The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-29
TRACY BANGS STOPPED HERE Head of PythianS of the
 World. MADE BRIEF ADDRESS Supreme Chancellor Making.
 Tour of South. Entertained by the Montgomery Knights and Left Last Night
 for New orleans-Talks
 of His Order.

Hon. Tracey Bangs of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Supreme Chancellor or the Knights of Pythias of the worid' spent yesterday in Montgomery as the guest of the Montgomery Pythians. The ranking Pythian of the world did not have Montgomery on his southern itenerary. At Birmingham Saturoay' however, after urgent invitation of G. G. Miles, Grand Keeper of Records ana Seal of Alabama, the Supreme Chancei- Tor decided to visit the Pythians of the Capital City.
 On account of yesterday being Sunday, there was little done in public way for Mir. Bangs. Every effort was made by the members of the Montgomery lodges to make the stay of their highest officer memorable one.
 MT. Bangs reached Montgomery yester- day morning at Il o'clock. He was ac- companied from Birmingham by Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Miles, Grand Chancellor Alex M. Garber of Talledega and J. Lee Holloway Chancellor Comman- der of Capital City Lodge.
 He was informally dined at Dexter Avenue restaurant by several prominent Pythians and visited the capitol and other points of inteerst.
 At o'clock yesterday afternoon the Supreme Chancellor met the Montgom- cry Knights in the hall of Capital City Lodge. The meeting was informal. J. Lee Holloway briefly welcomed the dis tlnguished Knight to Montgomery. He introduced Captain E. A. Graham, who has frequently served in the Grand Lodge with Mir. Bangs Captain Gra- ham and the Supreme Chancellor are close personal friends and on this account and on account of his Pythian services, he was selected by the Montgomery Knights to introduce to them the man who has risen to the Pythian pinnacle.
 Captain Graham spoke briefly on the services of Mir. Bangs in the order and presented him in highly laudatory terms.
 Mir. Bangs was warmly received. He spoke for few minutes only and con- fined his remarks to the progress of the order. During this trip, he said, he has visited Kentucky. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia and in every State he has found the Knights of Pythias doing a great and valuable work
 A large number of Knights heard the brief address and were deeply impressed with the ability of the Chancellor.
 Grand Chancellor Garber spoke briefly on the work in Alabama, reporting 1t in a prosperous condition.
 Mir. Bangs yesterday afternoon visited Mrs. Carrie Lomax, mother of the late Tennant Lomax, who was representative of Alabama to the Supreme Lodge at the time of his death and who was intimately associated with Mir. Bangs.
 At the Exchange Hotel last night Mir. Bangs said that he was very happy that he had arranged his trip so that he had been able to come to Montgomery He was pleased with the city and the work of the Pythians here.
 MT. Bangs is a young man. He is only 45 years old and is magnificent speci- men of physical manhood. In physi- ognomy and figure he strongly resembles the late Senator Hanna. In explaining his trip, Mir. Bangs said:
 "I am unable to attend the meetings of all the Grand Lodges and as I want ed to know the Pythians all over the country, I decided to visit as many of the domains as possible. After I leave Montgomery will go to New Orleans; from there to Florida, then back through Georgia to South Carolina. I will proba- bly, then visit the Eastern States.
 There are so many things in Mont gomery that I wanted to see," he said. There's Captain Graham, who is my personal friend and I wuold have dis liked to have been in Alabama and not have met Mrs. Lomax, whose sons memory the Supreme Lodge holds in the | tenderest affection"
 Mir. Banks left at 11:45 o'clock last night for New Orleans.