The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-04-24
'ROUND THE FESTIVE BOARD.
The Members Of Cateechee Council Of
P0cahontaS and Their Friends Enjoy
an Elegant Banquet.

The war path knew not Newberry'!
braves on Wednesday night. In th'
piping days of peace which were, consci
GUS of good deeds done, gathering rount
the festive board, they gave themselves
to pleasure. And right well did they de
in the giving, for the banquet rendered
by Cateechee Council, No. a, Of Poca
hontas, in Klettner hall ON Wednesday
evening, was as elegant as heart coulC
wish.
The degree of Pocahontas is an or.
ganization more especially of ladies,
and bears the same connection to the
Order of Red Men as the Eastern Stal
to Masonry. The wives and mothers
and daughters of Red Men and the Red
Men themselves are eligible to member
ship. Newberry's Council Of Pocahon-
tas, bears the name Of Cateechee, No.
a, in memory of the beautiful Indian
maiden who in the inky blackness of
night, with nothing but the stars of
heaven to guide her, rode through for
ests dense and over swollen streams to
save the life of her pale-face lover.
Ninety-six miles ended her journey to
the fort where the warning against the
Indian chief Kuruga was given, and the
town of Ninety-Six, where that fort
was located, was named in memory of
her heroism. Cateechee Council No.
d, was organized on the 26th day of last
September with seventy-two charter
members. It's membership today num-
bers one hundred and two, and it is
steadily growing.
The banquet on Wednesday night was
given by this Council, with the inv alua-
BILE assistance of it's patron saint, Otto
Klettner. 1t was an elegant repast,
followed by feast of reason.
The hall was beautifully decorated
with cedar, and with potted plants and
spring flowers. Vases of lovely roses,
entwined with maiden hair fern, adorned
the tables around which were gathered
the members with their invited guests,
numbering some two hundred.
After a song of welcome by the la
dies, Miss Lizzie. Wicker presiding at
the organ, the guests were welcomed
in few happy remarks by Mr.. JOS. H.
Hair, who is Great Prophet of the
Great Council of South Carolina, the
highest officer in the State.
The menu was as follows. The sup
per was prepared by Mrs. O. Klettner,
the details being looked after by her in
person and was very graciously served
by young lady members of the council:
Oysters.
Fish.
Steak. Cold Ham.
Cold Turkey.
Salad. English Pc IS.
Olives. Pickles.
Cream. Cakes.
THE ToASTS.
There were no set toasts to be re-
sponded to, but Prophet Van Smith,
acting as toast master, called upon a
number of gentlemen, who happily re-
sponded.
The first speaker was Mr.. J. H. Chap
pell, who referred to the heroism of
Catcechee, after whom the Council is
named, paying a tribute to the ladies'
present and to Mr.. Klettner. To the
pale faces he gave an invitation to Catee-
chez Council.
Prophet Smith called upon apale-face
next, but one who, he said, it seemed
had already been scalped-Mr. Jno. M.
Kinard. Mr.. Kinard congratulated the
Order of Red Men, and especially the
ladies of Pocahontas, upon the elegant
repast which had been enjoyed. He
was too full for utterance, but a sight
of the ladies had made him anxious to
become a member.
Rev. w. l.. Seabrook was called upon
as man who had been a Red Man
longer than any other in the hall. Rev
Mr.. Seabrook, responding, said that he
was Red Man for six months many
years ago. He was glad to be here.
He could not speak too highly of the
Order. Wherever he had seen it, and
he had seen it all over the country, it
was made up of men Of spirit and Of
life.-men a credit to the community.
That he had noted and marked-Red
Men were true citizens. Had never
before seen a Pocahontas Lodge, but in
accordance with the rule of the world,
they must be superior even to the Red
Men. Their work is as great as any in
the country.
Capt. w. S. Langford said that he
was glad to be here and had enjoyed
the repast. He congratulated the Order
upon its good deeds, and especially upon
the beauty of it's ladies.
Great Junior Sycamore of the Great
Council Of South Carolina, Cole. J..
Blease, was called upon. He said that
it had often been said that God Almighty
did some things hard to understand, and
he knew he would be agreed with that
one of these was how he placed as big
heart in as little man as he did when
he created O. K.ettner. And Mrs. Klett-