The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-31
TENNESSEANS At
SUPREME LODGE
Great Numbers in attend.
ance-Much Loyalty to
the Order Shown
Support Promised.

During the week of August 1925
st. Louis, Mo-, was alive with the
most prominent Ppthians of the race.
The meeting was an exceedingly
good one and will go down in frater-
nal history as one of the most bene-
fetal conventions ever held by that
August body. Many prominent Ten
nesseans attended the Supreme lodge
and it may be interesting to many IN
this jurisdiction to know something
of the persOnel of our men and what
they represent.
Among the leaders from Tennessee
we mention first DR.. J. p Crawford,
the leader of Pythianism in the state.
For nineteen years this distinguish
ed Sir Knight has been the head Of
| the order in this jurisdiction.
He has been identified with every
progressive movement among Pyth-
| ianism in this country for number
of years. AS a Grand Chancellor, he
has had a large experience, so much
so that he is eminently fitted to carry
cut the extensive plans of the great
| Domain of Tennessee.
DR.. Crawford is not only active in
Pythian circles but in the educational
world also For number of years
he was principal of the largest Gram
mar School in the city of Nashville,
He is now Supervisor of Grammar
schools which position is the highest
in the gift of the board of public edu.
cation in the city of Nashville.
In the Supreme Lodge, Sir Craw.
ford is chairman of the Committee
on Finance.
Another prominent ,TaUuesseln in
the Supreme lodge was Sir Knight A
w. Fite, for sixteen years the Deputy
Grand Chancellor OF the smiddle dis
trict Of Tennessee
Sir Fites work in the interest OF
the order has been Of SO much bene
fit during all these years that at the
last grand session he was elected
Field Deputy Grand Chancellor.
Knight Fite is a member of Damon
Lodge No. 2. of Nashville and for five
years was president of the Pyhtiar
Hall Association of Nashville, The
popularity of Sir Knight Fite was
thoroughly demonstrated at the Grand
Lodge Session, when such distin
guished Pythians as A. N. Johnson
J. C. Napier, J. Milton Easterling, and
u. w. Richardson, deemed it an honor
and a privilege to second his nOmin
alton for the position of Field Depu
ty.
Sir Fite's activity has won for hin
a host of loyal friends Throughout
the state Sir Fite served on the
Committee of Rules in the Supreme
Lodge.
From West Tennessee came one. o
National fame, the eloquent Col
Roscoe Simmons. Col Simmons il
J so well known that it seems unneC
cessary to say other than he wa
= there.
t The Colonel is a member of tn
2 Binghamton Lodge. of Memphis ant
, went to the Supreme Lodge as a rer
: resentative of the State of Tennessee
G In the Supreme Lodge this grea
r Tennessean was the official reporter
DR.. r. W. Allen, of Chattanooga
: visited the Supreme Lodge, as a reI
resentative from this state.
DR.. Allen was for a number of year
the G. r. r. and S. of the jurisdit
tion of Tennessee, and is now on
! of the most popular Pythians in tn
> State.
;, DR.. Allen is a member of the fir
Allen and Wyckliff, of Chattanooga
, This firm is credit to the city o
E Chattanooga and is a living exampl
9 of Negro thrift and business acumer
9 Dr. c. o. Hunter, the present G. K
4 R. and S., was also in attendance a
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