The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-09
TIP. A. MEETING | COMES TO END DrummerS Spent Day at Pickett Springs. HAD A GREAT BARBECUE Adopted Resolutions at Brief
 Business Session. President Daugherty Announced Committee to Work for Alabama
 Exhibit at St. Louis Exposi-
 tion-Danoed in Pavilion.


 Association About 100 of them, with their friends, journeyed to Pickett Springs where they mad a brief business session, ate splendid dinner provided by the Montgomery Post. spent the entire af- ternoon dancing and fraternizing in the |, pavilion and adjourned to meet next year Tn Birmingham.
 The Birmingham, Selma and Mobile del- egates left Montgomery on night trains Tt was the most successful meeting we ever had" declared Mobile delegate. T beg pardon" said a Montgomery del- | egate. "the most successful meeting we
 ever had was in Mobile" At any rate all of the delegates were greatly satisfied with the result of the
 meeting in Montgomery. The drummers and their wives met at | the Elks' Home yesterday morning and | many of them by invitation of Isaac H.
 DeWees, visited the handsome clubhouse
 of the Beauvoir Club on South Perry Street.
 Fun at Pickett Springs. l At Ii o'clock the visitors and Montgom-
 cry travelling men began going to Pickett | Springs, where the session of the Con vention was scheduled to take place. | From this hour until late in the after | noon many persons visited the new re- sort.
 Notwithstanding the grounds were wet,
 the travelling men and the ladies found
 much diversion at the springs. An or I
 and dancing was indulged in. It was 1:45 o'clock when President
 James A. Daugherty called the second days session of the drummers to order | in the park pavilion.
 The President at once announced the | appointment of the committee to assist in | raising a fund for a State Exhibit at the | St. Louis Exposition. This was in &C., | cordance with a resolution by l.. c. Car
 dinal of Montgomery, adopted at Thurs | days session.
 The committee Is as follows: G. W.
 Jones, Montgomery; J. R. Copeland, Bir-
 mingham; H. M. Hopper, Mobile; E. La
 mar, Selma; J. P. McDuffie. Gadsden; w.
 H. Weatherly, Anniston; l.. Meyer, De-
 mopolis; W. L. Halsey, Huntsville. | On the Membership Committee Presi-
 dent Daugherty appointed the following:
 N. J. Griel, Montgomery; D. Wurzbur-
 bile; V. B. Atkins, Selma; R. L. Den
 man. Gadsden; W. H. McKleroy, Annis-
 ton; Henry w. Hayden, Demopolis; l..
 J. Marshuetz, Huntsville
 This Committee was raised by resolu- 1 tion adopted Thursday, and on motion
 President Daugherty was added as Chair | man, with power to divide the Committee
 into three parts with instructions to visit
 each post during the year and work in
 the interest of securing good members of | the organization.
 | It was announced that in response to a | telegram sent Thursday by Secretary E.
 l.. Higdon,' President R. L. Denman of
 the Gadsden Post was present and he
 was applauded.
 Adopted Resolutions. 1 The report of the Committee on Reso- | lutions was submitted by G. A. Robin
 son of Mobile, and was adopted as fol- | lows:
 ''To the Officers and Members of the Travellers, Protective Association of Alabama:
 Your Committee on Resolutions beg leave to submit the following: Whereas, Our convention has, at the invitation of Post A, our mother post assembled for the past two days, and, whereas, we appreciate most heartily the very extensive entertainment given the members of our association and our la- dies. therefore be it
 Resolved. That our heartfelt thanks l be extended to Post A, of Montgomery, for their hospitality, the Mayor, E. B.
 Joseph, and the citizens of Montgomery l for their warm reception, and especially
 the ladies for taking care of our sweet hearts, and giving them such entertain m.ent while our convention was assem- | bled The unprecedented hospitality of | the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in not only giving us the free and whole | use of their magnificent building, but as well the welcoming us whether a member of their order or not. in most cordial | capable of, and we extend to them our thanks and best wishes. We also thank | the Beauvoir Club for their gracious
 invitation and reception. and last. but | not least, the press for their attendance
 at our meetings and for the full reports given in their columns, "The communications referred to this committee of Mir. N. H. Frohlichstein of further suggest that this communication
 be referred to the National Hotel Com
 mittee for their action at the next na- tional convention"
 The report of the committee was adopt- | ed unanimously
 Special resolutions were also introduced and adopted amid applause thanking Mrs. N. Lobman of Montgomery, whose
 energy made the card party to the ladies l so great a success, and to IN. J. Greil
 and ]. H. DeWees of Montgomery, who Salary of Secretary. N. IT. Frolichstein of Mobile spoke of
 the salary of the Secretary Treasurer, F. L. Higdon of Birmingham. He said the duties of the Secretary Treasurer | had increased. and moved that the salary
 be increased from $S0 month to $50 a month.
 L. c. Cardinal of Montgomery paid tribute to the efficiency of the Secretary
 Treasurer. but said that the salary could
 not be increased without thirty days
 notice. according to the constitution.
 Secretary Higdon at this point took the floor and opposed the movement to raise his salary. He said that the money
 in the treasury could be used to better advantage in securing new members of
 the association. and even If 1t was con stitutional to raise the salary, he would not accept it.
 This generous statement from the Sec retarY-Treasurer was warmly applauded.
 C. E. Moritz of Montgomery expressed his admiration for Secretary Higdon and moved that the State Board of Directors have an amendment to the constitution prepared for submission to the next an nual convention, increasing the salary of the Secretary-Treasurer to any amount the State Board sees fit.
 President Daugherty then called on
 Mrs, E. l.. Higdon of Birmingham to
 express to the Montgomery ladies pres
 ent the gratitude the visitors felt for courtesies shown.
 Mrs. Higdon graciously responded. She said the- kindness Of the Montgomery people had overwhelmed the visitors. Miss Louise Frazier of Birmingham, sponsor of the Division, was then intro l duced She made a pretty speech in be- | half of the ladies.
 Amid applause, laughter and gaiety i President Daugherty then declared the | adjournment of the annual convention. Owing to the rain, the great barbecue
 was served in the pavilion and several hundred persons enjoyed the delicacies. Capt. Thomas Howe had charge of the
 barbecue and the dinner was prepared | under the direction of Hugh Meehan, The visitors praised their success. | The MOntsomery committeeman, headed