The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-22

and closed by reciting a poem by
Kipllng. At the conclusion OF Mr..
Nicholson's address the guests par
took of luncheon served by the la
dies. The rest Of the evening was
spent in social manner.
After the regular meeting Of the
Canton city council the members of
that body proceeded to the lodge
rooms and were the special guests of
the grand lodge.
/ On Tuesday evening the delegates
and visitors will take trolley ride
on the Massillon & Canton street car
lines to Massillon. According to form
er plans the delegates were to be invit-
ed to supper at Meyers lake Civ
en- by the Daughters Of st. George,
but on account Of the death Of Mrs.
Hooking member of the Daughters
of st. George, this feature of the
program was eliminated and the troll
ley trip substituted. On Wednesday
morning and afternoon the regular
business sessions Of the lodge will be
held and on Wednesday evening Jab-
i-Wah degree will be conferred upon
candidates at the Barnett house.
Thomas Filmer who is the grand mo-
gul of the Jab-i-Wah degree will be
master Of ceremonies and will be AS
sisted by the Jab-a-Wunkies, Samuel
w. Smith of Canton and John Brown
of Jacksonville. Fred Stork. secretary
Of the grand lodge Is secretary ofsthe
Jab-i-Wah degree. -
All members OF the Sons of st.
George are eligible to this degree.
Thomas Filmer is a member of the
Star Of Albion lodge, of Youngstown,
and lives at Elyria. Two weeks ago
Mr.. Filmer attended the Pennsylvania
state lodge at Washington and at that
time obtained permission to bring
several union jacks, the property Of
the Capitol City lodge and the Colum-
bia lodge of the Sons of st. George,
Of Washington, to this convention. The
British flags adorn the stage Of the
lodge rooms and present fine ap-
pearance. One flag is the official de-
sign of the order of the Sons of ct.
George. 1t Is combination of ST..
Andrews cross and the union jack
and is made Of silk. This Is one of
the priced designs Of the Washington
lodges.
This is properly meeting of the
Ohio state lodge. but delegates are
also sent from Indiana and West Vir
ginia. Both of the last named states
have not enough lodges to form a
state lodge and for this reason the
delegates attend the Ohio state con-
vention. In Ohio there are over 30
lodges of the Sons of St. George with
a membership of about 1000 Among
the cities which have lodges are
Cleveland. Cincinnati, East Liverpool
Massillon, Youngstown and Nelson
Vile. One of the strongest organlza-
tions is located at East Liverpool
where the population consists mostly
of Englishmen.
The Tuesday afternoon session Of the
convention of .Nhe Sons of st. George.
who are holding their oonclave in
Canton. was devoted to q discussion of
the old constitutions governing the or
der. Different phases Of the constitu-
ton were taken up and discussed and
the matter was finally dispensed with
by the appointment Of a committee by
the chair with the power to revise the
constitution and make the changes In
dicated. This committee Is still hard
at work and probably will not make
ls report until Thursday morning.
No radical changes are contemplated
but several notifications OF minor
nature will be made.
Grand Past President John T. Leach,
of Fort Wayne. Indiana. arrived We'd
nesday morning. He was met by sew
eral delegates and Immediately taken
to the lodge rooms. The past president
was presented with beautiful jewel
by Past Supreme Secretary James r.
Angirs. of Akron. on behalf of the
grand lodge. Mr. Angirs presented the
jewel after making neat address to
which Mr.. Leach responded thanking
all of the delegates for the gift.
The report of Past President Leach
was read and accepted. The report !
sh ,ws that the lodge is in an excellent |
financial condition and tho reports
taken as a whole show that the lodge
never was in better condition.