The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-05
Of
STATE HOLD
BIG POW WOW
Great Council Of Improved Or
der Of Red Men in An
nual Session Here.
STATE DEGREE CONFERRED
Daughters Of Pocahontas Also
Meet in WigWam at
the Waldo.

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+ Hoffman Hali has been turned into
a gigantic wigwam In which the
thirty eighth annual Grand Cuuncil of
the Improved Order of Red Men is
being held attended by delegates
from tribes OF this social and bone
fetal fraternity from all over the
state. The assembly han OF Ahe
Waldo hotel has likewise been turned
into great wigwam wherein the
Grand Council Of the Daughters OF /
Pocahontas OF West Virginia Is hold-
ing its sixth annual pow WOW.
The council in Hoffman Hall was
called to order at 300 O'clock by b. y
, X. Reed, Of this city, q national rep-
resentative OF the order, who intros
duced Mayor u. ] Wood. The iat-
ter in a brief address rendered hear
ty welcome to the visiting delegates
and extended them the freedom Of
the city. Great Aiishinewa Henry n.
Payne, Of Williamson, responded to
the mayors address in few we'll
chosen words q thanks and appreci-
alton on behalf Of he5Great Council.
Great sachem A. P. Monroe. OF
clarksburg, then called the Great
Council TO order
After orsanlzrti0n OF the nlncll
and the appointment OF committees,
the state degren wns conferred tipon
about one hundred, delegates from
the various lodges bf the state who
were awaiting admission into the cir
Gle The degree was conferred by the
Grafton degree team which executed
the work In spleadids manner.
Adjournment was taken ut noon for
dinner and at 9 q clock the Great
Council re7conyened and at the time
| of going 70 press was stlll IN session.
All Of the ,Great Chiefs OF the Cnuii
ell are in attendance excepting two.
Great Junior Sycamore ~. II, Bowers
OF Martinsburg, was absent and Past
Great Sachem John Scott, of FAIR
mont Was appointed to hll the po-
sltion, W.yG Dickinson, Of Hill Top,
was appointed to take the office OF
Great Guard OF the the Forest, IA
place of the Rev T. S. Johnson, OF
Blueheld, who was unable to come
to the meeting.
The great chiefs Of the council are
as follows:
Great sachem, A. p Monroe, Of
clarksburg,
Great Senior Sycamore. ]. F. Big
ony, Hinton. u
Great Junior Sycamore. w II.
Bowers, Martinsburg.
Great Prophet, w. ]. Stone. Elk
horn.
Great Chief of Records. 7, II.
lClay, Huntington.
Great Keeper of Wampum, G. D.
/ Hereford, st. Adams.
| Great Mishinewa. Henry N. Payne,
Williamson.
Great sannap. 7. c. Tanner. Blue
field.
Great Guard OF wigwam, Ed.
soulshy. Crown Hill. f
Great Guard Of Forest, Rev. T. s.
johnson, Bluefield.
Great Commander on F., D. H.
Brown. Bluefeld.
\ Great Commander on L., A. e.
Kenny, Spencer.
Board Of Appeais--J. s, Scott. Of
Fairmont; D. K. Reed, Clarksburg;
George w. Harold, Huntington.
! Great Pocahontas, Lizzie Brisden.
of Crescent, called the Great Council
OF the Daughters OF Poeahontas to
order in the assembly room Of the
Waldo hotel Tuesday morning at .
o'clock. The roll call showed thirty
four councils to ybe represented by
delegates.
The annual reports Of the Great
Pocahontas, the Great Keeper OF Rec
ords and the Great Keeper OF wam-
pun were read and filed with the
Great Keeper of Records, after which
the various committees for the trans
action of the council business were
appointed. The regular order OF
business was taken up and adjourn
ment was taken in order to give the
committees time TO attend to their
work for reports at the session to-
4 morrow
In the afternoon at O'clock the
council again convened and the de-
gree OF Pocahontas was conferred
upon a number Of delegates. The,
work was done by the Falrmont de-
gree team which arrived from that
city on an nterVrban trolley car a..
1870 o'clack
The troHe, ride scheduled for Tues
day Afternoon WIS postponed until
"Wednesday afternoon because OF the
J bad weather
All OF the. Great council officers are
, in attendance excepting Great Mime
haha Agnes Powell. Of BFamwelis
The officers are as follows:
Great PocahoRtas. Lizzie BrisdeIl,
Crescent
Great wenonah. Florence Dixon.
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