The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-10-01

ed number or guests ana ample nc
commodations were provided for all.
Lodge Meeting Last Night.
The regular weekly meeting Of Pa
ducah lodge, knights OF Pythias was
held at the X. of p hall, corner Fifth
street and Broadway. at s O'Clock
last night.
The room was literally packed and
jammed with members, both local
and visitors. but they were well hand
lied.
After the regular business had
been transacted the meeting was open
under good of the order" Speeches
were made by several of the most
prominent visitors. all of whom were
loud in their praise of the local lodge
and ITS methods in caring for the
representatives in attendance. The
speech of Supreme Representative
Quinby, of Dayton, was especially
appreciated.
During the love feast the reception
committee supplied all with cigars
and the smoker was enjoyed for near
ly an hour.
At the conclusion, TO which it was
hard for the presiding officer TO
bring the smoker, the conference of
third rank was taken up.
Under direction of the local lodge
master of work, A. E. STEIN, volun-
teer degree team was organized, com
posed of members from all parts of
the state. The work, which was in
the amplfied form, was splendid
considering the fact that members
did not have any advantage of re-
Ihearsal. The comforting of the rank
proved a most Interesting feature
and brought forth much oOmmenda-
ton.
After the degree had been con-
ferred, the meeting adjourned.
Pythianism in the south.
The appended table has been pre-
pared by G. X. of r. and 5. J. w
Carter, for the purpose of showing TO
the Kentucky Knights OF py1hias the
growth of the Order in the past FIVE
years in the southland. Kentucky
has done its share of this great work
and can rightly be proud of the rec
ord. Five years ago the entire South
was way behind the procession, with
the exception of the great state of
Texas. An awakening came. and il
has been the boast of Kentucky that
the pace was set by its progressive
movements. The results go to prove
the contention, and our brothers of
other states are put on their guard
that they do not want Kentucky TO
out-distance them. A resume of our
own affairs for a moment shows US
at the end of the year 1901 with
6.7S5 members, and at the close of
1906 the number was 1909, a gain
of 5,2i4 and a percentage gain of
81 per cent. During the year 1906
We went out to break our record for
the institution of new lodges. and
with a net Increase of twenty lodges
for the year, we succeeded in our pur-
pose. and not only did that, bat had
to our credit three more new lodges
than any Grand Domain in the cOun-
try. Alabama lined up with seven
teen. while our number was twenty.
We have a great deal to be proud Of
in this showing, and as we are going
to keep in line with the progressive
things, We are going to tell of II.
The order universal has now GIL
1862 members. and has increased
I131,624 members in the five-year
period from 1901 to 1906, the per-
|centage of gain being about 221s per
cent. The fourteen southern states
have increased from 105. 66G to 147.-
|S65. making net gain OF 1919. or
about 40 per cent and one-third of the
|ffty-four domains. A grand domain
with less than ten thousand members
has two supreme representatives. and
each additional ten thousand and
fraction thereof entities II to an addi-
tional representative Alabama, Geor-
gia. Kentucky. Maryland, South Caro-
lima, Tennessee and West Virginia in
creased from two to three represen-
tatives during this year, and perhaps
North Carolina will increase to ten