The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-07
GROCERS HAVE BIG
Time At BARBECUE
Entire Day Spent at Talladega
Springs
GAMES WERE FEATURE
Industrial School Band Carried Along
as Guests of the Wholesalers.
Resolutions of Thanks From
the Employees

The Birmingham Wholesale Grocers
association entertained their employees
with an excursion and barbecue at Tai
ladega Springs yesterday. train of
three passenger coaches carried the
party over the Louisville and Nashville
railroad.
The day and the occasion were perfect
in every particular except for occasional
showers that interrupted some of the
sports and the barbecue, but the full en-
joyment of the day was not dampened
by these small interfenences.
All the participants pronounced the
barbecue one of the most elaborate and
Hastily prepared that they had ever en-
joyed There was plenty of a most
pleasing variety and 1t was most excel
lently prepared
The day was filled In with baseball
marbles and other games as well as
dancing, while many reveled In the deli
cious sensation of absolute abandonment
of all worry and exertion beneath the
shades and pavilions. The spring was al
most drawn dry early in the morning and
was kept SO until the party had gone.
| Besides the proprietors of Birming-
hams big wholesale grocery houses who
acted as hosts there were the travelling
men, shipping clerks, bill clerks, book
keepers, stenographers and office boys.
The crowd was thoroughly democratic
and the most orderly as well as jolly
that ever went out of Birmingham on a
| like occasion.
| Industrial Band
| The Industrial school band was also
carried as guests of the grocers for an
outing. They expressed their apprecia-
ton of the holiday by furnishing some
rare music during the day They were
accompanied by Superintendent D. NJ.
Weakley of the Alabama Industrial
| school,
| The following officials of the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad went along
to see to the comfort of the party: T.
E. Brooks, P Sid Jones, c. E. Magle-
merry, Lee lC1ery, Ed. Falls and C. W.
Tolliver.
1t was regretted that some of the men,
| bers of the firms acting as hosts of the
| party could not attend the party, but
most of the firms were represented
! The special train left Birmingham yes
terday morning at 7:30 o'clock and re-
turned last night at $50 making the run
to and from Talladega Springs in about
two hours.
Resolution of Thanks
On the way home the employees who
were guests of the occasion adopted the
following resolutions:
| 1--WE the undersigned committee OF
travelling statesmen take this method of
expressing our thanks to the wholesale
grocers of Birmingham for the nice and
| enjoyable time we had at their expense
| at Talladega Springs. Signed: C. c. Tar
dy, r. Berry, lack Talley, Tom Douglas,
Jim Laird, C. r. Abrams, f. B. Cren-
shaw, lack yillins, Rufus Fell, R. II.
| Coffey and Tom Pippen.'
| The hosts of the occasion were: Tyler
Grocery company, Alabama Grocery COM
pany, G. w. Hopson & Sons, Beck Candy
& Grocery Co., Collins & Co., Taylor
| Wheeler Grocery Co., McLester & Van
Hose Co.. F. F. Norton & Son, Frank
lin, Stiles & Franklin, Hood Grocery Co.,
| Desmond & Co.
The Guests
| The guests were: H. T. Stephens, T.
| Berry, G. E. Lum, Jr., John M. Strong,
]. T. Camp. w. d. Putnam, J. S. Viii
lines, Roy L. Green, White Matthews,
w. F. Franklin, w. B. Shields, F. B.
Crenshaw, P. H. Coffee, Lloyd A. Sweat,
John w. Mahan, E. B. Head, c. M. Tar
| dy, ]. Walters, T. D. Johnson. ]. d.
Harris, E. A. Carter l.. A. Beak, w. j..
Perryman, H. J. Smith. c. E. Abrams,
e. B. Heiser, E. o. Wright, H. w.
| higgins, Louis Long, T. B. Jones, S. O..
| Griffith, Morris Griffith, A d. Holmes,
| John w. Simpson, Frank P. Culver, J..
| G. Rutland, Otis Stephens, ]. E..
| Taylor, G. M. Porter, A. c. Billups,
James Lee, Dudley Vaughan, Rob Nc
IC. F. Boyd, C. Q. Peake, r. L. White
side, Pryor o. Rice John Aaron, Rich
ard Calder, Tom Pippen, f. w. Holley,
H. G. Thompson, A. Dudley, J. f. Coon
| ey, w. J. Garrett, S. M. Collins, f. S.
Barnhart, R. L. Sumner, Gus Ellard,
| j. M johnson, Jr., J. G. Wagner, S.
J. Levine zack c. Tally, Grover II.
Thaxton, A. c. Gibson Charles Pass
more, Howell Sumner, Frank M. Hips,
| e. FL Mills, t. j. Bobbltt, III. Il. Redd,
Phomas L. Douglas, w. F. Savage, f.
Peterman, ]. P. Phillips, H. B. Stone,
| w. P. Lynch, r. 7. Anderson, X. III.
| Eggleston and Ed r. Norman.
works, stove works. bars for concrete,
| tin plate works, in fact. there Is no
| limit to the possibilities of this district
| in the manufacture of iron and steel
products.