The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-09
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
WILL VISIT CITY
Many Members Of Illinois Command.
cries viii Stop Here on Way
to New Orleans conclave.

That the Illinois communicates OF
Chicago and its environs win come to
I Pensacola more than two thousand
strong. on the occasion OF the Trien-
#nial Conclave of Knights Templar
which convenes in New Orleans April
gath, was the statement Of p. w Nor
row and Herbert Wiley Of Chicago
yesterday afternoon, following a con-
/ ference with the convention commit
tee Of the Pensacola Chamber OF Conn
merce.
| Mr.. Morrow is northwestern pas
senger agent of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, and Mr.. Wiley rep
resents the Monon Route, Chicago,
indianapolis and Louisville, as general
agent of the passenger department.
These gentlemen arrived in Pensa-
cola yesterday morning for the pur-
pose of comforting with S. Fl. Burke,
of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road, and the members of the conven-
tiona committee of the Chamber Of
Commerce. as to the schedule which
will be maintained, and other details
of heir itinerary, when they stop in
Pensacola, en- route to and from New
Orleans at which time they viii be
entertained.
1--WE are coming south with a wond-
erful delegation" said Mr.. Wiley, and
in spite of the fact that we reached
your city on a rainy day we want to
say that we have been much impressed
by your wonderful harbor here, which
find is the best land-locked harbor
in the entire south. I have been
amazed at the wonderfuI opportunities
Of your city, and / want to say that in
spite of the cold weather, which we
are having everywhere just now, my
impression Of your city has been most
delightful and we feel sure that on
our return in April that we shall bring
with us one of the largest delegations
ever represented here
EN- route to New Orleans we expect
that at least $50 will stop over in PEN
sacola from the Illinois communicates
alone, and on the return trip at least
1,400 will be the guests of Pensacola. !"
The communicates which viii come
south from Illinois win include the IL
linois Commandery with approximate
ly $50 persons; the Lincoln Park and
American Commandery, approximating
200; the 1ontjoie and Mispah Com
manderies, with $50; the Hurhbolt
Park and st. Elmo Communicates,
275; the Apollo Commandery, 49,
EngIewood Commandery, 375 to 400
persons; Illinois Grand Commandery,
$50; Wisconsin Communicates, 325 per-
sons; Sloan Commandery of Chicago.
$50 persons; Chicago Commandery $50
persons; Austin, Freeport and Dixon
Communicates, $50; Woodlawn, 200
persons.
These communicates will only be q
part of the large number which viii
attend the conclave in New Orleans,
and alreday Pensacola is getting some
wonderful advertising through the lit
erature that is being sent out.
One of the best of these brochures,
which is profusely illustrated calls at
tention to Pensacola both ON the cover
and again in full page spread, il
Illustrated with a picture of the San
Carlos and the Palafox Parkway. The
advertising which accompanies this
picture is as follows:
Arrive 700 a. m. Friday, April %.
Leave 700 p m, Friday April %.
.Detraining from our night sleepers
Friday morning. we will be met by
Couer de Lion Commandery No / and
by the Chamber of Commerce and
shown the many attractions Of PEN
sacola. We experience the novelty of
a boat-ride on the Gulf of Mexico;
visits to Fort Barrancas; to old, old
Fort San Carlos and new Fort Pickens
with it's disappearing coast artillery;
also the Naval Aviation School AS
we motor out toward the navy yard
we think Uncle Sam could not have
chosen a more picturesque spot in
which to locate his sailors.
Pensacola is the oldest city in the
United States, antedating st. Angus
tine by four years. The Iong-leaf
southern yellow pine fringing the pa
shell roads is like a green
English lawn made into a tree. It is
the most sophisticated and developed
of a whole nestful of summer-and-
winter resorts we find along the warm,
white sand beach of Perdido Bay,
stretching from Florida to Alabama
From Pensacola we take our special
at 1900 p. m. via night sleeper for