The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19
PYTHIANS MOVE
on To ATLANTA
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BRUNSWICK DELEGATION LEFT
LAST NIGHT TO ATTEND
MEETING.
TWO WARM CONTESTS ON
The Meeting This Year Promises to
Be an interesting One-Some
Features of the Pro-
gram.

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who will attend the meeting OF the
Grand Lodge to be held in Atlanta,
/ eginnins this morning, LETT last
night via the Southern for that city
Those who art in the party are:
A d. Gale, Max Isaac, e. G. Butts,
L. Ludwig, l. Warsar, L, II. Haym
Z. NJ. BGady and others.
Later in the week other prom
inent members OF the order will go up
to be present at the election OF Off
GERS, which generally occurs on the
last day of the session.
There is quite warm contest ON
for the position of grand outer guard,
in which Brunswick has a candidate
in the person OF Col. Max Isaac, the
we'll known attorney. He is being op-
posed by Coz. Il, l.. J Smith, of JEFF
Ierson, who is also a lawyer and one
Of the most prominent men III that
section of the state
The fight in this case. while it
has been an intense one, has been con
Quoted in very good natured way
and in either event the lodge will
select IA competent and thoroughly
select a competent outer guard
The opening session of the grand
lodge will be held at 8 O'Clock at the
Castle hail, Atlanta Tuesday May 49,
At 10 o'clock procession will be
formed in front OF the Kaiser building
which is to be composed OF the mem
Esas's 90 the grand lodge. gaifcrfu rank
and local and visiting Knights. Head
ed by the Fifth regiment band the
procession will move down South Pry-
or street to Trinity avenue, Trinity
avenue and Whitehall, Whitehall to
Peachtree and to the grand opera
house, where reception will be held
lat 1890 o'clock.
Addresses Of welcome will be made
at the reception by Mayor Howell. in
behalf of the city; by f. Roland Ais
ton IN behalf of the Atlanta lodges,
and by Hamilton Douglas, supreme
representative. The responses will De
by Grand Chancellor +. M. S0mer-
kamp, OF Columbus; Grand Vice Chan
ceIlor c. NJ Milan, of CartersvilIe.
and Judge John F. Ross, Of Macon.
The grand lodge will be in session
during the afternoon and at night
there viii he a a.specal lodge meeting
at the grand opera house for the ben
eft of the visitors at which degree
viii be conferred or number of can
didates.
At noon Wednesday, following the
usual meeting OF the Grand Lodge
ther will be a parade of the uniform
rank which viii be formed in front
Of the Kimball house headed by the
Fifth regiment band The procession
will move, as outlined for the parade,
on the opening day, except that the
march will continue to the junction of
Pcachtrce and West Peachtree where
cas will be in waiting to take the.
knights to the barbecue at Piedmont
park. The barbecue, under direction
Of Col. William Sparks, will be served
at 1:30 o'clock and is given by tho
local lodges to the Grand Lodge, uni
form rank and all local and visiting
Knights and their ladies' The exhi-
bition prize drill viii follow at 3
O'Clock. The closing session Of the
Grand Lodge will be held at night.
The officers Of the Grand Lodge are.
f NJ. Sommerkamp, grand chancellor,
Columbus; c M MILAN, grand vice
chancellor, Gainesville; J. A. Jones,
grand prclate, Waycross; w. II. Bran
on, grand master at arms, Buena Wis
ia; T. H. Nickerson, grand inner
guard, Athens; d. }. Bailey, grand
outer guard, Griffin; w IL Leopold,
grand keeper of records and seals,
Savannah; Turner G. Howard, grand
master Of ecXhequer, Augusta; r j.
Corling, Macon, and Hamilton Doug
las, Atlanta. supreme representatives