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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23
BELOW is GIVEN IN BRIEF
STATEMENTS CONCERNING
GROWTH OF ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA HAS MADE RAP
ID STRIDES IN THE PAST
FEW YEARS.

In little frame school house
among dense evergreen trees, on the
shores of Eagle Harbor, an estunr;y
of Lake Superior, message from
the distant past was whispered to :.
listening car. This was the story OF
the friendship Of Damon aad PythiaS
aud the ear that heard 1t was that
Hof Justice Henry Rathbonc, tina
founder Of the Knights Of Pythias.
EIc was then-1SG1-a school teach
er, but when the Civil war began he
enlisted in the volunteer service.
For some reason the company was
not accepted by the governor ana
ycuag Rathbon went to German
town, Pa, where lie became chief
clerk in the United States hospital
in that place. Two years later he|
was ordered to Washington for duty
in the medical department of the
army. Here he perfected his ritua!
which he had begun at Eagle Hal
Dor, four years before, and on the
i 9th Of February, 1864, organized
the first lodge, Washington No. L
knights Of Pythias in existence. On
tho Sth day Of April, ensuing, the
Grand Lodge in the District of Col
umbia was organized. 1t was com
posed of past chuncellors who had
been created DIS such at the institu-
ton OF Washington lodge two
months before. Four days later
Franklin Lodge was instituted, May
10 Columbia Lodge was organized
and on June 9, 1865, Alexandria
Lodge No. was organized at Alex
andria, Wa.
In April. 1866, Columbia and
Potomac lodges ceased to hold meet
Ffngs, and in July Of the same year
Alexandria and Washington lodges,
the latter "the present lodge" be-
came extinct and the fate Of the OF.
der rested entirely with Franklin
Lodge. For eight long months this.
gallant lodge fought for existence
against the worst adverse circum-
stances. Then, through the perse-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23
0llflliarl Home
Question May
B BE- e OBJ ened
MAfrER WILL COME BEFORE
THEsGRAND LODGE FOR
FINAL DISPOSAL.
FRIENDI !; RIVALRY AMONG CIT
IESETOA LAND LOCATION OF
BIG4sSITE.

one Of the most important mat
ters To come be fore tile Grand Lodge
or knights of Pythias which assem-
bfed inSBthis city today, is the set
tIement Of the location for the con-
tempt atedg Pythians home. While the
Home board In, Its session at Park
.efsburg during the summer months,
Slecid ed that Buckhannon had the
best location and selected a site in
fiat city. still the Grand Lodge must
either ratifys or reject the decision
81 the board, and there is feeling
among many Of tile Pythians, that
Buckhannons is not the logical place
and it, is IA question whether or not
Tie lodge will pass favorably upon
Buck lannon's claim.
There IS some talk of reopening
$thematt ter as it. is said that many Of
tie cities Of the state are now in a
post ton to make q far better propo-
sition than they mare, previous to
! ffe selection of Buckhannon anu
shat some ot the sites would be more
fayorab bic than the Buckhannon one.
tsharleston, Huntington, Fairmont
and Terra Alta are all anxious for
the nome and the representatives TO
lie Grand Lodge from these cities
think that there isfa good chance to
hage u Site I'M one Of the four cities
selected
aust What action will be taken by
tie Grand Lodge will not be know"
until tfies final decision is made but
wiiateS may be ;the.soutcomc it Is
Isnossn that the friendly contests be-
tween tile various cities bidding for
the location Of the home, will be
lively ana 4 resting:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23

Grand Lodge and then the order
spread to Maryland, New Jersey,
Delaware, New York and other
states. The growth of the order has
been phenomenal; indeed, it is with
out parallel in the social and beney-
olcnt institutional life Of the world:
In West Virginia.
Five years passed away after the
origin Of tho order in Washington
City and brought the spring Of 1863.
Then It was that the Rev. William
Gerhardt, D. D., u Lutheran minis
ter and teacher, of Martinsburg, w.
Va, became interested in the teach
ings OF the knights Of Pythias, and
he speedily interested others in his
town. This resulted in an applica-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23

ton to tho Supreme Lodge for a
charter to institute q lodge in Mar
This was granted, and on
the afternoon OF April 5, 1869, Wash
'ington Lodge No. /, tho first on the
sou of West Virginia, was instituted.
Its charter members were Rev. Geb-
hardt, Charles H. Edgcconfb, II. c..
Robinson, Daryis Darby, George Wy
song, Simeon H. Hume, John Feller.
%. Spcer, David Newcomher, Christie.
pher Hill, John sllarff, S. A. Martin,
]. c. Keedy and John Fry Smith
eighteen in all-the place OF the
meeting was in Felelr's Hall. su-
prcmc Chancellor Charles Reed came
from Baltimore to institute the
lodge. The following two evenings
limitations were given and when the
second evenings work was complct-
cd Washington Lodge had ninety
members.
other early lodges in West Virgin
Ia were as follows: Jefferson No. g,
Mlddlcway, Jefferson county; Lafay-
cite No. 3, Piedmont, Mineral coun-
ty; Morgan No. l. berkeley springs
Morgan county; Damon No. 8. New
burg, Preston county; Baltimore No.
s, Wheeling, Ohio county; Fidelity
No. Z, Pennington; Evergreen NO.
Ia, Worthipgton; Eureka No -,
Watson, and Valley Star No. II,
Glovcr's Gap, quickly followed in
Marion county. Then came Marioa
No. 81, in what was then Palattne.
,aow the East Side Of Fairmont, fol-
lowed by Mountain City No. 4s, IN
Fairmont.
Very rapidly the lodge has grown
lin West Virginia until there are nov
Wen over 200 lodges in the state
with over 10000 membership; q
wonderful and remarkable growth
for the short period of IS years
since the institution OF the first
lodge. at Martinsburg with Its mem lem
bership Of eighteen.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23
GIRLS! CLEAN AMI. BEAUTIFY HAI2
NO DANlRUFF-25 GENT DANDER|AE
.Nss.asA!....s:l 8 60 !. q

every particle of dandruff; tnHIgpS
rates the scalp, stopping telling aud
falling hair.
Danderine is to the sliair sgllati
fresh showers Of rain and gs,insl1ltse
are to vegetation. It goes risht tel
the roots, invlgorates and streu stlt
ems them. It's exhilaratingt tinn-
lating and life-producing 8propert tes
cause. the hair to3grow long, strong,
and beautiful.
You can surely lave pre- ~. sglti
1ustrous hair, and lots of it, " yoat
will Just get IS cent bottle OF
Knowlton's Danderine, from any drug
store or toilet counter and nv u -
directed.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23

Gfairman of Tie Hoard Of Grand
Lodge Trust ees: fember Of Ohio
Valley Lodi Wheeling, u
premier loa Ohio Valley
witch lias i Inelnbersl ii tp Of $685. At
rs one of tIie Weaif est and, most
fraternaI lpdges IN West Virginia;
Mi. rtstth II d ntefpbe OF the firm
OF ]. Il. Butts sons 60 sleadillg con;
tractors
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-23
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF
THE PYTHIAN ORDER

vcving efforts Of its members. Mount
Vernon Lodge was organized upon a
sound basis by tile adoption of a con-
stitution and bylaws. for its govern
meat. After many desperate strug-
giles came the founda!ici1 Of the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
sMIrH-COURTNEY COMPANY.

Smith Courtney co. was established by the
late George a Smith in 1872. and was the first
supply and machinery house south OF Phila-
delphia, and for many years enjoyed the en-
tire Southern business in their lines Many
OF the present successful Southern houses iii
the same line owe their start TO men who
learned the business under George A. Smith,
George a. Smith its first president. On
the death OF Mr.. Smith IN 1898. he was sue
had been General sales ''' manaser Of Vino tho
house since 1902, The present officers, elect :
ed last week are: Alvin NJ smith, presi
min II. Smith secretary; Lewis II. Bosher
treasurer.
The business has growh by leaps and
bounds. and day the Smith Courtney Com
pany Is known as the South's largest supply
and machinery house. marketing its goods
from Washington to the Gulf of Mexico. ana
s"Irc OF rs manufactured products are SOLD
partments is that devoted To the sale or MI
KINDS OF machinery and machine tools for
.Ii, sawmiis. factories railroads, etc
This part of the business started In n small
way, has grown so rapidly that special ma
ehinery men have been necessarily added
machinery exclusively. In 1918 many large
sales Of machinery were made to the New
company. the Norfoik and Western ea S A UoGh
tie Coast Line. Chesnpeakc and Ohio, sea
companies. and many other lsyge Industrial
companies.
The firm occupies, tho large f,ve-story
sido track on the Chesapeake and ohio.s
a s25o. 900 stock OF supplies and machin.ry
TS1o ana Se dpds on hand sar for prompt die
shipped the Same day received "'s
Smith Courtney Company's largo LOO IN =.
and }s 10 tho
dong By amy amy 10 IN their
pated In their line for 1914 and hey , na'
prepared in every way to handle IL r. arr
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kenhrl.Ige, the ,Innel.

And. speaking about this town and
county harmoniZing business, ] want
t osay that IL all Of my travels have
never seen sweeter harmony and n
liner disposition TO pull together fer
the good of all. than is shown between
the town of Kcnbridgc and the coun-
t"E people of the County OF Luncnburg,
in WI ion The town is located. think
inc keneridgc Business Men. Associa-
ton has discovered Il peculiar plan OF
harmoniIinS with the country people,
and getting the country people to har-
moniIc with the town folks, 81 plan
that works hugely to the good OF both.
Ny suggestion is that wherever there
may appear a lack of the Kind of har-
mony under discussion, the people who
long fo! it should write to President
tiobgood, Of the Konbridge Business
N ems Association, for the recipe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
The Every Day Use of Electricity

To-day, rs / stood in one OF. Rich
mond's tallest skyscrapcrs waiting for
the electric elevator to lift me to the
twentieth floor, | was struck by the
conversation between two gentlemen
which 1 overheard. One Of them was
just back from Egypt.
Wonderful country" said he, but
wait until they get more of our up-to-
the-minute ideas. Take those Pyra-
mids. for example. Think of the i'm
mense amount of time it took TO build
them and the labor expended. Draw
a parallel between their primitive
methods and our modern way or doing
things, and imagine how much easier
a task it would have been il those
ancients had been familiar with our
steam and electricity"
Those chance words set me thinking.
My day had been started by fire
alarm turned in automatically by cleo
tricity. an electric bulb had given me
light to eat an electrcally- cooked
tricity; telephone enabled mo to
start the days work before going to my
office, where later | was transported
by an electric street car. the smooth
whirr OF electric machinery in my plant
greeted me there, and here | was being
lifted to the top Of Il building rivalins
those Pyramids in a search for business
by this same electricity
So rapid have been the advances in
things electrical that we take the bene-
fits derived from IL as a matter of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22

of all kinds: others on electrical light
ing fixtures of the most beautiful de-
signs. This man electrihes old houses,
while that one wires the modest frame
residence or the largest skyscrapers,
and still others give repair work their
undivided attention.
Mr.. business Man, call up an elcctri-
cal contractor If you are not n user or
electricity. Let him talk modern
methods to you and demonstrate to
you where YOU can save money by the
installation OF electricity Tie Ma
tiora' Society OF Electrical Develop
mont has adopted as its slogan: DO IT
Electrically." Join in this chorus.
a word to users OF electricity Pom
der on the ways Of the Heather
Chinee" lie pays his doctor to keep
him well Don't expect evcry thing else
to wear out except your electrical
equipment Call in an electrical doctor
occasional: 10 keep your cduipinent
in good health" y little oil. a boil,
frightened, or some cleaning may save
big bill later; or if your dynamo or
motor happens to be a nervous break
down. remember there are electrical
sanatcriu,ns' in Richmond where 1t
can be rut in good shape again.
Talk TO the electrical contractor: get
suggestions; decrease your labor in
crease the efficiency OF your plant. and
incidentally your profits DO it cIec-
trically.
GODSEY & FRY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22

that 1t is the purpose OF the company to
build II 1t can. a limo fourteen miles long
from Beaufort, y. c.. to Cape Lookout. The
capital stock Is written at $4,000 enough
70 build that much road. but so far not
more than $1,000 have been subscribed. The
incorporators c. J. Becker. OF Whining
ton. y. c.; George p Westervelt, James
hodges and Herbert G.. Lord, Jr. OF New
Jersey. II is further said that the purpose
of the company is 10 develop shipping
port and IA seaside resort at The Cape.
Ia connection with this news il is interest
ing to remember that Beaufort Is a terminus
Of tho Norfolk Southern Railroad. which
has been expected to build any extension to
Cape Lookout which might he necessary.
hut II is understood that the Norfolk South
ern Is not connected with this proposed con-
struction. Several years ago II was cur
rently rumored that railroad TO the Cape
would he built. and greater interest in
the place aud its possibilities is awakened
because tho United States government is
preparing TO erect q breakwater and provide
harbor o: refuge at cost OF about Sliou.
900. TO build railroad from Beaufort would
demand the spanning OF the waters OF Back
Sound. and consequently considerable cx-
bridging
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22

- '''N "'
~ ''ie'ii's 10 inc wofius commerciai IRE
And yet in Richinond to-day, how many
there are who are no less primitive
than tbo.e ,n.i.,, ,,.,,r+,, $50,
'''i' "ho nave hot "cPt pace win
the times.
Enter homes whether the palatial
rosido,cos ,, rn,.,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
Eo. Hunters Nie.

am in receipt of several Other let
iers concerning the bill introduced n,
the Legislature ~ Ny Lewis. OF Mecls
1enburg County. looking to The sun.
preston Of the sheep killing dogs IN
the State, and all of them, except one
endorse the bill, and ask re 10 say a
word in Its interest, The word of ad
vocacy belongs TO the editorial depart-
ment, and has" already been said. and
VIII probably be repeated One OF
these letters is from man who saws
he ID u fox hunter, owns II pack of
mounds. and In season hunts The fox
10 beat the band. AT tho. same time
he Is g sheep raiser and makes money
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22

formed hasty conclusion. For my
self, think one of the finest and best
signs of the times Is the way the
town folks and the country folks are
beginning to pull together.
Danvillc. Lynchburg, Chase CITY.
south Hill, South Boston, Farmvllle,
kenbridge. Suffolk. Franklin, Enporia
and whole lot OF other towns, from
Richmond down to Waverly. for in
stance. are harmonizinG with the coun-
try people, and the farmers and the
country people are hernonizing with
inc towns ana the cities, and this, the
pun together business. is getting TO
pc one OF NirSinia's biggest assets
The suggestion is that there shall be
more ana more OF it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
That Dng Inv.


+ Fl lie Baumc. of the Industrial
and agricultural department OF the
Norfolk ana Western Railway, writes
Us follows:
There Is now pending before the
Virginia Legislature bill which Gov
rrs ~ fun the regulations that are to
be enforced i'm connection with the
ownership OF dogs by residents Of the
state, and ~ is our belief that this bill
should he passed by all means
No Intelligent owner OF :; decent dog
can find any possible objection 10 ,hn
provisions Of This bili It is the Wei
Gus. ignorant lazy, shirtcss element.
hoth IN the country districts ana ia
The small towns throughout Virginia.
that Keep the sheep killing. TEACHER
Gus, MALI starved hounds about them.
una these worthless dogs are greater
menace TO general farming prosperity
chan any other one factor which can
be so easily controlled Ii seems 10 be
81 fact that tie more ignorant or pov-
"Tty- stricken q white or colored fam
llY is. the more snarliur. pnappinr,
starving dogs they VIII nave hanging
about the place They 90 not feed The
dogs themselves, and the uogs are. inst
naturally forced TO hunt their own
living. with the result that they are a
continual taN TO the farmers wAo grow
sood stock ana partcularIy sheep and
chickens
As u matter Of fact. sheen RAISING
Is almost entirely Impossible I'm nine
tenths Of al the Southern TERRITORY on
account of depreciation from dore
The south. as a whole, Viii never 40
complish what IL Should In stock -ais-
ing ana agriculture until! st eliminates
the worthless dogs along wien Tho
e" 80, TICK. me h2okwo1n, and a few
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
Use for savdu.st.

III tho facts recorded below, there
may be hint to many Virginia saw
mil owners who are now letting a
great deal of good stuff go to waste:
For many years tho French have ex-
tracted coloring dyes from sawdust.
The sawdust. il appears, is acted on
oy sulphur ana caCstic soda In a fur
mace. Su!phuretted hydrogen Is libcr-
hted In large quantities, and the vcge-
table substance, whatever it may be,
is rendered soluble in water, to which
1t imparts strong color, varying
with the substance employed These
solutions arc employed as dyes, which
arc fixed by passing the fabric through
boiling blchromate of potash.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
The Pun Together Idea.

a man from away up North, who has
been down here In Virginia for more
man month and watching things as
ne Dreathcd the splendid air and en-.
Jcyed the hne breezes of Old Virginia,
said TO mo the other day: The mai,
trouble ] see with your people is that,
you 90 not pull together; the country
people and the town people do not
seem 10 be of one mind. You are All
rocking for some big things, and Won
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
= Cnsc in Point.

Another writer on the same subject
'c'is oil a man from Illinois, who came
10 Virginia and bought lands in the
iI"eWatcr section with the view OF 20
'hS INTO the shecp-r raising business on
~! extensive scale. and was actually
uH out oi The state ana out Of the
BUSINESS by the ravages OF the free
negroes sheep killing dogs mink
! nave published III the Industrial Soc
llcn before the experience of this man
from illinois, but be that as it may.
the iaci remains that a great business
10 this state Is being handicapped al
most absolutely Knocked out. because
o. nc Lack OF laws against the sheep
h't'nH DOG Why we can't get our
scNeTcignS to iegisiatc against the dog.
ne dog-Ronned II can tell, but above
are some hints that the people who
erect members Of the Virginia Legis.
latuTc may well take to heart
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS:
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
BY FRANK S. WOODSON
Industrial Editor.

Inns sometime saw
Oh suggestive who hints
looking to the better development good
OF virginia West Virginia North hold
their suggestions from 15o to 200 words
Such communications addressed Industrial Editor will
receive prompt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22

as iar rs the ours and the loose dogs
OF MS neighbors will allow.
lie says lie has been complying with
INC Lewis law, or the proposed law, Of
ms own accord, and that explains why
he can be fox hunter. a hound owner
ana q sheep raiser all at the same time.
RE simply keeps his dogs up just as the
law requires him To keep his COWS and
ms hoss and his sheep Within am in
closure. and he says THAT is all the
proposed Lewis law requires a man
to do with his dogs" Just WHY n vici
Gus and sheep killing dog should have
privileges IN Virginia that the sheen
and hogs and COWS ana horses arc not
allowed TO have. that of going at large.
thlS reuter- writer cannot understand
All that Mr.. I.ewis's bill demands Is
that the dog shall he put on the same
pasls as other animals, and kept with
IN lhc domain of The owner BY the
way II ] am not very much mistaken.
VI Lewis himself Is u man fond OF
INC sports. the owner of dogs. navhe
ipN hunting hounds. but he keeps them
pcnned up and does not allow Them 10
'ald upon the sheepfoids of his own
vast acres or those Of his neighbors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-22
SEA BEACH RAILWAY.

DOings In North Carolina In Neigliborhood
OF Beaufort and Cape Lookout.
report comes from Raleigh Vat the Sea
Beach Railway Company has been chartered
with headquarters in that city, 1t Is paid
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-05-03

fcatIy balanced offerings seer at the
theatre beautiful in some time.
n there is one comedian in 'aude-
Vile today there are at least LOCO, 600
but n of a different type IN every
respect will Doe seen al the Empress
today when Ernest DupilIe will make
his appearance He will undoubtedly
rrose one " the brightest spots ON
the unusual BIN. which fairly bubbles
over with novelties and surprises.
Leonard q Louie. billed as The
Fashlonpldtes" will register Y hit with
their comedy acrobatic acts These
mon 20 through "a series Of difficult
stunts. In addition To doing hcad-to-
head balancing as well as other good
tricks. they keep up a constent line
Of talk that viii no doubt get laughs
Oryille & Frank have a good culver
Of novelties I'm the line Of equilibrium
These two strong men are gymnasts
of a different calibre and vii no
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-05-03
BURNS TO HEAD THE
Police Department
TWO NPPOINTEI2S SAID TO UANI
BEEN AGREED ON BY THE
COMMISSIONERS.
Othcr Nppointccs WIN BE ~hnn"uncod
Following Executive Session
Next Monday.

B. NJ Burns special local detective
far tba Frisco f.. to ba he .campro-
misc, anpointeo for the position Of
gbi,r If nouca of Tu,sl. ~arrnrdinp t1
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