The age-herald., 1900-12-25

l Listened for your gurglng song; Dreamed the time when you'd be mine. l Comes the day for which I pant, | When We two as one shall be- 1 When for better-or, I grant, Maybe worse-you'll dwell with me. Through the stomach is the way To the heart of any man,
 | Hence you've captured me for aye By adopting such a plan.
 Let each enyious barnyard pet Sheer that you have lost your head; Notice not the silly threat,
 I've resolved to cut you, dead. You will greet nuptials, dear, Dressed by cooks artistic touch. Filled with sweetness and good cheer, Also bread crumbs sage, and such. | How my mouth shall pilage do As desire more I hobble, And in compliment to you
 I will gobble. gobble gobblel'' The worshlpful grand master of the Ma sonic Grand Lodge of Alabama. Dr. Rus sell M. Cunningham, has appointed MT.
 George A. Beauchamp of Eufaula to be grand secretary of the Grand Lodge, in
 succession to the late Hon. H. Clay Arm strong. pr. Cunningham personally author ized this announcement yesterday. "Mr. Beauodhamp is banker, man of affairs, is thoroughly accomplished and is peculiarly fitted for the grand secretaryship," said pr. Cunningham.
 A native Alabamian of extraordinary per sonal acquaintance with Alabamlans who
 has personally known the new secretary for about eighteen years, said last night:
 "It occurs to me that my able and dis
 tinguished friend Dr. Cunningham gifted
 and wise as he is. could not possibly have
 done a wiser thing in this instance than
 the appointment of George Beauchamp for
 Mir. Beaucnamp is polished man of wide
 information and unfailing courtesy; has
 been all his life close student, is
 man of business and is remarkably we'll
 versed in literature, history, and sociology,
 and is we'll informed in biology. Moreover
 he is one of the happiest, most genial, most
 amiable and most manly of all the good fellows in Alabama.
 'eWhen I came first to know Mir Beau
 champ he was bookkeeper for the famous
 old manufacturing drughouse of Weedon &
 Dent, in Eufaula, and materially aided the
 two members of that firm, Dr. H. M. Weed
 on and MT. George H. Dent, now Mayor of
 Eufaula, both of whom are owners of large
 properties in Birmingham, in building the
 handsome fortunes which they now possess.
 At that time he was about twenty-seven
 years old, making him now about forty-five,
 and he was remarkably unassuming, almost
 timid. Everybody was fond of him, and for him everybo had a kindly greeting and
 good word of comradesnip. He was the
 statistician of Eufaula. If there was ever
 any question as to dates or figures or other
 facts, particularly to politics, the ques-
 tion was referred to George Beauchamp.
 By his associates he was affectionately
 called 'Beecher,' and his employers. pr.
 Weedon and Mir. Dent, two of the best men
 in the world, were most warmly attached
 to him, and trusted to- his judgment in
 many particulars relating to their great
 business.
 "Weedon & Dents was the loafing place
 for all the better class of young men of
 Eufaula, and every night after supper there
 could be found a dozen bright young fel-
 lows there, with George Beauchamp as a
 sort of chairman of the meeting Some of
 those young men have since won fame and
 fortune notable amongst them being Will
 jam Dorsey Jelks, now acting Governor of
 Alabama; Henry D. Clay ton. Congressman
 from the Third District; William A. Davis
 of Anniston, head of the Alabama Mineral
 Land Company, bank director, what not;
 Clement c. Shorter, afterwards speaker of
 the House of Representatives, who died be-
 fore his time; Warren F. Dent, now a wide ly known druggist of Montgomery; Leslie w. Weedon, now wealthy druggist and
 city health officer of Tampa, Fla. Samuel T. Barnett, now wealthy real estate man of Atlanta, and one or two others who are somewhat publicly known. There were young visitors occasionally whom we have heard of in honor in the later days, amongst them being Judge w. w. Wilkerson of the Birmingham City Court, and his distin- guished brother, Dr. w. NJ Wilkerson of
 Montgomery; former State Senator Edward H. Cabaniss of Birmingham Governor Jelks' brother-in-law; Col. James L. Tan ner; Hon. John V. Smith, the new presi- dent of the Alabama Railroad Commission, and others of more or less note. None amongst all the gifted young men who gathered at the old Eufaula drug 1 store was more cordially respected and
 highly esteemed than George Beauchamp, and all of the old crowd who still deal with the things of this world will heartily con- graduate him upon the high honor to which he has just succeeded. MT. Beauchamp | has been for several years engaged in the l banking business, being connected with one | of the national banks in Eufaula. 'It Is understood that the salary of the
 grand secretary is $500 year, with per- | quisites amounting to s6OO to 5000 more. In | the case of MT. Beauchamp. the appoint
 ment will be likely to be for life, in effect
 1t being customary to re-elect true and tried man from year to year." | 'T am glad to hear that Elmore Garrett | of Calhoun will likely be candidate for
 the secretaryship of the coming Constitu-
 tlonal Convention spoke public man. l "Ak. G..rret as s-cretary Of the State Sem