The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-18
ALL OFF FOR DALLAS
 ON MIDNIGHT TRAIN
Atlanta Boys Given Some Good Ma tured Roasts, But They Came Back With as Good
 as Sent

FIG some 90 visitors from Atlanta stop ping over here en route to the ad con- in Dallas, for which point the #barty departed last night at Il o'clock 1Pyer the Frisco lines.
 The party of misguided boosters were Hkaken in charge at the Terminal sta Ekion. They were led by the hand 8through a garden of fun. wit, amuse- #Snent and lambasting at the gridiron Ilinner. They waded through sands of hi'Birmingham spirit" and incidentally sthere were other kinds of spirits pres |&hnt. They were pelted with posies of |Ihumor, nonsense fun and things call Etulated to annoy less sensitive bunch Ehnd all of it was about Atlanta. Dur #Ing an evening which seemed but a #lnoment the Atlanta spirit was dragged In the dust and Birmingham, although Eihe hosts to the party, arose triumphant pnafraid and heroic out of a confes- ] Eion led by St. Elmo Massengale that Birmingham was "some town.'
 Confessions Made
 During the evening appropriate con fessions were made at the shrine of Birmingham that the Atlanta spirit, which Birmingham men said frankly fvery city and town envied, was han 3iled without gloves. Without imperti- /bence the Birmingham ad men gave the tisitors to understand that they had ttopped over in Birmingham especially o enIiven themselves from sojourn n a small town.
 Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff, the barty who sees things through sports Xlpectacles, led the caravan across the bands of sport. He introduced the Speakers, prov ided fun for the gath Bring and finally was elected from the hall to regions below" by a stalwart bluecoat inspired by President John Xkparrow of the Ad club. Lorenzo gave he boys from Atlanta some founda- ions upon which to erect defenses for vhat was coming and they made good livery chance they secured.
 Lieut. Gov. Henry B. Gray opened he speech making by disclosing to the assembled gathering why the toast master, Fuzzy" Woodruff, had changed his name and this was the manner in which Governor Gray said it came 5bout: Fuzzy borrowed $2 from kins- han once named Ferguson. In about wo years he again applied for small oan That kinsman reminded your ca oastmaster of the prior loan and asked or a liquidation Fuzzy thereupon said Ihat he would not retain the name of a han who could remember s2 loaned Two years, so he changed the name rom Lorenzo Ferguson Woodruff to Fuzz' Woodruff"
 Governor Gray followed with some omplimentars references to the Att anta guests, saying that the spirit of Atlanta which had made the city great vas thing that had always evoked bis admiration and esteem. He once lived in Atlanta.
 Waiter Hobbies In
 After this a waiter came hobbling Into the room bearing a tray which vas instantly poured over the shoul- Ter of guest. The master of cere monies. Sidney Lazarus, thereupon Jailed the gawky waiter down hard. A olioquy started there which ended in he waiter confessing that he had korke ed in the Georgian Terrace for two tears and had finally gotten the Bir- bingham bug and secured a job here. He alsoA disclosed the fact that several trominent members of the party ate Their meals at free lunch stand to which the waiter was attached in At anta Afterward that waiter sang d parody on "Everybody's Doing It," in- lerting lines about Congressman Un- herwood, the ad men and others. The kctor was Le Roy Montcastle, with whom Sidney Lazarus, the author of 1. frnf In "a ho Eork.
 No one who witnessed the toast master Fuzzy" can forget the awe hnd attention he inspired he waved both hands wildly in the air and in loked silence.
 Gridiron Stunts Interspersed
 Interspersed with speeches were other f1ridiron stunts, all of which were mirth provoking and which elieited rounds of hrrlause and laughter from the assem- bleu gathering. The shafts of humor handed out on the Atlanta spirit. the |fxithfuIness with which the Atlanta Xbhield for the other, were unusually keen and scintinating with wit.
 The Atlanta speakers, of whom there nas several pointed out that some of }re greatness of Birmingham was due tu the fact that many Atlanta people had femONed neTc, tiuS stTtdllflB Sonet1lDR Xbkin to what Atlanta owned. The Bir- h,ingham fellows. on tie other hand knnted out that upon visits to Atlanta fhey could not find anything to buy at bl; worth while excepting ticket to h3,rmjngham The Birmingham speakers blso pointed out that laying all humor bside and speaking seriously. the great hess of Atlanta. caused principally by fne Ai Atlanta spirit, was envied by the Lest iof us"
 The entire list of speakers included Mir Woodruff. continually; MT. Holt, H ieut Gov Henry B. Gray, William |p, rl hurst who complimented Birming- ham and also Atlanta: .Iosep B. Babb. wbo said all big and little towns enyied he Atlanta spirit. William "Bill' Davis. oscar Turner Robert Jemisoh. Jr.. Ed ,,7n Crawford, who said ticket to f,i..f sopham was the best thing he could aa t, buv in Atlanta; Jefferson Palner E} ha Ad club. c. B. Dobbs of Atlanta Jones. E. w. Barrett. Robert H. 82,fea. who spoke of the recent golf tour
 fesAt. and how fine time the Atlanta
 sss had here: John W. Sibley. presi-
 If the Chamber of Commerce: Paul
 paese of Atlanta. who compimented
 Birmingham club upon having given
 stlanta crowd nice, quiet evening
 a and amusement: J. B. Cobbs, MT. a MT. Hicks of Atlanta, L Shapiro
 s John Sparrow
 Jones Displaces Sparrow
 kfE%r the officer had carried MT. Wood Irr flown below President Sparrow was nan. He was almost instantly dis-
 sJ by Harry Jones. Seated with him
 ~ platform were Culpepper Exum. sf barrow and MT Palmer
 qr affair ended one of the most att