The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-04
NEW ORLEANS GETS
10, B. B, MEETING
The Thirty-Second Annual SEES
sion Closed Yesterday
DELEGATES VIEW The CITY
Many Reports Are Read and Adopted
on the Last Day of the Session
Here-Hot Springs SAM.
tarium Gets $500.
DELEGATES VIEW The CITY

The thirty-seeond annual convention of
the district grand lodge of the Indepen-
dent Order of B'Nai Birth, district No,
Z, which has been in session in this city
for the past three days came to close
last night. The convention will meet next
year at New Orleans.
This has been an important meeting of
the district grand lodge and the official
and delegates express themselves as being
greatly pleased with the showing made in
all the departments of the work in the
order.
About 100 delegates were in attendance
from over the entire district, composed of
the states of Alabama. Tennessee. Miss
issippi Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and
Florida. Many of these delegates left for
their homes last night and others will
leave today. All expressed themselves as
being well pleased with the cordial hospi-
tally shown them while in Birmingham.
Two busy sessions of the convention
were held yesterday One in the morning
at 10 o'clock and the final session last
night at o'clock. After the opening
of the morning session the hearing of re-
ports of committees was resumed.
The committee on the presidents mes
sage was read and adopted. The report
commended the annual message of the
retiring president. Joseph Beitman of Bir-
mingham, in most complimentary lam
guage. The report was adopted by
rising vote.
The committee on laws and lodges made
report and offered the following resolu
tion, which was adopted by the conven-
zion:
THAT an annual memorial day be set
apart in commemoration of that noble
worker, that grand man, brother and
friend, our late brother, Leo n. Levi,
and that for the purpose of carrying this
resolution into effect that article VIII of
the constitution, the section to be known
as section 2 be added as follows: ON the
annual celebration of BNai Birth day
our lodge shall include In its existence a
service in commemoration of our late
brother, Leo N. Levi "
At o'clock yesterday afternoon the
delegates and visiting members of the
order were given a trolley ride over the
city. The party left Nineteenth street
and Third avenue promptly at the hour
named and spent some time In viewing
the city Five cars were used by the
party. The young people of the party
stopped off at North Birmingham, where
refreshments were served and a dance
given to the visiting young ladies by the
Jewish young men of the city, an extend
ed account Of which appears in the social
department of this mornings paper
At last nights session other minor re-
ports were received. discussed and adopt
ed. Five hundred dollars was voted to
the Hot Springs sanitarium, and New Or
leans was selected as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting of the dis
trict grand lodge.
The convention was closed with mutual
exchange of fraternal greeting and hearty
hand shakings among tn, members and
the greatest good-feeling prevailed.
This grand lodge meeting is a notable
one among the Jews of the south. 1t
brought to Birmingham a number of the
brightest ntelleets of the country and
many of the most prominent business and
professional men south of Mason and
Dixon's line.
The ball, which had been announced
for tonight at the Hillman, was called
off yesterday on account of many of the
delegates desiring TO depart for their
homes last night and today.
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