The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-05-10
STATE MEET OF
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Two Days Session HeId.Here Officers
Elected, Entertainment and
Business Transacted.

The fifty-sixth annual grand
ConcIave of Mississippi Grand
Commande1y Knights Templar con-
vened in Brookhaven at the Ma
sonic Temple yesterday morning at
10 o'clock for a two days session.
At 1890 a. m. public opening
exercises were held at the Whit
worth College Hampton Auditori-
um with an entertaining program
rendered, R. E. Sir G. c. Hoskins,
P. G. c., being master of cere-
monies. In the interim between
the invocation by Rev. ]. M.
Morse and the benediction by Mr..
Hill charming musical numbers
were rendered by Mrs. |. L. Par
sons, Mrs. H. c. Greenwood.
The Bridal chorus from "The Rose
Maiden" was given by the singers
of the Peripatetic Club.
E. Sir Chas. F. Heuck welcomed
the Templars on the city's part
while E. Sir E. N. Thomas, G. c.
G., of GreenviIle made response.
E. Sir ]. E. Seavey made the local
address for St. Elmo Commandery
No. 18, with V. E. Sir Walton G.
Grayson responding for the visit
ing Knights. Devotional services
were held in the Baptist Church,
Rev. Waddell, of Meridian, occu-
pying the pulpit at eleven O'Clock.
A business session was held in
the lodge rooms at 2 in the after
noon while in the evening from
8 80 to 11:30 a reception to the
Grand Commandery was held at
the ancestral home of Grand Com
mander w. H. Seavey of this city,
with his mother, Mrs. A. c. Sea-
vey and sister, Mrs. Ira L. Par
sons, hosteSses of the brilliant oc-
casion.
This morning another business
session was held and at one o'Clock
Grown in Mississippi" dinner
of 120 covers complimentary to
visiting Knights and their ladies
was served at the Elks' Club
rooms, with ladies of Brookhaven
in charge. Seven courses were
served and all decorations and edi-
bles were Grown in Mississippi.
At this, as at the Seavey reception
of last evening the Pitard Orches-
ira furnished beautiful music.
An automobile ride at two thirty
and competitive drill at $50 p.
m. on the Whitworth College CAM
pus closed the Conclave, one of the
most satisfactory in the century of
the Knights history.
The local Commandery were
royal hosts and the impression of
hospitality, the spirit of our people,
excelled its expression in material
signs and symbols, and other out
ward manifestations of cordial
courtesy and appreciation of the
cavalier Knights whom it was
Brookhaven's honor to entertain.
In the competitive drill, held on
the Whitworth campus this after
noon Jackson carried off the hon.
ors, her fine team having demon
strated its ability here once before
several months ago.
The following officers were
elected to serve during the ensuing
term:
Grand commander, Walter G.
Grayson, of Biloxi; deputy grand
commander, Robert A. Carson,
Columbus; grand generalissimo,
Emmett N. Thomas, Greenville;
grand captain general, James F.
Hill, Gloster; grand senior war
den, B. J. Smith, Jackson; grand
Junior warden, w. L. Jordan, Lex
ington; grand prelate, D. B. Wad-
dell, Meridian; grand treasurer, ].
F. Dixon, Natchez; grand record
er, Oliver L. Mckay, Meridian;
grand standard bearer, F. c. Ellis,
Yazoo City; grand sword bearer,
L. E. Connor, Hattiesburg; grand
warden, A. B. Learned, Natchez.
A rather spirited contest be-
tween McComb, Vicksburg and
Biloxi as to the location for next
years meeting resulted in Biloxi
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