The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-20
SHRINERS WILL GATHER
ON TYBEE ISLAND.
Alec Temple Preparing for Cere-
mOniaI Session on June 20.

mOnfaI Session on June 20.
Alec Temple, Mystic Shriners, is pre-
pairing for a ceremonial session, to be
held at Tybee June 29. 1t will prob
ably be one of the largest meetings of
this kind held in Savannah in years.
Candidates for membership will come
from all over Georgia to become no.
bles in temple that already has an
unusually large and distinguished
membership.
1t is known now that twenty-five
candidates positively will come, and it
I is probable that there will be many
| Others The meeting will be notable
| in a way. in that this is the last ses-
sion at which candidates will be ad-
mitted for the present fee, $25; in tu-
! ture it will cost just double that
amount.
The reasons for this session and the
! programme for the occasion are both
set forth in the following communica-
ton which in a, day or two will be sent
| out to the members of the Temple:
For many moons mournful and
mighty Wailings have been coming to
the ears of the potentate from the des-
ert, and the faithful have refused to
be comforted for the spring time has
passed. and the summer sun Is
pouring down on the hot sand of the
| desert, and still there are many unre-
| generate sons of the desert who would
be as servants unto us, and the faith
full have not been called to assemble
under Alee's goodly dome"
All of this means simply that the
members of the Temple have been anx-
ious for some time to take in a number
| of new members, fresh meat" in the
parlance of the Shriners; a desire that
is to be gratified as the official COM
| munica lions shows in the following:
| 1.-The heart of the illustrious potentate
has at last been melted and his ears
| have needed. the pleadings which came
| from throughout the desert of Georgia,
and now there is much rejoicing, for
already the caravan is commencing to
move and from the oasis of Augusta,
on the raging canal; from the oasis of
Columbus on the swift-flowing Chat
| tahoochee; Americas on the Muckalee,
where the magnolia ever blossoms;
Cordele on the seaboard, and other
points the faithful are moving toward
their Mecca, Savannah, where, at Ty-
bee where ocean breeZes bloW. will
| assemble Alee's mighty host, and
there all who are worthy and duly
qualified, may come into the fold and
travel over the hot sand Of the sea-
shore, by way of Inlet Club, to re-
| ceive the rewards that await the faith
full"
1t is further stated that this session
shall begin at o'clock p. M, and that
| it will be followed by a supper, to be
served at Bohans Pavilion. The faith
| full are admonished to "eat, drink and
| be merry for tomorrow there will be
no banquet" This session has been
called that the work of the summer
may be finished up, and ito allow a
few belated novices to cross the hot
sands of the desert and be enrolled
in the membership of Alec before the
fee is doubled"
AS has been stated before, the I'm
perial Council of the Shrine will meet
at Saratoga July ITO. This fact is
called to the attention of the Shriners,
and the suggestion made to those who
intend making this trip that they COM
municate with Potentate Ernest "A.
Cuts relative to securing quarters.
The following committees are in
charge of the preparations for this
| session:
Time and Place-A. S. Nichols, w.
B. Stephens, Isaiah Solomons, H. w.
Witcover.
Reception and Entertainments. E.
Wilson, B. H. Levy, A. B. Simmons,
r. l.. Colding, Julian Tison, Fred w.
Garden, A. ]. Ives, H. H. Martin, ].
Ward Motto, j. r. Saussy, R. l..
| Wylly, c. T. Wood.
| New Members-T. E. Youmans, Fred
w. Clarke, w. F. Bowe of Augusta;
F. R. Wallace. Cordele; B. Palmer AK
son, H. S. Colding, Charles r. Russell,
! Columbus; Crawford Wheatley Amer
| icus; Alfred Christy, Brunswick; E. F.
! Rizer. Macon.
Property and Transportation-W. B.
| Stephens, F. S. Jette. c. C. Quacken-
bush, Thomas Robins, ]. C. Postell, c.
i H. Gugel.
Music-John Wiegand, w. A. Reaves.
Electric Lights-T. p. Keck, H. S.
Colding, w. A. Burney, S. e. Theus.
Refreshments-A. c. Harmon, A. B.
Palmer, w. B. Stillwell.