The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-18
WAS A LUDICR0US SIGHT
MANY UNIQUE AND INTEREST
ING CHARACTERS IN LINE.
THE CANDIDATES WALKED LAST NIGHT
Shriners in Attendance from Virginia, South
Carolina, tennessee and this State
About 80 Candidates Initiated
Into Its Mysteries.

Carolina are here. and they are indeed
clever and jolly set of good fellows.
They traverced the arid dessert of the
far east upon their faithful camels and
reached the oasis of Raleigh yesterday.
They have taken the town. The dwell
ers here have given them a warm wei
come, and fraternaF interhow of love
is unstinted.
Yesterday afternoon ut ; o'clock the
Shrners gave parade. 1t was the
first they ever gave in this city. TO say
it was great is putting it mild. 1t was
unique in the way of parades in the an
nails of the history of this city. 1t was
picturesque, grotesque and highly ludi-
crous. convusing those who has come
out to witness it.
The procession was headed by a
mounted patrol of twelve Shriners ar
rayed in costumes Of the orient. These
famed chiefs OF the far east were
astride Of their faithful camels. or to be
more accurate, braying, capricious mules
and donkeys.
These swarthy sons Of noble race
furnished the amusement for the spec
tators, especially when were beheld IA
miliar faces and figures upon their fiery
untamed steeds 1t was cayalcade,
indeed, that one does not often see.
To those who did not witness the
sight. they missed a treat. And we
would like for them to picture our dig
nfed bank cashier, Ben Lacy. arrayed
IN flowing gown of gaudy design, pull
ing the reins of a cav0rting ass colt,
and then that tall seven-foot stalwart
figure Of John Thompson, swaying upon
the back of slick bay mnle Then
there was another conspicuous figure
that immense and handsome South Car
Gilman. Col T. r. Barron, arrayed in
his ancestral dessert trappings and war
paint, astrde Of IA rearing and piunging
mule. making the welkin ring with stem
torian voice, with equal ability Of the
famous Commanche brave. Shriners
Dewey and McCoslin bestrode the two
donkeys and the others were seated on
mules.
The procession was under the direc-
ton of Shriner John G. Drewry. of this
city. who wore full dress suit and rode
a slick black mule.
Following the twelve mounted Shrin-
ers came four Shriners carrying Il dunn
my which was tossed on a blanket at
various times along the route. indicating
the dose in store for the candidates.
Next came double goat-team driven
by boy and bearing a Shriner in east
ern female garb. Haywood's band fol-
lowed. dispensing music along the line
of march.
Next carriage of officers. Then fol-
lowed thirty Shriners, two by two, in
full dress suits and fez caps.
Next came ten carriages. In these
were the candidates. In each carriage
there was Shriner and three cand-
dates. The candidates were bound with
cords and these were held by the Shriner
in each carriage On each carriage
there was n strip Of cloth. bearing these
words: "We walk tonight" The pro-
recession padded the principal streets.
The following is the list Of Shriners
in attendance:
Col. T. r. Barrow. A. r.. FngIe ]. M.
Graham. Columbia. s. G.: r. M. Gaff-
ney. Gaffney's. s. c.; j. r. Fetzer. Dam
Vile Va. Thos. $. Bowls, Richmond,
Va; John NJ. Sherwood, Portsmouth,
Va; rev. G. r.. Hoffman, Mai. Thos.
:. Franklin W. S. Iidel. ID. II. Allen,
=. w. Smith. ]. II Robertson, VIM. An
derson, w. I'll. Belt. ID. q. Maxwell. j.
II. Missenheimer, A. f. McCausland. l..
a. Dodsworth, John Farrior. r. O.
Grant, ~. $. Rhinehard, A. III. Wash
burn, Rev. Geo. A. Page, Geo w.
Campbell II. A. Murrell, Charlotte, Y.
c.: Capt. w. ], Woodrum. i. Il. Hen
nessa, o. w. Spencer. Il. w. Koontz.
Salisbury; II. III. Munson, Martin S.
Willard, w. Il. Storm. ]. G. Nuns. Il.
S. Martin, Wilmington; T. w. Dewey.
j. II. blackburn. r. ID. Bradum. =. &.
Hyman, II. Ulrich. J. S. BasnigKt. A. !.
Howell New Berne, n. c.: Geo. w
Merideth, Monroe. n. c.; Hal NJ. Worth.
Worthwhile n. G.; James Southgate.
Durham, n. G.; r. NJ Moye, J. ID. Bull
lock- Lat Williams, Wilson, n. C.:J. NJ.
Horn, Rocky Mount, n. G.: J. C. Drew
~, y. r. Smith, ID. 5. Hamilton. Il. r.
Lacy, John Nichols, John w. Thomf,-
son, w a. Withers, Raleigh, n. c.;
John W, Gotten, Tarboro, N. c.; james
n. Holt, burlington. n. c.; VIII G.
French, Rev }. ID. Miller, ]. r. Glenn,
". A. tennessee, Greensboro, N. c.;
" - lp.llc9, W y. Brown. w. i.
Brown, I. 9. Schaum, DeLos Thomas,
| j. i. Nortieet. w. e. l.. barton. Win
ston. n. G.; J. FL. Lange, w. +. Ran
dolph, Asheville, n. c.
--e following are the candidates from
various parts Of the State, who were
| initiated last night:
II. h. Greason, W. T. Harding. G. Il.
Dalton, II. L. Gaffney, G. Exum, 7. Il.
Cogswell, III. p. Stroaker. ]. r.. John
son. ]. Ramsey, J. H. Wilburn, ! 4.
Bolich, w. II. Jones. r. p. Simpson. w.
r. Crawford. G. G. King. w. i. Con
nelly. " q. Crutchfeld. A. TT. Schade,
J. l Saunders, Chas. H. spights. r.
Parker. Dave Woodward n + Ebar.
hardt. B w. Baker, H. r. Kochler II
]. Noble. b. w Koontz. II, I, Booth
w u. Moore, G. P. Snuggs. G. N. wal.
ters.