The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-07
PLACE OF MEETING MAY BE CHANGED Red Men Will Hardly Assemble
 in Mobile IDENTIFIED BY A TATTOO The late D. A. West, Whose Body Was Found Near North Birmingham,
 Had Sister Living
 in Selma.
IDENTIFIED BY A TATTOO

Selma, December 6.-(Special )-Great
 sachem E. D. Corker of the Alabama
 Reservation of the Improved Order of
 Red Men, has written Great Junior Sag
 amore R. E. L. Mel of this city, in ref erence to a conference of the great chiefs of the state in this city some time in
 January to take up the matter of the
 place of meeting of the great council
 which takes place in May. At the meet
 ing held in Birmingham last May the
 great council decided to meet in Mo-
 bile. The great chiefs of the order for
 good and sufficient reasons may change
 the place of meeting. It is feared that the
 cost in mileage in going to Mobile will be
 more than the wampum belt of the great
 council can stand. The great sachem has
 requested the great chief of records to make up the mileage from the reports which will be sent to his office on Jan
 uary 1, and to give him the approximate
 cost of holding the meeting in Mobile.
 and the probable amount of funds that
 will be on hand. These will be submitted
 to the meeting of the great chiefs and
 they will then decide whether to change
 the place of meeting of the great council or not. If change is made, which seems
 likely, either Montgomery or Birmingham will perhaps be selected.
 Identified by Tattoo Mark. | A sister of D. A. West, the man who was found in a dying condition out from North Birmingham a few days ago lives l in Selma She Is Mrs. Cook and is the wife l of Yardma ster Cook of the Southern rail- l way Yesterday she read in The Age-Her- 1 aid an account of the finding of the body l of the unknown man and the statement 1 that there was tattooed on his hand the letters ID. w" Immediately the shocking intelligence was borne to her that the
 murdered man was her brother. She left | yesterday afternoon for Bessemer to be | present at the funeral.
 | Mrs Cook recalls that her brother had | the letters tattooed on his hand when
 about IA years of age and that upon ar irving at home after having the work done | his father scolded him and told him that | they would be there until his dying day | The boy answered that he hoped they
 would; that some time he might die away | from home in a lonely place and he would 1 be known by the marks on his hand. Lit | tie he knew how true he spoke. In the Social Realm. | Yesterday afternoon Miss Mary Galt | was hostess for the Young Ladies' club, l The Galt home is admirably arranged | for entertaining and presented pleasing appearance last afternoon when filled I with smartly dressed young ladies and a | number of the married friends of Miss | Gait. The club prize was won by Miss | Margaret Gardner and was handsome volume of 'The House of Seven Gables. " cit hal min won by Mrs R. E. l.. Mel
 Delicious refreshments of sliced turkey, petit pois. and tomatoes with mayonaise was served to the guests.
 This evening at six o'clock in Columbus, Ga, MT. E. J. Driver. the well known and popular cotton buyer for Well Bros, will wed a charming young woman of that
 city Mr. B. R. Howard left this morning to attend the wedding. Miss Rosebud Land Is another Selmian who will be present MT. and Mrs. Driver will make Selma their home and will have apart ments at the home of MT. and Mrs. D. F. Land.
 The following invitation has been issued and the affair is looked forward to with
 many anticipations of pleasure; Mrs. Claude Grayson at home
 Tuesday, December Twelfth, 1905,
 Four to Five o'clock. Mrs. F. J. Driver, Mrs. J. A. Fuller. Mrs. Harry Reid. l Mrs Roger Jones will tomorrow after noon entertain at euchre in honor of Miss Mary Gait. Mrs Jones will on Friday
 afternoon entertain the Bid Euchre club. Her friends have in store for them most | happy occasions.
 | Miss Margaret Force, who has been making her home in Washington for the past few years, reached Selma last night. Her many Selma friends will be delighted to know that she will in the future make her home in Dallas county.
 Miss Una Muller left this morning for Atlanta where she goes to pursue her art studies. Monday Miss Eloise Smith was the gra- cious hostess at luncheon in honor of her cousin. Miss Georgia Bibb of Decatur, | who Is visiting relatives in the city. The l affair was q la Japanese and the scheme was carried out in perfect detail. Miss Smith is a most charming hostess, tal-
 ented to high degree as those fortunate enough to be her guests on this occasion | guests as well as the tiny Giesha serving
 maids Misses Agee. Callen. and Turner,
 were attired in the beautiful flowing cos
 tunes of the Flowery kingdom. The place | cards were hand painted, the artistic work of the younger sister of the hostess.
 The repast was served on a low table and instead of chairs sofa cushions
 formed the seats.