The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-04
VISIT OF THE ARCANUMS.
THE SUPREME COUNCIL TO MEET
HERE IN TWO WEEKS.

One Hundred and Fifty Delegates
and Officers to BE in Attendance
From Every Part of the Country.
The Visitors 10 he Entertained By
Pulaski COuncil-The Programme
Now Being Arranged-The Grand
Council of Georgia to Meet in
Athens.
The supreme council of the Royal Area
mum Of the United States viii meet in Sa-
vannah Wednesday. May %, and Will be
in session ten or twelve days
The supreme council consists of about
80 representatives from every state in
the union and from Canada. These repre-
sentatives VIII come to Savannah accom-
panied by their wives and daughters, and
arrangements are being made to give
them an interesting visit and a pleasant
entertainment.
The members of the supreme council
will be the guests of the Pulaski council
of this city while they are in session here.
The executive COMMITTEES which has in
hand the matter of their entertainment is
composed of Messrs. A. c. Harmon. c. S.
Connerat, c. W. Saussy, f. II. O'COnnor
and Geo. p. Walker. All of these are chair
men of subcommittee, each of which has
charge of some special feature connected
with the meeting Other committees have
also been appointed, especially one of
ladies, who viii look out for the lady men,
bers of the visiting party. Arrangements
are being made for an elegant banquet,
excursions to Tybee, down the river. and
visits to points of interest.
The supreme regent of the order is Hon.
John p. Pound, state senator and chair
man OF the board of New York state.
other officers OF the supreme council, all
of whom will attend its session, are:
Supreme Vice Regent Edison NJ. Schry
yer of Baltimore, Past Supreme Regent
Chill w. Hazard, Monongahela, Pa;
Supreme Orator p. H. Charlock, Eliza
beth, n. j.; Supreme Secretary w. ..
Robson, Boston; Supreme Treasurer +.
A. skinner, Mestheldi n. y; supreme Au-
ditor A. 7. Turner, Jr. Boston; Supreme
Chaplin Henry Goodwin, Boston; Su-
preme Guide J. A. Carter, Geneva. o.;
Supreme Warden Thomas A. Parish,
Grand Haven, Mich; Supreme Sentry Carl
Moller St Louis; Supreme Trustees James
w. Fernald, Chicago; J. N. Pace, Cow
ington, Ca; J. NJ. Mckinstry, CleYeland'
o.; committee on finance, Chadles p.
Ingerson, Buffalo, n. Y; w. L, Douglass
of New Jersey Carnot O.. spen-
laws, John Haskell Butler (ex-oficio
legal adviser and examiner of claims)
Boston; Elihu Colman, Fond du Lac, Wis;
Arthur c. Salmon, Brooklyn, n. Y; COM
mittee on appeals, Howard II. Morse,
New York; William Lovenstein, Rich
mond, Va; Daniel f. Macwatt, Barrie.
Ont; committee on council work, Charles
| 3. Cox. St. Louis; W. ]. Footner St
| Paul, Mimi; A. G.. Tying, Jr, Peoria, Ill. !;
special committee on statistics, A. G.
| Trippe, Baltimore; ]. Will Page, Syracuse,
| N. Y; Howard II. Morse, New York;
Medical Examiner-in-Chief DR.. Charles
Styer, Philadelphia.
The Grand Council of the Royal Area
mum in Georgia will meet in annual ses-
sion in the Odd Fellows hall in Athens,
Ca, Wednesday, May 6, at 10 o'clock, and
will be in session two days.
The grand council is composed of its
officers, its past grand regents, representa-
tives from subordinate councils the COM
mittee on finance, the committee on laws
and supervision, state medical examiner
and the past regents of councils who
We're such at the time of its organization,
and have remained in good standing and
recognized in this grand council as life
members.
The grand council will be entertained by
| Oconee Council of Athens. One of the prin-
cfpal features will be an old-fashioned
Georgia barbecue. There are sixty-three
councils in the state with a total member
ship of nearly 1000 composed of some of
the most representative men both in pro-
fessional and commercial life
Those who will go to Athens from Pu-
laski Council are MessrS. A. G. Harmon,
C. S. Connerat, w. w. Starr H. NJ.
Branch, e. H. O'Connor and NJ. S. Baker.