The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-17
PYTHIAN PILGRIMS
JOURNEY THIS WEEK TOWARDS
ATLANTA.
GRAND LODGE TUI
TUESDAY.
SAVANNAH WILL BE WELL REP
RESENTED.

Lodges 10 ALtenu SGbBIOnH VI
Grand Lodge and Three Com
panies of Uniform Rank VIII Take
Part in the Parade and COMPETE
tive Drill Grand Keeper of
Records and Seal w. H. Leopold
Leaves To-day for Atlanta-He Is
Popular Candidate for Re-eIec-
ton.
Savannah Pythians, and the number
is very near 1000, are all in
terested in the coming session of the
Grand Lodge, which meets in Atlanta
Tuesday. Not that the members ex-
pect to be present in great numbers,
for that would be impossible, and not
expected, but because representatives
of the seven lodges in Savannah will
be represented.
OF the Uniform Rank, which meets
at the same time as the Grand Lodge,
Savannah will have three full COM
panies present, and it is thought likely
may bring home some Of the prizes and
honors in the competition that marks
the closing days exercises. This city
has also two members of the Grand
Lodge, outside of the regular delegates,
Mr.. w. H. Leopold, who is an officer
grand keeper of records and seal, and
Mr.. Jacob Gazan. a. member of the
Grand Finance Committee. The dele
gates from the lodges are as follows:
Forest City Lodge, No. 1, Charles A.
| Cox, T. A. Ward.
Myrtle Lodge, No. 6, Warning Russell
! Jr., w. P. Cler.
Teutonia Lodge, No. Z, John H. Mar
ken, Henry Tubbesing.
Excelsior Lodge, No. s, r. B. Bostick,
John c. Bernhard.
Calanthe Lodge, No. 2S, H. 7. Frank,
NJ. F. Meyer.
Savannah Lodge. No. 81. Harry Kar-
ger, H. H. Cohen.
Chivalry Lodge, No. n, T. H. Hender-
| son.
The Uniform Rank is making great
| preparations for the meeting in Atlanta
| and will carry probably 100 men, al
though the number is not quite certain
at this time Three companies will
make the trip on a special train, leav-
ing Savannah at 8 o'clock Monday
night. The companies are Georgia Com
| pany No. l, Capt r. J. DaVant; leu
| tonia Company, No. 3, Capt. H. F. G..
| Kramer, and Savannah Company, No.
Is, Capt. Leander Butler.
Mr.. Leopold and Mr.. Gazan will leave
| tonight for Atlanta in order to meet
the grand officers and committees pre-
vious to the general meetings. Mr..
Leopold is a candidate for reelection,
and is very popular in the position
which was held long and honorably by
his father, now deceased
! About the Gathering.
| The attendance on the occasion of
! the meeting will be between 1900 and
1900. 1t will include 100 representatives
| to the grand lodge, eX-officio members,
past grand chancellors, supreme repre-
sentatives, members of standing COM
mittees, twenty-five different COM
panies of the uniform rank with 900
| members.
The session of the grand lodge will
continue through Wednesday night or
Thursday morning. During that time
there will be a big procession through
the principal streets of Atlanta, recep-
ton at the grand opera house. meet
ing to confer ranks and a barbecue
and prize drill at Piedmont park.
! Headquarters for the Knights will be
at the Piedmont hotel.
The opening session of the grand
lodge will be held at 8 O'Clock at the
Castle Hall, Atlanta, Tuesday, May 10.
At 10 o'clock procession will be
| formed in front of the Kiser building,
which is to be composed of the mem
bers of the grand lodge, uniform 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 to Whitehall Whitehall to
Peachtree and to the grand opera
| house, where a reception will be held
at 1920 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 be
by Grand Chancellor F. NJ. Somer-
kamp of Columbus; Grand Vice Chan
| cellor 9. NJ. Milan, of Gainesville.
and Judge John F. Ross of Macon.
Chairman Key will preside.
The grand lodge will be in session
during the afternoon and at night
there will be special lodge meeting
at the grand opera house for the benz
eft of the visitors at which degrees
will be conferred on a number of can
| didates.
Parade of Uniform Rank.
At noon Wednesday, following the
usual meeting of the Grand Lodge
| there will be a parade of the uniform
rank which will 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
| Peachtree and West Peachtree where
| cars 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 l:30 O'Clock and is given by the local
lodges to the Grand Lodge. uniform
rank and all local and visiting Knights
and their ladies. The exhibition prize
| drill will follow at o'clock. The clos
ing session of the Grand Lodge will he
! held at night
The officers of the Grand Lodge are.
F. M. Sommerkamp, grand Chancellor
columbus; c. NJ. Milan, grand vice
! chancellor, Gainesville; j. A. Jones'
| grand prelate. Waycross; w. H. Rran-
on, grand master at arms, Buena vista
T. II. Nickerson, grand inner guard.
Athens; d. j. Bailey, grand outer
| guard, Griffin; w. H. Leopold. grand
keeper of records and seal. Savannah.
! Turner G. Howard, grand master Of
exchequer, Augusta; 7. ]. Corlinp
Macon, and Hamilton Douglas Atlar.
Ia, supreme representatives.
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