The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-10-27
K.0F P. GRAND LODGE
A Three Days Session Begins TOmOr-
row at Louisville.
Paducah Delegation Leaves Tonight
Important Matters to Be
Considered.
PADUCAH IN BIG DRILL

Knights of Pythiss, which will hold
its thirty fourth session, beginning to-
morrow and lasting until the S1st.
The meeting this year is important
in many respects. 1t is the first since
the supreme body accepted at San
Francisco the invitation of the grand
lodge to hold its conclave in 1904 in
Kentucky, and the reports Of Supreme
Representatives Stanley Adams, OF
Louisville, and Thomas B. Mathews,
of Petersburg, on the success Of their
mission will therefore be made. 1t
will be the occasion Of formulating a
plan for raising . handsome sum as
the contribution Of the order in the
state toward the entertainment of the
Knights from all over the country. It
will hear from the board Of control,
which has in hand the Pythian Wild
ows' and Orphans Home in Kentucky
a report of their lsbors since the meet
ing in owensboro last year. 1t will
also have the honor OF entertaining
several supreme officers, more in fact
than ever before attended a grand
lodge.
The body, always a busy one, con-
filming Its work to three days, will
have more than the ord mary amount
of work ct this meeting. There is q
deal of legislation to come mp among
the most noteworthy acts being the
amendments to the constitution to
conform to the laws enacted at San
Francisco in August last. Several
changes were msde at that time that
must be complied with.
The establishment of . home for the
widows sad orphans Of deceased Ken
lucky Knights Of Pythias has long
been a cherished hope among members
of the order in the state. At Hender-
son in 1899 a resolution was adopted
providing for such = charity and levy
ing . tax of 80 cents a year on every
member in Kentucky-sbout 5000 to
create the fund.
A board Of control was appointed
which has worked so diligently that
within three years the sum has grown
to s25, 900, only half of which came
from the annual assessment, the re-
mainder being donations. This board
will hold a meeting tomorrow to pre-
pare the report to grand lodge. II is
the purpose to raise $50, 900 and it is
not thought that site or anything so
definite will be recommended at the
present meeting.
There will be fifteen companies from
the Uniform Rank. Kentucky now
has 40 companies, a brigade divided
into three regiments and two battal-
ions each, or 1900 helmeted Pythi-
ans.
Tomorrow morning at $3.50 O'Clock,
there will be a competitive drill in
which eight companies will contest
for prizes. Those entered are:
Guiding Star, No. 2, Dayton.
Covington, No 4, Covington.
Winchester, No. Z, Winchester.
Lexington, No. s, Lexington.
Greensboro, No. IL, Greensboro.
Yeiser, No. 10. Paducah.
Bluegrass, No. 80, Versailles.
Friendship, No. 20, Covington.
The judges will be Major John II.
Mansir. commanding First Artillery,
Kentucky State Guard; Captain Hal
Griffith, commanding Battery A,
First Artillery; Captain Ben z Gray
and Lieut.. Robert Gordon, of Bait
terry A.
The drill will be free TO the public
In addition to blue, red and yellow
streamers for company banners to be
awarded first. second and third, four
cash prizes will be given as follows:
First Prize-s400.
Second Prize-s300.
Third Prize-s200.
Fourth Prize-sl00.
The drill will be under the immedi.
ate supervision of 7. p. Satterwhite,
Jr., Assistant sdjutant general OF the
Kentucky Brigade. Music for the drill
will be furnished by Seibert's band.
Learning.