The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-13
MARBLE SHAFT TO
FELLOW KNIGHTS
MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT LAU-
REL. GROVE MARKED OCCASION.

DaN-Three Young Ladies Drew
Veil Aside at Signal from Speaker.
Uniform Rank and Lodge Members
Surrounded Speakers Stnnd-Pyth-
ian Memorial Day Observed With
Pomp and Ceremony.
In Laurel Grove Cemetery, deep-set
within its wealth of tree and shrub. a
shaft TO the knights of Pythias who
sleep within the enclosure and TO those
who may respose within its hallowed
borders was dedicated yesterday after
noon.
Around the shaft was drawn up dur
ing the exercises the Uniform Rank,
entirely surrounding the triangle, while
just back of them were the members
of the subordinate lodges Of the city.
Outside the ropes reverently stood a
throng of visitors who followed the
simple ceremonies with close attention.
When it was all over, and the mar
Bile shaft which was raised by loving
hands had been dedicated forever to
its sacred purpose. the crowd melted
away. their hearts filled with a deep
soIemnity inspired by the impressive
exercises just witnessed.
It was $50 o'clock before the line of
march was taken up from Pythian
Castle on York street. Two bluecoats
on horseback led the way, followed by
Gen. Cox and staff and Col. Cam and
staff Middleton's Band followed,
playing a military march. Maj. Dree-
H., Nd Of ba ha
TALON, led about 125 uniformed Knights
from the Georgia, Savannah and Teu-
tonia Companies. Next came four car
rlages, conveying the singers, the
young ladies' who were to unVeil the
monument, and others who participant
ed in the programme. knights from
the seven subordinate lodges, to the
number of 300, closed the line of march.
Large Crowd Assembled.
At the cemetery a large crowd of
people awaited the coming of the pro-
cession, and as the sound of the mu-
sic grew clearer the crowd lined up
on either side of the driveway to
watch their entrance. AS the ranks
turned into the cemetery they pre-
sented an impressive spectacle to the
onlookers.
Bearing to the right the line entered
the plat in the center of which stood
the monument hidden by a curtain
which entirely surrounded it. The
knights formed in line around the
plat, and the carriages deposited their
occupants at the steps of the plat
form.
From the first carriage came the
Ahmeen Quartette, composed of
Messrs. Banks, Goodwin. Hardy and
Thompson. The second carriage
brought the three young ladies, dec
GRATED with the colors of the order,
who were to unveil the monument,
Misses Tena Murken. Hannah Gerst
and Annie Lou Bostick, chaperoned by
Mrs. H. E. Dreeson. In the third car
riage were Rev. William c. Schaeffer,
Rev. j. A. Smith. Capt. w. n. Mich
OILS and Mr.. Warning Russell, Jr. In
the fourth was Hon. George T. Cam,
who delivered the address, and Mr. w.
]. Miscaly. Jr.. the chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements.
The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. Dr. Schaeffer. The Ahmeen
Quartette sang, after which Mr.. Mis-
cally introduced the speaker of the aft
ernoon, Judge Cam.
Address of Judge Cam.
In beginning his address Judge Cam
paid tribute to the Pythian dead and
to the teachings of the order. For the
man who had lived according to
Pythian teachings, he said there could
be no sting in death. While no mar
BILE shaft could call back the dead nor
soothe the bruised hearts of loved ones.
it was fitting to rear monuments to the
memory and virtues of brothers By
reading their names their faces were
recalled and memory presented many
sweet pictures.
Sculpture could not depict character,
but could remind one of a departed
brother, he said. 1t was the hope of
immortality which ennobled and ele-
waited humanity. The lesson was drawn
that though man himself is a weak
creature charity is one of his noblest
impulses. The light of day, though
transparent, wells from the eyes the
stars and with daylight all the time the
virtues of a brother might be OBJ
scured Death brings out the stars,
was Judge Cams thought, and the
hope expressed that all who have gone
before and those who will follow would
be reunited in a great brotherhood be-
yond the grave.
with these thoughts engraved in our
minds and upon our hearts," he said
eve unveil this shaft and say:
"'Oh, friends regretted, scenes forever
dear,
Remembrance halls you with her
warmest tear;
Dropping she bends DER pensive
Fancy's urn
To trace the hours which never can re-
turn
"And back from the brother beyond
the grave comes the refrain and ex-
hortation:
Discharge Alright the simple dues
with which each day is rife.
Fer perfect schemes of action thou de-
wise, will life be fed,
While he who ever acts as conscience
cries shall live tho dead "
The Monument Unveiled.
AS the last sentences were uttered
the signal was given to the three
young ladies to unveil the monument
There was a hitch for a moment and
then the covering dropped from the
monument and the shaft stood in all
its beauty before the expectant audi
ence.
At the close of the address the bene-
diction was pronounced by Rev j. A.
Smith. AS the knights filed out of
the enclosure taps were sounded by
Capt. W. N. Nichols.
With turned swords the Uniform
Rank marched back to their castle.
On the shaft of the monument are
engraved the names of the four
knights buried within the enclosure,
J. A. Semple, Edward Brucker, o. C.
Butler and w. d. Vandenberg.
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May Blossom
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