The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-11-27
CHARLESTON SHRINERS' MECCA
LARGE NUMBER OF MOBILES OF
MYSTIC SHRINE ATTEND SEMI
ANNUAL GATHERING.
More Than Fifty Persons From Here
to Journey on Two Special Pullman
Car8-Rctprn OH Friday Morning
Patrol Will Have Charge of Ccrc-
moniaI Scssion-E'rcsh Meat Will
Afford Amusement for Crowds.


many of the Mobiles of the Ancient
Order of the Mystic Shrine |, =; for
ward TO with anticipations OF the
greatest pleasure. 1t is a day OF fun
and frolic for the Shriners. for it is
the day on which they have their an
nual fall gathering and celebrate as
the "big" festival OF the year. Sum-
ter entertained the Shrincrs two years
ago and the celebration here will long
be remembered.
This afternoon when A. c. l.. train
No. 53 from Grcenvilic to Charleston
pulls out it will have at ached on to it
two extra Pullman cars in which are
riding more than fifty Of the people of
Sumter, mobiles of Omar Temple, and
their ladies, who are bound on their
semi-annual pilgrimage to the gather
ing OF the shrine. The Sumter Shrine
Club will send practically it's total
membership to the ceremonial at
Charleston, more than has ever gone
from Sumter to any former session,
and large number of ladies will go
with their husbands, fathers, brothers,
as the case may be. The mobiles will
take their fresh meat" along and
liquid refreshments will also be pro-
vided. Noble Ryttenberg has been
placed In charge Of the menu and will
serve bouffe supper en route from
Sumter to Charleston. Noble /. C..
Strauss, who is president of the Sum-
ter Shrine Club, will be in charge of
the caravan as chief of the pilgrims.
a part of the Sumter contingent Of
mobiles will be the Sumter Division Of
the Arabic Patrol, q feature of Omar
Temple which has attracted much
favorable attention. In charge Of the
patrol will be Noble Second Lieuten-
ant Junius Parrott, Noble Third Lieu
tenant Geo. ID. Levy, Noble Sergeant
q. q. Tweed, Noble Sergeant Abe
Ryttenberg, who will have with them
sixteen mobiles in the patrol, which will
act as a special guard for the fresh
meat" while the caravan is on it's
journey. The fresh meat" consists
of Messrs Aaron c. Phelps, Irving A.
Ryttenberg, Perry M. Brown and Eli
sha Carson, who will be initiated into
the rites of the mystic temple before
they return to the city A feature of
the meeting this year is the fact that
the ceremonial session will be given
over entirely to the patrol, who will
execute this part of the program in q
highly efficient manner.
Future Noble Burgess Bultman will
be the drummer boy and mascot of
the Sumter division of the Arabic Pa
troll The patrol will decorate their
cars with their large banners on the
outside and with smaller banners and
pcnnants on the inside, boosting Sum-
ter and the Sumter Shrine Club along
the way.
Upon their arrival in Charleston the
Shriners will he met and taken in
charge by the Charleston patrol. An
informal reception will be given for
the visiting Shrincrs. THANKSGIVING
morning will be ushcred in with q
Thanksgiving service at the Masonic
hall conducted by Noble Rev. William
way of Grace Church. AT noon
business session will be held at the
Schutzen Platz, where an oyster roast
VIII be served. At $50 the big
Shriners' parade will be held. This Is
the big feature of the gathering. That
night at s O'Clock the ceremonial ses-
sion will be held and will he in charge
OF the patrol. Afterwards a dance
will be given, which will be the means
of amusement until early the next
morning, when the Sumter men and
women take passage in their Pull
mans to return home. The Sumter
Shrine club has always taken q prom
inent part in the meetings of Omar
Temple and this time they will be
more prominent than ever before.
quite number of people from sum-
ter who are not Shriners will also 20
to Charleston to attend the Shrincrs'
meeting and enjoy the festivities of
the occasion.