Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1901-01-29
Admits a Distinguished New
Member Saturday Night.
flajOr Woodbridge Sends In His
Petition and the Cooper-WOoI-
bridge Feud is Reopened-

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.NSese Pre- d e n t
Cooper at the bat. AS soon as the
minutes had been read and adopted,
the regular order of business was
called for, Several petitions for
membership we're presented and re-
ferred to committees. Col ~ h
Howell reported that two of the ap-
plicants were N the ante-room and
desired to have their applications
acted upon at once. One of these
gentlemen, he said, was DR.. e. b,
Mccormack and the other was Mr.
Major Woodbridge. The petition of
DR.. Mccormack was referred to the
committee on Barren Landscapes
and that of Mr. Woodbridge to the
committee on Sparse Plumage and
both committees were directed to re-
pair to the arte-room to examine
the heads of the pedtioperssand re-
port without the uisa delay. Col.
Bamberger, dhafrmapofthe@B l..
committee, soon reported that there
was no sort of doubt about DR.. Nc
Cormack S qualifications Tor mem
bershlp. The absence of hair on
his head could be easily detected
with the naked eye. In fact there
were hardly enough stray hairs
left to spike pound of butter. Not
only had he made an honest effort
to discard the use of gray matter on
the outside of his head, but he
seemed to be proud of the polished
dome that covered his BRAIN plate.
He said the Doctor was anxious TO
get in at once and was willing to
take all of the degrees in one night
if special dispensation could be
granted He concluded his re-
marks by moving that the Grand
Keeper Of the Ostrich Egg, the
sacred sy mbol of the 37th degree,
be requested to grant the dspensa-
tion and permit Dr. Mccormack to
be initiated at once according to
the latest form laid down in the
simpll6ed ritual. The motion was
adopted without dissenting
voice.
Col. Green Champlin, from the
S. p. committee, then brought in
favorable report on the application
of Mr.. Woodbridge. He said Mr..
Woodbridge was rapidly dispensing
with what had once been a prolific
crop of raven locks. He still had
some hair left, but he believed this
would all disappear when time came
for animals to shed in the spring.
AT any rate he thought Mr.. Wool
dridge was making a determined
effort toqualify himself for member
ship and while he could not take
the highest degree at once he
thought he ought to be received and
given credit for the honesty of his !
intentions. He therefore moved |
that he be admitted without further
iormahty.
Col. Jas. 0. Cooper, who |
had been very restless during Col.
Champlin's speech, was promptly
on his feet and entered vigorous
protest. He said he liked to see
the club increase its membership
and hoped some day to see all Of the
smart men in town become members,
but he was opposed to making it a
family affair Even good thing
could be overdone and he thought
the Woodbridge family was already
pretty we'll represented 1t was
well known fact said he, glancing
at Col. Bob Woodbridge, that one
member of the family was a stand
ing candidate for President and
this might be a deep laid scheme to
further the ambition of the young
man who had once come within one
vote of being elected President.
The club was now getting along
very pleasantly and had Presi-
dent who was willing to serve in-