The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-14
Elkn, stnte Convention.

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 Elks' State Convention.
 The second annual meeting Of tho Association of Elks of the State and which meets with Selma Lodge B. P. o. Elks No 167 on May 26th and 27th promises to be largely attended and the arrangements for the entertainment of the delegates by the Selma lodge have about been completed. The program for the entertainment of the delegates Is not an elaborate one but their so- journ in this city will be made pleas ant occasion for them to remember af- rewards.
 It Is expected that there will be in attendance at the meeting between two and three hundred delegates from the various lodges of the State. With the delegates there will be many ladies and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Selma lodge has also arranged several en- tertainments for tho ladies who will attend the reunion. The most Of tho affairs for the entertainment of tho ladies who will attend will be held in the parlors of the Elks' Home on Water street.
 .a At the meeting of the Selma lodge Friday night the local delegates to the convention were elected and the arrangements for the entertainment of the delegates were gone over. The convention will meet at noon in the lodge room of the Home on Friday. May 26th. After the convention has been organized the address of welcome will be delivered by Mayor V. B. At kins. An address of welcome on behalf of the Selma lodge will also be dellv- cred. Who will deliver this address has not yet been fully decided upon, but the speaker will probably be R.. H. Mangum. This address will be re- sponded to by some delegate who also has not been decided upon although 1t is thought that It will be answered by EliP Smith, of Birmingham.
 After the addresses of welcome have been delivered and responded to the convention will begin to transact the business of the meeting and will con tiuue in session until o'clock at night when the meeting will adjourn. After o'clock a social session will be held in the Home at which there will be present the delegates and their ladies ana the members of the Selma lodge. The most of the business of the meet ing will be transacted at the session on Friday and on Saturday the dele gates will be rendered an old time Southern barbecue at Lake Lanier, where a most pleasant day will be spent by those who attend.
 The delegates from the Selma lodge who were elected at the meeting Of inc lodge Friday night are J. w. Mar shall. R. E. L. Neil, R. l.. Hooper, T. L. Clay, J. G. Norris, l.. Benish and Robert Coleman. V. B. Atkins, vice president of the State association and w. R. Peacock, chairman of the State association executive committee both of the Selma lodge, will be ex- oficio delegates.
 There will be no baseball in Selma next week. as the Selma team will not return home until next Saturday. h. stead of returning home the team will go to Columbus, Ga, from Union Springs. where they will play series of three games with the fast Columbus club on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day. Although the arrangements have not yet been perfected It Is thought that the latter part of the week the club will play series or games "lth the Opelika club.
 If was thought during the week that the Knoxville, Tenn, club wo uld he brought here for series of games hut on account of that heavy expense that it would cost the Knoxville clup to come to this city 1t was decided to cancel the dates, as the Knoxville club could not get any EAAASD ANA N+AN %A- mart of the week at any place between inc two cities and thereby divide up tbe expenses of the trip. Dates have been sked for by two or three clubs in Mississippi and 1t is very certain that during the next week there will be six games played on the home
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 That Anniston did not put a team In the new Tri-State League organized in Chattanooga on Friday was a source of disappointment to the lovers of the game in this city. for If Anniston had nut A club in the league it Is more tban probable that Selma would have secured a franchise in that organiza- tion. But without Anniston to break inc long jump between Selma and tho other cities which compose the league 1t was impossible for Selma to secure a franchise in that organization.
 The matter of this city getting a franchise in the Cotton States League will be taken up again and more than likely some of the members of the Selma Association will go to Green vile next week to see President Wheatley to see what Selmais chances are. If Selma does not get Unto the Cotton States League this seasen 1t can be counted almost as certaiury that