The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-19
WITH K. OF P. HONORS
WILLIAM t. LEOPOLD LAID TO
REST.
MANY PYTHIANS PAID TRIBUTE
TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR GRAND
KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEAL.

STANDARDIZATION. Hamilton Doug
lass EUIogy-A Wealth of Flowers
Surrounded the Cnsket.
The funeral of the late Grand Keeper
| of Records and Seal, w. T. Leopold, OF
| the knights of Pythias of Georgia, took
] place yesterday afternoon from the
| knights of Pythias Castle. The body
was taken from the family residence
! to the castle at 10 O'Clock, under es-
| cort of a detachment from the uniform
rank. At the castle the body, rest
| ing in a handsome casket, was placed
| in the larger assembly room under
| canopy of mourning drapery and In
the midst of a mound of floral trib-
| utes, and rested in state until o'clock
in the afternoon. Guarded by sentinels
Of the uniform rank, the remains were
viewed during the morning and early
afternoon by hundreds of Knights,
| friends and citizens.
| At o'clock the family of the de-
ceased, the Grand Lodge officers, the To-
cal lodges, members of visiting lodges.
the officers of the uniform rank, and
citizens, assembly in the hall, and the
members of the uniform rank, both To-
cal and visiting, occupied the gallery:
The capacity of the hall was overtax-
| ed and many had to stand outside.
| Col. George T. Cam, P. c., of Savan-
nah, in behalf of the Savannah
knights, began the funeral services
with an outline of the purposes and
| duties of the order toward the dead,
and paid a brief, but eloquent, tribute
to the answering allegiance of the
| departed knight to the order.
Rev. w. g. Schaeffer chaplain of the
First Georgia Regiment of knights of
Pythias, followed with an impressive
prayer. Then followed the Arion Quar-
tette, singing f"Nearer, My God, to
Thee" Col. Cam introduced Supreme
Representative Hamilton Douglass of
Atlanta, who delivered the funeral
grafton in behalf of the Knights of
Pythias of Georgia. Representative
Douglass impressively dwelt upon the
merit and worthiness of the deceased
as a Knight, his incalculable value to
the order, and his unceasing efforts to
advance its interests.
"A drawer, truer Knight I never
knew" said Mr.. Douglass. DUTY was
his watch word. He went about it
quietly, with the one hope of doing
something for the cause. He worked !;
worked worked. He did his duty; no
better can be said. And, in doing it,
he lived three lives in one. The record
Of w. T. Leopold is one of inspiration
| and one to be copied; it has been sur
passed by no Knight of Pythias or
any man. The strongest specimen of
physical courage who would ride up
to the mouth of a belching cannon is
not Drawer than one like he, who has
attended his DUTY"
After MIR. Douglass grafton the
Arion Quartette sang another hymn,
and DR.. Schaeffer read the religious
services. At the conclusion of the
services DR.. Schaeffer also paid tribute
to the departed brother. AS the quar-
tette sang Lead Kindly Light" the
lodges retired in order passing the
caSket and removing the handsome
floral gifts as they went out.
Then occurred a pathetic and heart
rendering scene. AS the hall was clear
ed and the pallbearers approached to
remove the cas1et. the family gather
ed around the bier of the devoted and
WI SiliHPCd anu ldIIGT the
last earthly sight of his face. AS the
casket cover was raised to be fastened
on and shut out forever the sight OF
the loved ones and the thought in all
its realism came to them, their intense
and hitherto suppressed grief could not
longer be withheld and found vent in
deep sobs. Kind and consoling friends
were near and the sorrowing and de-
voted ones were led away.
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uniform rank was drawn up with arms
presented as the casket was carried
to the street and placed into the hearse
Headed by the First Regiment Band
the battalion with the visiting knights
in line, and followed by the local lodges
with members of lodges, marching tc
funeral strains. escorted the remains
followed by the carriages of the family
and friends, out Bull street to the Park
around Drayton to Henry street and
to Laurel Grove Cemetery.
At the cemetery the services were
| brief. The religious services were per-
| formed by DIR. Schaeffer The lodge
services read and the Arion Quartette
| sang three hymns. When the interment
had been made the battalion was call
| ed to attention and while standing at
| present arms the bugler sounded taps
and the mortal remains of w T. Leo
| ness.
The grave and the lot were a mound
| and bed of the handsomest designs and
! flowers that could be procured. Each
| local lodge presented a beautiful trib-
ute and the floral tokens ofisympathy
| from many other sources We're count
! less.
The honorary pallbearers, chosen
from past and present Grand Lodge Of
! ficers throughout the state were as
follows: Hamilton Douglass, S. r. OF
| Atlanta D. j. Bailey. G. o. G., OF
Griffen; r. w. Hunt PIG. c.. of Au-
gusta: w. H. Brannen. G. NJ. at A.
| of Buena Vista; VIM. Schatzman, P
! G.. c., of Macon; T. G.. Howard, G.
NJ. of Elk, of Augusta; F. NJ. Summer
kamp. G.. c. of Columbus; d. D. Wood
ruff, p. S. c., of Macon; T. H. Nicker-
son, G. 1. G., of Athens: T. ]. CARING
S. r.. of Macon; ]. A. Jones, G. p. OF
! Waycross; John Juchter. Col. u. r.. OF
Savannah. The active pallbearers were:
Messrs. John H. Fox, T. Arthur Ward
G. A. Cox, j. L. HERS, W. K. Pearce
Jacob Gazan, H. z. Dresser, Waring
Russell. Jr., Harry Karger. and n. J
i Ackermann.
Many visiting delegations of lodges
and uniform ranks from different parts
of the state were in attendance The
| delega ton from Claxton Lodge No. rs
Claxton, Ga, was as follows: j. NJ
Sconyers, c. T. Tippins, G. G. Tip
pins. A. Wolpert. r. E. DeLoach. s
| b. Wamble and ]. c. Smith. Millen
Lodge No. 50 was represented by Mr.
Moss. Capt. Tobias Newman and a
delegation represented Brunswick
| Lodge, Brunswick, Ca Every Grand