The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-11-14
;HRINERS PREPARE
FOR CEREMONIAL
Additional Facilities Being Arrang-
ed To Handle the Big Crowd
Here December /.

Greenville News.
When the Greenville Shriners met
lin the Masonic Temple last week to
perfect plans and arrangements for
1.-THE fall ceremonial of Hejaz Temple,
which is to be held in Greenville on
Thursday, December 1, it was a
brotherly gathering of enthusiastic
men who showed every determination
of seeing that the coming event should
|eclipse anything yet undertaken in
this section in the way of Shrine
ceremonial. With that thought fore
most in their minds there was friend
lily, yet frank and open discussion of
the work handled by the various COM
mittees in the past, together with
lpractical and constructive sugges-
tions for improvements and better
ments in the future. The chairman of
the various committee who are to be
in charge of the preparations for the
approaching festival and who will
also see to the final execution of the
plans in their different departments,
invited suggestions, asked questions
and made notes, in that manner
sounding out, through those present,
! the sentiments of the members at
/ large in order that they might bend
! their efforts toward planning an en-
tertainment that would better please
the majority. If the spirit of that
meeting is an indication of what is
| to follow on December. l., the Shrin-
ers of upper South Carolina have, in
the fall ceremonial of Hejaz Temple
something they may well look for
ward to as being the banner celebra-,
ton of the year.
George T. Bryan, Potentate of He
JAZZ Temple in. appointing the several
committees cautioned them in regard
to their duties, telling them they had
the unfailing support of the entire
membership in whatever they under
took and that pract;callyy everything
relative to the success of the cereno-
nial rested in their hands. He asked
them to Immediately notify him IN
case any point arose on which they
might hesitate to assume authority
and he would see that there was no.
delay on account of decisions. He
further requested that there be no
eleventh hour rush and confusion to
complete arrangements, and asked
that every man attend to his particu-
lar work in the near future, to be-
gin now and have everything in
readiness and then to rest easy in the
contemplation of a task welldone
until the time for the ceremonial.
At each ceremonial as the men,
bership of Hejaz Temple grows, the
imatter of housing and entertainment
for the vast hordes of Shriners be-
comes very difficult. Even in the COM
modious Textile Hall, the largest and
Ibest equipped building of its kind in
the state, it is a proposition to care
for the large numbers in attendance.
Last spring with seats for two thous-
and at the dinner tables there was
scarcely room for all. However, ad-
ditional facilities will be added this
time to handle the greater number
that is expected to be present. Be-
cause of the changes among the high
officers scheduled to take place on
December 1st, and because that cere-
monial will perhaps be the last to be
held in Greenville for another year
there is little doubt but that it will
be the largest gathering of the kind
ever seen in the city. Another indi-
cation of large attendance is the
number of petitions from candidates
desiring to affiliate with the order on
December 1st, which are being receiv-
ed daily by Recorder John M. Holmes
There was never a candidate for the
Shrine who did not have string of
Shriner friends who came along to
"see him through" Such friendship,
! it has been stated on good authority,
undergoes a severe test Con the part
of the candidate) during the ceremo-
nial session and the few days follow
ing, but no cases are on record
where the relations were strained to