The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-09
over $50 PRESENT INCLUDING
MAYOR AND RAILROAD
MANAGER cAueBucK.
A MAGNIFICENT OFFER
Made BY Mr.. chubouc%-krew 30
Have One Days Receipts From
Railroad System-Speeches
After Feasting.

Comus was held last night at the
Knew hall and the greatest secret So
ciety of Cairo devoted to fun, frolic
; and charity enjoyed one of the finest
affairs of the kind ever given.
The hall was tastefully decorated
and the banquet tables almost filed
ne entire main room Every seat
,Esas occupied BY the 10 IetlbsIsspf
fithe order and few guests Among
he guests present were General Man
lager Chubbuck of the entire Mckinley
system, General Superintendent Nc
I.aughlin of the Cairo Electric Light
and Traction Co. and Mayor Parsons,
The ceremony of installation of the
Ioicers recently felected was per.
formed, after which all were seated
Ito the following menu prepared by
Great Grand Caterer Goettel. assisted
by Abe and his corps of walters;
Cocktail, turkey, ham, tongue. potato
salad, cold slaw. mayonnaise shrimp
salad. onions, radishes, Deets, celery
pickles, home made cakes and plenty
of liquid refreshments followed by
Icigars
At th head of the center table
was W. B. Huette postmaster. at his
left was the newly elected Great
IGrand Mogul Frank T. Davis, at his
right the retiring G. G. NJ, Peter Lind
with the honored guests of the even
ing. Mr.. Chubbuck. Mr.. Mclaughlin
and Mayor Parsons.
The Cairo Egyptian band directed
by Jode Parker played selections dur
ing the evening, After the feast had
: 1een disposed of POSTMASTER Huette
! called upon the new G. G. NJ, ex-
Sheriff Frank Davis. to respond. He
thanked the members for placing him
] in the position Of head Of the order
. and reviewed the good work it had
done and he hoped to see the order
prosper as never before. lie woust
: DO all he could to carry out the de-
/ sire.
Hon. Reed Green was called upon
Tor few remarks He said that
} much of the credit for what had been
accomplished by the X NJ X G. cur
ling the past eight years should be
given 10 the retiring G.. G. NJ, Peter
Lind. who had served in that office
sor those eight years. That while
The entire credit should perhaps not
be given to him for the street paving,
he new interurban railroad and all
the other great Things in Cairo, but
ne and the X NJ X. c. have had q
! aand in the work. Then Mr.. Green
TO Mr.. Lind beautiful emblematic
TO Mr. Lnid beautiful emblematlc
pin of the order solid gold star and
crescent pin in the center OF the star
blazed brilliant diamond.
Mr. Lind almost with tears in his
eyes thanked the members for the ele-
CANT gift and talked for several min
utes on the subject uppermost in hts
heart-the Krew.
Mayor Parsons responded and
. spoke in general way Of the Krew
and its members and of this being his
hfst opportunity to be present at an
annual banquet. He then presented
General Manager Chubbuck of the
Mckinley system.
Mr.. Chubbuck said: Cairo has
been series of surprises to me and
: they were pleasant surprises. Mr.
+, Fischer had told me that Cairo was
; the best town in the state for it's size
! that it was made up of live people. |
: had surprise tonight. DR.. Davis
says there are wild turkeys near
e Cairo only few miles away and that
0 there is good fishing all about here,
:. | will ask him for proof a little later.
will be here much of the time this
year to help look after the work un.
I'll 1t has been completed. | hone
I later TO see the Interurban extended.
Il was somewhat surprised to learn
! that this order was a charitable or.
! ganization. Learning that | want TO
turn over to you for one day the en-.
tire street railroad system of Cairo
the receipts from fares 20 be devoted
to the good work you are doing for
charity You can also take the re.
ceipts for one day of the interurban
railroad provided you divide with
Mound City and Mounds. He thanked
the krew for their invitation to the
banquet and hoping to be present at
the next one. The tremendous ap-
plause which greeted Mr.. Chubbuck
on the conclusion of his good words
must certainly have shown the great
, appreciation Of the Krew
Claude Winter, who for many years
was head OF the order and oldest
member of the order, responded to
the toastmaster by short review Of
the past history OF the order for the
, benefit of the guests and dwelt on the
good works that could yet be accom-.
: lplished,
H, s. Antrim and c. c. Terrell made
short addresses and told humorous
Z Istories.
The X. NJ. X. c. quartette gave
some excellent selections. TIE quar,