The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-23


address of welcome. His discourse
covered period of about a half
houd and besides extending cordial
welcome To- all of the visitors. gave
attention to the beautiful princi-
Piles and the manifold benefits Of
fraternalism.
"trhe most foreful and impress
sNe address of welcome ever given
is the one which the humble cur
gives his MASTER" said the speaker.
"In every expression of the dogs
face is depicted feeling of glad
ness occasioned by his masters
! arrival. For human expression,
however, the most Impressive ad
dress Of welcome might be given in
the brief sentence, I'm mighty glad
you re here. - 81
Mr.. Harding said tlYat he would
Indulge in no high sounding words
Is,ich as are often used in addresses
lof welcome. ~ am pleased to greet
you in the name Of our city. 7
am particularly pleased to welcome
the ladies' for without the inspira-
tion of women, there is no true
Knighthood. +" M
| The speaker said that he wants
the people Of our neighboiing towns
tn know us better and at the same
time enable MS to know them bet
ter. He said that fraternity is one
OF the strongest things in modern
civilization; it is the greatest prog
ressive and most unlifting influence
in the world today. 1t is true that
we still have left some of the old
tribal incllnations. the desire to pray
on one another. left in this day
and age, but the spirit of fraternity
lis rapidly driving cut these tenden-
: cies .r &,s, y f3f gi'.
Mr.. Harding spoke Of the old
rivalry which formerly existed ibe-
tween Marion and neighboring towns
such as Delaware and Mt. Gilead
In these days The Marion newspa.
pciy referred TO these and othe,
lneigliboling towns as "fossilized
lsettlments" and 'sruins of antiqu.
)ity. y Today. we speak Of them as
being beautiful little cities, as ideal
places in which to have our places
of residence. n
The spirit Of fraternity has come
even to pervade nations. Mr.. Hard
; ing declared. He spoke of the cor.
dial greeting recently given Secre.
tary Of War Taft on his visits tc
China. This reception, coming in a
country which was generally sup
posed to ,be hostile to Uncle Sam
and which in reality was hostile
number Of years ago. created uni
versal surprise and felicitation.
Mr.. Harding went on to speal
Of the principles of Pythianism ant
said that when the members OF
the order apply the Pythian ,triangl,
to the actual affairs Of life. they
Twill be doing more for the progres!
of the world than any other bod,
of men in existence. @
The response Of Mayer II. n
Beecher. Of Delaware. was speecl
of unusual interest and was NIGEL,
delivered. Mr.. Beeaher thanked
the Marion Pythians for their show
OF hospitality and said that he i
particularly thankful in noting th,
change of sentiment which Marion
peonle bear toward Delaware.
MIR. Heecher refemed to Nh,
ever beautiful principles of Pythian
ism, saying that if the order stand
Efor any thing IN particular. it i
the immutable principle of friend
ship. The Pytbian is true to hi
. home, his family, his state and hi
nation and nothing occurs in th
lodge room which would not bea
the most rigid inspection from TIN
world outside. M :,
G. w. Kern the brilliant youn,
tenor scloist of lola Lodge o
Dayton whose singing was one o
the brightest features of the Knight
lof Pythias ninstrels given her
several months ago, favored ah
crowd with two fine selections.
Deputy COnley announced tina
William l.. David, the proseoutin,
attorney of Hancock county VIII,
was down for a scyeech, was unabl
| 70 be- present. In his stead, Con
I [Sfree!s'ssm.rap . Grant EsrsAlonser wa
present and tsp9ke 1fon ahont fiftee1
! minutes on the principles . of Py
thianism, giving spice to his ne
marks with a few well-told stor
'es. asr
Following Mr.. MoAser's addres
was a speech by Robert A. Carney
OF DAYTON, who gave brief his
tory Of the famous lola degree team
of which he is the official head
Mr.. Carney sprung number O
new stories.
William H. Moehn. of Pharis
burg former district deputy. gay
an eloquent soeeah on matters o
Interest 10 Pytl,ians. ,IIa made spe
cial reference to the movement nov