The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-22
By E. H. -AulI.
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Through the courtesy of the Great
Council of South Carolina, |. O. R. NJ,
had the pleasure and the profit of
attending the Great Council OF the
United States l. o. R. NJ, held the past
week in the city Of Portland, Maine,
and l feel that T will be pardoned for
ri, inc the readers of The Herald and
News some impressions Of the meeting
and an account of some 0: t2a things
done and some of the things seen in
this far east city. Those who are not
interested. and who do not care to
read what is here written, may just
skip over to something else. | feel
that it is true that great many peo-
pie in South Carolina have an erron-
eous impression OF the standing and
Importance and personnel OF the men,
bers of the great order Of Improved
Order of Red Men. l say this with a
full appreciation of the worth of those
who compose the order in tlis Great
Reservation.
South Carolina had four representa-
tives in the Great Council, Cole. L..
Blease, Otto. Klettner, J. P. Carlisle,
and J. G. Long, Jr. In addition to
these C. E. Tolley was a member of
the committee on Indian Memorial and
B. C. Wallace attended as Great Chief
of Records of South Carolina, and
the Great Council sent Past Great
Sachems E. H. Aull and S. NJ. Clark
son. So that South Carolina had eight
representatives present, more tnan
any other Great Reservation in pro-
portion to membership.
The order is purely Of American
origin and las a membership In the
United States of more than half mil
zion, and among these are some OF
ehe most prominentmen inthe country.
The Great Council is composed Of men
of ability in all lines of activity.
Carl Foster, the out gong Great In
conee, is a judge in Bridgeport, Conn,
and is a man of striking appearance
and ahove tie ordi4aty in ability
His successor, Fred Downes. OF Bos-
ton, is a lawyer of large practice and
a man of great executive ability. He
is plain and unassuming bit you have
only to watch his act">i:s and listen
TO his talks to realize that ne is
man of great brain force. There are
other men of ability in the order, and
the Great Council IS ore OF the strong
est delfberative bodie, u tins country.
Past Great Incohonea Iriygs, Of Tex
as. is a man far abore the ordinary in
ability. He is als5 pro:c:ne'.t Il tae
knights of Pytaia5.
NV travelling compaLiGA and guar
dian on tne trip was O,to kletlner,
of Newberry, and every one VINO
knows Otto knows that | was in good
hands and we'll cared :or. He stands
with the Great Council of the United
States lust like he does with the Great
Council Of South Carolina. Every one
knows him and loves him. He is
true Red Man and true man in every
other calling and walk of life. We
left Newberry at 3:20 on Saturday,
September y, and reached Portland
on Monday morning about 6 o'clock
We had a stop of few hours IN New
York but most of the time We were
on the train. At New York We were
joined by the others Of the South Car
olina delegation. The journey was
made without special incident and
without accident, though our train go
ing was some two hours late in reach
ing Washington.
We had just gotten out Of one or
two elections down in South Carolina,
and the first thing We heard when
we reached Portland was that an cleo
tion was on that day for State officers.
We were all somewhat interested in.
the election from the fact that the
mayor of Portland who delivered one
OF the addresses of welcome to the
Great Council was the Democratic
Nhpy have