the largest in its his
tory. Mr.. Isaac Digs. a prominent
lawyer of West Point, is the present
Grand Chancellor, and will preside over
the body. The other officers are as fol-
lows: W. l.. Mcleod, Suffolk, vice.
chancellor W. 7. Lithgow, Manch, ster,
prelate; L. l.. Courtney, hichnond,
master OF exchequer Walter A. I'd
wards, Norfolk, keeper Of records and
seal Joseph A. Mutton, Winchester,
master-at-arms Robert +. Hptcheson,
Smithville, inner guard W. f. Garrett,
Leesburg, outer guard. Hon. y. j. Iur'
ner, Jr., OF Norfolk, and Mr.. John II.
Alexander, of Leesburg, represent VIZ
ginia III the Supreme Lodge.
The headquarters OF the Grand Lodge
will he at Ford s Hotel. The Richmond
Pythians are making all arrangements to
make the ensuing session one OF Inc
most pleasant, MS 1t will be the largest
in the history of the order in this state.
Besides the usual routine and other
work, the matter of the Hines Memorial
will he considered, and 1t IS believed
that some definite steps Will be taken
looking to the speedy completion Oh
this great work.
UYIFoRM-RANK PARADE.
On Tuesday afternoon the First ReSl-
ment of the inform Rank Will parade
under command Of Colonel d. ). Turn
or, and the divisions expected to pariicl-
nate are Atlantic, No. l, OF Ports
mouth Virginia, No. =, Of Norfolk /;
Danville. No. ,, Of Danyille; Syracuse,
No. 4. of Richmond Linden, No. ., OF
Leesburg; Donald, No. T. OF Suffolk;
Rathbone, No. 8. of Alexandria; ID. J.
Turner. No. 9, OF Hampton j. Il. b.
Stuart, No. 10, of Stanton Roanoke,
No. Ii, of Roanoke Allegheny, No. II,
of Clifton Forge. and Newport News,
No. -, of Newport News.
The divisions will be formed at 3
o'clock in the afternoon in front Of Old-
Market Hall. There will he about 800
uniformed men in line. The regimental
staff will head the procession, which Will
be an imposing one. Following this will
come the Blues Band. after which the
visiting divisions will follow, as men
toned above.
The line Of march will be from the
Old Market up Main 10 Fifth, to Frank
lin, to First, to Broad, to Nineteenth,
and back to the Old Market, where re-
freshments for sill the divisions will be
served.
THE REVIEW.
On Broad street in front OF the City
Hall the procession will be viewed by
the Grand Lodge Of the State Of Nir-
ginia. Major.General James Il. Csrna-
han, Of indianapolis, and W. W. Black
well, supreme chancellor OF the world,
will also review the parade.
The object of the reunion IS to elect
regimental officers and to divide the re-
giment into three battalions. After the
election Of officers a banquet WILL be
served at Old-Market Hall
All divisions are ordered to report at
Richmond by II o'clock on Tuesday,
February Dist.
Richmond has had several grand
chancellors, among them the late Viii
liam G. Darlington, William II. Wade,
Messrs. II. G. u. Hartmann, Charles L.
Loehr, David G. Richardson, Henry A.
Atkinson, and Beverley L. Crump. Man
chester has had one in the person OF
ex-Msyor A. q. Atkisson. Among the
keepers OF records and seal Richmond
has had Mr.. Leroy 5. Edwards and the
late John G.. Teller
FORMING NEW LODGES.
There is a general revival OF interest
in the order in Virginia, and the lodge
at Lynchburg has been reorganized and
starts out with better prospects than
ever. 1t is understood that Charlottes-
vile and South Boston are taking steps
preparatory to the reorganization Of
lodges in those places.
During the past year two new lodges
have been instituted, making ffty-three
in the State with membership of nearly
1000. The financial condition of the
lodges is excellent. The strongest lodge
is Osceola, No. AZ, Of Roanoke, with 2j2
members, and the next Portsmouth, No.
16. with 20S members. The wealthiest
lodge is Atlantic, No. "a, of Portsmouth,
whose assets are 50, 10S.0 3; the next is
Osceola, NO, AZ. OF Roanoke. assets
SZ100.96.
There are ten lodges in Richmond and
one in Manchester, with a membership
aa follows