The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-23
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Tender "a Banquet to the Friends of the
Organization Who Are Most
Royalty Entertained.

M2A lIdSJ Tludg night. was q
EQA most enjoyable one for up
SI wards of a hundred gentle
men of Oakland and vicinity
who upon that occasion were guests
of Garrett Lodge No. 113, Knights of
Pythias, at banquet given by that
organization at the Glades Hotel.
The affair was under the immediate
management of Messrs. Truman West,
Thomas Little and Albert G.. Ross.
who composed a committee of the
local lodge to issue invitations, pre-
pare for the banquet and entertain
the guests of the evening. Hand
sOmely embossed invitations contain
ing the seal of the lodge in delicate
colors aud gold had been issued to
about one hundred friends, former
members and well wishers of the Or
ganization, the majority of which
were accepted by the recipients and
Friday evening the hospitality was
enjoyed to the hearts content.
The large parlors of the hotel were
thronged with a merry crowd of
Pythians and their friends who spent
an hour or more prior to the ban
quet most pleasantly in social inter
course, music, etc.
The large dining room of the Glades
served as a banquet hall in which
covers for eighty guests were laid
The menu consisted of
Roast Turkey, Oyster Stuffing
Celery Cranberries
Fried Oysters
Slaw Potato Salad
Ice Cream Cake
Coffee Cigars.
The repast was greatly enjoyed at
the conclusion of which Mr.. Julius G..
Renninger, the POSTMASTER, arose
and addressed those assembled. In
his remarks he said that the knights
of Pythias was founded ON the prin-
.riples of friendship, charity and
benevOlence. He related the history
of Damon and Pythias on which ira
dition the order was founded and
showed that this lesson of true friend
ship has come down through the ages
to the present time, that the organi-
zation is an exemplification of it's
teachings and at the conclusion ex-
tended an invitation to those outside
the pale to at once make application
for membership and those who were
former members to again affiliate and
become active and aggressive mem
bers.
Mr.. Scott L. Jones was the first
speaker called upon. He responded
in his usual manner, choosing deliber-
ately his words and impressing his
hearers very deeply with the many
thoughts expressed. He said that the
order represented in such numbers
was one in which each individual
member We'd with one other in
doing good acts; that charity does
not depend so much on the ostenta-
tious giving of money but in gently
and quietly extending the helping
hand in time of need. AS striking
example of this virtue he related an
experience which came under his per-
sonal observation few years ago. A
member had been overcome by
business adversely, his friends turned
against him and he was about to end
his miserable existence when a broth
er approached him and in a gentle
manner took him by the hand and
led him back to the fold where he re-
gained his lost prestige and became
an ornament to society and model
and God fearing citizen. The moral
drawn from this is that they should
so conduct themselves while living as
to be examples of the principles of
the organization of which they may
be members so that when death over
takes them and they go down to the
dark.valley of the shadow of death
that they can look back over well
spent life; their good deeds will then
be such that they will have left as an
heirloom to the families and friends
memory reyered and hallowed, clos
ing his speech with the words of that
immortal American poet, Henry NJ.
Longfellow:
Lives of great men all remind us
That we can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints in the sands of time
Mr.. Gilmor S. Hamill, one of the
charter members of the original lodge
in Oakland, made one of his best
speeches and in a most happy vein.
In it he said that as tradesmen COM
bine to protect themselves so men
combine in fraternal orders for pro-
lection to themselves and their fam
lilies. He.decried those who endeavor
to belittle the secret orders and all
that they represent, their plea being
that these organizations are not
founded upon morality, when in fact