Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-07-28
MAYOR WELCOMES
COLORED PYTHIANS
Grand Lodge and Grand Court
Both Get Down To Work
Irvine Complimented
(By L. D. Williams)

The 9th annual session of the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias
was formally welcomed to Rich
mond by Mayor L. P. Evans al
the Tuesday evening session
which was held in the auditorium
Of the colored high school, and at
tended by an audience that filled
the, auditorium to its utmost ca
paclty. The Mayor expressed the
hope that members of the order
would exemplify The friendship OF
Damon and Pyhtias in their daily
lives and at the close of their de
alterations here they will be SO
well pleased with their stay in
Richmond that they will want to
return here for another session.
The Mayors speech was short
and to the point, and was gener-
ously applauded by the big audi
ence. Lawyer J. A. White and
Mrs. Fannie S. Gwynne delivered
we'll prepared welcome addresses
on behalf of the local lodge and
the local Court of Calanthe.
Past Grand Chancellor A. L.
Gravin, of Louisville, delivered
the response to Mayor Evans ad-
dress, while Mrs. Cornelia Yves
ton, in one of the most eloquent
addresses of the kind that mem
bers of the order have listened to,
responded on behalf of the Grand
Court
In several of the addresses elo-
quent tributes were paid to Capt.
Vulcan Irvine. for having won
several of the big prizes at nation
al encampments, with the Rich
mond uniform rank.
The program was interspersed
with instrumental and vocal music
and was featured by solos by
Mrs. Frances Duncan.
Both the Grand Court and the
Grand Lodge got down to real
business at the Tuesday afternoon
session. Grand Chancellor J. NJ .
Mundy, of Henderson, delivered
his annual address in WHICH a full
review of his years work was
made. All of the officers of the
Grand Lodge have handled the af
fairs of the order honestly and eff
ficiently and Pythianism made ..
substantial growth in the state
last year. Considerable Roadway
was made in liquidatine the in
debtedness on the Pythian en-
pie at Louisville, which is the big
gest business and realty venture
ever made by the colored people
in Kentucky. The Grand Chan
cellor pleaded for harmony in the
ranks and predicted that shortly
all of. the big financial obligations
will be settled and the race will be
greatly benefited as a result OF
what Pythians have done along
business and commercial lines
The Pythian Temple, built at d
cost of $125.OOO a few years ago
is now worth twice that amount
and afford colored people the con
veniences OF hotel as well as
provides space for various kinds
rof business and Offices for PROBES
sional men.
Owen Robinson, Grand Keeper
of Records and Seals, made his
final report before retiring from
office. Through his untiring eff
forts. assisted by loyal co-work-
ers, the order made its biggest in
crease in membership last year
The number Of deaths was small
er than in years. The net re
sources of the order are $4,000
and the membership in the state
is AIS. Reports were made by
other Grand Lodge officers as fol-
lows:
D. D. Williams, Franklin. Crane
Master of Exchequer; w, w
Wilson, Frankfort Brigadier Gen<
eral Uniform Rank; DR.. J. J..
Thomas, Harrodsburg, Grand
Medical Registrar; F. M. Wood,
Paris, Grand Trustee; ]. w. Egg
lister, Paducah, Grand Trustee,
andH. F. Jones, Henderson, Su
preme Representative.
DIR. E. E. Underwood, of Frank
fort, who is the Supreme Keeper
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