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Show ELKS MEETING III OLD SOUTH New Exalted Ruler Elect-, Elect-, ' ' ed in Atlanta awaawawMawawawawaW i . . ATLANTA. Oa, Jury 1 Meeting Meet-ing la tho "Old South" for the first time In twenty-five years, the grand lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Protec-tive Order of Elks opened the business busi-ness seesions of Its fifty-ninth annual an-nual convention here today. J. Edgar Masters of Charlerot, Pa, grand exalted ruler, and virtually vir-tually all the other grand officers were present. Annual reports, the nomination of officers and "nest place of meetlag also ware on the program. Interact centered la the selection of the new grand exalted ruler, James O. McFarlaad of Watertown, . D. The annual report of Grand Secretary Sec-retary Fred Robinson showed that tha order has a membership of ZMla, aa Increase of 14.1U since the last meeting. Fifteen new lodges were chartered during the year, making the teat numbered lodge 147.. Total Income for the year ended May It Is st was given as 1411.-MOt.Tt. 1411.-MOt.Tt. a net gain over expenses of lleT.tM, and tha total assets of tbs grand lodge were placed at I LMt HI It. - The Elks have four lodges In Alaska, with a membership of 1714. Lodges also hava been formed In the Canal Zone at Arena. Guam; two In Hawaii territory and one each In the Philippine and Porto Rico. The Brooklyn. N. T, lodge leads with a membership of ll.Ht- |