I'm sure others have better info, but I think this referred to a time when lots of folks were leaving town because of an epidemic. Those that couldn't leave, such as ministers and the like, organized this very informal 'club'. [email protected] wrote: > > Has anyone heard of the "Can't-Get-Away-Club" that was in existence > during > the 1890s in Mobile? -- James P. "Jim" Lynch, [email protected]