The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
Cunningham rendered Re-
ception By Ladies
BIG BANQUET is HELD
Is Preceded BY Ceremonial Session. of
Shrine Mt Which "a New Members
Were Initiated Into the Mys-
teries of the Order
BY oHARLEs II. MANDY

A royal welcome was given ". j. Cum
bingham imperial potentate of the An
cient Arabic Order Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine by the members of zamora tenn
pie, on his visit to the city yesterday. lie
was given reception by the ladies in
the afternoon, a meeting and ceremonial
in the evening and the traditional bar
quiet closed the day The ladies' who
were the wives and daughters of the shri-
ners. met the Frisco train at East Thorn
as with an automobile filled with six
midst of them and driven to the Hillman
hotel where he was given a reception by
the ladies of The Shrine
The ceremonial at the Orpheum was one
of the best ever held in the history of the
local Shrine, md one of the best attend
ed. The theatre was almost filled with
the red fezzed mobiles, many of them from,
other cities but nearly all of them menu
bers of Zamora. The meeting was opened
by Potentate ". p McAdory. who intro
dnced Mr.. Cunningham to the mobiles and
rendered him the Chair. The business
was quickly dispatched and the initia-
ton of the "a candidates commenced
Mr.. Cunningham Makes Address
During one of the recesses Mr.. Cum
ningham made an address In which he
complimented the local Shrine very high
ly for the excellent manner they had car
rfed out the various parts of the ceremo-
mia IIa oil af f.a n . he
Shriners owed TO the Masonic order and
urged them aver to remember the pre-
cepts taught In the various Masonic de-
grees. He expressed great pleasure to
be with the Birmingham temple and sta
ted he was much impressed with the
city and its splendid growth and possi-
bilities.. Ar tsa T.aa
4 At the conclusion of the address of the
distinguished guest the initiation pro-
ceeded s.s5.
Cheer up; the worst is yet To come"
was gently whispered to the "a unregener-
ated sons of the desert who, with forced
marches across the burning sands, took
the awe inspiring journey to the Shri-
ners' mecca at the ceremonial given last
night. The journey to the promised land
was in three stanzas, and between each
the above cheering intelligence was cor-
veyed to the weary and knowledge SEEK
ing neophytes.
Unlimited were the diversions that
met them on the way. in fact every
thing from Alpha to Omega was pro-
vided for their entertainment Some of
the candidates learned the Shriners
''cakewalk'' at the first trial; some of
them will be trying the stunt for the
next two weeks. After they. had been
purified ain Villagesscreek water they
were led to the bubbling spring where
flows the liInpid water of Iem-Zem,
but being but neophytes they were not
allowed to quench their thirst at this
spring of living Joy, but were given a
drink of booyei that refreshed them
very much.
with the help of the surgeons in
waiting and their stand by Sam Foley,
all the candidates were able to par
take of the sumptuous banquet spread
at the Hotel Hillman that followed the
ceremonial. One of the features of the
ceremonial was the music furnished by
the Shriners band of 20 pieces, who.
under the able leadership OF Noble
Sampson Alisopp. enlivened the meet
ing with choice and appropriate Sc
lections The members of the band
are all Shriners belonging to the local
temple, and last night was their first
appearance at Shriner's function.
Noble Allsopp and the members of
the band We're highly ygcomplimented for
their splendid performance. -a
Banquet at Hillman
After the ceremonial was concluded
the members adjourned to the IIillman
hotel where an elegant banquet was
spread and enjoyed. DIR. McAdory pre-
sided and introduced the several speak
ers among whom were Imperial Po-
tentate w. J. Cunningham, DIR. r. NJ
Cunningham, Walter S. Ashton of st.
Louis and several others. The ban
quet concluded one of the happiest oc-
casions in the history of the local
shrine
The following candidates We're ini-
tiated:
F. NJ House, Monis Letaw. b. e. Nc
Dougall. f.. Il. Matthews, III. H. Lee
taw, Joseph Sacks. II. Y. Weaver Grit
fin Lampl1in, C, s. Wright. II. 8. Cox,
C. T. Dennis, t. A. Dean, j. w. john
son, j. r. Rountree, X. II. Camp, j..
II. Miller, j. w. Van SAINT, I. Q. Jones'
Sol Smith. c. S. Reed, H. T. Mills, j..
A. Cunningham. w. S. Warren. John
B. Denson T.. w. Moore. c. o. OMAN.
W. w. Wharton, w. j. Adams, j. W.
Hunnicutt. II. E. Cornelison, NJ. !.
walowitz, John w wykoff, A. C. Dill