The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-07
MECHANICS MEET
TOMORROW NIGHT
Several Prominent Members
Will Attend
TILLMAN WILL LECTURE
Though the Chautauqua has Closed
the Noted Senator Will Come
to New Decatur About
May %.
TlLLMAN WILL LECTURE

New Decatur, May Especial. )-On next
Tuesday night New Decatur council, Ju-
Nor Order United American Mechanics.
will hold special meeting in the form
of reunion and an informal smoker.
Several prominent members of the order
from distant cities in the state are ex-
pected to be present and deliver speeches
during the evening. Among the prom
inent speakers who are expected to be
present are the following: Hon. Earl
Pettus of Athens. State Councillor Nc
Cartney of Admission. State Secretary f.
f. Conway of Mobile, National Repre-
sentative William Mitchell of Huntsville,
National Representative Walter ]. Nesbt
of Decatur.
A large number of members of the or
der from all over North Alabama are
expected to be present and a general
good time is being looked forward to by
members of the order.
j. II. Ford, manager of the chautauqua,
announces that United States Senator
Benjamin Tillman, who was to have lee
tured here at the chautauqua on April 3d.
but who was detained in Washington, d.
c., will be here about May 20, and will
lecture on or about that date and that
his lecture will be a part of the chau-
| tauqua course, Notwithstanding the fact
that the chautaqua has closed for the
year.
Taking everything into consideration the
chautauqua has been a grand success. This
was the first chautauqua ever held in the
Decaturs and in North Alabama and there
were many people here who did not even
know the meaning of a chautauqua and
for this reason the attendance for the
first few days was not what it might have
been. As it neared its close, however, and
the people come to understand it and tall,
about ii the attendance increased and on
some occasions people had to be turned
away for the lack of seats for them Man.
ager j. II. Ford on the whole feels very
much encouraged and will conduct an
other chautaqua here next year.
Brilliant Features.
During the meeting of two weeks there
were many brilliant lectures and must
calls and other things of interest. The
Sha kesperian lectures by Prof. Edwin s.
Wiley of Nashville, Tenn, were simply
| firSt-class and were much enjoyed by all
| lovers of Shakespeare who heard them
Another noted lecturer on Shakespeare
| and Burns was the Hon. Wallace Bruce
of Brooklyn. N. Y. Then there was an
address by Gov. w. d. Jelks of Alabama,
and addresses by other noted men. The
Bible lectures during the chautauqua by
the Rev. j. w. Stage, the noted Birming-
ham minister, are still the talk of the De
caturs. They were ths pest ever heard
here. The music lovers of the Decaturs
are very much indebted to Mr. and Mrs
| Douglas Powell, for instructions in music
Mr. Powell conducted the choral class
The people of the Decaturs feel that they
are especially indebted to the officers OF
the chautauqua who were: j. II. Ford
manager; Mayor Blackwell, president; Dr.
B. W. Watson, treasurer; w. B. West
| secretary.
Work has commenced on the construction
of the large new electric street car barn
of the North Alabama Traction company
on Second street, near Gordon Drive.
The building will be brick structure
of sufficient size to accommodate all the
cars of the company. The offices of the
company will also be in the same building