Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-23

OF the newly appointed District Dep
uty Grand Exalted Ruler, B. p. o. e.
for Virginia, yesterdays Daily Press,
OF Newport News. speaks as follows:
''The appointment OF Past Exalted
Ruler j. A. Hirshberg, of Newport
News Lodge. No. 3l5, B. P. o. Elks, as
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
for the State of Virginia, is a we'll
merited honor to the man and a COM
pliment to his lodge. He was not
candidate for the office, in strict
sense Of the word. In that he made no
personal fight for it, but his friends all
over the State, especially those in New
: port News, made q remarkably strong
light and secured his appointment. 1t
is understood that there were several
candidates for the place. The new
District Deputy received his appoint
ment from Grand Exalted Ruler Je-
romo B. Fisher this week and enters
upon his duties at once.
unlike most secret, orders, the Be
neyolent and Protective Order OF Elks
does not have State lodges. 1t has
national or Grand Lodge. which holds
q convention every year, and instead
( OF attending State lodge sessions, as
other orders do in addition to sessions
of their national bodies, the Elks mus
ter their full strength for the Grand
E Lodge conventions and always turn
out In large numbers.
Having no State lodge, it is neccS-
sary for the Grand Exalted Ruler OF
the order to have a representative in
each State. To represent this official.
then, District Deputy Grand Exalted
Ruler is appointed in each State. For
. Virginia Mr.. Harry e. Chase, of Nor
q folk, held this office during the past
year. but when Judge Jerome b. Fish
err, of Jamestown. n. Y, was elected
Z Grand Exalted Ruler at the Atlantic
City convention in July, 1t was in or
der to appoint new district deputies for
all of the States In some cases the
old officers are re-appointed, but In
Virginia 1t has always been the Gus
tom to appoint n new district deputy
with each administration. This means
new deputy every year, and FOR the
coming year Mr.. Hirshberg will fill
tue office.
"Mr. Hirshberg's duty will be to visit
at least once during the next year
every lodge of Elks in the State of Vir-
gini;t, and he will also institute all new
lodges organized in the State. 1t Is
plain to see from this that the office
Is a very important one, and that the
Grand Exalted Ruler selected the best
man for the place all who know the
.appointee will agree.
.'District Deputy J. A. HirshberG was
horn in Richmond October 20. 1852,
and received his education at the old
lancaster public school. He embark
cd in the mercantile business. and is
now one of the leading and most sue
ccssful merchants of Newport News.
HE joined the Elks at the institution
OF Petersburg Lodge, No. 23I. as
charter member Removing to New
port News. he Organized No. 315, March
~. 1895, being at that time the only
III u -ox IN, tta f.tt w dnN1tna1
all offices in the lodge until n year
later, when he was unanimously elect
ed treasurer, and served as such until
1883, when he was unanimously elected
Exalted Ruler. He entered the Grand
Lodge at the session of 80. In add
ton to being. Past Exalted Ruler of
Newport News Lodge, he is chairman
! of the Board of Trustees.
Mr.. Hrshberg is a Past Master of
Bremond Lodge, y. +. and ~. NJ;
Treasurer of Peninsula Lodge. a. f.
and A. NJ; member of st. Johns Royal
Arch Chapter: Trustee of Newport
News Council, Royal Arcnnum. and n
member of Virginia Council. Jr. o. u
a. NJ. He is Secretary of the Board Of
Fire Commissioners, having been elect
ed by the City Council when the city
was incorporated and successfully re-
elected. He is also Secretary of the
CONSUMERS Electric Light, Heat and
and controlled by the leading business
men.
5 On invitation of Norfolk Lodge No
X. of p. w. t. Pope, p. C. of No
s1e, Portsmouth. Va. was present Tues
iitr.st11t, and tettv-
cred an address on 1.-THE Glories OF
Pythian Ilnighthood," which was well
received by all present.
S-:-t
Tuesday night. the 25th instant. w.
S. Wormsley. p. c., of No. so, X of
z r.. will he present and deliver one OF
his humorous addresses All knights
tfbe present; also to hear our Pythian
choir sing the opening and closing
odes.
The new relief feature which will
shortly be adopted as law by Friend
Z ship Conclave, No. 2, Heptasophs or S.
Nv. M, creating special fund for the
relief Of the families of worthy mem.
Z hers, who may be out of employment.
IS meeting with general favor on the
part OF the members of that Conclave
4 Numbers have signified Willingness
TO contribute to tho fund, With tie nm
Understanding that the money thus an
4 propriated shall be used only for tho
object indicated. a committee will be
appointed at an early day to formulate
( z law regulating now the fund Us to be
raised and how it is to be npproprl
ated. AS stated in n former nrticle.
:: this feature will be entirely separate
from the sick benefit endowment plan.
hich Is an established law of the or
& der.
Powhatan Council No. s7l National
y Union. Of this city, at recent meeting
&contributed from its treasury s25 for
the relief Of the Galveston sufferers.
There being no council IN exsitcnce i'm
that city, the treasurer, Mr. George p.
t45 enkins, was authorized to forward the
amount to the Masons to be devoted