Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-29
SHRINERS IN FORCE TO
MARCH ON AMERICUS.
Red FezzerS and SpiketaiIS
Here Today.
Mobiles of Alec Temple
viii Make Pilgrims
age to the City.

The Mobiles of Alec Temple, other
wise the Shriners, and about the ioI
liest bunch that ever flew the coop
viii light down upon Amercus a
early dawn this morning, and unit
the Central train pulls out for Sa
yannah at II o'clock tonight the city
Will be theirs-or nigh theirs, anyway
The main body of Arabs will arrive
this morning from Savannah, although
quite number of Mobiles happened tc
manifest yesterday and last night.
Fully $50 claw-hammered and rel
fezzed swarthy sons of the Soudan
will be here to make merry and assist
in putting the reg tag of Shrinerosity
upon the assembled unregenerates
herded for the froIic.
A committee from Americus Shriners
will meet the camel herders and es-
cort them to the hotel, where break
fast will be served at o'clock.
The official program bulletined is as
follows:
9;45 a. m.-Ensemble Windsor Hotel.
10:O0 a. m.-Reception at Masonic
Hail.
11:00 a. m.-Buffet luncheon.
1900 m.-Automobile Ride to Coun-
tpy- C1,1b DipDor
300 p. m.-Parade.
400 p m-Business and Ceremonial
Session.
$3.50 p. m.-Banquet at A. L. I. Ar
mory
1910 p. m,-Leave Americus, Home
Sweet Home"
The Rally of Red Fezzes.
VIXEN the Mobiles have partaken of
their very frugal repast Of camels'
milk and mamma at the hotel, they win
gather at Masonic Temple for the
annual speechtest, for, while canned
oratory is not conducive to hilarity it
has to be swallowed like calomel-iust
a little, sometimes,
While some of the Mobiles are thus
asphyxiated under the spell of an
address of welcome, others will hike
to the lunch-room below.
There, sandwiches and zem-zem
water VIII be served during the morn
ng-Or while it lasts.
After the Relief Corps has rescued
the survivors of the oratorical on
slaught, the wounded will begiven a
joy ride of twenty miles over the
boulevards of Sumter. There wilt
be fffty-five cars at the disposal oi
tL'a Mobiles, and the ride out to the
Country Club at noon will be fea-
ture
The automobile cavalcade will move
at u o'clock sharp
Welcomed to Country Club.
The visiting Mobiles will be carried
to the most delightful oasis yet visited
the new clubhouse of the Americas
Country Club There a delicious spread
of prunes, potato chips, dill pickles
and cocoa cola will be dished out 10
the noble sons of Alec.
The loud report of the day will be
heard when the procession of Shriners
and cavalcade of camels comes at
o'clock.
Col. Crawford Wheatley, as the
Royal Swat of Alec, will act as mar
shall and precede the trouble-hunters
in his private ear. Illustrious Poten-
tate Cults and his illustrious satellites
low with royal retinue of attendants
seated upon a wheeled divan VIII fol
alongside.
Gaily caparisoned camels, with lusty
mahouts astride their hillatic Jumps
will follow, with a royal bunch Of
Mobiles in conventional evening dress
following.
Victims of the Shrinefest.
The thirty-five unregenerates who
will take the Royal BroSan Degree al
p. m. will come next in the pageant
They may not be Christians, but the
Christian Palace Car in which they
will be hauled about the city will be
a fit background for such human set
ting.
The camel races and blanket toss
ing in the afternoon and royal banque
at 9 o'clock will conclude a day o
rnd-lnttnr hue and nncnrked hflaritY