Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-10-26
KNIGHTS OF pyTHIAs.
beginning of the Thirty-second Annual
session of the Grand lodge.

beginning of the Thirty-second Annual
session of the Grand lodge.
Senford, Oct. 25.-The Grand Lodge
Of Delaware, knights of Pythias, began
its 32d annual session here today, with
IL large attendance OF delegates from all
parts Of the State, Wilmington bsing
PARTICULARLY we'll represented.
r. Harry Williams of Marshallton,
grand chancellor, greeted the body as
follows:
"OHicers and members ct the Grand
Lodge, knights of Pythias of Della
ware: Again we meet in annual
assemblage to olect our officers for the
next year, and to renew our friendships
and strengthen ourselves by legislation
for the work before us. The year that
has passed since we last met has not
been cne of much success, il we judge
success entirely by the number of our
members, as the reports when com
Eleted, will probably show q slight
loss in membership. feel, however,
that there has been very marked in
crease in Pythian spirit in large
portion Of the domain, and the activity
in the lodges, particularly in the upper
portion OF the State, since June Both,
lat which time the reports are closed,
indicate that the incoming year will
prove satisfactory one to the order in
this domain. In the lower portion OF
the State ] regret to say that the
lodges seem to have fallen into con
dition of inactivity.
The grand chancellor recommended
that mere attention bo paid to tho
endowment rank in the future than In
the past and submitted a letter on the
same subject from Supreme Chancellor
Thomas q. SAMPLE of Allegheny, Pa,
which contained the following: "The
right Of members of this order to en-
gage in any occupation for livelihood,
not positively interdicted ty our law,
is undoubted; but the right of surh
members to use the honors that you
have bestowed on them. to the injury
and derriment Of the endowment rank,
is emphatically disputed and denied. "
In this connection the grand chancel-
lor gave the following statistics: Status
of the endowment rank in Delaware =
Number of sections, 9: members, % !;
endowment, s22,0J0; general status
membership. 57,d0l; insurance in
force, $l04, 240, 000 assets, S495, l13; /;
paid to beneficiaries of deceased mem
bers, S13, 6l0, 800.
The grand chancellor recommended
that more interest be taken in the
Uniform Rank, there being only one
company, the one in Wilmington. He
expressed the desire that companies be
formed in other parts of the State.
The condition Of the order in the
State was shown by the following re-
ports of other officers:
Mark L. Garrett Of Wilmington.
rxrp pt,I - L.
Number of lodges at last report. IS ;
present number of lodges, II: number
initiated during year, 6s; reinstated
during year, g; total /, 167; suspended
during yenr, 11o; withdrawn, s; de-
ceased, 8; total, l24; number of men,
bers June Both, 1890, l,043; loss for
the year, 46; past grand chancellors,
81; past chancellors, 405; knights,
GIL; esquires, 3; page, |.
Receipts during the year, s12, 20s. IA;
expenses, s9,'5s6. 81; excess of receipts
over expenses, S2,621.57; total assets
Of the lodges, S25, 27l. 25: assets of the
grand lodge, S91S. 06; receipts during
the yeai, s716 So; balance from last
year, 1898. 81; total, s1,055. 81: dis
bursements. s6O9 II; cash en- hand,
S446.3l. During the year contribu-
tion Of $40 was made to the Rathbone
monument fund.
The charter, books, &C., of Friend
ship Lodge were received on the 21st
of last December. On December 29th
Past Grand Chancellor j. X. p. Morris
was presented with past grand chan.
ceior's jewel.
Lemuel Mari OF Wilmington, grand
master of exchequer- Amount in bank
at the beginning of the year, 1888. 81 /;
leceipEs, S791. So; total resources,
81, l30.52; disbursements, 1854. 21 bal.
ance in bank, BAG. 81,