El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-06
CEN. FORREST s
GRANDSON HERE
Sons Of Confederate Veterans
Entertain For Him; Moose
Nominate Officers.

Adjt Gen. Bedford Forrest. grandson
and namesake Of Gen. Nathaniel Bed
ford Forrest was houored by the Calvin
Crozier camp. Sons Of Confederate
Veterans, Friday evening with a recep-
ton at the Elks' club which was
/ attended by the entire camp OF Con-
federate sons and by the Daughters Of
the COnfederacy..
Adjt Gen. Forrest. OF the national
I organization Of Sons Of Confederate
J veterans, is here to make an inspection
I OF the FL fasO camp and has been the
/ guest Of local members and officers
8 since his arrival Friday morning. The
I reception at the Elks' club closed a
series OF entertainments for the grand
/ son OF the distinguished southerner
I and he left Saturday morning for Sill
yer City. y ". and Santa Rita n NJ
I 70 install camps Of the order in these
I two places.
Judge jackson Eloquent.
Judge Dan N Jackson made the
principal speech Of welcome 10 Mr. Z
Forrest, being introduced by Capt.
John n Harris. Of the local camp.
Judge Jackson spoke eloquently Of the
services the grandfather Of the honor
guest had rendered the Confederacy
and Of his brilliant career He re-
I ferred to the Confederate doctrine Of I
states rights from a legal standpoint I
and declared that this doctrine was J
IT,
this republic would revert to mon
archial form of government
Ad1t- Gen. Forrest responded TO this /
address of welcome b. praiSing FL ]
Paso and her people and declaring that .
he was thinking strongly of locating ]
In Fl PasO and making this his home
lie declared that all sectional lines Z
had been erased and this was one
country with one flag and one com
mon purpose.
Musical Program.
The musical program was IN charge /
Of Mrs. J. E Bowen. of the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy. Mrs.
Robert Lander sang Dixie" Robert
Carson sang "Old Black ice" Miss Mai
Harris. daughter Of Cant Join y
Harris sang a solo Miss Julia MaIlow
also sang a solo; Mrs. +. " Thomas {
sang and AR. Thomas playeu the ac- Z
compartments: Mrs Mary Bond Whea
also played the accompaniment for I
several Of the musical numbers. Mrs z
Lander's Bonnie Blue Flag was espe-
elally pleasing 10 the Confederate
Confederate Veterans 10 Meet.
The Confederate Veterans viii hold
their monthly meeting Sunday after
noon AT the Elks club at o'clock The
Daughters of the Confederacy will give
an entertaining program and viii
serve refreshments
Moose Nominate Bowen.
Al the FRIDAY night meeting OF the
Loyal Order Of Moose. c. l. Bowen was II
nominated TO succeed himself for re- /
election as head Of tine order. Mr.
Bowen has been active in the cam
ItaiSu for membership and also for the
100000 Moose sanitarium and the
members have insisted that he con-
tinue in Office another term in order
TO complete the campaigns which he
has been instrumental in starting. The /
election VIII be held next Friday night
nited Empire Club To Elect
the United Empire club. the local Eng
lsh and Canadian organization. VIII /
lake place on Monday evening at
Syan's hall. Following the business
Meeting. there VIII Ice a smoker ana
In attractive program has been ar 9
anged-
Bees Are Busy. =
j. y Nelson, supreme president OF h
ne Benevolent Order Of Bees. who II
makes MS headquarters in this city, I III
las returned from an extended trim TO IL
>eW Mexico where he organized sew N
.lal new hives Just before his return II
le orS2nlzed hive at santa Fe, and n
iul a snort time before completed the b II
rEanization Of a hive at Albuquerque II
The Bees were organized in IL Paso |;
asst summer ana this city holds the III
lsunction OF being the only city Do the II
tate mat is the national HEADQUARTERS IL
Il a fraternal organization The mem u
'ersnip IN Texas and New Mexico II
Vhere hives have been organized. now II
eacnes enarly 1000 and the order IS III
rowing rapidly. II
Mr. Nelson is the originator OF the II
Gees, having written the ritual and III
romOted the organization. The first III
oaSe was organized in III Paso. and III
ms nlFe now has nearly 400 members III
II the meeting Of the local hive ines N
ay nlShI eight new members were II
{ ken m ana other business was dis II
osed Of III
ElLs Elect Officers. III
me annual election of offfrar- n E TIL
aso lodge let, Benevolent Protective III
IueF OF Elts, was held TUESDAY night . III
ne election resulted as follows: III
Eoy D. BarnCm. exalted ruler O. I Ill
ole, esteemed leading knight, a Il. III
nlth, esteemed loyal knight / u I'LL
JASON, esteemed lecturing knight. J. III
Anderson. secretary; T. NJ Murchfn- III
'H' 1re5 ,ssir' 4. T. Samworth, tyler. III
X Stlles, trustee; Y r. stiles TIL
elegate to the grand lodge; C. II iii
dimes, alternate. iii
The regular meeting Of Mounr iii
rankin Lodge Of Perfection No < III
cottish Rite OF Freemasonrv. win H. TIL
ETA Monday night Only routine mat It'll
rs VIII be discussed. it is announced. I'LL
me regular meeting Of Oasis chant ~
b, hhlgnts Rose CroiX No. s.: Rio iii
rande Council No 9. Knights Kad- iii
'n; and Fl PasO Consistorv No 2 III
Acleht and Accepted Scottish Rite Of lil
e1einasonry, viii be held Monday III
II IS announced that over 20 a,r,1=- I'll
lions Tor degrees are already i'm for TIL
e seml-annual reunion Of the Scct- It'll
5h Rite bodies that will be beId in It'll
Paso April 1928. II is antici1s+eJ iii
az the coming reunion will see one iii
the largest classes upon which de- TIL
ees nave been conferred by the 81 iii
At the regular meeting Of TornuIo III
IIlp 10 -, WoOdmen OF the WORLD It'll
10 Monday night one member v-9e III
utd oy transfer, one by initiation III
lile two applications were fiied Tbs I'll .
Al report. which will be made March iii
ls expected 10 show a total mem- I'LL
is"ip lot me camp Of about $50. iii
Eagles Are Growing. III
At the regular meeting of III Dee. I'll
re No -. Fratenal Order Of F,apieq iii
20 Wednesday night. two new mem TIL
-s were taken in. As a result Of rba It'll
,ent efforts to increase the men TIL
snip OF the order between 12s and W
new members have been taken in TIL