The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
RED MEN WILL MEET
BIRMINGHAM Is PREPARING FOR
GREAT COUNCIL.
VIII Be Called Together Tuesday Morn
ing With Tribesmen From All
Parts of the State
Present

Birmingham. May 25.-(Special) y
The twentieth great sun council of the
great council of Alabama. Improved
Order of Red Men, which meets in
this city next Tuesday will mark the
seventh time that the great council
session has been held in the Magic
City
The great council was organized in
Birmingham, November 10, 1888, with
eight tribes represented. Red Jacket
No. IA. now No. S, of Phoenix City
Chinabee tribe No. 10 of Admission. de-
funct, Tallapoosa tribe No. II now No.
Z of Montgomery, Powhatan No. 20,
of Pratt City, defunct. Tecumseh Tribe
No. 81. of Birmingham Big Kills, No.
% of Dolomite. defunct, Osceola No.
"a of Warrior, defunct, Kiowa No. rs
of Tuscumbia, defunct. and Chieftain's
League No. 2. of Montgomery, defunct.
OF the members present at the institu-
ton of the great council the follow
ing are the surviving members and
hold membership in the great council
at present: Past Great Sachem b. f.
Allday and G, C. of F. of the U. s.
James H. Cook of Montgomery, Past
Great Sachem T. w Vincent of Phoe-
nix. Past Great Sachem H. NJ Austin
of Birmingham. Past Great Sachem w.
H. Solomon of New Castle and Past
Sachem Adler of Admission. Great Inco-
honee Thomas ]. Francis of New Jer-
sey, now deceased instituted the great
council in person.
The Great Council of Alabama has
been held in Birmingham as follows;
November 10, 1888 (firsD; May 5, 1891
FOURTH; May 3rd. 1892 (ffth); May
LIST, 1894 (seventh): May End. 1899
(twelfth) May 23rd. 1905, (eighteenth);
May %. 1907. (twenteth).
The following are the present Great
Chiefs, members of committees of the
Great Council and Past Great Sachems:
Great Sachem. John F. Jones, Mont
gomery; Great Senior Sycamore, r. F.
l.. Mel. Selma; Great Junior Sycamore
Branch E. Barlow, Mobile; Great
Great Mishinewa. Robert Park. Brook
side; Great Guard of the Wigwam, H.
B. Keith, Eufaula; Great Guard of the
forest. H. w. Carlisle, Selma, Repre-
sentatives to the great council of the
United States, P. G. s. George r
Marsh: James E. Maddox, Montgom-
cry; past grand sachem. R. Y. Porter,
Greenville; P. G. s., NJ. D. Friedman,
Birmingham; p. S. G., H. NJ. Austin,
Birmingham. standing Committees on
Law: j. T. Fletcher and H. s. Saul,
Montgomery; G.. w. Walls, Prattville
on finance, NJ. NJ. Marsh. Mobile; r
LEVY. Phoenix city; E. e. Stanley.
Langdale; board of appeals, r. T.
Goodwin and A. II. Arlington. Mont
gomery. and b. x. Morris, Wetumpka
Past Grand Sachems w. H Solomon.
New Castle; b. F. Allday and Will
liam Smilee Smith, w. H. Tice, Of
Montgomery; T. w. Vinson and ]. r..
Freeman. Phoenix City; H. NJ Austin.
T. w. Morefeld, NJ. u. Friedman Biz
mingham; George T. Marsh. Hunts
Vile; d. B. Ray, TaIlassee; S. j. Beggs,
Wodlawn; w. A. Haynes. Grady; c. C.
Heard, Landale; J. w. Pierson. Avon
dale: r. Y. Porter and Albert Stein
hardt, Greenville; E. D. Corker. Eu-
faula and Great Guard of the Forest
of the United States, James H. Cook,
Montgomery,
The meeting will be called TO order
promptly at 10 o'clock a. m, Tuesday,
May %. 1907. at Red Mems Hall on
First Avenue. by Great Sachem John
F. Jones. Sessions OF the great conn
ell will be held also on Tuesday after
moor and Wednesday morning AMI at
ternoon.