Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-20
AT THE ISLE OF PALMS
Mystic shriners Of Omar Temple
Have q Great Time. ~

Charleston, June 18.-The semi-an-
nual meeting Of Omar Temple, Ancient
Arabic Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine
finished its work at the Isle of Palms
tonight about midnight with q big
ceremonial session during which more
than fifty pieces of fresh meat" were
conducted In solemn procession across
the burning sands of Sahara to Nee
ca, being carefully piloted by Poten-
tate Cogswell, Past Potentates Nc
Donald and about 500 veteran pilgrims
of the desert. The pilgrimage Of the
novices will be long remembered, and
ranks when they had successfully ne
gotiated the blistering sands and had
been received within the welcoming
walls of Mecca. III. 10 z#T ~
To Judge by the walls that emerged
from the canvas-walled pavilion,
where the ceremonial work was done,
the sands of the desert were indeed
blistering to the sandaled pilgrims and
glad were the shouts when Mecca was
reached.
Some of the stunts" through which
the fresh meat" were put during the
afternoon on the beach, were ludicrous
in the extreme. A very funny one Ito
the onlookers) was to put two candi-
dates on a wooden horse, and make
them fight each other with pillows un-
til. one or the other was knocked of.
To add to the enjoyment Of the candi-
dates, sand fiddlers were put down
their backs inside their bathing suits.
an especial delight. His friends from
Chester dressed him up as a baby
mammals only baby boy"-with bib
and beribboned and rosetted lace cap
and paraded him around the beach.
But IL any one got more enjoyment
out Of the occasion than the onlookers,
1t was Alex Frazier. te.
A party, including Messrs. Thos. T.
B. williams, j. Meek Smith, Glover;
Sidney Wingate, Gastonia, and r. 8.
Mcconnell, Yorkville, went fishing this
morning and wonderful tales these
disciples of Isaak Walton are telling.
Mr.. Smith says he hooked one that
weighed 81 pounds, but as this is only
fish tale, It got away.
A drag Of the hotel seine at 2 o'clock
brought in a monster catch or four
small fish and three small shovelnose
shark ~"
An especially pleasing feature Of
the Shriners' meet was visit to Fort
Sumter and an inspection Of the fa-
nous old fort, the big guns and mag
azines This was followed by a short
harbor excursion. r
The Club" at the Isle Of Palms did
a rushing business In dispensing beer,
and many complaints were heard from
the patrons Of the place because they
were charged 25 cents per bottle for
beer, and more than one was heard to
remark never again for the Isle Of
Palms IL we are to be robbed when we
60 there" The recent order Of the
governor to stop the sale Of beer on
Sundays is not taken very seriously.
Among the visitors from Yorkville
and vicinity were: Messrs. e. w. Long
]. A. Tate, A. M. Barnett, ]. E.Stroup,
T. F. McDow, r. s. Mcconnell, A. M.
Grist; Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammers
ly, Blacksburg; Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
Graham, Mrs. Ernest Guntharp,
Messrs. C. K. Chreitzberg, v. B. NC
Fadden. - Brown, Jas. and Crawford
Witherspoon, Rock Hill; Messrs. Thos.
T. B. Williams and ]. Meek Smith,
Glover. ...
The next Shriners' convention is to
be held at Sumter on Thanksgiving
day.