The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-21
SAVANNAH KNIGHTS
uopE OFF THE HONORS IN THE
UNIFORM RANK DRILL.
GEORGIA COMPANY FIRST.
TEUTONIA COMPANY WON THE
SECOND PRIZE.

Atlanta Company Did Not Enter the
DrtII-It Was Criticised for This
ActiOn-sir knight r.. A. Cox OF
savannah Won the Third Indi-
vidual Prize-W. H. Leopold Won
in His Race-Other officers Who
Were Chosen by the Grand Lodge
for the Ensuing Year.
Atlanta, May c0.-The work of the
thirty-fourth annual convention OF the
Georgia Grand Lodge, Knights of Ply
thias, was concluded to-day with the
election of officers, followed by bar
becue and the prize drill of the Uni
form Rank at Piedmont Park this aft
ernoon.
The prize drill of the Uniform Rank
zvas one of the features of the day
following the parade of the uniformed
Knights and the members OF the Grand
Lodge. There were only three com
ranies of the Uniform Rank in the
dr;u the Atlanta company failing to
enter In fact, there was some crltl-
c,sm of the Atlanta Knights by the
visitors in this and other respects.
Georgia company No. l. Uniform
Rank. Savannah, won the first prize
Of 500. The. company was drilled Oy
Capt r. ]. Davant.
Teutonia No. 8, Uniform Rank sa-
vannah, drilled by Capt. II. F. G'
Kramer. came second, taking the prize
of $75.
Augusta No. 6, Uniform Rank, won
the third prize of $50. This company
was drilled by Capt. A. ]. Renki.
Col. H. c. Hall of Augusta was in
command of the field. Brig. Gen.
Charles A. Cox was on the ground, but
not in uniform.
individual Prizes.
The Individual prizes were won as
follows: ar.
First. A. Silver, Augusta No. 6, SIS;
second, George Schaufele, Augusta NO.
6, $40; third, Robert A. Cox, Georgia
No. l. s..
Following were the prizes for best
attendance in parade; Atlanta, No .,
SIS; Savannah No. 10, $40, and West
Point SIS.
The Judges were Maj. Louis H.
Haym, Second Battalion, First Regi-
ment, Brunswick; Capt. j. f. Hol-
Iingswortn, Gate City Uniform Rank,
Capt E. Z. Pomeroy, Colonial No. Is,
and captain of the Atlanta Grays of
the Fifth Infantry Regiment.
officers of the Grand Lodge were
elected at the morning session One of
the hardest fights was that between
F. Roland Aston of Atlanta, and w.
II. Leopold of Savannah for grand
keeper of records and seals, in which
hxy
officers chosen were as follows
Officers of Grand Lodge.
Grand chancellor, C. M. Milan, of
Gainesville; grand vice chancellor, j.
A. Jones, of Waycross; grand prelate,
w. H. Brannon of Buena Vista; grand
master of exchequer, w. A. Macarthur,
of Augusta; grand keeper of records
and seals, w. H. Leopold, of Savannah;
grand master-at-arms, 7. H. Nickerson
of Athens; grand inner guard, d. j.
Bailey, of Griffin; grand outer guard,
Judge John P. Ross, of Macon supreme
representatives Hamilton Douglas, of
Atlanta and T. ]. CARING of Macon.
Resolutions of sympathy and regret
were adopted relating to the deaths of
Gen. R. Fuller Harmon and William 7.
Leopold of Savannah.
At the final meeting of the grand
lodge the newly elected officers were
installed and the Grand Lodge adj
journed.
Mr.. W. H. Leopold, who won in the
election held in Atlanta for the grand
keeper of records and seal for the
knights of Pythias of Georgia, is one
of the most popular young business
men in Savannah. He is very much
attached to the order and had given
it a great deal of time, even before
the death of his esteemed father,
which event brought upon his should
ers the responsibility of finishing out
a years work for the Pythians. His
excellent work in filling the unexpired
term was a factor in determining the
contest and his general standing was
a strong argument for his selection.
He is thoroughly posted on all matters
pertaining to Pythianism in Georgia
and is personally known and liked by
members in all portions of the state.
Savannah is particularly pleased with
the honor conferred upon her son and
the nearly one thousand Knights In
this city will be much gratif1ed with
the news to-day.
The knights viii also be much elated
over the fine showing made by the Sa-
vannah Uniform Rank companies ana
the boys will be given hearty well
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