The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-24
FOR THE SIR KNIGHTS.
op.TE ENTERTAINMENT BE-
ING PREPARED FOR THE
GRAND COMMANDERY.

the Features to Be n Trip on
ph u,xer-steamer clifton Has
IN Chartered and an Option Sc
- on the AIpha-Unsuccessfu
r0ort was Made to Get One of the
aon steamship Co.'s Liners-Alee
ME Mystic Shrine to Initiate
,,nx candidates May Is.
The Grand Commandery, Knights
= ..,1ar of Georgia has issued the fol-
no general orders to all the subor-
,,note Communicates in the state anent
49, coming conclave of the Grand
'.,.,,,andery which will be held in Sa-
,..nnah beginning May IA:
The Grand Commandery Of the state
- Georgia, at it's last annual conclave
S-dered that the next annual grand
oonclave should be held in the city Of
savannah. Ca, therefore the issuing of
Vic order. Each and every command
ar with his command in full uniform.
viii be in the city of Savannah, on
wednesday, May IA. at 10 o'clock a.
- for participation in the public
demonstrations. Communicates upon
.heir arrival at Savannah will be re-
oeived by a detachment of Palestine
Commandery and escorted to the DE
So+n Hotel headquarters of the Grand
SSoo rn where they will deposit
thoir rolls of knights present and re-
1--we orders. Each eminent command
~ will report to the grand recorder
not later than May s, the probable
nvnober of his command he will have
present. and ladies accompanying them.
F1rranpements have been made with
tho southeastern Passenger Associa-
tion for a rate of one fare round trip,
70 savannah and return for Sir
knights attending and ladies accom-
panying them.
The following special arrangements
have been made for the entertainment
of Knights, and ladies accompanying
them. at the De Soto Hotel( headquar-
ters of the Grand Commandery) at $3.50
per day. At 10 o'clock a. M, Wednes-
day. each commander, with his COM
mand in full uniform, will report in
front of the De Soto Hotel to the Grand
Captain General for the purpose of
escorting the Grand Commandery to
the asylum of Palestine Commandery,
No :. when the annual grand con-
claye will be opened for the dispatch
of business. Public devotional exer-
cises will be held in the Independent
Presbyterian Church at o'clock p. M,
Wednesday, when the liturgy of the
order will be recited by the grand prel-
ate. Rev. and Sir j. Y. Fair, and an
Grafton delivered by Emit. Sir Thomas
]. Chappell of ST. Aldemar Command
cry. No 8, Columbus, Ga. All COM
manders are required to appear with
their command in full uniform, except
swords, and report to the Grand Cap
tain General at the De Soto Hotel at
AS p. m. sharp. All officers and MEM
bers of the Grand Comandery of Geor-
gia. and representatives of other grand
jurisdictions near this grand body, will
take due notice hereof This order
shall be read at the head of the lines
in each commandery in this jurisdic-
ton at the first conclave after its re-
ception.
The various committees of Palestine
Commandery are getting things ship
shape for the visitors of whom not
less than six or seven hundred are ex-
pected. One of the chief features of
the entertainment will be a trip on the
river An effort was made to Sc
cure one. of the, ships of the Ocean
Steamship Company's line, but this
was found impossible because of the
break that it would make in their
schedule of sailings, so instead the
Clifton has been chartered, and as it
may be necessary to secure two boats
to accommodate the expected crowd, an
option has been secured on the Alpha.
At some time during the concleave,
probably on the night of May Is,
Alec Temple of Mystic Shriners will
hold a meeting at which it is expected
some forty-old candidates will be ini-
tated to the mysteries of the hot
sands of the desert