Bisbee daily review., 1914-02-17
PYTh|ANS ID HOLD
 GOLDEN JUBILEE.
Knights in This Country and Canada Planning to Cele- brate Fiftieth Anniversary

NAStfh- h-y1i ON, II. C. Feb. 16.- Thursday next will be the golden tub flee or flftieth anniversary yof the founding of the Knights of Pythias. and lodges in every part of the United States and Canada are preparing to celebrate the event in an appropriate manner. The order was founded in this city and the greatest celebration will be held here. The exercises will begin Wednesday and continue through the remainder of the week. The grand lodges of all the States and Provinces will be represented by delegates.
 The celebration will be ushered in Wednesday evening with a reception and entertainment to be given by the Pythian Sisters of the District of Columbia. Thursday afternoon the jub. flee exercises will be held ih the ball room of the New Willard Hotel. Su- preme Chancellor Thomas J. Carlisle, of Macon, Ga, will preside, and a number of prominent speakers will be heard. Among those present will be Abraham D. vandeveer and Ed ward s. Kimball. who were the first members initiated into the order. The celebration will be continued | Thursday evening with an anriver- sary mass meeting. Secretary of State 1 William J. Bryan, who Is past chan cellor of Lincoln Lodge of Lincoln. Neb., will deliver an address on Fra ternity as Exemplifed by the Knights of Pythias.' Supreme Vice Chancel- Tor Brigham s. Young, of ohio, will speak on "Friendship," Cupreme Pre- late Joseph H. SpeariEg. of Tennes- see, on Charity" and Supreme Mas ter Of Exchequer Thomas n. Meares, Of North Carolina, on Benevolence. ' | Friday will be devoted largely to review of the work of the several branches of the order by their iffi cials and prominent members. Maj Gen. Arthur J. Stobbart will speak for the uniform rank of the order Union B. Hunt of Indianapolis for the insurance department. Imperial Prince Charles s. Rice for the Dramatic Or der Knights of Khorassan and Mrs Ida NJ. Johnson of Colorado. the su preme chief. for the Pythian Sisters
 The formal exercises of the jubi lee will conclude Friday evening with a great mass meeting at the New Willard Hotel. at which Supreme Vice Chancellor Young will preside There will be two addresses. one by Walter B. Richie. past supreme chan cellor, on "The Lesson of Friendship and the other by Rev. Allen A. Stock dale, of Toledo. on "Pythian Power.
 Tn the whole range of fraterna and beneficiary societies there i: probllily none that can equal the Knights of Pythias in its record O growth Fifty years ago the order wa unborn. Today it is the third larges organization of its kind in America its membership being exceeded onl! by that of the Free MasoEs and tn' odd Fellows.
 It was on February 19, 1864, tha Justus H. Rathbone, a New Yorke who was employed in one of the Gov ernment offices here, called togethe few of his friends to discuss th formation of fraternal society. l was just at the close of the civil wa and the time was considered auspl cious for forming such a society. Tn initial steps were taken and 1t wa decided to call the order the Knight of Pythias.
 The order ptospesed from tn start. From It's humble beginning | this city it spread to every part c the United States and Canada. Th total membership now exceeds 700 900. ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, an Illinois have upwards of 50,000 mem bers each The Pythian Sisters, tn womans auxiliary to the order. is or ganized throughout the country Tn military department boasts of 20,OO
 members, while the insurance d. partment has about 75,0O0 member who carry an aggregate of nearl,
 s100000,0 900 in insurance