The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-10-08
GREAT COUNCIL PoCAHoNTAS.
Instituted in Newberry.-Newberry
Girls Fill Two Most Important
Ofices.-Delightful Banquet.

The Great Council Of PucahontaS
was instituted in Newberry on Tues
day.
The organization Of the Great Coun-
Gil of PocahontaS is due largely to the
indefatigable laborS Of Hon. Otto
Klettner. Of Newberry Mr.. klettner
has been for several years an earnest
and enthusiastic and unSelish worker
in Bergell Tribe and in Cateechee
Council Of Newberry, and ii is due
largely to his unSeltish and untiring
labors that Bergell Tribe and Catee-
chee Council have grown and -four
iShed as they have. He has or
ganized degree team for the con-
ferring Of the PocahontaS degree.
which is probably one Of the best
teams in the State. and which confers
the degree with great impressiveness.
On Monday night the degree was con-
ferred on a number Of candidates. and
the work was put OIL so admirably
that it Was very greatly enjoyed by
the visitors and made a laStln" I'M
preston on the candidates.
After The degrees were conferred
social session was held and light re-
freshmentS were served and the visit
inc members were INTRODUCED to the
local members.
The Bergell Tribe now has mem
oership of over three hundred which
is about one-tenth Of the entire men,
berShip in this State, and Cateechee
Council has a membership Of abou
two hundred which is about one-sixth
of the membership Of the Pocahontas
Council in this State.
Mr.. KIettner is Great Junior Saga
more of the State and it was in COM
oliment to his services largely, to-
gether with the large membership IN
Bergell Tribe and Cateechee Council
that Newbe,ry was selected as the
place for the institution Of the Great
Council Of PocahontaS. And 1t Was
very appropriate.
In recognition Of these facts. also,
a member If Cateechee CUuncl! Was
selected as The first Great Pocahonta>
and another member as the first
Great Keeper Of Records.
Bergell Tribe has been signally hon
ored since the organization of the
Order of Red Men in this Stale. Mr..
Joe H. Hair. a member Of Bergell
Tribe until his death short time ago.
served as Great Sachem and also as
Great Representative. Mr.. Cole L..
Blease has also served as Great Sach-
EN- and al present is Great Rep
resentative. 1t is generally under
stood that at the next meeting OF tine
Great Council of the United States he
will be elected Great Junior Sycamore
of the Great Council, which places
him in line to become Great lnco-
honee Of the United States.
At the institution Of the Great
| Council Of PocahontaS Mr.. BEeaSe
was appointed to represent tie Great
Incohonee at the institution OF l"e
Great Council on Tuesday.
.\t the institution Of the Great
Council the following officers were
elected to serve for one Great Sun:
Great Prophe,eS>-AliS> Root. New
brookland.
Great Pocahontas- Miss Lille
Mann. Neweerry.
Great Wennonah-AIi<> Robertson.
Williamson.
Great Keeper OF Recor;lS--NIisS
Clara Wicker. Newberry.
! Great Keeper Of Wampum-MlsS
Mooney. Columbia.
The appointive offices we're dis
:ributed among the various councils
Of the State. each Council receiving
RECOGNITION among the official chiefs.
There were present at the lnstlN-
ton of the State Council the Great
Sachem of the State. Mr. ]. S. Booth.
of Chester. and the Great Keeper OF
Records. Mr.. 3. c. Wallace. Of Sum-
ter
Before the institution OF the Great
Council a public meeting Was held III
klettner' hall at which several ad-
dresses Of welcome to the visiting rep
rc<en: a,ive< Of tile Order. were dellV-
cred. al: speaking a cordial and hearty
greeting. not only from the repre-
senta1iveS Of the Red Men OF New
berry. but from our citizens generally.
Mr.. J. II. C1appcll. who Is an en-
;huSiaStic Red Man. delivered an e4o-
ouent AMI impaSSioned address ON be-
l',,,.,ci} T. following