The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-12
MONUMENT TO
Be UNVEILED
SHAFT TO PYTHIAN DEAD
MEMORIAL DAY WILL BE OBJ
SERVED AT LAUREL GROVE.

Judge George T. Cam VIII Deliver
Grafton and Give Signal for Ven
to FnlI-Three Young Ladies win
Remove the Curtain-Music by All
meen Quartette-Line of March
From Pythian HaIl-Exercises BE-
gin at O O'clock.
In memory of the knights of Pythias
who lie sleeping in Laurel Grove Gem
etery, and of those whose bones may
hereafter repose within the triangle
belonging to the order, a monument
will be unveiled there this afternoon.
The exercises will also be in the ma
| ture of tribute to the members of the
Savannah lodge who have died within
the last year.
The day has been chosen by the sub
ordinate lodges of this city as Pythian
Memorial Day and the feature of the
occasion will be the unwilling of the
marble shaft which will remain, it is
hoped, for years to come as a witness
to the patriotism of the Knights who
have joined in it's raising.
IeShcIQdX w. d. miSCdllYs
Jr.. of the Committee on Arrangements
personally superintendent the final de-
tails. The monument is already in
place and yelled and the platform
built. The shaft is of fine Georgia
marble.
Besides the Knights. large number
of citizens will probably ride on the
cars to the cemetery and witness the
impressive exercises. Three young la
dies will formally unveil the monu-
ment. the covering falling to the base.
Orator of the Occasion.
Judge George 7. Cam will be the
orator of the occasion, and during his
speech the signal will be given for the
unwilling. 1t is expected that the exer-
cises will occupy about an hour.
The opening prayer will be delivered
by Rev. William c. Schaeffer, followed
by a selection by the Ahmeen Male
Quartette. Judge Cam will then de-
liver the address and give the signal for
the unwilling. At the close of the adj
dress another selection will be rendered
by the quartette followed by the ben~
ediction by Rev. j. A. Smith. Taps
will be sounded by Capt. w. N. Mich
oils.
The parade will begin at Pythian Hail
promptly at o'clock, and will consist
of four carriages and an escort of near
ly 1000 knights. The carriages will be
occupied by the following. First car
riage: Misses Tena Murken, Hannah
Gerst and Annie Lou Bostick. chap
eroned by Mrs. II. E. Dreeson; second
carriage: Hon. George T. Cam and
Chairman w. j. MiscaIly. Jr.; third
carriage, Rev William C. Schaeffer.
Rev. J. A. Smith, Capt. w. n. Mich
OILS and Waring Russell, Jr.; fourth
carriage, the Ahmeen Quartette.
The following will be the line of
march to the cemetery: York to Bar
nard, to Oglethorpe. 10 Bull, to CASTOR.
to Drayton. to Park avenue, to Jeffer-
son, to Henry to Cuyler, to Laurel
Grove Cemetery.
Arrangements at Cemetery.
A platform has been erected about
the base of the monument for the
accommodation of the speaker singers
and the young ladies who will unveil
the monument. The Knights will be
drawn up around the triangle, separa-
ted by ropes from the visitors. who will
have places just beyond them. The
Battalion of the Uniform Rank will
be in command of Maj. II. z. Dreeson.
The Ahmeen Quartette is composed
of the following well known vocalists:
John S. Banks ]. b. Goodwin, II. c.
Hardy, Jr.. and p. G. Thompson. The
three young ladies named will remove
the veil from the face Of the monu-
ment.
On the front Of the die of the mon
ument has been engraved the emblem
OF the order. a Gala lily. and the name
OF the order. On the other three sides
will be the names Of the membership
OF the seven local lodges. On the shaft
itself will be the names OF those who
lie buried in the plat.