The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-04

good knights in al that short. strong word
expresses good in the eye Of the law;
good In the eye OF your own
educated conscience. good IN the eyes Of
your mother, good in the eyes Of your lit
lie ones. good in the eye Of the Almighty
Father
Il call upon you to be brave not brave
alone In physical endurance. but brave in
that higher and keeneT sense or true brav-
ery-brave in your moral makeup II
does not take a strong man to be brave,
nor q rich man, nor powerful man. We
need brave men in these days when SIAN
der and calumny DO assaii our brothers
need brave men who will dare TO stand
out for what is right in the face Of public
opinion, and the scoTn OF society's laws.
We need brave men who viii dare 10 stand
the whole spirit thereof not a loyalty
i call upon you to be loyal men; not
loyal 70 the letter Of the law. but loyal to
the whole spirit thereof; not a XlOyality
to your wife and little ones alone, nor TO
the friend Of your lifetime, but a full,
rounded ana complete symmetrical loyah-
" 10 every obligation laid on you"
Il call upon you to be just men, as well
as generous; not generous at the expense
Of justice, but always just. just man
may mean smaller church subscriptions
and donations to the popular fads Of so
ciety. but it means fewer unpaid butcher
and bakers bills; and generous men as
well, giving freely Of your influence, your
power, and your means IN this day when
selhshness runs rampant and the rags
and tatters Of woe and want are stream
ing in the blasts of winter
II call upon you to be virtuous men,
knowing in your course Of action no high
er rule than that laid down by that great
philosopher Of old, when he said, do
unto others as you would have others do
unto YOU
And obedient men. obedlent to all
rightful authority, whether Of God or
man.
above all call upon you to be gentle
men. The knight of the olden days is
dead. His bones are dust, his good
sword rust, his soul is with the saints
we trust but we have before Us the pos
sibility Of exemplifying the very quint-
essence Of chivalry which, while it pro-
duced heroes. never did produce that
splendid harmonious possibility in front
Of every one Of US, the trae gentleman Of
to-day"
Mr.. Douglass address was greatly en-
joyed by his audience. and was frequently
interrupted with applause.
Hon. =. w. Meldrim, who was TO have
delivered an address, was unavodably
absent, having been detained In Darien
by law case, much to the regret of the
audience.
The exercises concluded with the bene-
diction by the acting grand prelate. The
floor was then cleared for dancing for
which purpose a large number Of the
audience remained.
The majority of the knights went over
to the knights of Pythias hall. where the
initiation ceremony was gone through
with by the long form" team, under the
direction of Mr.. I. NJ. Frank. The team
was composed of six members from each
Of the two divisions of the uniform rank
and two members from each of the six
lodges.
The joint committee in charge of the
public installation was as follows Ed
ward L. Hoffman, chairman; Forest City
No. /, c. A. Cox, ]. 3. Bulcken; Myrtle
No. G. Waring Russell, Jr., D. T. Elliott;
Teutonia No. 7, John f. Fischer, John
Stahmer; Excelsior No. s, C. p. Ross.gnol.
w. II. Barclay; Calanthe No. q, a. S. Co
hen. Robert Hunt; Savannah No. 81, II.
NJ. Stanley. NJ. E. Robinson; w. II. Bar
clay, secretary; Robert Hunt, treasurer.