Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-05-31
THE PYTHIAN GRAND LODGE.
Columbia Session Last Week Was
Largely Attended-Ofiicers.
columbia State, 24th.)

Pythias Of South Carolina met in an
nual session at the Jefferson Hotel
yesterday morning. The number Of
delegates is we'll above 500, which Is
unusually large. The public session
yesterday morning was largely at
tended.
Veterans HOnOrcd.
Grand Chancellor Gyles announced
that the Grand Lodge would bestow
special jewels upon John a. Elkins,
of Columbia, who is the oldest Pyth-
ian in this State in continuous men,
bership, and upon Charles Bultmann.
of Florence, who has been Pythian
little longer, but whose membership
has not always been in South Caro-
lima. Because Of illness Mr.. Built
man was not present. Mr.. Gyles in
troduced B. A. Morgan as master of
ceremonies. In brief speech he pre-
sented Horatio c. Hughes, Of Charles-
ton, the senior Past Grand Chancel-
lor, who presented the jewel. Mr..
Elkins responded feelingly, recount
ing the organization of Myrtle Lodge
of this city, the oldest lodge in the
State, of which he is a charter mem
Der. There we're nine charter MEM
bers and Mr. Elkins is the only sur
vivor of the nine.
Business Sessions.
The first matter Of business in the
secret session was the reading of the
annual report Of the Grand Chancel-
lor. The paper was said to be the
most comprehensive and lucid expo
sition Of Pythianism in the State for
many years.
The Grand Chancellor made "a num-
Der OF recommendations. Among
them:
l. For the abolition Of tho office
of District Deputy.
z. To abolish the mileage and per
diem Of Past Grand Chancellors.
3. To increase the fees received
from ranks by the Grand Lodge from
the subordinate lodges.
tThe first and second Of these rec
concentrations were adopted. The
third was rejected.)
Election OF Officers.
Alva NJ. Lumpkin, of Columbia,
will be at the head Of the order Of
knights Of Pythias in South Caro-
lima for the ensuing year. He was
chosen Grand Chancellor at the ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge yesterday.
Mr.. Lumpkin has been Grand Vice
Chancellor for the past year, and had
previously served year as Grand
Prelate. He is one Of the most earn
est Knights in the State, and his fell
low Pythians delight to honor him.
The Grand Lodge adjourned yester-
day to meet next year at Union.
Other officers elected were: w. e.
Derrick, of Orangeburg, Grand Vice
Chancellor; Rev. Louis J. Bristow,
of Columbia, Grand Prelate; C. D. |
Brown, Of Abbeville, Grand Keeper
Of Records and Seal; Wilson G. J.
Harvey, of Charleston, Grand Master |
Of Exchequer; e. r. Cox, of Darling |
ton, Grand Master-at-Arms; w. e. |
Fewell, Of Rock Hill, Grand Inner |
Guard; NJ. II. Ohlandt, Of Beaufort, |
Grand Outer Guard.
Grand Chancellor Lnmpkin ap-
pointed j. Earle BooZer, of Colum- !
bia, to serve for a term Of three |
years as the Grand Tribune. D. c.
Hayward was reelected to serve for |
five years ON the Board of Publica- |
tiOn, and r. l.. Dargan, Of Abbeville, |
was chosen to succeed Mr.. Bristow,
who resigned.
Busy Session.
The Grand Lodge was kept quite J
busy at yesterdays session. Com
mittees to whom reports had been re-
ferred the day before made their rec
concentrations, and debate was at
times lively. The recommendation of
the retiring Grand Chancellor, II. II.
Giles, relative to abolishing Deputy
Grand Chancellors, evoked an ami
mated. but fraternal, debate.
The recommendation of the judi
ciary committee that all committees
be appointed from members-elect to
the Grand Lodge, and not otherwise
as is now in vogue, likewiso pro-
duced a spirited debate. Both rec
concentrations ultimately were ad-
opted.
The proposal to eliminate the pay
ment of per diem and mileage to
all Past Grand ChancellOrs was ad-