The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-07-09
HELLO BILL
TAKES DETROIT
EIks From All over The Nation viii
Gather In Annual Convention
Today.
(By Union Associ lated pres..)

=, ~ arrived In Detroit this morning
1 mamma Bill and her brood retired u
{ tneir hotel room to wash the dust O
| travel from their exteriors, while Pan,
, BIZ, In tow Of a reception committe,
OF other Bills, retired elsewhere t.
, wash the dust of travel from his
throat
, so saying, We scribe will also re
: TIRE for a moment, and. wiping his
, mouth with the back of his hand pro
coed to elucidate that the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks has
taken possession of Detroit for the
purpose Of holding a national con.
'ention, and we don't care what hap
pens.
Estimates of the number of Bills in
town this morning range from 5OOo
TO 10000 depending somewhat on the
rlpeness of the estimator. By Monday.
when the grand lodge of the order
opens shop, no less than 80 900 of the
horny-headed sons of joy are expect
ed to be preambulating up and down
the Rue de Elk and the Camp de
Bill.
| following the informal entertain
ments of this evening and tomorrow.
the first of the big events of Elk week
VIII come on Monday evening, when
the grand exalted ruler and grand
lodge members will be formally well
coined to the city. The arrival of The
distinguished visitors will be made
tne occasion ca for grand water pa
geant Illustrating the Arrival to the
site of the present sffy. of Detroit of
Count PonchartriaZx. Cadillac and La
a',e Inc Doag and costumes will
., De !, faithful ~ reproductions of the orig
mars he fiotilla will be hemmed in
y loes bearing Pontiac and his
. he grand lodge officials and men,
1ers vii be met at the landing place
apd escorted to the Lyceum theatre.
where welcoming addresses will be
delivered by Governor Warner, May
or Breftmeyer and the heads of the
local reception committee. It it
planned to have the mayors of all
the chief cities of Michigan partici-
pate in the welcome demonstration.
the response for the visitors will be
made by James U. Sammis of Iowa,
grand exalted ruler of the order.
Tuesday morning the grand lodge
VIII assemble for business and daily
sessions will be held until Thursday.
The business of the convention. how
ever, will be literally interspersed
with features of entertainment. Dur
ing the week there will be free daily |
excursions for the visitors to Belle |
is'e' Tashmoo Park and other nearby |
resorts. Free band concerts. official |
receptions, luncheons, theatre parties
and baseball games will he included |
in the program.
Another notable feature will be a
grand electrical allegorical parade,
depicting the founding and develop
ing of the city.
The decorations and illumination of
the city during Elks' week are ON a I
scale OF unparalleled magnificence. To
morrow evening Thomas A. Edison, at
his home in New Jersey, will press a
button which will be the signal for
on the brillian Examinations II
which will convret night into day
throughout the central portion of the
lily.
Public buildings and business
houses will be festooned with thou
sands of electric lights, while NAM
moth arches of artistic design have :
been erected at the principal street 7
intersections to bid welcome to the ,
Best People on Earth" =
AS at previous conventions of the
1lks the browning event of the week I
VII be the great parade, which is |
cheduled for Thursday. Between t
1000 and $4,000 members of the r
rder,, mostly in Uniform, will march {
the music of 200 bands The au- d
manufacturers of Detroit, {
'hich city leads the automobile in :
ustry of the world, will furnish a ,
core of handsomely decorated motor
airs for the accommodation of the
rand lodge officers and distinguished
uests who will ride in the parade. !
he manufe cturers will also place a
automobiles at the disposal
the reception committee to carry n,
e visitors on sightseeing trips tt
,out the city. One of the eonclud- d.
g features of the weeks program III