Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-08-03
The Edge6eld Shrine Clubs
Barbecue.

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Carolina and other states, made thu
historic old town their Mecca, ant
were greeted with a welcome, which
from the printed banners to the
hearty hand-grasp, was genuine
Headquarters were established il
the commodious B. B. Jones build
ing opposite the post office. A get
together session was held here dur
ing the morning, bright music being
furnished by the Graniteville Con-
cert Band.
Later the jolly crowd repaired to
the Graded and High School build
ing, an ideal place for such a gath
ering, situated in its extensive, shady
campus.
A regular program "a enjoyed
in the auditorium, interspersed with
band music.
Capt. Less Moore, president of the
Edgefeld County Shrine Club, a 10y
al noble, and more, zone of Gods
noble men" opened the program with
his usual genial manners. He in
troduced Noble B. R. Tillman, who
was loudly applauded and lovingly
hailed from the audience as a "Son
of the Grand Old Man" and who
voiced the county's hearty welcome.
Capt. Moore then gave tie chair
to Noble A. H. Corley, who gracious
ly introduced the speakers. Judge
William II. Thurmond was asked to
give a little sketch of Edgefeld
county, in which he paid a beautiful
tribute to Masonry and particularly
to the Shrine order.
Next was Noble Frank Hart, of
Columbia, who, though young in
years, has earned the %soubriquet
"Father of Shriners" by his splendid
He is Past Potentate of Omar
Temple and Representative of the
Imperial Council. Noble Harris talk
stressed the point that the Shriner's
Mission was to make the world a
better and safer place.
Solicitor-G General A. L. Franklyn,
of Augusta, a prominent noble IN
Alec Temple, made an eloquent talk
on the high ideals of. the Shriners.
Noble z. V. Davidson, of Chester,
Chief Rabban of Hejaz Temple, gave
a resume of the Shrine from its in
cipiency-a sketch which showed
how this order, though thought of as
merely social, has undertaken a mag
nifcent work, and will spend mil
lions in its special hospitals, where
crippled children can have a chance
to be made physically fit.
Noble George T. Bryan, of Green
Vile, Past Potentate of Omar and
Heiaz Temples, was the last speaker
His tender and expressive words
c~rvsfallized in the poem "Glad to See
YOU" fell like a benediction on the
attentive audience.
After the concluding musical num-
Der the 'cue was served in the spa
cious school dining room-whlcR
was very deliberately decorated with
the Shrine %colors, red and yellow.
The several columns were entwlned
with the %colors, and bright garlands
prettily draped around the en-
tire room, feathery asparagus being
nsed where the colorful festoons
crossed between each window. Mel
low japanese lanterns suspended
the beamed ceiling, gave a love-
" touch to the scheme, the alter-
mating colors being used in their ar
rangement. Four tables stretched
the room, on whose snowy
cloths, vases of rich red and yellow
cut flowers were spaced.
All the preceding night the savory
odor of barbecued meats had foateo
out from the huge pits above the
glowing seasoned oak Goals and n
u proved to be a culinary triumph
The menu consisted of hash, mutton
pork ham, fricaseed chicken ala
mushrooms, rice, Irish potato saao'
sliced tomatoes with mayonnaise'
corn on the cob, cucumbers, Iceberg
lettuce, deviled eggs, French roils'
egg bread, coffee and beer. Before
the bountiful meal Captain Moore
asked that everyone stand for the
blessing which Noble Frank Hart
reverently invoked.
One of the prominent character