The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-27

The Real Estate Exchange met last
night at 8:15, President IIockaday in
the chair, Vioe-Prosident Dupuy sitting
at tho left and President Simmons. of
the State Exchange, sitting at the
right.
The president placed before the OK
change bill of 81, 306o5, rS4.75 per
plate for 275 people from tho proprietor
of the Ponce De Leon.
Mr.. Neal said that he thought 81 per
plate amply sufficient to pay for it.
MIR. Dill said that he only got ono
fried oyster, and thought that 81 per
plate would be sufficient compensation
for the banquet.
Mr.. Maupin said that Mr. Smith, of
the hotel, told him that he (Smith)
opened fifty-six bottles of champagne
and paid in all over $500 for that beVer-
age. Mr.. Maupin said that he had got.
ten as much as he could eat OF what was
served. having tipped the waiter.
MIR. Jordan said: ~ sat much nearer
the kitchen than Mr.. Maupin, and 1
don't reckon all that food got by with
out my noticing it. Uaughtcr.) 1 had
one oyster on my plate and after setting
about 20 minutes waiting for something
moro to accompany the oyster. waiter
Come and carried my plato away. al
lowed him to do this, in tho hope of get
ting something more, and in this way
allowed even my oyster to escape.
CIaughter.)
Mr.. Jordan continued by saying that
the limo in the menu. anything or
dered not on the bill of fare will be
charged extra" was Intentionally placed
there by Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Hammond
sent to Mr.. Smith to ascertain if the
line was not there by mistake, and Mr..
Smith told him mo and ordered him
to print it in the menus.
Tho champagne" Mr.. Jordan said,
was worth only Is cents gallon, and
he thought Sl.50 per plate would amply
recompcnse Mr.. Smith.
Mr.. Simmons said he was mortified
beyond expression at the failure of
what he expected to be great succ ass.
This is n matter of business" Mr..
Simmons said, land tho question is
this How much have we been dam
aged by what Mr.. Smith did not do -
Mr.. Thomas said he had anticipated,
like Mr.. Simmons, a very elegant sun
per and consequently had eaten very
little during the day. At the banquet
things looked scarce and he looked
longingly at the Clipped turkey but got
noEe. lie felt that he mad been injured
individually, and if the exchange did
not demand satisfaction, he would.
lGrcat laughter and applause.
MIR. Jordan said that gentlemen had
ordered champagne from the Ponce de
Leon saloon and paid for it themselves,
and had ordered and paid for cigars.
Mr.. Dupuy said that as toast-master
he tried to get champagne for the speak
crs, but was told by the head waited
that it was out. This was after only
one glass had been partalicn Of.
While compromise proposition
might have received fair treatment at
the hands Of the exchange, the scnti-
mcnt of the meeting was that Mr.. Smith
be paid either all or nothing, ard Il
motion that nothing be paid was carried
by a vote of l6 to :, the seven being
presumably in favor of paying some
thing.
MIR. Dupuy stated rs his reason for
not voting that he favored paying Mr.
Smith what the banquet was really
worth.
MIR. Simmons moved Il vote OF thanks
be rendered Mr.. Charles y. Ornshy for
entertaining many of the delegates after
the banquet, especially those Of Salem,
Norfolk and Richmond. The motion
prevailed and also another by Mr. SIM
mons that as Mr.. Ormsby would not
accept any recompcnsc for his cour-
tesics, a committee of three disappointed
to present him with some appropriate
testimonial Of the appreciation OF the
Roanoke Exchange.
The president appointed Mcssrs. Sim
mons, DupuY, and Jordan, to fulfill this
mission.
Mr.. Frank a. Haywood addressed the
exchange saying that he could furnish
advertising rates from seventy-fve lead
ing papers OF the country. These rates
were as good or better than those offered
by Northern advertising agencies. lie
called attention TO an article to appear
in thismorning's TIMES, on tho CUES
ton of the Worlds Fair, urging tho
State to be represented at the Chicago
exposition.
The exchange decided, upon Mr.. Hey
woods suggestion, to send out to every
religious paper in the country the arti-
Gle on the churches of Roanoke which
appeared in Sundays TINES.
S. u. Charlton and a. Morrison Fight.
5. d. CharSton and a. Morrison had n
fisticuf inst below the Palace Hotel
yesterday evening about o'clock. Tho
case will be tried before his honor, the
mayor, this morning. Charlton WAS in
toxicated at the time. and in the fracas
threw Morrison down, when the latter
struck him (Charlton) with an iron i'm
plement used for tho scraping of of
mud from the shoes, which he had just