The age-herald., 1900-05-04
CITY WILL PUT ON
 HOLIDAY ATTIRE Elaborate Decorations During Week of Street Fair. THE OPENING CEREMONIES Mounting of Spanish Gun Will Be Feature-Elks as Usual Will Do
 Themselves Proud-Near
 at Hand.
THE OPENING CEREMONIES

The Elks' Street Fair and Trades Carni- val. which will be held in this city during the week beginning May IA, is assuisng such proportions as entitle 1t to be classed
 with the biggest and best entertainments ever given in Birmingham-the Mardi Gras celebration not excepted.
 One of the features of the opening day
 will be the ceremonies of mounting and firing the Spanish gun recently secured to
 the city through the efforts of the Com mercial club and Congressman Underwood, which in itself will bring hundreds of peo pie to Birmingham.
 The city authorities, the local militia, the Commercial club, the Eiks and other civic organizations will participate in the cere- monies.
 That the city will put on it's holiday at tire is evidenced by the following list of merchants who have agreed to decorate their business houses with the Elks' col ors, purple and white, combined with the
 national colors, during the week of the far
 T. " Boardman & Co.,; J. Blach & Sons; A. Solomon, J. J. Curran, Louis Saks, J. l.. 1 Chalfoux & Co.,; Wood, Dickerson & Put
 nam; Heins' Confectionery Co.,, Great At lantc and Pacific Tea Co.,, Louis PiZitz R. D. Burnett & Co., D. J. Cassimere; Love man, Joseph & Loeb; l.. V. Clark & Co.,, J. H. Barron G Co.,, T. G. Hewlett Liquor Co.,, Queen City Stock and Grain Co.,, Alabama i, Club The J. C. Marks Liquor Co.,, Jefferson 1 County Savings Bank Jesse French Piano and Organ Co.,; Moore, Anderson & Co. | Webb Book Co.,, D. B. Goldstein, Snyder &,
 Son, Brophy Bros, Hrsch Dry Goods Co. i; Johnston. Nesbit & Co.,; Ferd Marx Caheen Bros, S. Rich, E. B. Norton, J. odom, D. c. Starr; Riddle, Warren & Co.,; M. L..
 Hoy, Ellis Restaurant, John w. O'Neill | Co, F. E. Forbes & Co., Amzi God
 den Co.,, John G. Smith x Co.,,
 W. B. Leedy & Co.,, T. Williams, Arlington Hotel, Webb Book Co.,, H. D.
 Odom 6 Co., H. L. Hunt William Wise
 $, Co.,, Donaldson Furniture Co.,, Birming- ham Paint & Glass Co.,, c. P. Johnson, l Adams Drug Co.,, Klotz & Goldman, J. l.. i Hartling, M. Well & Brother, Western
 Union Telegraph Co.,, Harry Mercer, La
 throp Lumber Co.,, Smith & Montgomery, i Solomon Levi, D. Block, J. Friedman,
 John G. Housmann, Taloy & Baker, H.
 I.owenthal, William Reckling, E. Simon &
 Brother, The Dude, Grunner & Hubbell Co, T. B. Jackson, Spiree Long, P. J. &c.,
 rio, A. P. Rich, R. l.. Seals. George Lam-
 bralsis, Newman Drug Co.,, J. H. Row. w. l H. Erwin, Ben M Jacobs & Brother, D.
 Lowenson, Stein Brothers, Collier Drug | Co, T. c. King, Berney National Bank, ] Florence Hotel Barber Shop, Stowers l Furniture Co.,, City Paper Co.,, | United Electric company, Bondurant & l Lloyd company Florence hotel, Drs. Dren- l nen & Drennen, Paul Gilardoni, Louis l Preager, Houppert Bros, Burger Dry 1 Goods company, Cypress & Hilday, J. R. | Brown, J. Fox & Co.,, First National bank, | Age-Herald Publishing company, Alabama | Home Building and Loan association, H. | Bauman, J. T. Young. 1T. A. Kline & Co.,, | M. H. Burger, The Trade Palace, Pennsyl-
 vania Hat company. Nabers, Morrow Ss
 Sinnige, F. Gluck, Davidson & Sandman.