The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-09
.PYTHIAN KNIGHTS
 ID HOLD MEETING
Grand Lodge Meets In Merid-
 ian Curing Coming Week
CITY TO BE DECORATED
Poplar Springs Methodist Church Is Destroyed by Fire, Caused by Ex- pIosion of Lamp-commerclal
 Travellers Have Banquet.

Meridian, Miss, May S.--(Special) )-An preliminary arrangements for the meeting of the Mississippi grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, have about been completed for the opening of the first session Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock in the Pythian hail of this city, and for the meeting of the Knights of Khorassen Monday The city Is to be In gala attire in honor or the occasion Every business house in the city will decorate tomorrow, and the nrst of the 1000 or more delegates to arrive will see Meridian gaily adorned ana standing with open arms to greet eacn one as they enter the city with a cordial wei oome. There will be something like 1Vo ennlicants to be taught the mysteries Of the Knights of Khorassen. and all these will be exhibited to the people or Me ridian Monday afternoon in grand street parade. Following the ceremonial there will be an elaborate banquet at the Great Southern hotel. The advance guard or the Khorassens will arrive in the clty tomorrow, headed by H. NJ Quln or Jackson, the only home of the order Ill the state at this time.
 It was announced this morning that Col. T. L. wainwright, president of the stone wall cotton mills, and president or tle Mississippi Textile Manufacturers asso- citation. had called meeting of the as- sociation to be held at the Great South ern hotel in this city May IS. various matters of importance to textile manulac- turers Is scheduled for the meeting whlcn will be in session two days.
 The Poplar Springs Methodist church was burned last night. Poplar springs Is a fiourishing suburb of Meridian ana the church has a large membership. Ihe origin of the fire is supposed to nave been due to the explosion of a lamp that was left burning in the church following services. There was no insurance on the building, but the congregation VIII re- build at once.
 Tonight Meridian Council No. 2O6, com mercial Travellers, held an enthusiastic meeting in the rooms of the board or trade which was followed by banquet The object of the meeting was to make final arrangements for a special tram lo carry the local delegation over to JACK son on the morning of May 2l to attend the ississippi-Louisiana convention Way 21 and 22. Almost the entire Meridian membership signi1ed intention or peins passengers on the specal.
 M,ss Milo Flint of Aberdeen, Miss, died in this city last night at the nome of her uncle pr. s. B. Flint, a1ter a protracted illness. The remains were shipped this morning to Aberdeen TOT ln- terment tday.
 The little old-time fiddlers organiza- tion announce that they will give per 1 formance on May IS, the proceeds or which is to be given to the Confederate veterans of the local camp who are not able to bear the expense Of the trlp .O the state reunion at Memphis. IL Will be featured with the pelasures ana many of the amusements of the long ago Go.n SI1lli shucking. the old Virginia reel, fiddling contests and plantation banjo playing VIII Ina among the features, while an old-tlme dance will be indulged in by the old vet erans themselves, their wives ana oaugn- ters
 No little sensation was created at a meeting of the city boards last night when City Engineer Wetmore submitted Q renort showing that there are 2S63 houses in Meridian not connected with inc sewerage system and 1666 connected This includes both white and colored res- l i6ent owners. The total number or houses not connected that are directly on the sewer lines is shown to be o4o The l sawerag ge system of Meridian is said to be 1 one of the finest in the country, and was established nearly 20 years ago. It Is un- derstood that the compulsory connection ordinance will shortly be enforced to the | letter and that a movement will be in- au9urated at an early date for the exten- sion of the system to cover several miles or more territory.