The Pensacola journal., 1913-01-21
THE KNIGHTS Of
PR|SCUS WILL
MEET TONIGHT
INTERESTING SESSION WILL BE
HELD AND A NUMBER OF NEW
MEMBERS INITIATED.

There will be an interesting meeting
tonight of the mystic association of
Priscus knights at the old K. of C. hall,
over McHugh's store on Garden street
There will be quite few new men,
bers initiated and the committee on
constitution and bylaws is also ready
to make its report. This will naturally
make the meeting interesting from
both a social and business standpoint
After meeting, as is usual at all initia-
ton meetings, there will be a Dutch
lunch.
1t might be well to say right here in
a few words something regarding the
formation and intentions of this new
organization called Priscus knights, as
there seems to be quite lot of mis-
understanding regarding the same. 1t
is in no way affiliated with any other
secret order in the city. 1t was started
with the purpose of helping the car
uival associatior@just the same as it's
sister organizations do ia the cities of
Mobile and New Orleans BY taking
charge of and putting members only on
the floats it makes sure that the parts
represented on the floats will be per-
fectly carried out and that the suits,
which are a source of great expense to
the carnival association, will receive
the proper care.
They also will have charge of the
kings ball on Tuesday of the carnival
and will attempt to make this a great
event of the carnival The ball will
not be a paid affair as heretofore but
every person must have an invitation,
such invitations to be issued at request
of members of the Priscus Knights
only. And to be sure that no objec-
tionable parties will be either in the
organization or at the ball, there is a
secret membership committee and also
an invitation committee who pass on
their respective names handed in by
members.
1t might be we'll to mention that
while they do not intend to be abso-
lutely exclusive the association does
mean to be selective. BY this means
only can they hope to form a perma-
nent and representative body. The
members will derive a great deal of
benefit from the association, both be-
fore and after the carnival In addi-
ton to the honor of belonging to the
organization and being permitted to go
on floats and attend and issue invita-
tions to the kings ball, they will have
meetings throughout the year which
afford a great deal of amusement.
After the body is once on a firm foot
ing. which it will be in the next couple
of weeks, it viii give suppers and en-
tertainments for the benefit of its men,
bership.
This is not an experiment by any
means but in both New Orleans and
Mobile have these bodies been formed
for many years and they prove a great
aid in the uplifting of the carnival
and at the same time the members de-
| rive all kinds of fun and enjoyment out
| of them. The workings of the asso-
ciation are strictly secret and there
are only few men, who are outside
men, whose identity is known. 1t is
safe to say that in a year hence this
! organization will prove an honor to the
carnival which is held yearly. Its
membership is composed of the best
| people in the city and ii proposes to
make itself a name in the history Of
the carnival festivities Of Pensa cola.