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II had peculiar origin, outside of the
Shrine at first, among Masons of the
navy yard who started as the brass
band of the Lambshin Club. 1t
was later known as the Fraternity
Band, and was sprung upon AlmAs
Temple as complete surprise, April
1, 1919, by Potentate l.. Whiting
Estes. All members of the band
went into Almas Temple with a
large class at that time, and when
the ceremonies were over The boys
| brought forth their Instruments,
gathered on the stage and the Almas
, Temple Band was born.
1t IS among the largest of the uni
formed bodies of the temple, and has
not only attended national conven-
tions, but has been invited to Atlantic
City four times to attend the cere-
monies of Crescent Temple of Tren-
ton. 1t now is broadcasting pro-
grams by radio every other week.
through the Woodward &, Lothrop
station.
Directors of Band.
The directors of the band have been
A. Celfor, Fred Wilkens, S. Totino,
John Vandewater and William C.
White. Director White is connected
with the Army Music School of this
city, is a bandmaster of note. and
the composer of the "Saracen Guard
March" to which John J. P. Mullane
of the Glee Club wrote the music
and which will be musically much in
evidence during the convention. DIR.
John T. Vivian is manager and L. H.
Grohs is secretary of the band.
The personnel of the brass band is
as follows:
Eighteen CIarinets F. Z. Blood.
c. j. Benner, DR.. +. A. Davis, r. f.
LaHayne. A. A: Ludwig, J. R. Rus
sell, Orient; c. w. Sprenkel, H. Peas
lack, J. w. Tilburg. II. w. Canter-
bury. y. J. Cain, G. Wohlmacher
Orient; \. Whitehead, W. j. Stannard.
Orient; =. y. Feudale, a. l.. Jones.
Appleton Wallace, Otto Sibernichen.
Two Oboes-M. Commulada, L. u.
McGregor. Orient.
Eleven Saxophones-Dr. C. C. Flet-
cher. H. G. Kimball,- =. w. Kimball.
c. p. Campbell. A r. Manherz. C. H.
POppenoe, Orient; W. K. Waple, G. H
Claudey, F. Mueller, Orient; G. Phle-
ger. Orient.
Six Horns. F. Powell. W. Baxter
NJ T. Feldser. Capt. ]. r. Wheeler. F
Young, Orient: r. Paul. F. a. Buell.
Three Flutes-G. +. Zepf, AL
knechtel. II. T. Cole.
Fourteen Cornets-W. W. Biggs. c.
w. Elliot, T. kohn, +. w. Mexican.
F. SOndermann, V. Martone, orient.
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Haze Real Herculea job ToCuard and Handle Crowd

The eyes of the nation are upon
your
This Is the slogan Maj. Daniel Sui
livan placed before his men as they
went forth this week to police the
National Capital during the biggest
convention this city of tourists has
ever entertained.
Proud of the department to which
he has devoted the greater part OF
his life. Maj. Sullivan gave his army
of bluecoats this motto because he
wanted them. so to conduct them
selves that every Shriner and the
friend of every Shriner would go back
to Maine, California and Florida with
good impression of the men VINO
guard the capital city.
No doubt each man who has had any
thing to do with the gigantic task
of setting the stage for this history
making event feels that he had big
Job on his hands. 1t is safe to say
that few have had more complex
part to play in this drama of the
Mystic Shrine than that group which
makes up the headquarters personnel
of the police department.
And from Police Commissioner
Oyster down to the newest rookie
on the force the department has
worked long and attentively to pro-
tect the lives and property of the
thousands who are in our midst this
week.
When the rest of Washington was
engrossed- in the joys of Christmas
and few were thinking of June, Maj.
Sullivan and his official family We're
laying their plans for Shrine week.
And If this big event closes without
undue mishap the Shrine convention
of 1923 will go down in the history
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Amas Temple Uniformed Bodies Rank Very High in 81

Almas Temple, host to the great con-
vention, has six uniformed bodies, an
Orchestra and a base ball team, to make
things lively. to add color and variety
for the nobility and to help raise funds
for the various philanthropies in which
AlmaS is interested.
They include Arab Patrol or drill
team, brass band, drum corps. oriental
band, Saracen Guard of the Legion of
Honor and the glee club. From the old
est, the Arab Patrol, to the newest, the
Saracen Guard, and orchestra, these or
ganizations have been so interested in
their various activities as to perfect
a brand of accomplishment whirh ranks
them high.
Practically all of Almas' uniformed
units are taking part in some way in
the convention. and put on their best
bib and tucker for the great paradeS.
The Arab Patrol was organized in
1897. under the regime of Harry Standi-
ford as pOtentate. when Harrison Ding
man of Almas was imperial potentate.
The first captain was Thomas h. Wal
ker. who had twenty-seven men in his
patrol to organize and train for the
first national appearance. at the Inn
perial Council meeting. at Detroit. 1t
was matter of qualification 10 Har-
iison Dingman. the imperial potentate.
that his temples Arab patrol took part
for the first time in a national con-
Nention while ne presided as imperial
potentate.
ColorfuI Uniforms.
The patrols first uniforms We're of
red and blue, with white belts, blue
/, stockings banded with gold, and red
Turkish shoes. The men carried spears
bearing banners.
The captains of Almas Arab Patrol.
according To those familiar with its
early history. have included Samuel
Porter House. George Van Dachen-
hauseu, :. Clarence Redmond, DIR. Frank
Gibson, Joseph {. Stelle. Charles E.
Stewart. Louis G. Wilson. Maj Robey
Charles Shackelford. Edwin c. Dutton
and tn" present captain, George H
Whiting.
The patrol blossoms out this year in
sparkling new uniforms of more ella
Eance than before. The new uniforms
consist of Persian orange silk plush
with purple satin vest. champa gne col
ored high-top oriental shoes and spe-
Cia! fcZ.
Almas' Arab Patrol has appeared at
more national conventions of the Shrine
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sleuths play their part. The Wash
ington detectives will mingle con-
stantly in the street crowds with
their eyes alert for local crooks, while
the out-of-town plain clothes men
will scan the passing faces for any
well-known characters from the
states who may come to the Capital
for easy pickin's" during the con-
vention.
But of all the many angles of police
preparation none has been so complex
as that of handling vehicular traffic.
With hundreds of visiting cars rolling
over the already congested thorough
fares of the National Capital, InSpeC-
tor Headley, chief of traffic, has. had
the puzzle of his career to solve.
With the support of Commissioner
Oyster, he approached it by establish
ing a score of one-way streets in the
center of the city and by placing a
ban on all parking within the area
bounded, roughly. by 9Th and 20th
X and Il streets.
Many other special rules were pro-
mulgated for parade days.
Much of the credit for the minute
detail to which the police went in
planning for the convention belongs
to Inspector William S. Shelby, per-
sonnel officer at headquarters. For
several months he has been in con-
slant communication with the various
Shrine committees, working out with
them in practical way the manifold
problems to be dealt with.
In order to put the householders of
the city on their guard against
thieves who might take advantage of
the absence of thousands of families
on parade days, Inspector Shelby had
a small circular distributed from door
to door suggesting simple precautions
every one should take.
Fifty thousand maps showing the
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of the District as one of the brightest
feathers in the cap of the Washing
ton policeman.
. Accustomed as they are to inaugu-
rating a President every four years
with a regular pilgrimage of Amer
leans to Washington. the officers who
direct the police department realized
months ago that the Shrine ConVen-
ton meant much more in the way
of police arrangements than that mo-
mentous event For the festivities
Of this huge fraternal gathering are
spread out over a longer period. of
time, and the throng will be many
times as great.
Maj. Sullivan's army of law and
order is made up of four divisions:
Eight hundred regular patrolmen,
Feveral hundred special officers sworn
in for the occasion, the detective
corps. augmented by scores of the
best plain clothes men from the lead
ing cities of the country, and the
commissioners voluntary. public
order committee.
More Regulars Downtown.
1t takes trained policeman to han
die a street crowd, patrol the line
of parade or to direct traffic. And
so the seasoned regulars, who have
made policing their life work, were
concentrated downtown for those
tasks.
But, in such a time as this. the
quiet residential sections are apt to
become the prey of sneak thieves and
second-story workers unless con-
stantly patrolled. This is where the
special policemen take the stage.
Every outlying beat from which a
regular bluecoat was withdrawn is
being covered by special officer.
of authority and the baton to. back
1t up
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no-parking area and the one-way
streets were printed and distributed
broadcast.
Nearly every one who comes to the
convention will want to visit the
tomb of Americas unknown soldier
at Arlington and the shrine of George
Washington at Mount Vernon. In
order to maintain a free movement of
vehicles to these places. Inspector
Shelby conferred early with the mill
tary authorities and the officers of
nearby Virginia.
Assurance was obtained by the
police that the railroads would pro-
vide police protection for the hum
dreds of Shriners who are being
billeted in Pullman cars in the ter
minal yards.
Traffic was not the only subject on
which the Commissioners found it
necessary to enact special regulations
for the period of the convention.
They had to provide for the inspec-
ton of all balconies and porticoes
used as observation points during
parades. They placed rigid restric-
tions on street vendors. They en-.
acted a rule requiring all persons
taking in roomers during the conven-
tion to keep a name and address rec
ord of such guests. They placed a
ban on the setting up of boxes. bar
rels or other distractions along the
parade route.
In short. they covered every con-
ceivable subject which might by any
chance add to the safety, comfort
and convenience of the thousands who
come to the Shrine convention.
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San. Thomas w. Harris, W. L. Har-
rison, David A. Hart. Walter f.
Havener. Joseph II. Hogan, William
W. Henderson. Philip Herman. Henry
T. Hill. Frank w. r. Hines, Joseph NJ.
G. Holmes. William ]. Horner. Robert
l.. Hughes. Lincoln Humphreys. War
rem E. Hunt.
A L. lobe, Charles W. Jones. John
Q: Johnson. William K. Johnson,
Charles f. Johnston.
Robert S. Keene, Elmer Kemp. MUIR
ray Kiess. John T. King, William L.
King. r. L. Kittrell. E. G. Koenig.
James b. Lambie. Earl c. Lane.
f. w. Leary, H. A. Leighton. Con. F.
Ellis a. Loney, Frank S. Long.
Clarence Longacre. William T. Loring.
Clyde d. McCurdy, -G. l.. McCurdy.
A. w. McDevitt. Earl NJ. Mclean.
H. o. Mclean. b. c. McNein. A. T.
Mcpherson. r. H. Madden, Robert d.
Maddox, John A Malterer, Case Mar
tin, George w. Mason. w, E. Mathew
son, George F. Mergell, John r. Miller.
Thomas L. Miller, J. H. Minis. Grover
L. Moore, Percy H. Moore, D. w.
Moser, Robert Muldrow, l.. E. Murphy,
John ID. Myers.
w. H. Nash, l.. T. Nathan, Arthur
Newman Troy A. Nubson.
Israel Orlove.
]. w. Palmer, w. F. Pope, Robert
P. Parrott. Kenneth L. Patten, R. S.
Paylor, George X. Perkins. F. P. Pfah-
ler S. A. Phelan, c. L. Pikens, A. NJ.
Pigg. Gordon Plattner. David r. Porter.
George NJ. Preston, E. II. Pugh. F. NJ.
Puryear.
Inns, C. S. Ray. Alvin Reiners. Nj. H.
Resni-Soff. Harold A. Rhodes. Max
Rosenberg. c. L. Riley, J. S. Ritchey,
W. D. Roberts, A. A. Robey, Leroy
Rogers, l.. J. Rose. A. A. Ruark.
l. L. sssuera sstler 5r Ge96ge n seAlas,sp
jr.; Harold " Semling, Neal H. Settle,
Merle B. Shaw. Ralph A. Sheppard,
Ralph r. Sherman, Samuel Shulman,
Herbert Simmons. NJ f. Slinder. NJ
L. Small. B. F. Smith,, Earl B. Smith.
Franklin H. Smith, Hunter N. Sneed.
Spencer, Frank Spodick, F. A. Sprague.
l.. L. Stanley. Frank Staten. Alex
Steele, r. G. Stetson. F. C. Stewart.
R. w. Stone, Wallace Streater, Victor
J. A. Talbot, C. S. Taylor. ]. T.
w. ]. c. Thomas r. B. Thompson
| William T. Tignor. Franklin A. Tyler
NJ. K, Vance. L. R. voorhees,. =,
waiter tn n Max aV Warsaw AZ "a ]. X pSat: Wat.rman man
]. L. Watkins. H. C. Werlich, T. J.
Weyrich, ]. r. Wheeler. Frank White
| Charles r. Wilton. Morgan H. Wiet
| w. T Virgins, M. d. Wilson, L. J.
Walfarmann, Oscar H. Wright
| William A. Wynne.
S. M. Yarbough, William ]. Yetton
Virgil c. Young, William A. Young
A1mas Glee Club.
The Almas Glee Club was organized
| in 1920 by John ]. p. Mullane. who
for two years was president. He was
succeeded by John Dawson, who is
| now the president. The club is di-
/, rected by Charles r. Bartlett. Theos
dore Lewis is accompanist..
| The glee club, which has regaled
many occasions for Almas, not only
has sung popular music but has at
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Mystic shrine, has been active in
tlmnS Temple affairs for many years.
temple, including those at Detroit.
Dallas. Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo,
Pittsburgh and baltimore.
Personnel nf the Arab Patrol now is
as follows: George Fl. Whiting, captain;
II. Elkton Smith. first lieutenant: James
\. hCtiluger. second lieutenant: William
r. Holmes. frs SerrPant: T H Rigbv
second sergeant; Emil II. Witt. bugler;
tIeUcrlck ia,"s, l.-.tI,rhaHt surgeon; :;
Virgil VI. FuCkts. adiutant; L. l.. Glad
NOV. = y. Anderson, y. l.. Gorham. a.
J. Leister, j. Newton, X. w. Furney,
tE..s"e. + u. huch. w. T. Hope.
burg, T. y. Curran, l. Suser. Ed.
Bucnoff. 7. r. Daw, J. +. Porter, H. G.
Taylor, F. c. Snowden, W. F. EIich. c.
NJ. Jones. w. G. l.. Jones. w. F. Miller
4 ". F"i"de g. \ Anthony. r. WasS-
mann. +. Hegner. +. a. kalstrom, A. A
Kuarh, =. Ii. Bates. X. A. Grant, w. J.
Bacon. 5. Taylor w. @. Frank r. r.
Allen. G. +. Gould. D. d. F6rney. D. ].
Parrish. q. W. Parez". VIM. u'snal.
= l.. Ko"ntz, 7. H. Riddle, A. p White,
II. G. Trey, II. ID. Tryon. e. l.. SmI,n-
SIN. l. y. Fleld. W. f.. Harper. W. Fl.
Graul. w. II. Nash, A. G. Shafer.
Smraccn Guard of Veterans.
one of the most recently organized
units of the temple is the AImaS Leg Ion
Il Honor. consisting OF ShrinerS who
have served with the colors. the uni
formed body of which is the Saracen
Guard. 1t was organized in September,
1921 The uniform of the guard con-
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A S Mccoy. Hubert G. Mclean, Her
bert II. Mitchell. J. w. Manning. +. A.
Nelson. jr.; Robert E. Peterson,
Charles w. Riggin, c. H. Rohrbach.
Edwin W. Stillwell, Edwin H. Silver
and A. J. Walker.
First Bass-Frederick J. Ahler. NJ
Altdoefer. NJ. +. Bailey, H. H. Bur
roughs. a. H. Devoe. NJ. G. Ely. Will
liam II. Egberts. James A. Edgar. jr.
c. q. Emmett. c. r. Hancock, E. l..
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certain occasions. 4 special uniform
for the convention is white serge trou-
sers, tuxedo. Shrine color sash. flow
ing tie. white shoes and stockings and
the elee clubs feZ.
Personnel of the Almas Glee Club is
as follows:
First Tenors-c s. Alden. Roy F.
Carty, Oscar II. Combe. l.. H. Gill
christ. Walter \. Gawler, George +.
johnson, +. Jordan, II. MacNamee,
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tempted the most ambitious programs
and rendered them with expression
and Interpretation. The club took part
in the formal opening of the sessions
this year by sacred concert Monday
night.
Joining with the Rubinstein Club of
women's voices, the club has cooper
ated in some beautiful programs for
such an augmented chorus. 1t also
Joins with the AlmaS orchestra on
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John L. p Mullane, Robert Mop.
MiIans. J. Parker Naugle. II. s. Shep-
ard. Irving VI. Tuller. r. l.. walker.
q. s. Silsbee and K 7. Wood.
Second Tenors-Fred l.. Aue. John
Berg. J. Maurice Bird. J. l.. BiNler.
w. w. Davis. ]. w. Dawson. J. C.
Ellerbrock. W. O. Firoced. r. T. Fox,
F. ]. Goensch. Thomas y. Haynes. c.
Maurice Hopkins, Joseph w. Koob.
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Then again. a large gathering in
an city attracts that floating men
ace-the pickpocket and the conf
dence man. This is where Inspector
Cliff Grant and his squad of seasoned
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Bd Organizations Washington Band and p" H.
l d Splendid Tnpeo oH OaB Dress ProI
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-24
SPANISH CONSULATE is WRECKED B1kB0MB
Two Other Explosions Shake Phila-
 delphia Saturday Morning

PHILADELPHIA, Nov 24--A bomb was exploded early today on the doorstep of the Spanish consulate on Pine street. Scores of persons in the neighborhood were hurled from their beds several being cut and bruised. No one was killed or seriously 1n- jured, the police said.
 Two other explosions, apparently of bombs, occurred shortly after a. m., about mile from the scene of the first blast. One of them wrecked the Sons of Italy bank at Twelfth and Tasker streets and the other was in front of 9 building at Fifteenth and Dickinson. The Italian consulate was located in the bank building. Houses for block around the neighborhood were shaken, but no one was injured as far as could be learned.
 The entire front of the consulate was blown out and windowpanes in nearly every house in the block were shattered by the force of the eS- plosion. The bomb, concealed in a box the size of a suit case, was left on the doorstep of the consulate, and was picked up by Consul Emile de Motta when he returned from the theatre and carried into the hall way. After going to bed, the con sul told the police that he had con- cluded that the package might have been left on the doorsteps by a passer-by. and that he thought best to replace it. Not thinking it con tained a bomb, he retraced his steps to the first floor and placed the box on the doorstep. He had hardly got ten into bed again when there was a terrific explosion, His room was badly wrecked, but Mr. De Motta was not injured beyond severe shaking up.
 The blast shook the Pennsylvania hospital. which is nearby, and caused some excitement among the patients.
 Consul De .Motta said he had no iGea who left the bomb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-24
ANTIQUITY OF DISEASE
Primitive Man Subject Even As Mod
 ern High Livers

ern High L1Vers
 A curious belief fingers In the popu- lar mind that diseases came in with civilizations; that primitive men and animals lived in a state of perpetual health and died a natural death though it is hard to reconcile the word natural with extinction. As a matter of fact reports Dr. Roy L.. Noodle of the University of Chicago, the Neolithic man, was all too fam iliar with diseases, being chronic sufferer from rheumatism, "cave gout" and toothache, for caverns are damp and chilly lodgings. He shared the diseases as he did the lodgings of the cave bear and the saber-toothed cats The earliest human bones, if in> deed they can be called human-those of the ape-man who lived in Java some half million years ago-bear the marks of painful malady. The skull of the Dawn Man of Piltdown. England, hundred thousand years old, is deformed by disease.
 Dr. Noodle, in his new book, "The Antiquity of Disease" says "A few ancient skulls reveal five cruel op- erations, which had all healed. the patients surviving" But he suggests that since the custom of trepanning was practiced most commonly in Peru
  of a local anesthetic in the form of "a few leaves of coca, the plant that gives us cocaine.
 But cons before the human era the dumb anmials had to endure all man ner of diseases. The dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era had misery in the bones''-and such bones as they were You have seen them in the museum. It must have been worse than a giraffe's sore throat, Potts disease" was doing it's wicked work millions of years before Dr. Pott was born, though this sounds like an anachron- ism. This is shown by the discovery of backbones of saurians that had been stiffened by tuberculosis. Yum ors are to be seen on reptile skele- tons buried in the rock chalk of Kansas. and broken bones showing signs of bacterial infection have been found as far back as the Permian of Texas.
 Geologists have to depend mostly upon bones for their knowledge of ancient diseases, since the softer parts do not leave fossil remains, but the stems of crinolds in the coal fields are found bored into by worms and it is apparent that the mollusks, and plants of earlier ages were afflicted With parasites and other pests.
 The earliest and simplest forms of plant and animal life, the bacteria and protozoa, seem enVlous of later arrivals and wage perpetual war on them to this day. The larger animals prey upon the smaller, but so do the smaller upon the larger. and the most dangerous of beasts of prey are the littlest When man appeared on the planet he found the mcrobe lying in wait for him.-Current Opinion ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-24
ENSLEY SOCIETY
PRETTY SHOWER GIVEN

Miss Lola Joiner and Miss Mar garet Butler were joint hostesses al a miscellaneous shower at the home of the former on Eighteenth street in honor of Mrs. Franklin SStter- white, Jr., Qrene Joiner), a recent bride.
 Gifts were presented to the hon cree in a sheet, borne by Miss Frances Delaney, Miss Susie Cost, Miss Mary Frances Mann and Miss Butler, who tripped into the room as dancing nymphs. Piano selections were rendered by Mrs. Franklin Sat terwhite, ST., and a group of love songs were sung by Miss LaRue WarrellJ Ferns and chrysanthe- nuns were the decorations. Sand wiches, cakes, coffee, and nuts were served in the dining room from a prettily appointed table. The hos tesses were Assisted in receiving their guests by their mothers, Mrs, William Joiner and Mrs. Edward Butler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-24
SAYS ENGLAND AND. GERMANY BAD [ EGGS
Fairfield KiWanians Hear Hot DenunCiation From
 Mercer Barnett
FAIRFIELD BUREAU !
 THE AGE-HERALD ! Fairfield. Ala, Nov. g

J. Mercer Barnett drew up a bill of particulars against England and Germany before the Fairfield Kiwanis club Friday saying England despised America and wanted nothing this country had except it's money.
 Speaking os his recent trip to Europe MT, Barnett, past information al president of Kiwanis, said he went on the Leviathian, the biggest and most elegant ship in the worlds his tory, giving astonishing details of that mighty craft, He was presented to the club by Samuel c. King, acting president in the absence of pr. c. w. Shackelford and after paying a conn pliment to Kiwanfans generally launched into details of his trip, He lsaid that England was selfish, greedy and domineering. interested in Amer jeans only to the extent of getting their money. He added that they said the most cruel things about Amer jeans and the reasons for this coun- try entering the war and added that England had ruled the world for so Hong that she could scracely credit our having the money and the shipping and France the army He suggested that France was going to keep her oc- cupied territory and that Germany was a deSpicable shirker that had stored up gold in England, America and in South America and was not playing the game fair in refusing to pay tha indemnity. He said that Ger many as a nation had been betrayed and mutilated by Hugo Stinnis and his like and that she should be made to pay to the uttermost farthing. MT Barnett said, however, that the Ger he was an American and that so far greatly. By way of closing the speak CT said that e&ery American should thank God at least once per day that as women were concerned they should women were concerned they should thank God at least ten times 8 day that they lived in America.
 Visitors including George Bumgard-' ner of Bessemer, Dick Bowron of the Ensley club and several others, who made short talks, Mrs. J. Hudson Warner, well { known Fairfield singer, rendered two solos which were received with generous ap- plause. A cake baked by the students of the high school, adorned with col ored rose buds, morning glories and other flowers was presented to the c11Ib