The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-16
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tConc1nue0 from rage OueJ
go by the side of man in saving the
world, for when he decided to make
woman, he did not take her from
mans feet, or head. but from his side,
. thus placing her where she belonged.
The highest honor that has ever
been bestowed upon human being
was that of mother. She has helped
to make man what he is, and when
ever you find a great man, back of
him was a great mother, and often by
his side is his silent help, his wife.
| We are here today to work-in fact
that is the slogan OF this week" Follow
ing the lifting of the pass words, the
supreme court was opened according
to the ritual.
The opening prayer was made by
the supreme orator, Mrs. McGhee, and
then followed the reading of the proc
lamation of the authority for the open
| ing of the supreme court. The COM
mittee on credentials. consisting of
Mrs. A. D. Keys, Texas, chairman;
| Mrs. Bertha Buekner, of Missouri;
Mrs Eva Owens. Of iowa; Mrs. Cora
Ash, of Indiana: Mrs. Mary Nelson
Jones, of Georgia. and Mrs Mary
Hazelwood. of West Virginia, supreme
register of deeds, reported, as did the
committee on rules, consisting of Mrs.
| D. E. MCGEE, South Carolina, chair
vania; Mrs Josephine Hayes, Massa-
| chusetts; Mrs. Annie ]. Wallace, Mis-
sissippi, and Mrs. Rosa Hoard, Illinois.
Noted Persons Here.
There were many noted persons who
took part in the opening. Among
them were Mrs. Carrie A. Tuggle,
| grand worthy councillor of Alabama,
! and president and founder of Tuggle
Institute, Birn1Sgh an institution
4 which is reaching out for the unfor-
tunate boys and girls, those who. other
! wise would be thrown away Mrs.
Tuggle declared that the greatest
crime breeders in the world were
/ a negro boy or girl or any other boy
or girl to grow up illiterate and
| ignorant would be the making of an
| other criminal.
ct am proud to be in Kansas" she
said, land I was glad to see that the
| people of this city and state do not
believe in substitutes, but the real
thing; hence last night we heard the
real governor and the real mayor, ana
not excuses"
The committee on rules reported to
the supreme lodge and the supreme
[ court.
Young Presiding Officer.
Mrs Moreno Davis. grand worthy
counsellor of Kansas, is graduate
from the Western college now located
at Kansas City, Mo-, and one of the
youngest presiding officers in the
country. She is the wife of the noted
Ipoet. Tilford Davis, of Kansas City,
Kan.
/ Mrs. S. w. Green is a leader among
the women from Louisiana, and has
contributed much to the success of the
supreme court
Gen. Joseph l. Jones, OF Cincinnati,
past vice supreme chancellor was
lseated to the right of the supreme
councillor, and was ready to aid him
lin any way possible. He presided over
1.-THE supreme court a number of years
and retired two years ago.
ITO see Kansas is worth my trip to
this section of the country" said Mrs.
Emma G. Colyer, grand worthy coun-
sellor of Florida, land I shall return
to my home in the sunny south full OF
inspiration. We are striving to make
our country what it should be. We
are educating our boys and girls and
Iinstilling into the very souls manhood
and womaphood"
! -snr Supreme, Court Officers.
The following supreme court officers
were present this morning: Ernest G.
Harrington, Evansville, Ind, supreme
worthy counsellor; Mrs. NJ. L. Grant
Daren, Ga, supreme inspector; Mrs
Jessie D. Robinson. st. Louis, supreme
Iinspeetrix; Mrs. Bessie r. Johnston,
st. Corona. N. Y. supreme senior
Idirectress; Mrs. Pinkis Pottsdamer.
ITallahasse, Fla, supreme junior
ldirectress; Mrs. Beulah Fisher, Beu-
fort s. C., supreme orator: Mrs. NJ. ].
Lakewood. Charleston. w. Va, SUI
Epreme register of deeds; Mrs. Anna B.
Mundy. Henderson. Ky, supreme re-
iceiver of deposits; Mrs. Fannie Cosby
Bleven. birmingham, Ala, supreme es-
Icort; Mrs. Cora Burke, Knoxville.
Tenn, supreme conductreSs; Mrs. NJ.
lJosenberger FIT. Smith, Ark, supreme
assistant conductress; Mrs. Moreno
Davis, Kansas City. Kan, supreme lee
turer; Mrs. Mary Richardson. Balti-
more, Md. supreme herald; John
Fielding, Cincinnati. Ohio, Supreme
protector; Miss Emma Joe Cockrill,
Nashville. Tenn, supreme matron; Mrs.
N. A. Kirk, Waco, Texas. supreme sec
rotary, endowment.
Parade at 8 O'Clock.
The big Mardi-Gras parade will
form at the camp at 8 o'clock and
move from the grounds at $3.50
camp, officer and private, will take
part in this parade. The public is
promised spectacle that it will not
soon forget. All manner of uni
forms, except dress uniforms, will be
worn in the parade. prize will be
offered to the company or division
which has the best and most original
uniforms and stunts. Singing. college
yellsS horns, and every instrument
that will make noise and lots of 1t
will be used in the parade. The or
der of the parade is as follows: First
division. Illinois and Oklahoma; sec
ond division, Ohio. West Virginia and
Texas; third division, Missouri; fourth
division, Indiana, Pennsylvania and
Georgia; fifth division, Tennessee
and Arkansas; sixth division, Kansas;
seventh division, Calanthe drill corps,
Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, In
diana, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas;
eighth division. D. o. K. o. and SUBJ
ordinate lodges No Carriages or an
tomobiles will be allowed in the line
of march.
i The following is the route over
which tonight's parade will travel:
East on Seventeenth street from the
camp grounds TO Kansas avenue,
north on Kansas avenue to Third
street, turn at Third and go back on
!; the Avenue to Seventeenth and west
on Seventeenth to the Fair grounds.
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