The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-13
NEW LODGE OF ELKs.
Installed at Humboldt Under the
Most Auspicious Occasion.

institution ia Humboldt of a new
lodge of Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks yesterday evening
was the occasion of bringing to
this city numerous distinguished
citizens and Elks from all parts OF
West Tennessee, and marked de-
cidedlY the social and fraternal
event of the season. A special
train from Jackson brought about
seventy-five members of that order,
among them being Hon. Hugh G.
Anderson, Mayor of the city and
President of the Peoples Savings
Bank; ]. N. Wisdom, President of
the First National Bank; Chancel-
Tor r. L. Bullock; Hon. Robert
Spraggins. City Attorney; H. b.
Hurt, City Recorder; S. B. Ander-
son, Past Exalted Ruler and Past
District Deputy; /. H. Joseph. Pres
ident of the State organization of
Elks; Burrow Hays, Circuit Court
Clerk, and numerous other men
who stand at the top in business,
professional and fraternal circles of
that city.
Among the large delegation from
Union City were H. It. Robinson,
District Deputy; J. c. Burdick, Elk
allied Ruler; Col. Dick Edwards,
Past Exalted Ruler; Joe Herring,
]. d. Killion, Will Sowell. A. Pace
and c. e. Denham
The Memphis Elks were repre-
scented by Col. M. w. Connolly,
Charlie Monteverde, John Thomas
son. e II. Vann and Sol Trauer-
man.
There were twenty representa-
tlves of the Paris lodge, among the
number being John r. Rlson, May
or; e. T. Ewing, John t. Currier,
Robt. McAdoo, Will Dawson and F..
M. Van Cleave.
Under the direction OF the proper
authorities the new lodge, which
will be known as Humboldt Lodge
No. 1898, was instituted and the
following officers elected: ]. e.
Hoshal, Exalted Ruler; c. e. Rocks,
Esteemed Leading knight; j. r.
Senter, Esteemed Lecturing knight;
D. p. Conway, Esteemed Loyal
Knight; Charles Fox, Treasurer;
Irby Mcfarland, Tyler; o. c. Sharp,
r. H. McNeeley and ]. r. Evans,
Trustees. These officers are thor-
oughly representative citizens and
insure the new lodge the respect Of
the people of the town.
After the installation of the lodge
an elegant reception and banquet
was rendered the visiting antlers
at the Commercial Hotel. Hum
boldt people never listened to more
distinguished men speak on the
great subject of "Fraternalism"
than those who responded to the
various toasts on that and kindred
subjects as exemplifed by Elkdom.
]. Maddin Smith acted as toast
master and his rare and happy
style showed clearly at the outset
that no more graceful host ever pre-.
sided at the festal board. Senator
j. d. Senter, one of the recently
initiated candidates, delivered the
welcome address on behalf of the
local lodge. In the absense of Judge
]. FL. Stevens, Of Jackson, Miss,
who was to have responded to the
toast, Influence in Elkdom," Hon.
c. e. Denhan, of Union City, spoke
in his stead. Hon. ]. d. Scatter as
sumed the duties of POSTMASTER
temporarily and Mr. Snlash deliv-
cred inasterful eulogy on "Wo-
manhood District Deputy H. t. |
Robinson, of Union City, spoke on
"Fraternalism."
One of the happiest speeches Of
the evening was delivered by Col.
M. w. Connolly, of Memphis. Col.
Connolly spoke on the Modifying
and unifying spirit of Elkdom,
Judge Bullock, of Jackson, spoke
of brotherly love. Hon. c. G. Tay-
Tor, Past Exalted Ruler, Of Jack
son, spoke Of the great good the
Elks had done in Jackson. Hon.
Robert Spraggins, City Attorney |
of Jackson, made a hit when he
suggested that possibly the recent
ly instituted lodge of Elks in Hum
boldt contained future Governor
of Tennessee, referring to Hon. J. |
D. Senter. Hon. John Thomasson,
of Memphis, wa the last speaker.
Immediately following the ban