The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-03

tee expects to cooperate with the county officials in furthering the project and will probably appear before the board of revenue after the meeting and confer with them on the proposiNon. The com
 mittee is J. w. Sibley, Erskine Ram sey, Burney Brown, M P Worthington and P. H. Olive.
 took the crowd at their actual worth, which, in his opinion, was the best that could get together; Frank Simon, who knew everybody in Birmingham and knew more about most of them than they wished for, ready to bet on an election or anything else that occa- sion demanded and always the sort that would spend the proceeds to the best advantage for the entertainment of the bunch; John Altman, lawyer, scholar, one who was loved by all and
 still is, smiling, happy, good natured John.
 It is this crowd of men who will miss the Florence more than any oth- CTS. The Florence was their hang out
 They knew everybody and everybody knew them, and it all worked to the advantage of the hotel as well as the individuals The Gridiron club of Wash ington is far famed for it's versatile manner in serving food and the en- tertainment that accompanies 1t, but even the Gridiron club had nothing on this crowd of men. They knew how to have good time and they had it.
 VARIETY OF GUESTS Nc group of men, rich, poor, high or low had the entertainers and people of so many various attachments as the round table" Old Joseph Jefferson p1I of ct ways ate at this table when he landed in Birmingham. James O'Neil of Shake sperian fame; Thomas Jefferson, son of Joseph Jefferson, and the man who
 married Sol Caheen's sweetheart, ate with them all, even after he had beat Sol to the altar. Elsie Janis, Nat Wills, Marshall P Wilder, George Primrose, Bert Levy, Bud Fisher Goldberg, Otis Skinner Otis Harlan, Little Chip, Mary
 Marble, Ed Schiller, Mautie Adams. Lew Dockstader and many more actors and actresses were guests of the round table" and stopped at the Florence hotel. But actors and actresses were not the only ones who have registered at the
 Florence and eaten at the round table.
 Rich men, capitalists, bankers and philanthropists, were among the hon. ored guests. William DangaiX, John w. Gates, Theodocus Green, Otto Marx,
 Paul Gelpi, James R. Keene and others
 of purses fat and bodies lean have
 been at the round table," Ball play
 CTS have supped with the crew of the
 round table," among them being Ty- rus Cobb, Pop Anson, Frank Chance John McGraw and others
 Politicians were always glad to be among the crowd who were always wise" Governor Johnson of Minne- sota Gov. Emmet ONeal of Alabama, GolNh nf A1oh harf @ A. A. Coleman, who was idolized by all of those who ate a tthe round table, and who was frequent guest; Lee Long, Judge w. w. Brandon, Gov James K. Vardaman, John Sharpe Will Hams, Ben Tillman William Jennings
 Bryan, Capt. Jack Cranford W. c. Da- vies, John Rogers, R. P. Hobson and lots of others.
 SPORTSMEN OF NOTE And then there have been sportsmen of note who had just as soon spend their bank roll at one sitting as to play it out over a few years, who have par taken of the hospitality of the round table" Simon Phifer of Cincinnati, one of the greatest turfmen of his day. was there; "Necktie Joe Canter, who had more neckties and greenbacks at different times in his career than any other sportsman in the United States
 
 the supper at one of the sittings and ordered so many bubbles of joy" that the crowd had to sit up, gasp and grin, then pay, although "Necktie Joe" re- monstrated in most violent manner. It is recorded that the round table" were his guests upon another occasion in New Orleans and that what Joe did
 for the gang was a shame. There was Ruty Grass, who was not as green as his name might imply, who sat at the
 table and made everyone laugh until
 they cried at his witty anecdotes. Fred
 Arbuck was there, and he had big time, according to the gossip of the
 times. Peter Winner. who had three fillies to take the handicap derby in three consecutive years on the Ken lucky tracks. was once guest, No matter what a mans politics. no
 matter what station in life he belonged to, no matter where he came from he
 was honored at an invitation from the '"round table,, and he always left with
 pleasant recollections of the crowd of