The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-29
MANY KNIGHTS ON PARADE.
DETROIT WAS GIVEN OVER TO THE
VISITING PYTHIANs.

sented-One Session of the SUI
preme Lodge Was HeId-Supreme
Chancellor sample Delivered His
Biennial Address.
Detroit, Mich Aug. 2S-The military
division of the order of Knights Of Ply
thias did itself proud in its biennial pa
rade this afternoon and the vast crowds
who witnessed the inspiring pageant
gave enthusias ic approval all along the
line of march. Nine thousand uniformed
and helme.ed knights and musicians
marched in rapid and orderly manner over
the ute CT five mile $, and were officially
reviewed, fist ty supreme Chancellor
Sample. ard before smissal by Maj.
Gen. Carnahan commander of the uni
formed rank
The Ohio Brigade with more than 1900
men in line, was the leader in point of
numbers, and made a splendid showing
Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Mich
igan were next. Very few states were
wholly unrepresented in the line of march.
One British flag was seen in the parade,
carried by the Canadian contingent.
bic, and the temperature fairly cool. Thu
only drawback was lack of horses. All
the headquarters and most of the brigade
officers were well mounted, but q cons'd .
cradle number of the regimental field Off
GERS were afoot
Mai. Gen. Carnahan rode at the head
of the parade, mounted on Gov. Pingrees
splendid chestnut riding horse and fol
lowed by his staff of forty mounted off,
GERS, Indiana had the right of the Hno
and other regiments included Virginia
Georgia and Kentucky. Numerous com
mands smaller than regiments were at
tached TO brigades from states other than
their own.
But one session of the Supreme Lodge
was held to-day. Little business wns
transacted beyond the reading of the OFF,
GERS reports and their reference to COM
mittees. Fifty-five grand chanceilorti
were given the Supreme Lodge degree. A
Committee on Credentials was appointed.
ana will report at to-morrow's session.
supreme ChancelIOr's Address
Supreme Chancellor Thomas c. Sample
of Allegheny, Pa. heed of the Pythian
order, presided over abe Supreme Lode Q
meeting. In his biennial address, he said
in part:
The condition of the order throughout
NiiN supp thie tculdlfl, with out rev eNCeD-
tons, is fourishing. The growth of the
knights of Pythias in the past thirty-five
years has been marvellous, and TO the
student of secret societies has been won
der. This growth in its early history
however, was not generally of a character
that would give to 1t or any other So
ciety stability. This is a plain fact which
is evident to us all now. OF late years
the men who have been admitted to our
arL hax
principles and. as a result, the personnel
of the order is better to-day
than ever before The decree
seems to have gone forth from the subor-
dinate lodges, as a rule, that quality, and
not quantity, is what is desired
The knights of Pythias are big
enough, strong enough brainy enough
ard Influential enough to work cut their
own salvation. and ! would strongly re-
commend that any supreme officer or rep
resentative or grand or subordinate
lodge officer who is so eltangled with 9th
er organizations that he cannot give VI
his bt st eff rts and be st thoughts should
step down and out of official positions
and allow those to be elected who believ.
that we have the best secret order that
floats a banner in this great nation to.
day. When this is done, then will we in.
deed have within cur ranks only those
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laws and r. EQUATIONS.
''On Dec. 81, 1898 the report, as made tt
the Supreme Lodge from the different
grand domains showed a membership oil
| 470.79S The returns received TO Dec 81
1899, show total membership of 49l 672, 8
net increase for the year 1899 of 1859
| From the figures of the losses and gains
during the term ending June 80. 1900 il
appears that we have to-day a member
ship of 500, with fifteen grand domain.
yet to hear from, net gain for the two
year of 37,S09. This is a splendid show
ing, and with this increase in member
ship comes also the gratifying though
that in nearly all the grand domains thos,
who are casting their lot with us to-day
are doing so from the fact that we ar,
| progressive, patriotic and have all the at
tributes essential to make an up-to-dat,
order. Do not, therefore. at this conven
tlon let the word go out that we are ret
| regarding, but let us rather push forWarc
TO a higher plane of usefulness and infiu
ence.
The membership at the close of bust
ness June 80, 1895, was $685. carryinf
sS9 PSI. 500 endowment. The number O
members at the close of business. Jun,
30, 1900. was 64516. carrying $l13. $4,000 Ell
dowment. The Board OF Control paid gu
from June &c. 1898, to June 30, 1900, g.
420,9lS."
Records and seRIs.
In his report, r. l.. G. Wright of Al
lanta, Co, supreme keeper of records ant
seals, gave the following:
Total number OF subordinate lodges
Dec. 81 1899, $40; total membership. 49,
sos; net gain during '9S and &c. IS lodge.
and 21.237 members Practically 90 De.
cent. vi the gain was IN 1899 Illinois lee
in the gains with Indiana aud Ohio clos.
| seconds. Louisiana suffered O net los.
of 1852. The appropriations at the Indian
apolis biennial in 49, were 1913. $50 o
which $S3.892 had been expended at tn.
close OF the fiscal year. There was {
balance on hand of s7O52. and there hal
since been received SGT, 4O3. Receipts q,
grand lodges were sos. $50. and, with bal
ance on hand, the credits were 1851. 2lO
Disbursements were $373, 500 There ha,
been expended for relief 81, 335,5l5, an,
grand domains had on hand, Dec. /. 1889
81 s35, i5l. The total assets of the gram
domains are 1926. 100. Lodges outss1,
OF grand domains have expended for re
lief 1851; have cash on hand OF s.. 4s5. anI
assets S26.524.
The report OF the Supreme Master OF
the Exchequer shows total of s3l, 371 30
on hand June 30, 1900.
In the Sixth Biennial assembly of m.
Pythan SisterhOod Supreme Ledge. Mrs
II. p. Libbey, supreme chancellor. re
ported the question OF admission of color
cd women TO membership as havf no hoe,