The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-03-28
GREAT CROWD WILL HEAR DR.. Ell
LTNGTON AT AUDITORIUM
Committee Estimates a Record-Rreak
ing crowd--Ladies viii Precede
the Men-Outof-T Mem
bers Will Be on Hand to
Swell the Crowd - Un-
paraIIeIed Growth of
the Order.

The local lodges are making SIren-
uous preparation for their annlver-
sary sermon, which will be preached
at the Ryman Auditorium next Sun
day by Rev. w. S. Ellington, the
scholarly pastor of the First Baptist
Church and pulpit orator of renoWn.
He is an active member of Friend
ship No. 72 and is in position to
know what he is to talk about 1t is
estimated by the committee that the
auditorium will be taxed to its full
est capacity on this occasion. knights
and Calanthes from nearby towns
have written Deputy Grand Chancel-
lor A. w. Fite that they will be
on hand to add their approval to
the occasion.
Members of local lodges will as
semble at the Pythian Temple on
Fifth avenue, North, at IL o'clock
Sunday so that there will be no de-
lay in reaching the auditorium on
time. The ladies' courts will be at
the auditorium at 1 o'clock.
The musical features, as planned
by the committee, will be of an ex-
ceptional high order. The choral So
ciety, under the direction of Prof. j..
w Work; the Meharry Quartette
and the Fisk University Orchestra
will render the selections, This fea-
ture alone, it is claimed, will be
worth going miles to hear. All
friends of fraternal orders should
take advantage of this opportunity
of enjoying a real Sunday treat.
The parade will leave the Pythian
Temple at 1880 D. M, and will be
under the direction of Chief Mar
shall, Col. Robert E. Gee, and his
aides. There will be over two thou
sand Pythians in line according to
the calculations of the committee.
Anniversary Lodge K of P. was
installed at the Pythian Temple last
Sunday Twenty-Five men were made
with fifty applications pending. It
is very lusty Pythian infant.
The Booster Campaign has had
much success over the state result
ing in the following new lodges:
Standard and Anniversary at Nash
Vile; Sumner, at Gallatin; Kirkland,
at Kirkland; Santa Fe, at Santa Fe;
Lincoln, at Fayetteville; R. F. Boyd,
Progressive, at Mt. Pleasant and a
new lodge at Tullahoma. At Dun
lap Sir Luther Cummings will add
another lodge in few days.
The increase attributable to the
Booster Campaign in Nashville is as
follows: Damon Lodge has added 80
new members; Stonewall, 105;
Friendship. "a; Purity, &c; Ivanhoe,
Ga; the other lodges, Lightfoot, Ty-
rec, Excelsior, Fidelity, Stringer
Starks, Standard and Harmony have
increased in proportion. There have
been over 750 new members added
to the local lodges since this time a
year ago.
The initiation team of Nashville is
certainly a winner. They perform
their work with precision. They are
Anthony Porter, J. w. Blaine, r. f.
Gee. James Ewing, A. M. Cockrill
Fred Ewing, Ben Kinnard, R. G. Mar
tin. r. w. Mcclure, Robt Sumner
and r. A. Mayberry.
Encouraging letters have been re-
ceived from Deputies ]. w Hines,
Chattanooga; A. S. Pyles, Milan; e.
Alston, Covington; A. L, Wittie, Mil
lington; Arthur Hazen, Knoxville;
G. w. Williams. Memphis; Luther
Cummings, South Pittsburg; w. H.
Malone, Jackson; ]. R. Smith. Rip
ley: DR.. w. T. Horton, Fades; DR.. G.
o. Hunter Columbia. These reports
show that rapid healthy growth of
the order is prevalent everywhere.
Deputy A. w Fite is so encouraged
with results so far achieved that he
is arranging to get out another boos-
ter edition of the Nashville Globe.
The parade by the Knights of
Pythias for next Monday has been
called off on account of similar
event that takes place Sunday, ami
versarv sermon day The officials
thought that II would be asking too
much of the boys to march two sue
cessful days.
The entertainment at the Majestic
Theatre Monday night will be had
under the anspices of the Courts of
CaIanthe a Pythian hall Association.
Refreshments will be served by the
Calantheans.