The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-29
COLUMBIA ELKS WILL
HEAD DELEGATIONS
TWO PULLMAN Cars CHAR
TERED FOR TRIP HERE
USE SPECIAL TRAIN
Drum and Bugle Corps From the
Capital City Lodge, 81 Strong
win Feature Meeting

All parts of South Carolina will be
represented when the State associa-
tlon or Elks comes TO Anderson on
June IL and Is but the Columbia lodge
Will outshine any lodge present, IL
they carry out all their plans. The
Columbia delegation will come to An
derson over 100 strong and they are
counting on the drum and bugie corps
to show the other lodges a thing or
| two.
The following from the Columbia
state OF yesterday tells of some of
the plans made by the Columbia
crowd
With several hundred delegates
and visitors In attendance the annual
convention of the State association of
B. P. o. Elks will be held in Ander-
son on June 1918. The first session
will be held al 10 a. M, June II.
while the convention will end with q
meeting at midnight June IS.
columbia lodge No. 1190, B. p. ..
Elks, will be largely represented at
the convention. Over fifty members
OF the Columbia lodge are expected
| to be present. The Columbia lodge is
| entitled tc 21 delegates and all these
Will be IT their seats when the con-
vention is called to order. At the
aunuaj convention neid last year in the
city or Greenville, the Columbia lodge
had more members than any other
| lodge represented at the convention.
Drum and Bugle Corps.
One OF the most striking features
OF the 1914 convention will be the
Elk'c drum corps OF Columbia under
the leadership of A. ]. Caring, i men,
Der of Sousa's band and a musician of
note. the Bills have been .practicing
daily for weeks and the drum and
Dugle corps is even now prepared to
make satisfactory showing. When
the trip. to Anderson is made the
| members will be letter perfect, and
| tho convention will not suffer for lack
| OF music.
"The members of the drum corps
are
"Buglas-J j. Marshall. Joe w.
Denny, j. j. Hope. M H. Burk-
halter j. Brian Bell. F. NJ Erlich,
j. d. Lawrence, J. X. Abrams:
Drums--A. l.. Rawls. II. X Poat.
r. Wald. p, d. Drew, j. A. LyIes,
j. T. Sloan, j. S. Sloan, C.. d.
Davis. L.. M.siSample, r. M. zGrifin.
e. L.. Fowler, a.. A. Richardson. a.
70. Legare, Fl. "A ! Simon
"Cornets-4I !. Z LIS Brown j w
Gomstock, ]. 7. Harth, A. p. Brown,
w. III. Caughman. John L.. Davis.
Speeill Columbia Train.
In company with delegations OF
lodges below Columbia the Columbia
Elks will make the trip to Anderson
| in q special train on the afternoon
on JUNE Is. s. H. Mclean, Chairman
OF transportation committee Of the
lodge. Is now engaged in arranging
!or the train -, The Columbia ledge
| will charter two Pullman cars which
| WIFE be parked at Anderson and will
be occupied by the members during
their stay there. The hotel accomG-
cations Will be taxed and the Column
bfa Bills will take no chances in se-
curing sleeping quarters.
Every Elk lodge in the State will
be represented at the convention !.
Since the session of last year two
new lodges have been instituted, that
at Gaffney. No. 1906 and Spartan
burG, No. 1910. II is said that both
OF these lodges will make a fight FOR.
The ctatc convention of 1915. Column
bia was In the fight Last year at
| Greenyille to secure the 1914 conven-
tion but withdrew in. favor OF the
baby lodge" at Ander5on's earnest re-
quest. Other Elk lodges in South
Carolina are: Columbia; Charleston,
Groenville. Sumter, Florence, George
town. Orangeburg and Newberry. A
number Of other South Carolina cities
are anxious to secure lodges OF the
order, but. on account of constitu-
| tional provisions Cor size, It is prob
able that nc dispensations can he
granted ir the near future.
George d. Levy of Sumter is the
president of the State association and
Charles j. Lynch of Columbia Is iirst
vice-president, p. s. Flynn of Sumter
Is secretary. James L. Erwin of
Columbia is member of the execu-
tive committee"