The morning news., 1894-07-13
SAVANNAH'S PYTHlANS.
They Hear an Eloquent Address From
Grand Chancellor Douglas.

His OhhciaI Visit to the Savannah
Lodges Made a Pleasant Occasion.
Speeches Made at Masonic Hall-A
Reception rendered the Grand Chan
ceIIor-Dined at Thunderbolt With
Committee From the Lodges.
1t was a field day yesterday for the
Knights of Pythias. Among the many
pleasant features of Pythianism. the
official visits of the grand chancellor are
by no means the least.
The Official visit of Grand Chancellor
Hamilton Douglas to Savannah was made
an enjoyable and pleasant occasion. Mr..
Douglas arrived from Waycross at noon.
He had been there to pay an official visit
to the lodges in that section. He was
met at the depot by Messrs. H. H. Wood
ruff, S. l.. Lazaron, and W. 7. Leopold,
grand keeper of records and seal, ana es-
corted to the De Soto
At o'clock in the afternoon he was
taken out TO Thunderbolt in the Bar Har-
Dor blackboard, accompanied by the fol-
lowing committee: Z. L. Hoffman, dis
trict deputy grand chancellor; W. T. Leo
pold, grand keeper of the records and
seals; Messrs. H. H Woodruff and ]. F.
Glatigny of Forest City lodge, Messrs. S.
L. Lazaron and c. p. RosignOl of Excel
sior lodge, Messrs. J. n. Davis and w. f.
Speas of Myrtle lodge, Messrs. J. Nj.
Frank and J. Gazan of Calanthe lodge,
Messrs. f. D. Miltaire and J. E. Hender-
son of Savannah lodge and Messrs.
Henry Stelljes and John Stahmer of Teu-
tonia lodge. This committee, with Mr..
Douglas, went to Mrs. Bannon's, where
an elegant fish supper was served aud
several toasts were briefly responded to.
THE MASONIC HALL MEETING.
The party returned after o'clock and
at $50 went to the Masonic hall, where
the knights assembled TO hear the ad-
dress Of the grand chancellor, and after
ward to meet him at a reception which
was rendered him.
About $50 knights gathered to hear the
address. MIR. Jacob Gazan introduced
after a few brief remarks Mr.. +. l..
Hoffman, district deputy grand chancel-
lor, who afterward introduced Grand
Chancellor Douglas. MIR. Hoffman de-
livered a short predatory address, in
which he called attention to the fact that
the Knights of Pythias had been con
ceived organized and esta blished at a time
when the nation was struggling in the
throes of civil war, and that the order
had taken great part in accomplishing
and bringing about peaceful relations.
There are now 769 members of the order
in the lodges of Savannah
Mr.. Douglas was greeted with much
| applause when he advanced to speak. He
said he was glad to be with the brother
knights of Savannah and felt grateful for
the many marks of respect which had
been paid him as the chief executive OIL
Ger of the order in the state. He said the
| Savannah knights had always been ac-
counted as those who should set pattern
for the rest of the knights of the state in
all deeds of knigntly action. He spoke of
the success of the meetings at Albany
and Waycross, and said he had always
been desirous of meeting the representa-
tives of the lodges in Savannah.
THE FIRST RANK.
MIR. Douglas spoke eloquently of the
first rank Of the order and of what its
duties consisted. He spoke of the social
problem as the cloud which darkens the
horizon of the coming century, of the con-
flict between capital and labor, and called
attention to the fact that the Knights of
| Pythias formed a potent influence and a
means of good to the state as well as to
the individual. OF friendship, benevo-
| lence and charity, which he said should
| characterize the actions of memb bers of
the order toward one another the greatest
was friendship.
AS the English had a scarlet thread
running through all the roDes and cables
in use by that government, in order to
give them a distinguishing feature, so
Pythianism had it's scarlet thread, which
was friendship. Friendship was 1000
years old he said, but time had not robbed
it of its freshness. Mr.. Douglas concluded
by telling in beautiful and eloquent
language the story of Damon and Pythias
| and the lessons that were to be drawn
from it. These high ideals in the lives of
these Grecian heroes are those, he said,
that we profess to emulate. He said that
none but good men should be taken into
the order, and that then the members
should stand by them until the heavens
fall. His conclusion was glowing trib-
ute to friendship.
In response to prolonged cheers and ap-
plause, Mr.. Douglas said he would say a
word about Atlanta. He said he wanted
Savannah to send train load of Pythi-
ans to Atlanta to the next meeting of the
grand lodge, and he would see to it that
they all had a good time.
THE WORK OF PYTHIANTsM
Mr.. Gazan next called for Mr.. w. T.
Leopold the grand keeper Of records and
seals, who responded in a pleasant and
entertaining manner, and spoke in
highly appreciative terms of the eloquent
address of the grand chancellor He
spoke of the work of the order, and its
deeds Of gallantry, devotion and charity.
He referred to several instances promi-
nent in the history of pythianism, where
members had sacrificed their lives to
save the lives of others.
At the conclusion of his address a warm
reception was rendered Grand Chancellor
Douglas. Mr. Douglas leaves the citv
this morning for Augusta, where he goes
to pay an official visit TO the lodges there.