Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-15
A TRIBUTE TO R. {. LEE.
Col. Tilghman Refers To His Chiv
airy In Charge To Knights
At Davidsonville.
TOURNAEENT WAS A SUCCESS
FOR WOODMEN.
Many Annapolitans Present And
Mr.. Charles Myers Won
a Prize In Tilting.

der the auspices of the DavidsonvilIe
lodge of Modern Woodmen of America.
was an usnusual success, the proceeds
which will be devoted to the erection
of hall for the lodge. amounting to
nearly 81, 600. There were large
number of Annapolitans in the crowd
which attended, and persons from all
over Anne Arundel and even Prince
Georges county were to be seen about
the grounds.
The charge TO The knigths was de.
livered by Col. Oswald TiIghman, Sec
retary of State whose address was par
ticularly appropriate and in happy
vein. The Colonel, during the course
of is remarks. took occasion in speak
ing of the old time chivalrv, to pay
high tribute to the memory of Gen.
Il. r. Lee. of the Confederacy. Mr..
Winfield Murray, knight of Odenton,
captured honors in both the profess
sional and amateur classes, and when
Col Tilghman delivered the corona.
tion address following the tourna.
ment, he advised this gallant tilter to
crown twins and avoid trouble in the
family.
The fitting was participated in by
an unusually large number of knights,
there being nineteen entries in the
amateur class alone. The parade
formed at Davidsonville promptly at
III O'Clock under the direction of
Sheriff Samuel B. Hardy, as chief
marshal, assisted by w. E. Jones, aud
A. Bowie Duckett, and marched to the
tournament grounds. Here the charge
to the knights was delivered, and the
fitting began at 12 o'clock, noon.
THE CHARGE TO TIE KNIGHTS.
The following is Col. Oswald Thigh
mans charge to the knights:
Sir knights:
You are assembled here today in
the garden spot of Anne Arundel coun.
ty. surrounded by this goodly COM
pany of your friends and neighbors
and encouraged by the bright smiles
of many of the fairest daughters of
Southern Maryland, not for the pur-
pose of engaging in mortal combat. as
did ye knights of old. not imbued
with that bitter spirit of envy, hatred
and malice, which inspired the
Knightly Marmion when he met his
rival Douglas, to vehemently exclaim
And If thou said st am not peer
To any Lord in Scotland here,
Lowland or Highland, far or near
Lord Angus, thou hast lied %
brothers clad in bright array, bat not
in armor, in a spirit of brotherly love
and fraternal fellowship to vie good
naturedly with each other in "a gen.
tie and joyous passage at arms" be-
meath the enchanting smiles of fair
women from whose number the VIC
tors are to be accorded the privilege
of selecting the Queen of Love and
Beauty and her Maids of Honor. What
higher inspiration could you ask for
than this Go forth then, Sir
Knights, W ith brave hearts, cool heads
and steady hands and strive right
manfully each one of you with your
fellow knights for the coveted prize
| And. Sir Knights when you have
done this, twin or lose. as the case
may be) you will have distinguished
yourself as men, and as competitors
ine manly sport, coupled and sur
rounded with dignity and with honor
Chevalier Bayard is known in his
| tory as the Knight without fear and
without reproach, but the Knight
liest Knight that this great Republic
has ever produced was Robert Il. Lee
| Let him be your one great Exemplar
| and you will not have lived in vain.
"When the future historian shall come
to survey the character of Lee he will
| find it rising like a huge mountain
above the undulating plain of human.
| ity, and he must lift his eyes toward
Heaven to catch its summit. He pos
| sessed every virtue of other great
commanders without their vices. He
was foe without hate, a friend with :
out treachery, soldier without cruel
| ty, victor without oppression, a
victim without murmuring. He was
o public officer W ithout vices, q pri-
vate citizen without wrong, a neigh
| Dor without reproach, a Christian
without hypocracy, and man without
guile. He was Caesar without his
ambition Frederick without his
| tyranny, Napoleon without his selfish
| ness, and Washington without his re-
ward. He was obedient to authority
as servant and royal in authority as
true king. He was as gentle as a
woman in life, modest and pure as a
virgin in thought, watchful as a Ro-
man vestal in duty, submissive to law
as Socrates and grand in battle as
Achilles. -
To the victors, / would say, be ehiy-
alrous to the vanquished. They are
your peers and can never be your
slaves. "What can ennoble slaves or
/ HUNH OA CO0aAMS n AtAct nOb dill tttC
blood of all the Howards Go ON
the field then with prancing steed aud
we'll poised lance and show to this
assembled multitude that Anne Arun-
del county has within her borders
loyal and gallant knights who honor
Maryland's lovely daughters aud who
are ever ready whenever they may be
to pay respectful homage to woman
hood. Fair maids and matrons have
honored you with their presence and
now, Sir knights, it is for you, and
each of you, to honor them by acting
well your part in this tourney. You
know full well, Sir knights, that
none but the brave deserve the fair
And in order to achieve the right of
crowning one of these .winsome
women, each of whom are now anx-
iously awaiting the result of this con-
test. and hoping that the coveted
honor may fall TO their lot, you must
possess d stout heart, a steady hand
and keen eye.
With these God-giyen qualities and
an honest determination. the coveted
prize is almost within your grasp
When zach of yon in turn tilt in this