West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-10-05

~nO.1f a. ~ W W bctAlnR the greatest
&&ESTD gathering OF Knights of
I Pythia- in the history OF
the state. On the day of
the parade, October Il.
fully 5000 West Virgiuians will be
there and as man from western
Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
According 20 the last official report
for the domain of West Virginia. there
were ll9 lodges. with total member
ship OF Q, 76l. The number OF lodges is
now about 125 and tho membership Is
1000, OF whom one-seveuth are in Ohio
county alone. The order IN this state
is increasing at the rate of 600 yearly
The receipts OF the order for tho last
year were u aDout $40, 600 and the dis.
oursements are larger than those OF
any other order IN the state. Black
Prince lodge, No 10, of Wheeling, is
credited with being the wealthiest
lodge IN the state, having e5,57 81 as
a balance. most OF which is in real
estate. Fayette lodge, OF Fayette
county, stands third. with S3.gl3 O6 on
hand. but its disbursements were only
soOf'41 and money spent for relief
toto These country lodges are much
more economically managed and closer
IN their relief disbursements than th.
city lodges. No. 81. of Wheeling
makes the second best showing, and in
some respects IL is the banner lodge of
the state. Its balance on hand at the
last report was s4.Il9 90, and it had
paid out sl69. % in relief funds. which. .
next 20 Friendship, No. s, and Wheel
ing No ia, is the best record of the
year. Ia addition 10 those named
t1ers are nine lodges with a balance Of
over - 600. and 20 whose balance is
between $1,000 and g. 600
The oldest lodge in the state is Wash
ington, No. /, OF Martinsburg. 1t was
organized April ,, 500, six years fter
the order was founded. Two lodges
ore close seconds Lafayette, Of Pied
mont. which was instituted In May Of
the same year. aud Damon, No. 5. Of
Newburg, organized May. ,Si9. Bal
tunore lodge, No 6. of Wheeling. il
next, having been instituted June 10,
1899 Evening star No ia. OF Ben
wood, aud Black Prince, No 10. Of
Wheeling, were instituted in 1874. but
the date is not given exactly in the
records. Congressman b. Is. Dovener
aud Captain Thos. Il. Bennett arc sur
v'ving charter mem 5ers Of BLACK Prince
lodge Eighty one OF the lodges have
beeu organized within the past nine
years, which is certainly a very pro-
gressiva showing.
10 point of mem Dership Black Prince
ted' when tho last reports were fled.
with 29s This has since been in
creased 20 $50. Ohio was next with
253. and Wheeling had 234. All the
lodges have since passed the 800 mark.
Tho tgures given include only nom
bers in good standing. The smallest
lodge was Reform City OF Pruntytown.
which had but fourteen mem bers
The average number of mem bers 20 n
lo ige is about rs
The endowment rank is iD pros
perOns condition. Wheeling leads
with f52. 900 - the amount OF endow-
rnent and Grafton IL next with t5t, 600
a second section has been opened In
wheeling recently. with an endow.
uout - s2a 600 There are 81 sections
with f85 members. and tho amount Of
endoH msnt is SOS 500 The total
death benefits paid by the endowment
rank since organization iu this domain
are tfg 0o0
The officers Of the lodge ara
Grand Chancellor smith A. Posten,
Mo-gantown. an old Preston boy.
Grand Vise-Chancsllor- Charles Y.
Honsiun. sistorsville
Grand Prelate -Charles n. wolfes.
Msrtlusburg
Grand Keeper ~ Records and Seals
hauer ieuhs. Piedmont
Graud Master of EEchequer- Mason
90 Smith Keys
Grand Master at Arms -B g. sayre,
Grafton
g.aud Toner Guard vs.. T.. Mans.
feId. Charleston.
Grand pater Guard Oscar G. wut.
Carmel
Supreme Representatives william
I White. Terra Alta; Fred A Lang,
f'frss burg
'rand Lodge Trustees Thomas H D..
O.aF iiur tiurf0r g. G. Bond, Charles
fon Th4mas n B.1uctf. Wheeling
braut Tribunals -W %. Dunbar.
ifrFersbu.g. > G. Reynolds Koysor.
%. Z Phillips wheeling
bducate lour Bowels with Casearpts
srff 0atFsrue sure constipation forever
be He M C nH drugsists refund