Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-30
ShRINERS HAVE GREAT
DAY IN AMERICUS
Nearly Drank the Artesian
Wells Dry.
Fine Auto. Ride, Street
arade a Treat and
Supper at Night.

The red fez wearers captured the
city yesterday. They came in from
all directions. From Savannah there
was a sleeper load of them. From
Macon there We're a half dozen big
autos crowded to the limit. The trains
landed them from up the road and
down the road, from east and west
and north and south. They came in
over hundred strong, loyal Mobiles of
Alec Temple, ready with the glad
hand for day given up to joy, radiat-
ing smiles wherever they went. They
filled the lobbies of the Windsor and
oyerfowed on to the porch and the
sidewalks, They were like a lot of
children just out from school on the
first day Of vacation, sober men of af-
fairs forgetting business and turning
themselves loose for an occasion Of
unprecedented pleasure.
Knew What They Came For.
And they Lad it. There was no
doubt of that They knew what they
were here for and they lost no time.
The local Mobiles We're on hand to dl.
rect the way to the fountains that
keep the oasis green. Mobiles Whe 1T
ley and Miller and Pruitt, and Balm
sen and WillifOrd, and Allen and
Cranberry, Morgan and Hightower and
well, all the Mobiles of Alec Temple
that write Amerious after their names,
were indefatigable Every local Noble
shook bus ness tor the entire day and
gave himself up to unres 'rained good
fellowship. They met the visitors at
the stations and carried them to the
Go ell. They introduced them to the
inner sanctum where a private con.
nect'on had been made with the ar
tesian we'll and the water meter de-
strOyed, so that no record might be
kept of consumption There was a
hubbub around the hotel that remind
ed one strongly of the Kimball House
lobby in the old days when the legis-
lature was just about to meet and the
candidates and their friends were
gathered from the four corners of the
state. Looking down on the mass Of
Mobiles and their companions one saw
an animated and picturesque picture.
Urged 10 Drink (Water) Freely.
After breakfast, and the Mobiles all
agreed it was a good one there was an
adjournment to the Masonic Temple.
There the keys of the city were ten
dered to the visitors. Crawl" Wheat
ley and w T. Lane, Esq, spoke for
Americus. They did it we'll. They told
of the health-giving qualities of it's
artesian water, and urged the brethren
from without the gates to drink freely
and. fully They assured them that
the wells were deep and the supply
of the elixir of life inexhaustibIe. The
smiles of satisfaction on the counten-
ances of the visiting guests showed how
thrilling this intelligence was to them,
and their spokesman, Illustrious Poten-
tate Cults, in assuring the local Mobiles
of their appreciation of the generously
warm welcome was at no loss for
words to tell how acceptable was the
artesian water of Americus to the
thirsty Shrmers; how it washed away
the dust of travel, gave new bright
ness to the eye, new yigor to the body,
new eloquence to the tongue. And
they showed their fondness for it
throughout the day, at the hotel at
the Country Club, everywhere, until
toward night it was feared that if
fire really should break out the pres
sure at the works would have to be
doubled.
Ride to the Country Club Oasis.
Lunch was served at the Temple be-
fore the auto ride that came at IL
o'clock. No one is permitted to join
the Shrine who has not got a good ap-
petite. Indigestion is unknown among
is Mobiles. If a man develops indi-
gestion, so it is rumored, he must re-
sign as incapacitated. Every fez
wearer must be an ultimate consumer
at all times The lunch was delicious,
of course, with the ladies of the Eas-
tern Star the caterers. An hour be-
fore midday a long string of motor
cars stretched around the hotel
There were ffty-five of them in all,
and every one was speedily loaded
with four to six Shriners and friends
It was a great crowd and fine ride.
There was just enough wind to blow
away the dust between the oasis of
Americas and the next we'll at the
Country Club. Fifteen miles or more
Of Sumter's matchless roads were COW
cred, just enough to give the visitors
a glimpse of the roads and the fairest
and most promising country Gods sun
/ ever shone upon. Arriving at the club
rs capacities as place for enter
tainment were tested to the limit. The
$50 were we'll handled. This oasis
was voted a delightful stopping place.
Artesian water flowed like the pro-
verbal milk and honey of the prom
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