The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14
AWEEK FULL OF CONVENTIONS
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, DOCTORS
AND COLONIAL DANES TO MEET.

between GOO and 200 Visitors From
All over the state 10 BE in Savan-
nah This Week--The knights Tenn
pIar in Session Two Days, the Doc
tors Three Days and the Colonial
Danes one Day-How the Visitors
VIII BE Entertained.
This will be a week Of conventions in
Savannah. The Grand Commandery Of
Knights Templar OF Georgia will come 70
Savannah Wednesday go to 800 strong.
and viii be in session for two days. The
doctors will be here for three days.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and
viii no doubt have some very interesting
sessions. Thursday afternoon the second
annual meeting Of the Georgia Society
of the Colonial Danes Of America viii be
held.
The fact that these three conventions are
to be held this week viii bring from GOO
to 700 people from different parts Of the
state to Savannah. Most of those attend
ing the Knights Templar convention and
I the convention Of the medical association
viii stop at the De Soto. Arrangements
will be made 10 accommodate about 400
! people in addition to the regular guests
who now number from 200 to 80. The ho-
tel ordinarily accommodates about 500
/ people, and to make the arrangements for
this unusually large crowd 100 extra beds
will be secured and other arrangements
will be made. The hotel viii probably
have larger number of guests this week,
for two or three days at least, than it has
had at any one time before in several
years.
The grand conclave Of the grand COM
! mandery Of the Knights Templsr Of Geor-
gia, which meets Wednesday and Thurs.
day, is expected to be the largest con-
| clave ever held in the state. Between 200
and 300 sir knights are expected. Five
Communicates and probably six will be
here and representatives viii be in at
tendance from ten communicates. The
sir knights will be accompanied by about
| fifty ladies.
The Atlanta and Rome COMMANDERS,
/ which VIII come as an escort to the
/ grand commander viii arrive Wednesday
morning III special train over the Flor
1 ia Central and Pennsular railroad. The
macon eommandery viii probably arrive
| OF st. Omar commandery are expected
from Macon.
The. visiting communicates win be re-
| ceiVed on their arrival by a detachment
! from Palestine commandery and will be
| escorted TO the De Soto. which will be the
n9ha9uarteI5 OF the grand commandery.
| Where they Will deposit their rolls or
| knights and Will receive orders. At 10
| o'clock the visiting communicates will
! report 10 the grand captain general at MS
/ headquarters for the purpose Of escortlng
me grand commandery to its asylum IN
| Masonic Temple.
The line OF march viii be from the De
soto, out Bull street to CASTOR, then to
b6abersham, to Jones. to Drayton, to
| Broughton, to Barnard, to Congress- to
| whitaker, 70 Bay to Drayton, to st.
Julian, to Bull, TO Liberty and 10 Ma
sonic Temple. The formal welcome OF
/ the grand commandery will take place
| at the conclusion of the parade, which
/ VIII be about IL O'clock The address OF
welcome will be delivered by Sir Knieht
/ REV. DR.. Goodwin 1t will be responded TO
| by Grand Commander Park Woodward
OF Atlanta. The grand commandery will
Sessions will he held during the after
noon and the next forenoon, at the con-
clusion of which the visiting sir knights
and their ladies' will be given an excursion
| down the river to the sea buoy and return
on the steamer Vigilant.
The only public exercises of the session
| will be the devotional service at The First
! Baptist church Wednesday night when
the liturgy of the order will be recited BY
| delivered.
During the sessions of the grand com
mI aaIniy the visiting ladies win be en-
| terIalned by the wives and daughters Of
sir Knights OF Palestine cOmmandery.
The forty-sixth annual session of the
| Medical Association will begin in Savan-
| nan Wednesday morning. The session
VIII last three days. An attendance of
| among the number will be many promin-
ent practitioners of the state. The mem
/ bers of the Georgia Medical Society will
| look after the visiting physicians during
/ their stay In the city, the president of
the society, DR.. NJ. L. Boyd. being chair
| and entertainment.
The convention will be called to order in
| the Guards hall at 10 o'clock Wednes-
day morning by President Observation-Disclosures
Of Atlanta. Mayor Myers will welcome
| the visitors, after which the formal adj
J. f. b. Beckwith. There will be a re-
| Spouse by some member of the associa-
tlon, after which. President Westmore-
land Will deliver his annual address The
| convention will then settle down 10 bust
ness. The business sessions will be held
| IN the banqueting room of the De Soto
The convention win adjourn al 70 o'clock
! noon Friday and the members will than
! accept of an excursion to Warsaw ana
! wilmington on the steamer Nigilant ten
! dered by the members of the Georgia
Medical Society. The trip viii first be
mington, where there will be an osvct,r
roast Many of the physicians will he
accompanied by their wives and daugh-
ters who Will take the trip with them on
the Vtgilant, together with members Of
the families of the local physicians.
The meeting Of the Georgia Society NJ
the colonial Danes of America will no
doubt be an interesting one The meeting
viii De held at the residence of Mrs w
W. Gordon, and after the transaction Of
the routine business the session will he
SDllicWilttl VI Z PHEASANT social natura
The officers of the society are almoet
al residents of Savannah, as It was here
that the society was organized. The
membership so far has extended to Au-
gusta and Athens, and there are at pres
ent about twenty prospective members
whose papers are to be passed on by the
board of managers.
The society VIII discuss the business for
the last year, besides matters which will
concern it for the year to come The
question of a national anthem and =
change OF the colors for the national so
ciety will be talked over. and the presi-
dent of the Georgia society. Mrs w w
Gordon. Will represent it at the meeting
of the executive committee composed Of
all the presidents of the state societies
and that of the District of Columbia
which will be held at the Waldorf in
New York on April g.
Among the members from outside Sa-
vannah who are expected to attend are
Mrs. F. II. Miller Mrs. Hattie Could
Jerries, Mrs. J. r. Lamar of Augusta
Mrs A. b. Phinizy of Athens Mrs mi
of Griffin, and Mrs. Geno A. j. Perry Of
Washington.