The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-11

call, into the presence of the Great
Judge of all. Brother Gross was Ogle-
thorpe's oldest and one or our most
jealous members, having served us
faithfully In all the different offices and
in one position, that of secretary, thir-
ty years.
HE was kindly, courteous. consider
ate, and his name was a synonym Of
honesty and truth. He husbanded his
taper to the end, and IL shed its light
upon all with whom he came in con-
tact. His very presence was a bless
ing and benediction. Truly his was q
glorious life.
Brother T. w. Tilton was summoned
upon the next visitation of the death
angel. While he had been a member
of Oglethorpe for twelve years he had
spent most of that time in Atlanta and
consequently we saw but little of him.
He led quiet, transformations life and
was loved, and respected by all while
living and tenderly mourned in death"
Live oaks Dead.
For Live Oak Lodge, of which one
member, Mr.. John Houston had died,
the address was made by Mr.. Charles
G. Edwards. THE good God, in His
wisdom and mercy he said, has seen
fit to claim only one of our number
in the last year. He has called hence
to that ideal and mysterious domain
one of our oldest, truest. best and most
beloved members, Past Grand John
Houston. Brother Houston was born
in Derry, ireland, in 1927; after being
in this country for a few years he
joined Live Oak Lodge, In 1854. He
was a good citizen, a loyal and en-
thusiastic Odd Fellow, a good man and
a delightful friend. and by his death
our order has lost one Of it's strongest
and most devoted members.
He had not been a member of the
order long before his worth was rec
ognized, and he was honored by pro-
motions from time to time until he
had served in all the chairs of the
lodge. He was one of our oldest past
grands. He filled the position of re-
cording secretary for almost twenty
years and at the time of his death
he was the acting chaplain of the
lodge. 1t is useless for me to say
that he filled every chair every posi-
ton and performed every duty with
credit to himself and honor to the
lodge. Surely such a character is a
loss to the order"
De knlb's Mortality.
Mr.. A. ID. Harden was called on to
pay tribute to the dead of DeKalb
Lodge, seven in number, an unusually
heavy list. They were: John Kane, F.
Il. Keilbach, 3. F. Morgan, M. j. Sol
onions, N. o. Tilton, r. d. Walker
and A. r. Wright.
THE names of most, if not all of
these. are we'll known to you" said the
speaker, for they were citizens of
prominence. whose patriotism, civic
purity and philanthropy, have made for
them a memory more enduring than
shaft or bronze.
I'm Odd Fellowship it is not what
honors of office did this or that man
hold-but In his rank and station did
he uphold the tenets of the order--was
he a clean citizen and useful TO his
fellow man, was he good friend son,
husband or father; was he steadfast at
his post of duty. To the memory of
our dead we proudly answer yes.
bearing in mind that in lodge all men
are equal and he alone is marked above
his fellow who best serves his fellow
man"
Haupt Lodge, though 1t had lost three
members during the year, was not rep
resented, through some misunderstand-
ing. The other lodges had no dead to
report The services which were most
impressive were concluded with a
prayer by Rev. DIR. w. c. Schaefer,
Grand CHAPLAIN