The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-08-19

HOW X OF P ORDER
HAD ITS ORIGIN,
JustUs III. RathbOne was
Founder.
SON ETHING OF HIM.
The First Lodge was in
Washington.
Some OF HIS E0 j. Associates are Still
SON ETHING OF HIM.
Some OF HIS E0 i Associates Are Still
Living and GcmbeTs OF The
Fraternity.

tlonS Oh ike characUer having q purely
American membership will be forty
years old February 10, 1904. 1t was
fouoded 1T Mspini's Hall, in this city,
on that day of the month, 1864. The
five gentlemen who took She most
promi'.ent part in its o .~ganization were
Justus Henry ~Nathbone, Robert A.
Cham IN, DR.. e. S. Kimbail, David l..
Burnett and William II. Burnett.
Mess :. KimOali and ID. L.. Burnett are
living aud Members Of the fraternity,
the latter stir very active ia Calanthe
r.odge, No. L, OF This Jurisdiction.
william IL. bu nett, who r.: long been
u clerk ia the wnr department, al:c
suSvY, huh ia not now identi6ed with
the fr ter ,tg,
TIL: ACTUAL FOUNDER.
J", He 8 Rsthbcae is famous as
the nc nj foui,aor II the Order, ana
the peg.o 20 wbo,e draunGs,c insoira-
ton is GJe the mos bsautitul features
OF ileP THAN r.t4a. H. submitted
the Il irafto tie rt.uai bssei on the
stof o! Dam il and Pythias II mem
beis c. the old Aricn Club, a musical
Organization Which existed he's l.; The
lct.rye IS & 'la ,isil wa. Fvcm this
smal: bea uniag spcang Washington
Lodgs, Nv. ], K. of p, attarws,3s
,n .,."i' 49,
nra3 -
~. .s.- .l
g.. 49,. - $50,
w :, 1900, $50
homt ot..
49,. ~; go.
,:e r,i mol H. a. or ~. O.5,.
w.,iyaf inywrn 10 n. "Armr OF toe
n -
I&h 3I ., 3 l. c d su messed aud yen-
ert Is al this -. .%err;ty that
tae e u-, ,reat sec ETY. hgscu on the
i'm .-u.t.- + f he friendship Of
d. . a =, h.~Sf stcan4 20 =, stus
II. X 49,. VII; y is ives teaching
schoo u. cope. tor OF Eagle
Has O. 4. X .aeeo.M Peninsu-
la, Lax Ir or, j., $50 s! Later
Nh. IA L. "A 10 - u~sh'ag:Un
ani let erN -, The sUGgeo&
z, 60 -. her. lie as q vcua.-
i*t and d 81 Of nc 2, aEG dis ski
va. ye1 "a many ways, but IN
noae . lc!aLiy jh,a in his f.s'
Dr. 81 .ha PJthian liSuai, which Is
rScosA ~e" as rsh1rAeoiy peautlini
aud elective. Mr.. Ra'iinone dled nj
LIN oHlo, n The res enc OF Pasi
SGpreme OhaA cel'ot waiter b. Ritch'e
aoouC =! ~ cen years ago. Ills name Is
SeHerIteu ~thrcngh'uO me Fythiau
f:atern tT.
CONTENTION,
But. now . contention has arisen as
TO the 90, ,,acv OF Ike Pgthian his
tory. The question Ia interesting tc
members of the fraternity everywhere
William y. Kennedy, of Illinois, past
eia.d ~cb.,celjor and past supreme re-
representatives.. one of the best Informed
members OF this great and successful
organization, is soon to publish a com
prehess,ye HI, ,ory of The Order. 1t Will
state that Mir. Rathbone never wrote
auy ua.tof the r!tual, or even thought
ofit.uotil he came 20 Washington. III
wi, assert thot The Lake Superior ORR
giu O.! the ritual is merely an unwar.
ransaG traction. In letter Mr.. Ken.
nedy saws:
.u,m n ,ossossion q; the evi6e,.e
No ,hi,o,a peynr tboroht abont ,r
ode, 70 ,e "a led uKnisbts of Py.
III ,nn onf ibs r9u 81 1aea. Hersv q,
NO r,neb rafs Of N, rit,a, M il
NTinhioo1 80 INA ev,5enea o,
thte. neysoo. who nov ~ the n.s.
. para lou Of she ritual. when end where
u wa "oDc' ana .h~5ie was n't .n'i
the lati OF 1898 tnae ne neo p'cSo" VI
the name II the ODE. L nave gofe
over thts wnote qd.'toa tnofoHgniy
ihVe'VE~.'ng inc 'sclooi house S.ord'
ana nave Il M POSSESSION the le'sef'
OF those who were VIZ hathoone a
the time hat ne first vent over tins
play 81 Damon and Pytnias'' win 0
rit'ain M. Ksnnedr Ia r~eooon,1a ID
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