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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1908.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
ARE HERE
A Large Crowd is on Hand From all
Parts of the State—The Big Parade
Occurred this Morning, After
Which the Knights Held Their
First Meeting—Election of Officers
This Afternoon.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
The Grand Commandery of the
Knights Templar of Georgia is hold
ing it annual conclave in this city
and there are several hundred gallant
Sir Knights in attendance.
Every train last night and this
morning brought crowds, most of the
trains having extra coaches. There
are a large number of ladies in at
tendance and one of the most delight
ful events of the week will occur
this afternoon when a reception will
be given by the ladies of Valdosta
to the visiting ladies at the resi
dence of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. S.
Holmes.
Many of the delegates are quarter
ed at the hotels and boarding houses,
but a number of them are stopping
with friends and relatives here. All
are comfortably quartered and all of
them are enjoying the occasion to
the fullest extent. Many of them have
never visited Valdosta before and
are spending much time in looking
over the city and admiring the hand
some homes and other attractions
here.
The parade this morning was one
of the brilliant features of the week.
Every one of the delegates was In
his handsome uniform and in the
line of march, which started at the
Valdes hotel and then down Toombs
Btreet to Central avenue, up that
street to Patterson, then to Hill ave
nue and to Ashley, then to Central
avenue and to the Odd FellowB lodge
rooms, in the new Converse building,
where the exercises are being held.
The parade this morning made a
pageant stretching along two 'city
blocks. It was headed by the Em
pire State band and the scene was
an inspiring one. The uniforms of
the Knights are almost gorgeous and
the personnel of the Commandery Is
almost unsurpassed.
The visiting Knights were welcom
ed to the city in a speech by Sir
Knight Rev. Richard W. Wallace,
who spoke as follows:
“Right Eminent Grand Commander,
and Sir Knights of the Grand Com-
mandery of Georgia: There are few
words in our language which we love
eo much as the word “welcome.”
There are few experiences in life
which contribute so much to our hap
piness as do those delightful occas
ions on which we breathe the atmos
phere which this word carries with
it
“It is my privilege and pleasure
this morning, in behalf of Malta
Commandery No. 16, and of the clt*
liens of Valdosta, to speak this word
to you, and to assure you that it is
pronounced in no formal fashion,
but that it carries with it its richest
meaning.
“I may be pardoned for saying
that we of this city feel a degree of
pride in the place to which we wel
come you. The meaning of the
word Valdosta, “The Valley of flow
ers,” speaks to us of some of her
chiefest charms—her gentle clime,
the flowers that perennially lend us
of their fragrance, and the birds
which sing away our cares. To at
tempt to mention, even in briefest
manner, the blessings and advan
tages of this little city, would be an
exhaustive task, both to the speaker
and his audience. Our homes, our
churches, our schools, our business
houses, our factories, and our fertile
farms, speak for themselves. Like
Saul of Tarsus every true Valdostan
is proudly conscious of the fact that
he Is a "citizen of no mean City.”
“There is a tradition hereabouts
that it was a former Valdostan who I anteed—
once upon a time appeared at the j To sjop flatulence,
beautiful gate and knocked for per
mission to enter, to whom the good
Saint Peter significantly remarked
as he welcomed him within, that he
and therefore the cream of all fra
ternal organizations; one whose
membership is comprised
knightliest of souls, and whose prin
ciples are the principles of Him
whose name we honor, and whose
religion we revere; an order which
exercises an influence for the general
good wherever it exists, which binds
its members|together in the bonds of
brotherly affection, and which brings
out continually “The one touch that
makes the whole world kin.”
“Welcome, thrice welcome, to our
City, to our homes and to our hearts.
"O your step’s like the rain to the
summer-vexed farmer,
Or sabre and shield to a knight with
out armor. ’
The response was delivered by
Deputy Grand Master L. R. Steph
ens, who made an eloquent speech,
and, in a becoming manner, accepted
the hospitality of Malta Commandery.
After the address by the Deputy
Grand .Master, an address was made
by Grand Junior Warden J. K. Orr,
of Atlanta, of the Grand Encampment
of the United States.
Then came the annual address and
report of Grand Commander Dickey,
which was quite voluminous, dealing
in all of the affairs of the Grand
Encampment. It was listened to
with the keenest interest by the
large crowd of Knights In the hall.
After the address by the Grand
Commander committees were ap
pointed and adjournment was taken
until three o’clock when the Grand
Encampment meets again to elect
officers and attend to other matters.
Church Services Tonight.
The church services will be held
at the Methodist church this evening
at eight o’clock. The Grand Com-
raandery will be escorted from its
headquarters at the Valdes hotel to
the Methodist church, where the rit
ual of the order will be recited and
an address delivered by Rev. and
Sir Knight Richard Wilkinson. Good
music will be rendered, the choir
consisting of Mrs. J. H. Osborne, or
ganist; Mrs. W. M. Oliver, soprano;
Mr. Lloyd Jones, tenor; Miss Janie
Bush, alto; Mr. A. G. Sherman, bass.
Tomorrow morning will be devot
ed to the work of the Commandery
at the Odd Fellows lodge rooms.
These sessions are, of course, closed
to the public. At the dinner hour,
the crowd will go to Cranford Park
where a barbecue dinner will be giv
en the visitors. The committees are
busily engaged today in looking af
ter the dinner and the feast prom
ises to be one of the finest this sec
tion has seen In a long time.
At two o’clock tomorrow afternoon
the Commandery will adjourn, and
the Shrlners will organize for what
ever business there is to come be
fore that body. Among the features
tomorrow afternoon will be the pa
rade from 5 to 6:30 o’clock.
It promises to be one of the most
unique affairs the city has ever had.
The Shriners go in largely for fun
and their parade will have that spir
it In view.
Tomorrow night, the Shriners will
conduct a large number of unregen
erates over the hot sands of the
desert, and their meeting will con
tinue until a late hour.
In the meantime, the visitors to
the city have fallen in love with Val
dosta and all are having good words
to say of the town.
The Thomasvllle Knights Here.
The roster of the Crusader Com-
dandery, Knights Templar, of Thom-
asville, who are attending the Grand
Commandery meeting here are Rob
ert L. Wyley, Eminent Commander;
George H. Fields, Generalissimo;
James L. Gilmore, Captain General;
James A. Smith, Prelate; A. T. Jones,
H. H. Jones and J. P. Joiner, Senior
Knights; L. T. Brown, Standard
Bearer; J. J. Parramore, H. A. Mc
Ghee, J. W. L. Yates, J. L. Yates, J.
L. Davis, J. W.; D. M. Rogers, G. S.
Whitney, Past Eminent Commander,
and M. A. Sexton.
Major Wylly, of the Crusader Com
mandery, Is an enthusiastic Knight
and pins he is showing. The display
with him.
ROOSEVELT MEETS
GOVERNORS
The Opening Address of the Presi
dent and Some of the Things
Which the Conference ia to Con-
aider—Cooperation tn Conserving
the Country’s Natural Resources
the Object.
Washington, D. €., May 13.—When
President Roosevelt called to order
the opening session of the great
White House conference at 10 o’clock
this morning there was gathered in
the east room of the executive man
sion the most notable assemblage of
men in the public eye that has ever
history of the United
delegates will Consider the indirect
losses due to the scouring of chan
nels, the deposition of ^debris on bot
tom lands, the building of sandbars
and the diversion of streams.
The means of prevention of soil
erosion will be gone Into briefly, and
this will lead to a discussion of for-
ests. The wood famine, already up-'
o:i the country, will be graphically j
presented, and. as bearing upon the
necessity for forest conservation and
for reforest ration, the conference
will consider the beneficial effects eff
the forest on the soil, the stream
flow, ground water and the purity
and volume of rivers, and, indirect
ly, on navigation.
Seed Peas,
Unknown Peas, Reel Ripper Peas, Whippoorwill
Peas, Spanish Two-Crop; Peanuts, California
Peas, Two-Crop Peas,' Sorghum, Millet, Chufas.
TO THE PUBLIC.
We Know the Guarantee on Ml-o-na
Stomach Tablets is Genuine.
Ml-o-na Stomach Tablets, the quick
acting cure for indigestion, is guar-
met In the
States.
The governors of practically all of
the states of the Union were present
and each was accompanied by three
advisers, carefully chosen from
amoDg the learned of his state. Be
sides the governors and their advis
ers, representatives of all the Impor
tant national organizations, the wel
fare of which depends in greater or
less degree upon natural resources,
were hi attendance, and, further,
there were present many members of
of Congress and the official heads of
various departments of the govern
ment.
The opening address of President
Roosevelt and other leading partici
pants occupied the greater part of
the initial session. No set program
has been prepared for the subse
quent session of the conference,
which will continue over Thursday
and Friday. It is to be a conference
In the truest sense of the word, with
the single purpose of getting down
to a practical working basis at once.
To that end there will be an absence
of set papers though In order to open
the discussions, a few recognized
authorities will i resent brief descrip-*
tions of existing facts and condition.
It Is hoped that plane may be so
formulated that there will be Im
mediate and concerted action on the
part of the different states towards
the conservation of natural resourc
es, the fundamentally vital problem,
according to the President, before
the people of the United States to
day.
The conference will deal with prob
lems upon which the continued pros
perity of the nation vitally depends.
For this reason its deliberations are
more fundamentally important and
far-reaching than since the birth of
the republic. Never before have the
chief executives of all the states met
In one body presided over by the
Chief Executive of the nation, and
never before has there been a sub
ject bigger or broader to cause such
a meeting.
The range of subjects to be dis
cussed covers the entire programme
of national conservation. Preserva
tion of existing forests and refores
tation of lands at present producing
nothing, storage of surplus waters,
inland water ways, Irrigation, con
servation of minerals and the preven
tion of waste in mining, relation of
water ways to transportation and
the relation of railways to water
lines of carriage, prevention of floods
and their consequent destruction of
life and property, care of the range
lands of the West—their rc-grasslng
and proper utilization—these are a
few of the grand divisions of the
question to be exhaustively discuss
ed by the conference.
The keynote of the conference will
be the necessity for co-operation in
conserving the country’s natural re
sources. It will first face the trans
portation question. After a paper by
James J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railroad, the delegates will
discuss the relation between rail and
water transportation. A particularly
Important part of this discussion will
relate to terminals. The railroads
have at many points gained control
of shore line, which Is of strategetlc
Importance in the development of |
inland waterways.
Facts will be presented among the '
j present water transportation systems,
j and figures to show the modern de- i
adh i cline of transportation upon the ln-
| land waterways. The delegates will
To cure stomach troubles.
To build up the system.
To make digestion strong.
To cure the worst case of st
was glad to have him enter, hut that troubles—or money back,
he might as well tell him at the start What Ml-o-na Stomach Tablets did ; consider how the rivers can be utl-
that ho was not going to be satis- for Mrs. Rrewer, of Whitelaml, Ind., ' Hzed for navigation, power, communi-
fled! To quote the words of the they will do for you. Read what she ty supply and irrigation, and how
Governor of North Carolina, in his writes: "I was a chronic sufferer their proper development for navign-
welcome address to a Medical Asso- with stomach trouble for years and tion can be co-ordinated with their
elation of his State, "Metaphorically i the best doctors could give me no use for those other purposes,
speaking, I present to you this morn- ! lasting relief. After using M(-o-na I Turning to land resources, th<* deic
ing the keys ef the City, with the , eon now eat anything and feel cur- ; gates will bo shown how soil is bHng
one simple request that you spare ed." impoverished by improper cultivation
the lives of the citizens.” j A. E. Dimmock sells Mi-o-na under I and especially by erosion. This mat-
“I welcome you, Sir Knights, be- an absolute guarantee to refund the ! ter of erosion will be gone into very
cause you represent as order which i money unless It cures. Try a 50-cent i deeply. Not only will the direct loss
constitutes the cream of Masonry,! box. [ to agriculture be explained, but the
Hoke Smith Picnic and Basket Dinner.
There will be a basket dinner picnic
at Lake Park on Friday, May 22nd.
Able speakers will be on hand to
address the crowd in the interest of
Governor Hoke Smith.
Everybody is invited to come and
bring well-filled baskets. A great
occasion Is expected. iCome.
C. S. Bondurant’s
Drug and Seed Store.
Valdosta, Ga.
These Are
“HARD TIMES,”
some people say. But
suppose they are; “hard
times” are the best time to
offer a woman J Kit
A Little More Than Her Money’s Worth.
These are the best times in the world, so we find, for intro
during Wyone Shoe Co.’s shoes: Women who never bought
before are buying now. The sales of our Ladies’ shoes were
never as large as now: *"
Wyone Shoe Co.
A Wedding
Gift for a
May Bride,
pre-eminently appropriate, supremely acceptable, and
delightfully lasting in its consequences, is one of our
superb pianos, »that conquer thej^eye and the ear at
one’and the same time. In recent years the American
piano has made gigantic strides towards perfection in g
its vocal quality, durability of tone and purity of a!l|
the notes in the scale. Our instruments are the climax!!
of American art.
MATHIS &
Valdosta, Ga.