The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-10-13
Marietta Shriners Pulled Off
Socks and Stunts In Dalton

On last THURSDAY morning Tbirtv
members of the Marietta shrine
club bearded the Dixie Flyer. leay-
ing Marietta at $50 d. m. bound far
Dalton to take part in the big caro-
monial of Yaarab Temple from At
lanta.
The mobiles had seats in the obser-
walton car and made merry all rho
way. Noble j. p Power. who ts
clerk in Supt's office in Atlanta
made arrangements for the Dixia
FLYER to stop at Kennesaw and A.
worth and take on members there
everything went fine until Mobile
Ellis discovered about twenty n
the mobiles were minus green SCOTS
as the order was given to wear red
ties and green socks A committao
OF three was at once appointed and
they proceeded to take off the shoes
OF the mobiles minus the green SCOTS
remove their socks and throw than
away along the railroad. So the
mobiles twenty of them, at least
arrived in Dalton, sockless.
Before leaving Marietta. Noble
Homer Lewis was at the depot to
wish the mobiles pleasant trim
and Noble Frank Dabney suggested
we make up purse to take him
The hat was passed, Ahe money
raised, and ticket bought. Noble
Baldwin had extra fezzes in his grin
and Homer was placed on the train
At Elizabeth he was released and
came back to Marietta.
In the observation car. going IN
quite a lot of ladies were on the
train and as soon as the Sock Com.
mittee begun to take off the shoes
OF the mobiles, the Marietta Shrine
club had the car all alone. On ar
rival at Dalton tie club was formed
III line and the six candidates from
Marietta placed in the rear, march
ed up to headquarters, all wearing
yellow badges marked Marietta. The
club was met at Dalton by the re-
ception committee and a committee
of ladies. The Marietta club ar
rived thirty minutes before the
special train from Atlanta.
Noble Stanton Read and Noble
Frank Dabney at once put on DO
lice uniforms furnished by Noble
Baldwin and went on duty as traf-
fic officers there, stopping all autos
and turning them back.
A big barbecue was served at
noon to over 500 shriners. At A p.
m. the big parade of Yaarab's, big
band and patrol and chanters and
the patrol from Chattanooga ind
Mobiles. The Marietta club had 80
members in line, So candidates,
some in iron cages and some in pa
troll wagons. Congressman Gordon
Lee was candidate and was in the
parade with Potentate Walter An
drews, wearing Hiawathian skirt
of grass, pink tights and red cape
He looked the part as chief"
The ceremonial was staged in a
big tent and the Marietta candidates
got all that was coming to them,
as Noble Baldwin was ON the Stunt
Committee and he saw they were
well cared for AT six o'clock a big
banquet was served The Marietta
club had ordered sleeper sent
down from Chattanooga in the af-
terloon and at midnight the Mobiles
after dancing on the streets retired
to wake up at home next morning.
The Pullman was put off here.
Some one called over long dis
lance phone at midnight Noble
Homer Lewis and told him TO meet
the train at $50 the next morn
ing with a cot and trained nurse
that Noble Lindley Camp had been
hurt in an auto accident. On arriv-
ing in Marietta Noble Lewis was
there with the cot and nurse, came
in the Pullman and called for Lind
ley and Lindley responded saying
he was o. X. and the worst part of
it was they made Noble LAWS pay
for a 10 minutes long distance call.
Noble Lewis is still looking for the
Noble that called him.
All in all, the Marietta club had
great outing and Noble Tom Wal
lace had the time of his life, as us
ual