The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-05-21
ORIGINAL. / 4
Grand Court Officers of
missouri Sustained
Supreme Chancellor Prociaims the
Officers Elected by the Grand
Court the Legal Offcers and
Orders Them to &be He
speCted as Such:
PROCLAMATION Mo- z.
New Orleans, La,

New Orleans, La,
May 20, 1908.
To all knights of Pythtas and Mem
bers of the Order of Calanthe.
= Of N. Az S. A., e., A., "a. and A.
Grecting:- u &
Whereas, A state of eonfusion
now exists and has existed during the
past five months among the officers
and members of the Orderaof> Calan-
the in the state Of Missouri, and
Whereas, The late Supreme Chan
cellor S. w. Starks, Supreme Attor-
ney S. A. T. Watkins & Supfeme Chan
thy Counsellor S. W., Green, did on
the 3rd day Of March last, in the city
of st. Louis, state OF Missouri, inVes-
tigate the causes for said confusion
and found that same was caused by
several Of the officers of the Grand
Court Order of Calanthe, Of Missouri
making application foT2 Articles of
| Incorporation, which application did
| not conform to the laws ,0f the Order
| Of Calanthe, and the laws IF the Or
| der Of Knights Of Pythfas, and which
( application was denied bYi the proper
| Intervention of Sir "A: NV. Lloyd,
Grand Chancellor, and nther Grand
| Lodge officers of MisH6a1 through
the courts Of that stats8Rnd,
Whereas, Sir A. A-v WI :+&4,ieyd Grand
| Chancellor, attempted t6tsaspend> the
several officers of the &fand Court
Of Missouri, whose naniss were sign
ed to the application for the act of
| incorporation and proceeded to ap-
point others in their stead and,
Whereas, The late SuRreme Chan
cellor S. w. Starks did 1'pgepare and
direct that a call be issued5for an ex-
traordinary session Of the - Grand
| Court of Missouri to assemble on the
18th Of April last, at Sta Louis, in
the state Of Missouri, 4 ana Before the
call could be issued his daSth ensued,
and the matter remafnedx unsettled,
| and. .....,.<.. ,,s,:& ~ ISL. M ~.
+: Whereas, Sir Lloyd req aested the
successor to the office Of the late 'Sel-
preme Chancellor TStarks not to Issue
a call for an extraordinary session of
the Grand Court of Missouri, first be-
cause of the expense 1T would entail
| upon the subordinate courts Of the
|
session. Second,s the regular session
Of the Grand Court would be held in
July, 1908, and matters could be al
! lowed to stand until the regular sesv
sion. Third. 1t was agreed that no
extraordinary session would be held
on account of the above reasons ana
ksome agreeable solution Of the con-
troVersy would be sought. Fourth.
! Pending settlement of the affair,
! Circular No. 3,tdated st. Louis, Mo-,
) May 7, 1908, was issued with the
name Of A. w. Lloyd, Grand. Chancel-
lor, attached, contained these words:
| First. The: late Supreme Chan
cellor S. w. Starks held a special
meeting in the city of st. Louis, on
March 3rd, last, for the purpose of
| adjusting the trouble caused by the
actions of the eight rebellous officers
and members of the Grand Court of
! Calanthe.
AT this meeting which was called
at the request of the Supreme Wor-
| thy Counsellor there was present the
Supreme Chancellor, Supreme At
torney, Supreme Worthy Counsellor
and Grand Attorney Of Missouri and
his assistants, the eight rebellious
members and myself.
| After a full hearing lasting two
days with the Supreme Chancellor
presiding, it was admitted that the
action Of the Grand Chancellor OF
Missouri was right and legal accord
ing to the laws Of the state. The
Supreme Chancellor and Supreme At
; torney only contending for techni-
cal recognition Of the Supreme Lodge
In the matter. The Supreme Chan.
cellor admitted that he had no pow.
er to render decision in the mat
ter. Before he FtaRe Supreme Chan
cellor) could act further, death In.
tervened.
| Second. Since the death of the
supreme Chancellor absolutely moth.
Ing ofticially has or could be done"
Ftfth. Knowing the views, oDin.
ions and actions of the late Supreme
Chancellor to be misrepresented in
the above statement, and as the Su.
preme Attorney is living and car
speak for himself, | requested ar
i opinion from him in writing con.
cerning the case and received the fol
lowing reply: (See No. -
i In view Of the above facts In the
4 case and the decision Of the Supreme
Attorney, now, therefore, l, s. w
Green, Supreme Chancellor Of the
Order Of Knights Of Pythias, and Su
i preme Patriarch Of the order Of Ca
lanthe, do hereby declare that the on
4 ~ legal officers Of the Grand Court
or the Order Of Calanthe for the
state OF Missouri are the officers le
j gally elected and installed at the
Grand Court session, held in Fayette
Mo, July, 1907. Amy other attemp
, on the part Of other persons to exer
nIan tho L. -.