The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-24
FARGO GETS
THE. NEXT
CONCLAVE
Past Grand Commander Hill
Presented With Jewel
Andrew Ekern Elected Grand
- Commander
Other Officers Elected at Meet
ing Yesterday

Fargo gets the 1914, conclave of the
Knights TempIar of North Dakota.
The Fargo knights who attended the
conclave at Grand Forks, which was
concluded last evening, have returned
and state that it was one of the most
successful conclaves ever held in the
state. The chief business transacted
yesterday was the selection of Fargo
for the next conclave and the election
of officers.
A pleasing feature was the present
alton to DR.. s. J. Hill of Fargo, past
grand commander, with a past grand
commanders jewel
Another noteworthy feature of the
conclave was the address of the COM
mittee on civic righteousness. which
called forth the highest praise. In
this address, which is printed here
with, strong stand was taken for the
protection of women.
This committee presents each year
an address on some topic of social in
terest. Last year the address was on
Child Labor. The committee is COM
posed of the following: John K.
Burleson,, Laurence G. sMoultrie and
Walter L. Stockwell The committee
the public press. .,~...@.
.~. Officers Elected.
The officers. elected YESTERDAY are:
Right Eminent Grand Commander
Andrew Ekern, Grand Forks.
Very Eminent Deputy Grand Com
mander-John w. Carroll, Lisbon.
Eminent Grand Generalissimo-
George M. Pike, New Rockford.
Eminent Grand Captain General
Frank White, Valley City.
Eminent Grand Senior Warden
Herbert G. Proctor, jamestown.
Eminent Grand Junior Warden
Granville w. Wolbert, Bismarck.
Eminent Grand Prelate-Rev. j. s.
Brayfield, Dickinson.
Eminent Grand Treasurer-Alex B.
Taylor, Fargo.
Eminent Grand Recorder-Walter
L. Stockwell, Fargo.
Eminent Grand Standard Bearer
William D. Henry, Wahpeton.
Eminent Grand Sword Bearer-Wil-
son L. Richards, Dickinson.
Eminent Grand Warder-G. Roy
Ringo, Minot.
Eminent Grand Captain of the
Guard-John H. frame, Grafton.
New Commandery.
Another important item of business
was the authorization of the issuance
of dispensation to form new COM
mandery at Cando to be known as the
C. j. Atkins commandery. The re-
ports of the various committees were
received and the new constitution,
statutes and regulations were adopted.
The visiting knights were loud in
their praise of the entertainment and
hospitality of ST Aldemar command
cry which was most generous.
The address of the committee on
civic righteousness follows:
To the right eminent grand COM
mander and the grand commandery of
the state of North Dakota:
Your committee on civic, righteous
ness would. devote it's report to the
consideration of one topic only, The
Duty of the Modern Christian knight
to Womanhood.
Mans duty to womanhood is a sub
iect which is receiving wide consider
alton today, and this general interest
has already been reflected by repre-
sentations made to some of our sister
communicates.
In an address before the grand com
mandery of the state of Georgia, Sir
Knight B. S. Willingham says:
Recognizing the family circle as the
basis on which both society and gov
ernment rest, Templarism embraces 1t
with tenderest solicitude. To the de-
fense of innocent maidens, destitute
widows, helpless orphans, We all stand
pledged The tempter stalks
forth to despoil and ruin.
"Shall we stand idly by? Let
us make battle royal in defense OF
these innocent ones, until the libertine
is driven from the land, and the op-
pressor is but memory of the past =
In a similar way Sir Knight John T.
Lewis, grand preiate of the grand
commandery of Mississippi, addressed
that body. He said in part:
There was never known to man a
system of slavery half so horrible and
revolving as that of the white slave
traffic. To you, knights of Mis-
sissippi, have this to say: If we
Templars keep longer silence on this
great question, we will by that silence
prove to the world that not only have
we lost the spirit of knighthood, in oul
mad scramble for the dollar, but we
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