The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-07

r .a |. r delegates be not paid by the Royal Ch1ef waived any claim to expenses and passed the matter before the dele gates could catch their breath The incident caused quite a laugh The Grand Clan of Massachusetts was em- powered to issue charters subject to the approval of the Royal Clan This disposes of a vexed question which oc- cup1ed quite a long time in discussion.
 Boston was selected as the next meeting place of the Royal Clan, beat The usual resolutions of the Press and Printing committee occupied the center of the floor during the closing exercises of the convention.
 At an exhibition hitch of the fire brigade on Thursday, two of the fire men and an old lady got injured Res olutions of sympathy were adopted and from a. report from a. member of this committee the Royal Clan made up purse of $66 for the old lady which was presented through the Royal Treasurer with suitable resolutions.
 Resolutions of thanks to all who had entertained the delegates were adopted with exclamation. On the suggestion of the Royal Chief a rising vote of thanks was given to the various com m1ttees. Two songs by Miss Mary Ogilvie and. the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" followed by a lusty three times three brought the twenty-fourth con- vention to a close.
 The social part of the convention opened with the admission of the la dies and the delegation from the city council. After being duly introduced, Mayor Reed spoke in part as follows: Members of the Royal Order of Scot tish Clans, ladies and gentlemen; I take great pleasure in welcoming your convention to the city of Manchester. trust you will enjoy your stay here to such an extent that shall have still greater pleasure of feeling that, when you adjourn, it will only be to reassemble in this city two years hence.
 Manchester is a home-loving, home owning city, of over 75.000 population It is my estimate that over one-third of all our people here gain their live hhood by employment in our shops and factories. The Anoskeag com pany is now erecting a new factory, which, when completed, will furnish employment to 5000 additional working people, and we figure that that will cause an increase in our population of at least 10000.
 ''If, when you leave this city, you find that the hospitality of it's people has been what have predicted, hope you will say a kind word, wherever you go, about the city of Manches- ter"
 Royal Chief John Hill responded to the welcome of the Mayor and briefly expressed his appreciation of it's senti- ment. He said that he hoped that whenever the Clans did gather in this city again, it would be to find it a city, no longer of 10000, but of 100000 population.
 Royal Secretary Peter Kerr follow ed MT. Hill with a brief speech. He spoke of the beauty of the Granite State and of the part which Scotch on1 hai, I ayafc hod iy, ting the various parts of it.
 'It is rather as descendants return ing into the home of their fathers that we are here, rather than as pilgrims journeying into strange land," he said.
 Tuesday afternoon was spent in a visit to the Amoskeag mills. About 1S0 delegates and guests assembled after lunch and spent three hours in trip through the principal parts of the mill. They were divided at the en- trance gate into seven sections, each with a guide to explain the sights that were to be seen in the several build- ings.
 The visitors were treated very cor dially by the mill officials. As they passed through the sample room each delegate was presented with a roll of cotton cloth, the processes of making which they had just had the pleasure of inspecting, and a souvenir booklet with pictures or the various macnlneS In response to these gifts, Master Ray mond Ingalls, of Berlin, one of the party dressed in kits, favored the em- ployes of the room with bagpipe solo.
 Of course every housewife has heard of Amoskeag ginghams and AmoSkeag muslins of all descriptions, but they have never heard that the Amoskeag mills at present employ over fifteen thousand hands and that the last years pay roll amounted to