Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-28

One week from next Thursday is the
time set for the annual outing of the
four Knights of Pythias lodges OF
Wheeling, and if the efforts of the gem
eral committee having the affair in
charge count for anything, this years
picnic will prove to be the largest and
most interesting Pythian day ever held
in West Virginia.
The picnic, which is to be held at
Wheeling Park, will be preceded by a
parade in which the three uniform com,
panies and four subordinate lodges of
this city will turn out their full
strength. Besides these it is probable
that number of organizations which
have been invited from surrounding
towns will also be in line. The COM
mittee has purchased very fine Bible,
the finest that could be secured, and
this will be presented to the subordin-
ate lodge turning out the largest per-
centage of membership in the parade.
OF course the presence of member
with the uniform companies will count
for the lodge to which he belongs. This
contest has already stirred the boys UP
to the highest pitch and every lodge is
predicting that it will be the winner.
The parade will form on Chapline
street, right resting On Sixteenth, and
will move promptly at one O'Clock. All
the uniform companies have been called
to meet at the city building at 1880
p. m. in full dress uniform. A room
has been secured in the building where
the Sir Knights Loyal may store their
fatigue coats, ETC., until after the pa
rade, and where their helmets, swords,
ETC., will be safe while they are at the
park. Black Prince lodge will also
meet at the city building, in the Sec
ond Branch Council chamber, instead
of at the Pythian Castle. The other
lodges will meet at their respective
Castle halls.
The procession will be formed as fol-
lows:
Col Chas. A. Geiger and Staff.
Major James T. MCGEE and Staff.
Meister's Band.
Occur de Leon Company No. q,
U. R. (. of ?.
Bernard Stanley Co. No. q,
U. R. X. of Z.
James T. MCGEE Co. No. %,
L. r. K. of P.
Visiting Uniform Companies.
Baltimore Lodge No. 6.
Black Prince Ledge No. 49,
Ohio Valley Lodge No. 81.
Wheeling Lodge No. ia.
Visiting Lodges.
Carriages, etc.
The procession will move at o'clock,
going down Sixteenth to Market, up
Market to Tenth, down Tenth to Main,
down Main to Twenty up
Twenty-second to Chapline, up Chap
line to Twentieth, down Twentieth to
Market, up Market to Sixteenth and to
the city building, where cars will be
waiting to convey the Knights to the
park. Upon their arrival at the park
the dancing and general amusements
will begin.
At four o'clock the Pythian bicycle
road race will start from the corner of
Fourteenth and Chapline streets, fin
ishing on the driveway in the park near
the Casino, the best local riders and
a number from surrounding towns have
already entered and fine and costly
prizes are hung up.
Bowling contests between teams rep
resenting each lodge, and one between
teams representing each uniform COM
pany are features that are exciting gen.
eral interest, as is the free-for-all-
bowling contest, the highest individual
score made during the day taking a
fine prize. Aquatic sports OF various
kinds will take place on the lake and
bicycle races on the new track.