The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-04-17
The RED men TO MEET
IN NEWBERRY In 1915
BERGELL TRIBE PROMINENT IN
ROCK HILL.
Great Chiefs in Annual Session.
Pleasant and Profitable Meet
ing.
Special to The Herald and News.

Rock Hill, April 15.-The next ses-
sion of the Great Council of the In
proved Order of Red Men Of South
Carolina will be held in Newberry.
The meeting comes next April, and
this means also that the Great Qun-
ell of the Daughters OF Pocahontas
will be in Newberry, too. The invi-
Cation on behalf Of Newberry was ex-
Sended by Mr.. Eugene S. Blease, for
Bergell tribe.
In selecting Newberry as the place
of next meeting, the Great Council
paid signal honor to Newberry. 9th
er towns and cities desired the Great
Council, but when the sentiment OF
the members was observed, they with
drew their invitations in favor of the
: best city in the State.
The Great Council session in Rock
Hill was one of the most pleasant and
profitable which the Red Men in South
Carolina have ever held. Great Chief
Of Records Wilson Brooks, of Chicago,
who attended as the personal repre-
sentative of the great incohonee, con-
graduated the great council especial
ly upon the fact that during all the
elections and upon every motion
there was no division-0he Great
Council being unanimous in every ac-
ton which it took. The retiring great
sachem, Mr.. E. H. Aull, of Newberry,
was most heartily congratulated upon
this fact by the acting great incohonee
when the great chiefs were installed.
Newberry has long been prominent
in the Great Council II. fact, Bergell
Tribe, in the matter of men whom she
has furnished to the Great Council
has been and will long be the banner
tribe in the State. Among these men
IS the governor of the State Another
is a man beloved by all Red Men, and
by everybody else who knows him
Hon. Otto Klettner Another is the
present retiring past sachem and now
great prophet, Col E H. Aull.
Newberry next year-that is, Ber-
gell triDe-will have two great repre-
> sentatives in the great council Of the
United States as regular representa-
tives, and will have another as a
member of the great council of the
United States, at it's meeting in Port
land, Maine. Governor Blease and
Hon Otto Klettner were reelected
great representatives, and Mr. E. H.
Aull, the retiring great sachem, was
chosen by the great council, along with
the great chief of records, Mr.. B. c.
Wallace, Of Sumter and Mr.. S. NJ.
Clarkson, of Columbia, retiring great
! keeper of wampum, to attend the great
council of the United States at the
expense of the great council Of South
Carolina.
The other great representative re-
elected was DR.. ]. P. Carlisle, of
Greenville. Col Jas. G. Long, of IN
ion, was elected last year for two
years.
| In the matter of committee appoint
mems, Bergell tribe also Jared veil.
Judge J, H. Chappell was appointed
chairman of the committee on consti-
tuition and law. Mr. John K Aull was
appointed for three years on the great
board of appeals. Mr.. E. L. Rodel-
sperger was already member Of this
board. Mr.. B. B. Leitzsey was reap
pointed chairman of the committee on
returns and elections. Great Repre-
sentative Otto KIettner is secretary of
the State orphans board. Sheriff C,
C. Blease is one of the great trustees.
The entertainment afforded by Rock
Hill was all that could be desired. The
tClOWlng account from the COlumDla
State will show something Of the
meeting:
Rock Hill, April 1.-THE Great
Council of the Improved Order OF
Red Men, Reservation Of South Car
olina, elected chiefs at the annual
meeting held in the wigwam of Cal
umet tribe, No. So, in this city this
morning.
The following were elected: Great
Sachem, A. E. Hill Spartapburg;
great senior sagmore. O. D. Gray,
Williamson; great junior sycamore
Max G. Bryant, Rock Hill; grea: