The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-04-06

again and said that now that as she
was uptown she guessed she had bet
ter do that shopping that she had
been thinking about, as it would save
another trip and it was so much trou-
Bile to fix up, and would Pythias please
coughed up the money without bat
ting an eye, and Philopena took 1t
and went out, winking at herself as
she went, and PythIas spent the rest
OF the day talking 70 himself and
kicking the chairs around And now
we come to the saddest part of it all
for Damon and Pythias were never
friends any more. In fact they never
spoke to each other again as long as
they lived, and they always acted as
If they were afraid to get within reach
OF each other. Damon moved to
Newberry not long afterward and that
was the last that anybody ever heard
Of him.
This, children, is the true story of
1t. or corse it is told somewhat
differently in the histories, but his
tories are always unreliable. You
would do we'll if you would never be-
lieve anything you read in the his
tories unless you just know it is SO.
Now. Pythias was a pretty good sort
of a chap in n way, and he had LOT
OF friends, and thep managed to cover
up the scandal. 1t would have been
awful if it had gotten out on him, YOU
KNOW. The way they managed to
cover it up was that they organized a
iodge. ana III this manner they kept
the secret all to themselves. They call
ed the lodge the knights of Pythias.
Other lodges were organized from time
to time, to meet similar emergencies
and the thing kept on growing, until
today the knights of Pythias is one of
the strongest secret societies in the
county. 1t also claims to be one of
the most nOblest. Some of the very
pest people belong to it, for. you see,
yon can't get so many people into a
thing without having some of them a.
bove the average, Pour papa belongs
to 1T. Thank you. children.
The knights of Pythias is really a
splendid organization, and it does n
lot OF good. The only deception II
practices on the public is the name
Tor 1t is not the knights OF Pythias
ut all, but the Nights of Pythias. For
when the lodge meets the members
get up and talk about what an old
soak Pythias was, and how he used
TO spend his nights, and how we must
never go and do likewise When new
members are brought in, the first
lesson impressed upon ,lem is that
while it is possible to Iuu n woman
II we VIII all stick together, it can't
be done every time. and it is ever so
much better If we don't do anything
TO make II necessary to try It, An
other lesson impressed upon the young
members is that if they will stay at
home OF nights and behave themselves
they may not have quite SO much fun.
but they will feel whole lot better
the next morning and they won't be
AFRAID to go uptown. 1t is very
beautiful lesson. You just ought to
hear Frank Lander giving the lee
ture. He is fine on it,
One of the notices of the Knights
of Pythias is that those who make
hay should live in glass houses. An
other is that an honest man never gets
fat 1t has been said by envious and
malicious people-those who have been
biackballed, perhaps-that another of
the notices is that the Lord admreth
Il cheerful liar but that Is mistake.
There Is no such motto in our noble
order.
We have told yon all this. children,
so you will understand why it is that
papa has to go uptown tonight. You
see. all the knights of Pythias in An
derson county are coming to the city
lodge at a banquet i'm Maple hall. There
are six or eight lodges I'm the county
and every member Is coming, or most
OF them, so there will be a big crowd
1t is great honor for Chiquola lodge
to be able to entertain all her brethren
and we are going to spread ourselves
1t is going to be a scrumptious affair
There will be eatables and drinkables
and smokeables from who laid the
rail, and speech making to beat the
band. There will be speeches by such
men as George Rembert and Ebert
Aull and Paul Sullivan and other big