The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-01
KNIGHTS
OF PYTHIAS
ENTERTAIN
Assisted BY the Lodge of
RathbOne Sisters.
Address Setting Forth Facts
of Interest TO the Order.

The 9sth anniversary of the Knights
Of Pythias order was observed Thursday
evening at Holman Hall with a social
reunion and banquet. Following pro-
gram was carried out and there was
large attendance of Pythians present;
Address Of Welcome, e,..............
...........C Claud w. Townsend,
Recitation, .....,. ..''..' ''',;,.','
.............. Mrs. Geo. W. Jones.
Address, s,.....'....,,'.. :''..'''''
.....,... Mrs. Susie Parmenter.
Address, at..,.,. .....''''' .'.;'c.;,
...... ........... l. r. Stinson.
This was the appeal for the order and
was entitled: "The Knights of Pythias
as an American Institution" Mr..
stinson is the G.. X. of r. & s. or gem
eral secretary Of the order and his re-
marks are of interest for the information
contained:
The order OF the knights OF Pythias
was organized at the nations capital
February 10, 1864. At the time our or
der was organized this country was in
the throes OF civil war, the greatest the
world has ever seen. In many instances
brother was arraigned against brother
and father against son. AT that time
the fires of fraternity, among the various
organizations then existing, we're burn
ing very low. Everything had given
way to the beat OF the drum and the
rattle OF the musket, and the flower OF
American manhood were meeting in
the shock OF the conflict upon the bat
tlefed. AT this time, the darkest IN
our history, since our foreiathers shed
their blood at Lexington, at Valley
Forge and at Yorktown, Justus Ii.
Rathbone, a department clerk in the
City of Washington, assisted 10y few
well-tried friends, organized Washing
Lodge No. l.
The new fraternity was founded upon
the beautiful Grecian story of Damon
and Pythias, story older than the
star Of Bethlehem, the star that an
nounced the birth Of the savior, a story
that has been handed down through all
the years, and destined to become the
corner stone OF Americas greatest fra
ternitv, planted and reared on Ameri'
can soil.
At first this beautiful plant was o
slow growth, but gathering strength
with each succeeding year it slowly bu
surely won it's way by the grand lesson
taught, until today it enjoys the proud
distinction Of being the g-andest fra
ternity claiming a strictly American
origin with 800, 900 members.
None can become member unles
they can read and write, and all mus
pledge themselves TO uphold the consti-
tuted authority of this government o
ours.
You have already been told that when
war was declared between this country
and Spain, the Major General OF the Unit
form Rank pledged5O, 900 well.drilled men
for service in the American army, TO as
sist in the liberation of Cuba's suffering
children.
In the glorious record Of our own sec
ond Oregon Volunteers, over 100 were
members of our Order.
Ii was a Knight Of Pythias that sent
the note TO Spain which liberated 8
downtrodden people; it was knight o.
Pythias that hauled down the Spanish
Flag, that had waved for nearly foul
centuries over Manila. The trl'coloreC
banner OF Pythian Knighthood fans tho
breeze In every State and Territory o
our Republic, over every province o
Canada, in the City Of Mexico and ove
the islands of Hawaii. Cuba, Porto Rico,
and an active Pythian organization
exists in Manila Thus it will bo seer
that wherever American valor has adde'
new territory to this land OF ours, 1t !
quickly followed by our lodges.
Juslus II Rathbons, the founder o
our order, has passed away TO the grea
beyond. The order which he institutes
hes erected over his last resting place
beautiful monument, the contribution
of our friendship at large, but more on
during than marble shaft or consecrate,
tomb, is the Order Of Knighthood whicl
he instituted which will be handel
down in the years 70 come as httln
2 tribute to worthy man who loved hi
7 fellow man.
My brothers let ustIy TO exempliiy th
g beautiful lessons taught in our ritual
r st us strive TO do right and II possibl
make the world better for our hayin
q lived in it, lot us practice those diyin
given principles Of Friendship Chart
n and Benevolence let US strive TO be goo
u citizens, always upholding the authorit
!. and laws OF our country. And when tina
time shall come, written IN song an
story. when the whole world shall dive
together in peace and unity-our earne'
= hone, our constant trust, our every pray
!. er shall be-msy Pythian knighthoo
lead the way.
:. A PESTlFEROUS GERM