The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
SEE THE MYSTERIES OF KHORASSAN|SM Large Class Crosses the Sands
 in Selma BIG PARADE HELD AT NIGHT Tyros Occupied Prominent Place With Their Convict Garb-other News
 of Selma and Dallas
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BIG PARADE HELD AT NIGHT

Selma, June 2S.-(Special 1.-The much talked of Khorassan meeting in Selma came off last night In the afternoon about 5 o'clock a special train bearing some seventy-five members of the order from Montgomery and nearby points reached the city. Their approach was her aided by the strains of "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight played by the Montgomery City band, an excellent corps of musicians. At the union passenger station members of the order in Selma met the train and the visitors were es- corted over the city on the trolley cars. In the number that came over were many faces familiar to Semians and they were given a cordial welcome by their friends In fact every visitor was made to feel at home at once.
 The tyros in the parade given last night were all garbed as convicts and the fa- mliar forms of Mayor Atkins, Councilman Meyer, Jud Brslin, Paul Carson, W. NJ Johnson, W. w. Quarles and others upon being recognized in their fantastic cos tunes were greeted with cheers and laughter.
 
 Councilman Meyer had a shovel. Paul Carson made an excellent Mary Yellen Lease, Jud Brislin a handsome Cassie Chadwick and Knight Jones, handsome Carrie Nation. The parade was several blocks long and an OK team brought up the rear, carrying barrels of water to put out the fires if the sands got too hot
 The induction into the secrets of kho- rassanism took place in the Elks' home. What they did to the fifty-two tyros the public will never know unless they shall themselves walk the hot desert through and feel the scorching sensations of the sands. It must have been a plenty. how ever, if the yells of delight that came waiting through the win dows to the street below may be taken as an index. From o'clock until half past the midnight hour the cere- monials continued conducted in splen- did manner by the officers of Antares Temple No. 127 headed by B. A. Tay- Tor of Montgomery, the royal vizier of the temple. Assisting in the principal parts in the work were A. c. Minter, Leon C. McCord, w. w. Pearson and MT. McCombs of Montgomery and they sustained the difficult roles assigned them with great credit.
 After the ceremonies at the Elks home a splendid banquet was given at the Hotel Albert which lasted from 12:30 to a. m. As the viands were served toasts were called for and responded to. R. II. Man gum presided toast master and to his | ready wit and excellent ability is due much of the success of the banquet. The | following responses were m-~- and were listened to with much attention and re- ceived with great applause: 1ntroductory-R. H. Mangum, toast master
 "trhe Oasis of selma"-v. B. Atkins, Selma.
 "Antares Temple No. 127 D. O. K. K" B. A. Taylor, Montgomery. 'The Desert of Alabama"-W. w. Bran don. Tuscaloosa.
 "A Tramp Abroad"-W. W. Pearson Montgomery.
 "Kibla Temple No. 122 Atlantaa-O. TA Nelson, Atlanta.
 "The Hot Sands'-Leon C. McCord Montgomery.
 ''T'he Art of Getting Tyros''-A C. Min 1 ter, Montgomery.
 "The Press"-R E. L. Mel Selma
 Khorassanism as Related to Pythianism'' J. B. Ellis, Selma
 ''T'he Royal Bengal Tiger''-T. D. Sam ford Opelika.
 "rhe Impressions of a Tyro"-W. w Quarles, Selma. h. Ter Goodwin Montgomery Just before the good nights were said a. toast was proposed to Selma Advance | Lodge No. B. Knights of Pythias by Mr McCombs of Montgomery
 Local and Personal. J. H. LumplSin, c. P. Morrison and F.. P. Lacy left yesterday afternoon for the | northern end of the Fourth congressional district. They will attend the meeting of the congressional executive committee, which meets tomorrow in Talladega Last night Central Lodge No. 205 A F. and A. M., installed officers for the cur rent Masonic term. After the Installati ton lunch was served which was greatly en- joyed.
 K. G. Hall, a well-known merchant of Snow Hill, was carried to the Union Street Private hospital this morning from , the Hotel Albert, where he was taken seriously Ill last night C. l.. Whaley, who has been i'll in the city since Sunday, left yesterday after noon for Atlanta, from which place he will go to some resort to recuperate e his strength.
 In the mayors court this morning the docket was very light. Emma Wheeler. Dinah Wheeler and Jennie Wheeler were fined $1 each for violating the sanitary regulations. Henry Wheeler was dis charged on similar charge. Jim Key. negro. was also discharged During the Khorrassan parade last night A. A. Davidson, who was on horse in the lead. had the misfortune to become unseated, his animal becoming unmanaee- able at the band music and the torches M- Davidson held the animal fearing tfat to turn him loose might cause some women and children to be injured He was bruised but mounted the animal and rode him to the stable. The special train from Montgomery was in charge of Capt w. T. billiard as con ductor Captain billiard Is one of the Years ago he was in charge of the train between Selma and Montgomery on the Western, but since then he has been run ming between Montgomery and Atlanta There is no more popular railroad man that ever ran into Selma .uan "Will' billiard. He had not been to Selma in over ten years and expressed astonishment at the marvellous Improvements
 
 that his total collections for the state were $345. .903 25, divided as follows: Gen eral state tax. SIPS s.953.0S: soldier y,l 2ls g7. school $l53. .65l 70; poll. $12,09750
 Tax Collectors J. l.. Carpenter of Clay and w. II. Sandlin of Limestone also settled.
 A handsome large photograph of Rob ert E. Lee. head of the armies of the Confectionery, has been presented to inc Alabama department of archives and his tory by Cornelius Hankins. a well-known artist Dr. Thomas NJ. Owen. the djrec tor of the department. made the following notation on the back of the picture: ..Pre scented by Cornelius Hankins. by whom