The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-07
ELK SERVICES IN MEMORIAM


Yesterday afternoon every lodge
of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks in the United States
held their annual memorial services
in honor of their dead. These SER
vices are very beautiful aud i'm
pressive and go to show the love
and devotion the brothers of these
lodges feel for each other. The
WaAahaehie Lodge No. $50, was in
stituted nearly ten years ago and
| during it's existence only one death
has occurred, being that of r. l..
aoodloe, who died January 9, 1902.
The services OF the Waxaha achie
lodge were held in the Main Street
Christian church in the presence of
q large assemblage of people. This
spacious sacred edifice was appro-
| priately decorated for the occasion.
The arch over the pulpit was fes-
tooued with cedar and mistletoe,
while the speakers stand was orna-
mented with small palms, ferns and
other pot plants. Over the pulpit
arch the motto and initials of the
lodge and the dial with the hands
pointing to the eleventh hour were
artistically lettered in yellow, white
and violet paper.
p. At l:D the Elks assembled at the
| lodge room from whence they
marched in q body to the church
where the front seats In the middle
! tier was reserved for them.
Promptly at 2:30 the exercises be-
gan with THE Holy City" played
! by Mrs. T. II. Wear and Miss Fleta
Hawkins on the piano and violin.
The doxology was sung with the
lodge and congregation standing.
This was followed by the lodge
of sorrow" ceremonies conducted by
the officers and members Of the or
der
A quartette, Peacefully Sleep, '
WAS sung by Mrs II. W. Leeper,
Miss Mamie Rogers, Mr.. r. II.
Wear and Dr. X. l. Schmidt.
Then followed the opening ode.
sung to the tune Of Agld Lang
Syne;
Great Ruler OF the Universe,
All.seiug and benign,
Look down upon and bless our work,
And be all glory Thine
OH hear our prayers for the hou-
ored dead,
| While bearing in our minds
The memories craven on each heart
For Aud Lang Syue.
The prayer was offered by Mr..
Chalmers Mcpherson, pastor of the
church In which the services were
held.
The solo, Beautiful Realms, 80
was sung by Mrs. Walter Crow.
Following a violin solo by Miss
Fleta Hawkins the address was de
liyered by Hon. ). 7. skinner. Mr..
skinner spoke on "The Order. It's
Objects aud Principles" He gave
brief history OF the order from its
Organization TO the present time aud
closed with "a beautiful tribute to
! EIkdom.
The next feature "u The program
was very pretty quartette sung by
Mesdames Leeper, Crow, Wear and
| Miss Rogers
Mr.. h W. Peck ot Dallas sang
| the baritone solo, God Shall Wine
Away All Tears"
The eulogy was pronounced by
| Hon. } {. Muse of Dallas, his sub
lect being, "Our Departed Broth
ers.' Mr.. Muse is an eloquent and
entertaining speaker and his address
was all able aud pleasing effort.
ITO Be With Thee" was sung by
Messrs. Wear, Newton, Hudson and
Schmidt
Then came the closing ceremonies
by the lodge and the chant OF the
Lords prayer by the choir.
The benedietiou was pronounced
by Rev. } c Smith
AS the people assembled in the
church they were presented with ar
tstically printed programs.
The members of the memorial
committee, composed of Capt. c. NJ.
Sammons, I. II. Wear and John
Beatty, were untiring ia their work
of perfeeting arrangements for the
ceremonies, AS chairman of the
committee Capt. Sammons put his
whole heart and soul in the work,
giving each particular feature per-
tanning to the arrangements his
personal attention. The committee
and all members of the order feel
grateful to the ladies for their work
Saturday In decorating the church
so beautifully for the services.
The reception committee was
composed of Geo. p Mixell, j. f,
a