The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-07
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

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 Every Rotarian present, both while Tn Selma and particularly so at the parHe- cue at Orrville carf appreciate the story about the dusky maiden at the dance who, when asked by her chocolate col fored suitor if "her programme was full said "Go way, nigger, ye know it ain U
 for all you put into it so far is a Coca Cola and an ice cream cone; how you expect it to be full"
 Well, that was the way the Birming- ham "Rotes' felt when the Selmans asked them if their programme was too !full to permit of Dallas county bar becue The committee was promptly in- formed that the delegates from the Magic City had been Hooverizing so long that there was an aching void III their programme, so the cue was pulled off and for the first time since the meat less days went into effect their pro- grammes were filled to overflowing. Black belt hospitality is proverbiaI even in the south for somehow they just naturally know how to entertain, and do it with such a grace that 1t is Just simply delightful Every Rotarian from to back me up in this statement The hotels and the homes were wide open to receive the guests, and soon no one felt like a visitor, but "homefoksy." |
 l Speaking about hotels it was good to see Fred Shireman, ye host of the Tut wiler have to stand in line to get up to | the register to inscribe his name and town upon it, and then modestly ask a l bell boy to be kind enough to show him the wash room.p He was travelling
 'incog' and the clerk was not aware that one of the south's greatest hotel managers was in his presence. or I am sure he would have lost his nonchalant air as he dreamed of some day standing behind the marble counter in Birming- hams famous hostelry.
 The Birmingham delegation split as to hotels, as it was feared that one could not possibly hold them. The quieter ones watched over by Ed Andrews in Arcadia, while the younger spirits like ye chronicler went to the Albert for ad- |venture and, believe me, Joe Rosenber- ger saw to it that no one spent a dull moment or wasted any time in sleep ing.
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 Atlanta boasted that she was going to bring delegation of at least 5, but when the train pulled in and one lone man climbed out and with true Allan tian modesty admitted that he was on the ground to represent the Rotary club of Atlanta, the Birmingham bunch looked over Delegate Timmons and l thought he would be unable to make good, but when it came to voting for a president he was Johnny on the spot and although so far as members present, Birmingham had Is to l, he managed to vote the full strength of those who were back at home.
 And thereby hangs a tale. have been in Baptist associations when there was a hot contest on for the moderatorship. I have in the old days done my bit in sitting in political conventions where l there was excitement when the creden- tials committee reported; but they were tame affairs, just gentle breezes to the wind which swept over the body of the Rotarians when the nominating commit tee made it's report, It was worth a 1 trip to Selma to have a part in it. 1
 used to pride myself on my knowl- edge of international law before Ger many rig up and said there aint no sich thing" I used to boast that when lit came to the interpretation of con stitutional law that I had Joe Bailey of | Texas put back into the schoolboy class. I merely state this to let you know just how my conceit trickled out as the Ro- tartan lawyers began to spit out their learned judicial opinions when the ques- ton of revising the constitution was under way.
 | I was bewildered by such marvellous familiarity with constitutional points and discriminating contentious as the old | constitution was made over anew, but I found out that those who had taken part in it's reshaping were but whetting their rapier-like minds to take part in the forensic discussion which broke when the Atlanta delegation. alias Timmons, stood up to insist upon his right to cast the voting strength of his entire club ] in the election of governor.
 After his exhibition of nerve knew just how Atlanta situated on the worn out red hills of Georgia, had camouflaged Georgians and the balance of the coun- try into the belief that it was real city. All Gaul was divided into three parts, and so is Georgia. There is north Georgia and south Georgia, and Atlanta, and the richest of these in gall is the latter but the sad part so far as we Bir- mingham Rotarians are concerned, the lone Atlanta man got away with his contention and when the storm was over and the polls opened cast the ballot for all of his brother 'Rotes" who l had stayed away. =
 Ed Andrews got up and in most courteous way protested against any
 such undemocratfc performance. Bcb Ewing then let out such yell that If L