The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
.ELKS ADJOURN
 AT TUSCALOOSA Meeting Was One of the Best
 Ever Held. FLAG DAY EXERCISES
Boys Industrial School Band Adds Much to the Enjoyment of the ceaslon-Attendance Large
 From Over State.

Tuscaloosa, June 15-(Special 1.-The Ala
 bama State Elks' association adjourned
 here today after one of the most en-
 thusiastic meetings ever held by this as- sociation. The attendance from appear ing at first to be very small, grew into
 large one, and Tuscaloosa has been
 pretty full of delegates from various parts of the state.
 The prettiest exercise, so far as the public was concerned, was that held last night, commemorative of flag day This
 day Is observed by the Elks all over the country, and the ritual of the order pro- vides beautiful service. Last night the
 Elks auditorium was packed to over flowing by Elks and visitors to witness the programme.
 The local and visiting members of the order marched into the auditorium in step with music furnished by the Boys Indus trial School band. Preceding these were the following officers taking part in the exercises: M. J. Maloney, past ex- alted ruler, bearing a large American flag; c. c. Simpson, acting exalted ruler for J. c. Justin; Charles Film, esteemed loyal knight; Joseph SalAs, esteemed lec- turing knight; J. A. Massa, chaplain; NJ T. Ormond and W. w. Brandon. The exalted ruler called the meeting to or der and the ritualistic service was gone through with. M. T. Ormond delivered the Record of the Flag in splendid style, this following on the programme. Next came the building on the altar of the floral Liberty Bell by the officers of the lodge. The base was of roses, the symbol of patriotism, the central figures of lilies, and the crowning piece was of violets, refecting the blue of the flag and typifying justice, brotherly love and fidelity. On top of the bell was placed a crown of evergreens and stars. At the completion of the bell, Il strokes were sounded in remembrance of absent brothers.' The entire affair was beauti- full and carried out without hitch! Following this, the "Elks Tribute to Our Flag" was pronounced by w. w. Bran don, who delivered this beautiful piece with his usual grace and eloquence. The Boys Industrial School band rem dered several numbers in splendid style.
 In fact, the presence of this band, com
 posed entirely of youngsters, has been
 feature of the convention, and their music has been heard with great deal of pleas ure and much favorable comment. Also two delightful duets were on the pro gramme, one rendered by Mrs. J. F. AL ston and Miss Mary Emily F'itts and another by Mrs. S. J. Leach and Mrs. J.. A. Anderson.
 The exercises were closed with prayer by the chaplain. Following the public exercises came a social session in the dining hall or cafe of the Elks building, where all of the delegates and home
 members gathered for the social event of the occasion. A delightful spread was
 prepared and jolly good time had by all attending.
 This morning the visitors were taken for
 a delightful trip up the river, this in
 cluding passage through several of the
 locks on the river. A business session was scheduled for 8:30 this morning, but this was postponed until this afternoon, as the committee to report on election of officers was not ready to report. Fol lowing the river trip magnificent bar becue was had out at Rfverview, pretty little resort on the Warrior river, which was attended by nearly all local Elks and all the friends and visitors of Elks. A feature of the convention was the game of ball played yesterday by the Ensley lodge and the Tuscaloosa lodge. A large and interesting crowd watched the progress of the game and roofing WIS fierce. It was clearly the case, how ever, that Ensley had the better of the argument as they were less stiff on their feet and more nimble with their fingers. They also rapped the ball with more con- sistency. Older members of the local lodge watched the progress of defeat as gracefully as possible, until about the
 seventh inning. when they organized and
 took the field to drub the visitors as they
 deserved. This move, however, was un-
 successful, as the Ensley score increased
 as result Among those participating
 were Mayor w. M- Faulk. w. w. Bran-
 don W. F. Fitts. Sr., c. W. weatherford,
 Charles Morgan, C. c. Simpson and
 others.
 The following new officers were report
 ed late this evening by the nominating
 committee: President. W. w. Brandon,
 Tuscaloosa; vice president, Samuel Stein,
 Bessemer; treasurer, c. c. Simpson Tus-
 caloosa; secretary, H. B. Shropshire Bir-
 mingham; trustee j.. L. McGehee, Tusca-
 loosa; inner guard, Sam Nelson, Demop-
 ols esquire c. M Tardy, Birmingham.
 The trustees will decide later on the next
 meeting place.
 Mrs. Robinson EntertaIns.
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