The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-11-25
X, OF P. LODGE
IS SUSPENDED
-
Grand Chancellor Says Or
ders Were AL Dis
Obeyed
LODGE TO MAKE APOLOGIES
Committee of Representatives From
the Lodge Will 90 to Cartersville
and Offer an Explanation to
the Grand Chancellor.

The following from the Atlanta
Journal will be of interest in X. of
P. circles in this city:
The Capital City lodge, knights
of Pythias, of Atlanta, has been sus-
pended by Grand Chancellor Milan,
of Cartersville, for contempt of orders
issued by him.
1.-THE members of the lodge have
appointed a committee to confer with
Chancellor Milan, offer the apologies
of the lodge for any apparent disre'
gard which was shown his instruct
ions and ask fCr reinstatement.
Whether the grand chancellor will
reinstate, after the resolution which
was passed at a recent meeting, re
mains to be seen, as it is said he is
not in the best possible frame Of
mind over the disobedience OF the or
GERS which he issued.
The order of suspension was re-
ceived by the lodge when it met on
Friday night. There was cOnsidera-
ble CONSERVATION among the mem
bers when the letter from the grand
chancellor was read, and it was nee
essary to- adjourn the meeting at once.
The members held conference, not
q lodge meeting, Immediately after
the order of suspension was read,
and named committee to go to the
home OF the grand chancellor, Carters-
vile, and offer the apologies of the
lodge and ask for reinstatement. The
lodge is one OF the largest and most
iiodrishine in Atlanta and many prom
The fact, however, that the lodge
has bee suspended does not suspend
the members individually, but pre-
vents them from participating in any
OF the lodges in the city.
The whole trouble grew out OF
charges which had been preferred in
the lodge against Morris Cronheim.
Charges OF a serious nature, not in
Volving any O cial act of Cronheim,
were brought in the lodge. The charg-
es consisted of alleged transactions
Uatside OF the lodge, which some of
the members did not think were be-
coming al Pythian Cn the first trial
CT the Capital City Lodge Cronheim
was acquitted. Then members OF an
other lodge in the city brought charg-
es of a similar nature against him.
4 time was set tor the trial and
Cronheim appeared with his attorney
and announced ready. The lodge
however, decided to continue the case
and Cronheim Immediately appealed
to- the grand chancellor, stating that
the lodge had violated one of the
Pythian laws, which states that no
trial will be postponed for other than
prov:dential cause. He cited that
he had appeared and was ready to
go to trial and the lodge voted to
continue it.
THE grand chancellor Immediately
wrote to the Capital City Lodge order.
ing it to postpone any jurther action
in the matter until he could investi
gate the legal status of the case
When his order was received by the
lodge some of the members were
indignant and passed; a resolution
stating that the grand chancellor
had overstepped his authority and
that he had no right to issue such
order Then the trial proceeded, il
is said, without Cronheim being pres
ent, or without any witnesses being
heard Tee charge, it is stated, in
volved the same subject matter as
the charges upon which Cronheim
had been acquitted. At the last trial
when Cronheim was not present, ht
was found guilty and expelled from
the lodge.
In view of the fact, however, tina
the order of the grand chancellor hat
been violated and the trial was al
illegal one the district deputy has Sc
aside the verdict of the Capital Cit,
Lodge and Cronhein, instead OF bein
guilty, as found by the lodge, and ir
stead of being expelled, is membe
in good standing.
1T was for this trial that the CaI
tai City Lodge was suspended"