The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
.ELKS ASSEMBLE IN
MERIDIAN FOR TRIP
Solid Train Is Now Off for Los
Angeles
BIRMINGHAM PARTYHUSKY
Local Men Find Meridian Eks Know
All About Birmingham and Want
To Be Annexed to Great
err City.
BIRMINGHAM PARTY1HUSKY
BY BURR BLACKBURN.

Meridian. July ESPECIAL. )-"Hello
Bill!' resounds round the world. and the
brotherhood of purple and white is march,
ing ON Los Angeles from every section of
the country. Meridian today entertained
all the Elks of the cotton states, among
whom the Birmingham delegation cuts
no slight swath.
And right royalty. with What the
h do we care" they met the Birming-
ham party of 40 which came In at 2:SO
p, m. over the fast train of the Alabama
Great Southern and made them think that
Meridian is the warmest town on the
map.
1t was a brass band reception The
guests were hustled from the train.
whisked about the pretty little town in
open carriages and delivered at the Elks'
lodge. where an elaborate Dutch lunch
was served Everybody was glad to see
the brothers from the Magic City, and
together with the delegations from Chat
tanooga and New Orleans and Knoxville
and Jackson they were shown a rafting
good time.
Inc train made up here at $50 p. m.
and pulled out toward Texas. This is
one of the most elaborate trains that ever
walked the rails of the proud Queen and
Crescent. Eight cars, consisting of five
Pullmans, an observation car, a diner and
baggage car, were filled to the limit
with jolly Elks and their families.
The Birmingham party is composed of
j. E. Shelby, past exalted ruler, and rep
resentative from the Birmingham lodge to
the grand lodge, and Mrs. Shelby, Lee
Wellman, Thomas Shields Will Hurd. |.
Tardy, Mrs. Tardy and daughter c. B.
Rogers, wife and daughter; T. ]. Car
son. wife and daughter; Rudolph Wege-
lin and wife, Miss Looney, Charles Never
and sister, Borden Burr, S. L. F1ippen
and sister, Miss Gertrude F'lippen, ID.
N. Baird, William Palmer George Boss,
F. Steinmehl and wife, Dr. John Perkins,
Frank Gray, H. l.. Klein, Theodore j.
Lamar, representative of Bessemer lodge.
III, and c. w. Johns, Mrs. Patterson,
Mrs. johnson, II. c. Meade of Besse-
mer, and T. l.. Walters of Tuscaloosa.
Meridian will send three carloads and
has turned down 20 others on account of
the lack of space. New Orleans is rep
resented on the train by a dozen men.
who chose the Meridian route in prefer
ence to the ride through the desert
Birmingham is popular In Meridian
They get the morning paper here by II
a. M, and are more closely connected
with Birmingham than any other town
In the south. They cannot be told any,
thing whatever about Birmingham be-
cause they know 1t ALL One of them re-
marked today that Meridian hopes to be
in Greater Birmingham before many
years.
They have a man here who is off with
the crowd called Walsh, the clown of the
national organization. you're not alone
I'm with you" is the title of his badge
which he pins on every coat, and his other
motto is, Il have a hard luck story
of my own, don't tell yours" He is
going to the convention dressed in bro
gans, No. IS shoes, and silk hat, besides
an Elk badge as big as the animal itself
and several other things. Ed, unlike most
clowns, Is really bright and will greatly
enliven the scenes in the baggage car