Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-12
DAY OF THE KNIGHTS
or. cAMPsell FAIRS ADDRESS
Amer the s<vvses- In "a. Marks the
Grss<s OF Departed ns~shsea
were ssrewa WmA Fiower&

r. tersisy shs Aaccsbees eelebrat~i
The ,eslfth anniversary Il the cuier
The esl-hrsfion w4s not 80 elaborate a.
the csss held yesr ago; bat this Was
Cot due 10 any din.inulsoe Ia the en-
thusizsm n membsrs II the order II
sas rrst iatendsd 10 observe the dAy 10y
giving al exeasssoa 70 Kalamazoo. This
~as found inpfscticsble and the sxcss-
slon wss postponed. Consequently little
fime sas iett N which 70 prepare for a
local eelsbEatiun u the day. Mos, %
the energy 81 the 6rzni Rapids teais l.
tsing used IN preparing for the state ca
nsnt 20 - held hers in September.
This vii BE the greatest day the sestesn
Naeeab~es have ever knoxn. and at
least 1000 knights vii throng the city
The work a preparing Tor this made ia
iinp.ne~lble Tor the BOYS - degute sery
maeh iie- IA arranging for a ceiebrs-
tioR = the anniversary. but under the
circumstances they presented = highly
esvsiltahie appearance.
Al o'c.cck yesterday afternoon the
difefent tents me, al their halls aud
marched 10 Maecatee hall on Pearl
stfeet
Line or March.
fIe-e the line Of march xas formed.
IL vas beaded by Sergeant Mccarthy
aad squat ~ tgenty paIfolmen. The
.crgesnte horse Cracker Vas feeling bis
eats. AM appreciated fully the dignity
81 his posltion After the asuad %
PatEaimcn came Wufzburgs band. The
Naccalee- sere headed BY Division No
3, uniformed rank. About forty mens
here ~ the division were IN line, and ell
were srrsyrd IN full dr-ss unlforms
They made a pretty appearance ard
tivtF marching sas excsisent Crescent
Star tent cane next. with ito prize baa.
ner proudly ffung To- the breeze. Goa
siOcS Batavia. Connor division. Val
iey CITY Werner and Grover Cleveland
tents f..iOasd. aud all were well repre-
senfed The line OF parade extended
e.xa Pearl street 10 SIT. Vernon. thence
- 3ridEe street; up Bridge 20 Canal;
aiang Csrai % Monroe, up 90 Division
stfeef. AID tAence % 81. Marks church
The sitiesalks along Monroe sni Canal
streets uere lined with spectators. ard
the 40 men IN Ane received many Coca
rIiment- Tor their appearance. At st.
Marks church the knights were met By
the lady Naccahees.
d.. Fairs Addry~A
Dr Campbell Fair delivered an al.
dress ~ the members Of the order pres.
ent. dnFinS ~hich ne said: -Oa the
eleventh day ~ June. 1881. the Great
Camp Of the n. %. T. VI. Of Michigan
VAS orgaaizrd under special charter. IL
had than 90 members. il has today.
- "a ~
goat pru4pcritys The answer IL found
n the fact that the Haccsb-es il one u
The most secure q our fraternal and
tesei'clsl organizations. and when there
- a good tLlng Uuered men usually
avail themselves n Is privileges and
eoNsnfsgss. Moreover, il IL
Michigan order. and citizens Of
this state should support their
own child. Then We must remember
that this order 81 Naccabees has
amongst its members the most enthusi
asiic - workers who are ever on the
alert to push their beloved society. aud
any order with talking up" member
ship cannot but succeed Woman gives
her al - the X. o. r. NJ. for il has rot
deniesi lser membership. lot u may be
tnat one q The strongest reasons for
Naccabcean success lies IA the fact that
" - founded on a history which cannot
ui- The story q the Maecabees as
given IN The Apocryphon 10 heart stir
ring and patriotic. aud the order which
hesrs rs name iuherits its success The
spesker explained al length the object
saa history q the n. o. A. ~. referring
sr conclusion % their memorial eere-
nionies sith which the proceedings would
ciose. and 70 IRE duty u all o. ~ live
here that when death removed them
they you'd enter bods temple over
Jordan
Remembered the fbca<l
At the cioes q the s~rvlces az the
chsrch. coonmsttes= from the ten tents
aud members = the hives - lady Nhr-
cabee- DRIVE 20 the cemeteries where
rcsf ,he remains q SIR knights whose
memberships have bean transferred 20
fhe tent in ths great unknown. and
shattered flowers on the graves q ce.
parted nrmters. These floral offerings
we're collected IA part BY the l.. q. I.
NJ and tho vomen taok an active in