The age-herald., 1898-01-02
BESSEMER.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Bass spent the week
 with Captain and Mrs. H. W. Crook. MT. Lee Moody has returned from a short visit to Enterprise, Miss Major R. L. Crook, after pleasant visit of several weeks with relatives, returned to Vicksburg, Miss.
 The "Crickets" held an impromptu hop
 at the armory Friday night. to watch the
 old year out and welcome the new. Miss Sou Perkins, after spending the holidays with her family and friends will
 return to Montevallo Monday.
 MT. Will Howell, who has been attending
 school at Greensboro, is visiting his par ents.
 Misses Maud Martin and Maggie Huey,
 who are spending the holidays at home,
 will return to their studies at the Tusca-
 loosa Female college on Tuesday.
 Dr. R. P McTyeire, who has been visit ing in central Alabama, is home again. Mrs. Walter Haley returned today from a visit with her parents at Opelika. The second annual inauguration ball of | Tuscola tribe, Independent Order of Red Men, was held at the city hall on New Years eve. It was grand affair in every l particular and was one of the most suc- | cessful functions ever given by Besse- l mer secret organization.
 The grand march, participated in by one l hundred couples, was led by Mrs. Bowling I and Tom Bowling. The costumes worn | by the masqueraders were exceptionally 1 fine, and more than score of the more 1 elaborate ones were repeatedly applauded l as they passed and repassed the specta-
 tors stand during the grand march. An elegant programme of twenty -four
 numbers was danced to the sweet strains | of Davis string band, and from beginning | to end the floor was comfortably crowded. | Joe Houppert was prompter, and grace 1 fully finished the grand march by forming
 across the center of the large hall with the
 one hundred couples the initials of the or l der, I. O. R. M.
 Miss Isla Myers, as Little Red Riding
 Hood," was voted the prize, a pair of hand
 some vases, for being the most elegantly
 costumed lady.
 James Cahill won the silver cuff-box, the l gentleman's prize. He impersonated the | Rajah of India
 Other masqueraders deserving of mention
 were MT. J. c. Myers, as the Count of
 None Cristo; MT. John Burke, as Sitting | Bull; MT. Frank Honey, as Peter Stuyve- l sant, the colonial governor, and a dozen others.
 | From out of town who attended were: Messrs. w. J. Friedman and Robert Hill l house, and Misses Annie Benson, Maude | Harbin and Ella Burke, of Birmingham. | All friends of Pythianism are invited to | the joint public installation of the officers l of Linton and Myrtle lodges, Knights of l Pythias. The programme will begin at 7:3O o'clock Thursday night, Jan. 6, in Linton | lodge room There will also be pleasing | programme of music and singing Follow ing officers elected during the past week | will be installed:
 l For Linton Lodge: c. B. Rogers, c. G.; | Aaron Garris, V.-C.; c. H. Brownrigg, prel- | ate; Geo. Otto. M at A.. Wm. Shea, M. of | w.; Geo. H. Stevenson, K. of R. and s.; l Jacob Renner, M. of E.; Ben Clarke, I. G.. | B. B. Boykin, O. G.; Ben Clarke, represent l ative to grand lodge; I. s. Chandler, R. w. l Waldrop and T. T. Huey, trustees. For Myrtle Lodge Sam Stein, c. C.; John D. Scruggs, V.-C. H. B. Washington, prel- ate; w. A. Simmons, K. of R. and s.; w. | R. Ivey. M. of E.; W. w. Kennedy, M. of | w.; R. A. Stubbs, M. at A; A. w. Ansley, | representative to grand lodge; W. K. Me | Adory, E. F. Quinn and O. W. Ward, | trustees.