The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-11
ODD FELLOW DEAD
REMEMBERED IN MEMORIAL sERv-
ICES BY SAVANNAH LODGES.
De KALB LODGES HEAVY LOSS
SEVEN MEMBERS OF THAT LODGE
HAVE DIED WITHIN A YEAR.

grandmother Henry McAlpin Con-
Quoted the Services-Mr. G. II. Dor
sett represented Sovereign Grand
Lodge, and Rev. DIR. w. c. Schaef-
fer the Grand LOdge-Mr. II. l..
COIding Paid Tribute TO OsIe-
tbOrpe's Dead, MIR. Charles G. Ed
wards to Those of Live Oak, and
MIR. A. ID. Harden to the Departed
Members of Dekalb-The Service
Impressive.
The annual memorial exercises of the
Odd Fellows were held in Odd Fellows
Hall last night and were attended by
very large number of the fraternity,
including the members of Ruth Re-
bekah Lodge. Grand Master Henry
McAlpin was in charge of the exercises
which he himself began with a short
address in which he told of the sad
duty that had called together the as
sembly.
This address was followed by the
proclamation of the Grand Sire APP
pointing the day for the services, which
was read by Grand Secretary j. S. Ty-
son, and then Mr.. c. Fl. Dorset, repre-
sentative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge
and its representative at this service.
made an eloquent address in memory
of the dead members of that.body.
MFR. DOrsett,s Tribute.
Mr.. Dorset said, in part: THE Sow
ereign Grand Lodge has said that Odd
Fellows all over the world shall at this
/ time remember their dead, so tonight
we gather to pay respectful tribute to
those who have gone before. OF the
members of the Sovereign Grand Lodge
twenty-seven have been gathered to
their fathers since we met year ago
in this lodge room.
while the great majority of these
were personally unknown to many of
us, yet they were our brothers. They
lived in other states and some in other
countries, yet they were united to US
by a tie that knows nothing of ma
tionality or creed. They had been
thought worthy to represent their fell
lows in the great council of our order
and as those who knew them best in
life thus honored them, we symbolic
ally, in common with thousands of 9TH
ers lay a wreath of laurel upon their
graves, and honor them in death"
Mr.. Dorsett was followed by Rev DR..
w. c. Schaeffer. who paid tribute to
the dead of the Grand Lodge of Geor-
gia, seven in number; then a represen-
tatlVe of each of the subordinate lodges
that has lost one or more members
spoke. The first of these was Mr.. r. l..
Colding of Oglethorpe Lodge. He
said: Yesterday is the past; to-day is
the present to- morrow lives only in the
dreamland of the brain. And thus
from year to year we move Like an
endless belt around the pulley of time;
our ears note the tone of the pend
ulum's click but beyond this We cannot
fathom, for we possess no photograph
OF the future.
The Dead of a Year.
How forcibly is the truth of these
words brought home to US upon this
occasion as we meet in annual assembly
to speak a word of hope and praise
of those who in this earthly, transitory
existence, distinguished themselves by
a patient continuance in we'll doing,
but who now rest from their labors
and are at peace for overmore.
Just twelve months ago we met
within these walls for similar pur-
pose as that which now brings us to-
gether. Doubtless there were many
among us who cherished the hope that
in the twelve months that were>to fol-
low we would be exempt from the in
loduS VI tHe grim reaper Duti an! IL
was vain wish, for we know that an
impalpable footstep has fallen on our
threshold, that a shadowy hand has
knocked on our door; that the dread
visitant who will not be denied or
turned away has entered into the bos-
ON of our lodge. He has twice entered
and departed. but the yelled mourner.
Sorrow, who treads solemnly after him
has strayed behind.
Past Grand Charles Gross.
His first mission was to summon
Brother Past Grand Charles Gross,
who had answered his last earthly roll