The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-29

From there DeKalb went to its own
property at the corner of President and
Whitaker streets in 1886 There it gave
shelter to all the other lodges when our
first temple was burned After the cree
ton of this building odd Fellows. HalD,
1t came here and rested with the others
until recently when ii returned TO its own
hail.
In 1868 r. l. Blanche, Thomas H.
Laird, L. G. Butler, J. B. Sibley and G.
II. Thorpe asked for and obtained per-
mission 10 organize Haupt Lodge, No. IS,
which was instituted by Grand Master
J. Lachlison on January IA, 1869, in the
lodge rooms in Masonic Hall. Haupt
lodge continued there until the compile
ton of our first temple when 1t came
along with the others. Haupt has an IN
viable record and has given to the order
earnest workers and one grand master
in the person of Brother A. N Mauucy.
Haupt is to-day the banner lodge of Saw
annah as to membership.
"On Nov 10. 1875, Golden Rule Lodge,
No. u, was instituted In the same lodge
rooms as Haupt, by Grand Master Thorn
as J. Simmons, who Is now chief justice
Of our Supreme Court 1t had eighteen
charter members. They were f. d. Blood
worth, ]. G.. Dixon, S. F. Dupont, /. p.
Dupont, ]. W. Fretwell, A. c. Harmon,
Daniel Hops, c. +. Law, Edward Mac
Intyre, r. E. Minis, George N. Nichols,
w. K. Pearce, Gerge r. Robertson, j. S.
Silva, E. S. Zittrouer and J. S. Tyson,
This lodge has tried to do its duty How
well 1t has succeeded the Savannah broth
ers, members of the other lodges, must be
the judges. l believe that, taken as
whole 1t has a band of as faithful and
true odd Fellows as this country has pro-
duced. It's meetings were held in the
same rooms as the other lodges until the
removal to the new temple where its first
4 low
1886, just eleven years from the date of its
institution.
"The next lodge in order was Acorn,
product of the Live Oak, which was in
stituted by D. D. G.. M. J. H. H. Osborne
on Aug. s, $780, with William Fawcett, II.
M. Ward, w. E. Shivers, NJ. Mingledorf,
H. H. Groth and G. K. Zipperer as char
ter members. Young though this lodge is
1t has done good work. 1t has many earn
est members, fully imbued with the noble
principles of Odd Fellowship. One Of its
members has attained distinction in the
Encampment branch, having served a term
as Grand Patriarch. 1 refer to Brother
H. NJ. Ward.
aug 25 1895, Acorn gave up II. Auer-
bach. r. E. Banks, William Bazer NJ. J.
Brignoni, J. B. Bulcken, ]. NJ.
Groth, A. ]. Mortlni, W. H. MINI
and L. E. Oliver who, as charter mem
bers, organized Concord Lodge No. II,
which was instituted by Grand Master
Womag. This lodge, young as IT is, is ex-
ercising a great power for good It has
many young members, who will yet make
their mark in the history Of the order.
THE Grand Lodge of Georgia was in
stituted in Savannah Oglethorpe Of Sa-
vannah and her daughters, Franklin of
Macon and Live Oak of Savannah being
sponsors. The institution was in the rooms
of Oglethorpe Lodge by d. d. Sire Case,
on Nov. 10, 1873 Alvin N. Miller being the
first grand master. The first public dem
onstration of the order in Savannah was
on Jan. %, 1874, when the combined mem
bershjp of the two lodges, with a band of
music, marched in procession to Wesley
Methodist Church at the corner of Lin
coin and South Broad streets, where Bro.
Henry r. Jackson, the same Gen. Henry
r. Jackson, who was buried here this
week, delivered an address. This brilliant
man and accomplished orator never took
any special interest in the order, and from
aught that can gather was initiated into
Oglethorpe Lodge for the special purpose
of making, that one speech