The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
PYTHlAN KNIGHTS GAY WEEK.
CROWDS OF VISITORS COMING
FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.

The State Military Contests, Savan-
nah Military Rifle Association
Matches, Forest City Gun Club
Tournament, and the Kings
Daughters state Convention Here
at the Same Tfme-The Pythians'
Programme of Drills and Paradcs.
The Grand Lodge Session.
Next week viii be Savannah's gala week.
The city will be filled with visitors, and
elaborate preparations are being made for
their entertainment. Especially is this
so Of the Knights of Pythias, who are max
ing every effort to have the welcome they
will accord their visiting brethren in
keeping with the orders record for good
fellowship and the city's reputation for
hospitality.
The Sir Knights of Savannah will keep
open house for the visitors at the Young
Mems Hebrew Association hall A trip
down the river will be given on one of the
vessels of the Ocean Steamship Company
on the Afternoon of March 10. The enter
tainment of the visitors will cost in the
nieghborhood of $500 and a committee,
composed Of local Knights, is soliciting
subscriptions to raise that amount. The
Pythians expect large attendance for
their concave. Their meetings, parades
and reviews will consume three days. The
governor will be here and will deliver an
address, as will also Mayor Meldrim, who
will welcome the visitors in behalf Of the
city A speaker yet to be selected will
welcome the visiting knights in behalf of
the local members of the order
and responses to these speeches will be
made by the grand chancellor and vice
grand chancellor. The governor will re-
view the Uniform Rank the attendance of
which viii be very large.
A meeting of the general committee on
arrangements, of which Gen. r. f. Har-
mon, is chairman and Maj. j. Ferris Cam
is vice chairman, will be held Tuesday and
Thursday nights for the perfection of all
details looking towards the reception of
the visitors and for their entertainment.
The prize drills are arousing a great deal
of interest and some of the companies will
make strong bids for the prizes. Teutonia
company, 1t is said is sure to win in the
contests it enters.
The Knights will not be the only attrac-
ton during the week. Their grand con-
clave will inspire great interest, but the
annual shoot of the state military Will
also be a drawing card 1t is not yet
known that out-of-town companies will
send teams to compete at Avondale, as
the arrangements are in the hands of Col.
Obear inspector of rife practice for the
Georgia Volunteers, in Atlanta. Most of
the local companies and larger commands
will enter teams, and the men are prac-
ticng for the contests.
The contests of the state troops will be
shot May IS, 10 and 20.
The Savannah Military Rife Association
will also hold its annual contests at the
same time and some of the best shots in
the country will be here to take part in
the interstate matches. The associations
contests will themselves be a strong draw
ing card for the week.
The Forest City Gun Club will have its
interstate shoot here on May Is and 10.
Blue rocks will be shattered on those days
at the clubs grounds by shot from the
guns of some of the finest trap-shooters
in the United States. Sportsmen from
Wilmington, Richmond, Columbia, Jack
sonville. Darien and many other places
have signified their intention of coming to
participate in the contests, and everything
tends towards large number being here,
attracted by the gun clubs programme
and purses.
The clty's visitors will be increased by
the Kings Daughters, who will hold their
state convention here May II, IS and 49,
Ladies from all over the state will attend,
and interesting services will be conducted.
Mrs. Isabella Charles Davis, the, CORE
spending secretary of the central council
at New York, will be here. She is one of
the ablest of the Daughters, and her visit
Is anticipated with great pleasure.