Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-19
kn|GHTS0F COLUMBUS
Very Large Crowd of Visitors Assist in h. stalling Large New Glass of Members in the Order Here Sunday. Banquet Served al Red Mems Hall.

The special train bearing depH- tation of one hundred and fifty Knights of Columbus from Little Rock, many Of them being accom- panied by ladies, reached Pine Bluff Sunday morning at 3 o'clock.
 The delegation was met at the union depot by the local Knights, mum bering about sixty, and escort ed to St. Joseph's S church.
 The rules of the Catholic church regarding attendance at Sunday mornig service, or mass, are very strict. and as the Little Rock dele gation had no opportunity of hear ing mass before leaving that city, the obligation was fulfilled at St. l .Joseph's church, Monsg. Lucey cele- brating a special mass for them. During the service he expressed his pleasure in welcoming the Knights to Pine Bluff and the parish of St. Joseph.
 He said in part. The new life of the order here will begin under suspicious circumstances. The To- cal membership now numbers more l than sixty and is larger than might l be expected from congregation l the size of St. Joseph's. The indus trial and commercial prosperity of this part of the state is worthy of notice and there is still greater i'm portance in the reliable signs of fu ture growth the parish, city and county. While 1 am not familiar with the history of the order or the ;, ideals which it reverences, 1 take the liberty of saying to the Knights of Columbus that the success of your order depends upon fidelity to your ideals. and failure, if it comes, will be due to inhdelity to your ideals Such has been the history of the world. There has never been an institution in the history of the world that has achieved the success attained by the Catholic church. This great success is due to to fidelity to the gospel of Christ the church's ideal-in spite of all temptations to change or com promise
 hn nj oh nf CtN1, ho;, Catholic organization, has no doubt an ideal made up in part of patriotism to country and fealty to the Catholic church, their represen- tative of religion. You should therefore be ever true to God and country
 There never should be such thing in this great republic of ours as a union of church and state, though some churches have appa- rently made an effort to bring it about. Catholics will not strive for such a consumation, but will ever labor as patriotic Americans for the good of the whole country.
 Ee circumstances of the pres enl times of the twentieth century call for larger participation in the direction of church affairs with the regular pastors than was formerly necessary. This cooperation can be best achieved by society of choice spirits, fully imbued with the Catholic faith and bound by i such obligations as distinguish the Knights of Columbus.' ''
 At the conclusion of the service the Knights marched to the Red Mems hall, where the ceremonies of initiation and the conferring of | degrees took place.
 Owing to his failure to connect with trains at Memphis, State Dep- aty Supreme Knight +. E. Kuhn of Nashville, Tenn, did not arrive in the city until too late to partici- pate in the work, and the confer ring or degrees fell upon Jas. A. Gray of Little Rock, territorial dep- nty supreme knight of Arkansas, and his able assistants.
 The ceremonies began at noon and terminated at 6:30 D. m. The utmost interest was displayed by the membership and it was remark ed by those holding membership in other organizations that the ritual of the Knights of Columbus DOS