The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-21

stated that he would be unable to at
tend. AS a speechless banquet would
be rather dumb affair Mayor Eugene
S. Blease acted as POSTMASTER and
N a pleasing and happy manner call
ed on a number Of those present for
impromptu talks. Among those re-
spending were z. F. Wright, 7. E.
Wicker, J. Marion Davis, l. H. Hunt,
and Rev. J. E. Meng.
As stated last week Pulaski lodge
is porbably the oldest lodge of any
fraternal order in Newberry and one
among the oldest in the state, having
been granted charter in the spring
of 1S49. The first lodge of Odd Eel
lows in South Carolina was organized
in Charleston in 1910 and chartered
as South Carolina lodge No. /, and
still survives. Nine years later Pu-
laski No. 20 was organized in New
berry by D. D. G. M. Peckham with
the following noted men as charter
members: W. H. Hunt, C. NJ. Jones,
VIM. F. Anderson, W. F: Pratt, and
James NJ. Crosson. Of this number
none are living today, seventy-two
years after their initiation into the
order.
Since those days in the dim, dis
tant past many worthy men OF the
town have been connected with old
Pulaski in the following order: NJ.
W. Miller, J. T. Peterson, w. c.
johnson, Silas Johnstone, R. H.
Marshall, A. G. Marshall, R. C. Chap
man, John A. Cannon, S. P. Kinard,
William Zobel, James Y. Harris, ]. n.
Gary, W. W. Boozer, w. W. Hous-
cal, C. N. Harris, W. R. Lane, S. W.
Giradeau, n. B. Ma2yck, A. K Trsbble,
H. P. Tarrant. The above members
were initiated during and prior to
In 1872 the following were initiat-
ed: w. T. Jackson, Thos: N. Lake:
John F. Speck, James F. Glenn, John
C. Wilson, John ]. Barre, D. P. Buz-
hardt, George W. Garnlany, S. A.
Oliver, W. G. Peterson, George w
Fant, Thos. F. Harn,an, W. H. Har
ris, j. S. Fowles, A. A. Killian,
W.aO. Goree, John A. Kinard, W. H.
Blatts, J. H. NJ. Kinaad, A. P. Avant,
]. H. Duckett, F. N. Parker, Newton
Crosson, A. NJ. Bowers, S. H. Bra
zeale, j. W. Motto, Samuel Sampson,
7. @. Boozer.
In 1878 the following joined the
Jorge: A. C. Chapman, j. D. Pelot,
L. C. Moore, Thos. w. Postelle, w.
H. Lathrop, George E. Coulter,
George P. Meridith, w. l.. Gary, An
drew Wallace, W. w. Milan. /
In 1874 we find the following
names: John A.. Chapman, F. E. Sa-
linas, >James F. Kilgore, John A.
Goodman, James F. Todd, Thos. A.
Thompson, George Langford.
In 1875 to 1879 the following: j.
D. Cash, S. P. Brown, L. A. East, L.
H. Redus, Alfred High, William N.
Shackleford, S. NJ. Mathis, F. J. Dev-
eral, John Nolan, A. S. J. Laagford,
Scott McKie, P. w. Willingham, Au-
dubon McMarris, Peter Robinson,
Francis W. FAINT, William N. Lane,
S. E. Summer, W. B. Farmer.
A few years during the early SOS
the lodge was defunct but was reor-
ganized in 1887 and has been work
ing since that time. A few of the
men associated with the lodge at that
time and since are: Otto Klettner,
Moses Epstein, NJ. Foot, David Rho
den, John NJ. Foster, Joseph Mann:
H. H. Franklin, C. NJ. West, E. P.
T. Danielsen, j. Marion Da-
Wis, Cole L. Blease, I. H. Hunt, W.
G. Peterson, Walter Hardeman, D. B. !
Chandler.
The writer is quite sure that there
were members Of this lodge in its
early days whose names do not ap-
pear in the records and hence their
names cannon be given in this article.
The omission of any such names must
be accounted for. by the fact that
nearly all of the records and other
property Of the lodge were once de-
stroyed by fire. The lodge at that
time occupied the third floor of a
building which stood on Main street
where the Busy Bee cafe now stands.
T. E. Wicker.