Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1938-11-01
Sir Knights e Daughters Hold Annual
Meeting

The Sir Knights & Daughters of Tabor Of the Miss
issipp jurisdiction passed into history after closing
49th Annual Grand Session at the Mt. Vernon NJ. B.
Church. Yazoo City, Mississippi pasored by the Rev H.
G. Gardner Shaw, Mississippi November I'll, 1888
We living in times racked with vital happenings.
From all the world vibrant often dis
turbing, significant that creates broad issues
which great of people cannot agree The knights
Daughters Of Tabor, organization with fratefna
benefit department, is edited to honest facing of this
reality This organization accepts its obligations show
to the world vigorously and fairly the tremendous task
OF helping the suffering especially its MEMBERS when
ing the happening of times in the of war, of
emboted political forces and of conflicting social fac
tons.
The meeting here quite success. Approximately
1000 delegates attended this meeting and the daily
inc carried out each session More than S800000
raised at this meeting and The most interesting feature
of the Grand Session the launching of the Taboran
Hospital Project hospital be the town OF
Mound Bayou, Mississippi. We believe this organization
to be another of the WONDERS of the world It is
helping to relieve the suffering and giving Jobs he
boys and girls of 1t is International Sir p NJ
Smith, Mound Bayou, is the international c. g. NJ. of
the international Order of Twelve of the Knights
Daughters of Tabor Much love for this organization was
shown by the membership of 10000 in Mississippi Ju1is
dicton
Each morning conferences were held by the c. G. N.
Sir p M. Smith, DIR. Katie Ais, G. H. P. Mound Bayou;
and DIR. Eddie Gee C. @. NJ, Greenwood Mississippi
These instruction conferences well mapped out,
and wholesome information given each presider by
the Grand Officers Dir EIIsbury Atlanta, Ga. the In
ternatonal G. H. p. visited the meeting. and expressed
herself having enjoyed every of her stay here
She is much loved by the Mississippi Jurisdiction and
this expressed very much in the meeting.
At 800 o'clock the Taborian Parade was wonder
fully led by the Band from Acon A. M. College, Mr..
K A. Holly director The music was grand, and the Ia
boran Drill Teams stepped gayly from the sweet sounds
of the Instruments of this band composed of 60 pieces
The parade started from the Mt Vernon Church and
minated at the AfroAmerican Hospital. They marched
around the hospital several tues. suitable program
was rendered by the Tent Department of St Stephen NJ
E. Church. pastored by the Rev j. d. Wheaton, DIR Julia
A. Pegram, Mistress of Ceremonies. drill team
contest held at the ro-Audorum, and Of the
teams from Ncksburg the first prize. very inter
esting address delivered by the Hon. T. j. Huddes-
ton, Founder and Custodian of the Aro-Amercan Sons
& Daughters Thursday night the Memorial Services were
held from the Tulane NJ B. Church. pasored by the Rev
j. P Sanders and the Rev. E. G. Mason, acting c. c. O.
delivered the Memorial Euogy The raboran chain and
300 missing links, 300 faithful members passed to
the great beyond since the 1888 Grand Session which CON
vened in Greenwood Mississippi Friday was election of
officers and Friday night these officers were duly in
stalled by the Rev VIM Lee, C. G.. s. Shelby Mississippi
The Grand Session of the Knights Daughters of Tabor
of Mississippi Jurisdiction closed its 1888 session to meet
in Mound Bayou 1889. A Gold Medal was awarded DIR
Charlie W. Stewart for having the largest increase over
the last Grand Session year.
Any person desiring to join this wonderful organi-
cation may write Prof. p NJ Smith, c. G. NJ Mound
Bayou; the Rev. VIM Lee, c. G. s., Shelby, Miss
DIR. Charlie w Stewart H. P reporter Yazoo
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