The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-05-17
KNIGHTS ARE IN
GOOD CONDITION
Interesting Report Will Be
Made in Albany
Today
OLD LODGES IN GOOD SHAPE
Grand Chancellor Knights of Pythias
Shows Defunct Lodges all Resus.
oitated-says Good Word for
Uniform Rank.

Uniform Rank.
Mr. C. NJ. Milan of Cartersville
grand chancellor of the Knights of
FEthlas of Georgia, in his annual re-
port to be made to the grandlodge
at its convention at Albany today
makes the gratifying showing that
every lodge reported dormant at the
last Grand lodge convention has been
resusciated and placed on a working
basis except one and in that instance
new lodge was instituted in the
town.
In this connection the report says.
AN lodges reported delinquent at
last Grand lodge convention have been
revived except the lodge at Fort Gain
es, and new lodge has been insti-
tute d there to take the place of the don
mant lodges All the lodges have re.
ported, and will be represented at the
present Grand lodge convention ex.
cept the dormant lodge at Fort Gaines
which will be represented by the new
lodge We have now l43 lodges IN
li9 places represented at this conyen.
tion, exclusive OF the dormant lodge
No 81 at Fort Gaines, which should
be suspended at this Grand lodge con,
yention. The suspension for the year
1903 were less than The precerlng
year,
Baner is Floating.
In all the towns where lodges have
been suspended new lodges have been
Insulated during The pasf term and
now The "Pythian Banner" is aaoat
in every town where the order ever
existed. The increase in lodges for
the present term is Is, The Increase
in membership for 1903. and the in
crease in membership from Jan / +,
1904 to May l, 1904, as shown by re,
plies received by the grand keeper otI
records and seals asking for increase
OF membership will be shown iu grand
keeper OF recodrs and seals report.
Some lodges failed to answer the re-
quest Of the grand keeper OF records
and seals, and it is reasonable TO sup
pose that the lodges which failed to
answer have increased IN membership
and that the real increase is more
than he number shown by grand keep
CT Of record and seals report.
Good Territory.
Efforts have been made to estab.
lish The order in the following towns
Bostn, Calhoun, Colquitt, Forsyth,
bonneville, Pearson, Rockmart, Sc,
noia, Sylvester, Stillmore, 1allapoosa,
and Wrightsyille, | have reasons to
believe that The order will be estab-
liahed in threefourths of these towns
Pataula Lodge No 81. at Fort GFaiu-
es, was reported dlinquent for the
years 1899, 1900, 1901, and 1907 We
have been unable to revive this lodge
but have instituted a new loo se at
Fort Gaines, No. 1G4 and delivered the
DarapAernolia Of Pataula Lodge No
"a to the members OF Fort Gaines No
1G4.
The Uniform Rank.
The Uniform rank, knights of Py-
thas. i; the military branch of the
order. 1t is not side rank. 1t is a
legally established rank or branch OF
ohe order Of equal DINGHY and impor
lance with the rank of knighthood
and endowment rank. The uniform
rank was created by the Supreme
lodge, August 80. 1873. and. like the
parent order, has grown from hand
ful or determined men to such pro
portions as TO command the admira-
tion and win the plaudits OF fully half
a million Pythian Knights, and le.
gions Of non-members Of our order,
our grand domain has mustered in at
crescent I6 active companies cOmpris-
ing the Georgia brigade, under che
command Of Brigadier General Charles
A. Cox Of Savannah. TWO new com
panies have been mustered in this
year, Newman and Cordele. Member.
ship in Georgia is approximately $40
knights loyal, with many more who
have grown old in the service, while to
the neutrality-suspicious.
retaining their membership, leave to
the younger brothers the pomp and
panoply.
More Companies Wanted.
Our grand domain should support
at least 40 companies, ana this mum
Der would necessarily largely increase
our membership, for it will be borne
in their minds that in order to joii
hte uniform rank applicants must b'