Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-10-03

earnestly OF the 0eeQ OIL good TOadS,
and appealed to the Board of Trade
to give this subject more earnest con.
sideration. Mr. Kay said gas was a
good thing. and he felt confident the
officers knew a good. gas machine
when they saw it. as their selection
of guests was ample proof.
The toast to THE Press" was re-
sponded to by Mr.. w. NJ. Hamilton
of the Herald, who selected the recent
comments of Mr.. Dooley on the power
of the press as his toast. The re-
marks were to the point, and conveyed
the idea that the press was all power
full, and when sober was a powerful
influence for good in community,
but when drunk OF irresponsible, was
equally as detrimental.
Mr.. A. X. Howard, member of the
school board, responded to the toast,
"our Schools and showed that all of
the. advancement Of the times, even
Including the giving of gas lights, was
the result of higher education. Mr.
Howard reviewed the history of the
city schools and convinced his hear
ers that Palestine schools were the
equal of any in the country.
The toast of the evening, THE Re
lation of the Palestine Light, Heat
& Power Company to Palestine" was
responded to by Mr.. A. Volney Foster
of Chicago. president of the new COM
pany. Mr. Foster told in a simple
manner Of his first acquaintance with
Palestine and her people. His sug-
gestions along this line, how a few
liberal. courteous men had saved the
enterprise of which he is the head to
the city, were very valuable, and it is
hoped that the idea will bear strong
lesson to every man who heard him.
II demonstrates the advantages of
meeting stranger with an open hand
and good word. Mr.. Foster reviewed
the work done here, and said that
Palestine owed a debt to especially
four men. who made every effort to
make the way easy for the gas COM
pany. These gentlemen were Messrs.
~ W. ozment. John r. Hearne, A. Z.
Bowers and ]. H. Grant. He paid
very special tribute to Mr.. ozment,
whose personality had appealed to
him so strongly that he had taken
him into full confidence on first meet
ing. Mr.. Foster said he felt sure the
relations between the city and the
company were going to be of the
most pleasant character, and he in
vited the good will of the entire peo-
pie.
Rev. L. d. Anderson responded to
the toast Our Religion and Morals" |
and made one of the happiest talks
of the evening. giving every guest
present an eternal truth to remember,
and emphasized that aside from all
improvements in the city,
state or nation, that the greatest thing
to be striyen for was character, that
quality which was created by a pure
and noble life. His talk was earnest
and made deep impression on the
company.
The Herald has not the space to
do justice to the splendid talks made
by the gentlemen responding to the
ioasts, but the reputation of the men
may be taken as an earnest that they
we're appropriate and able
Following the toasts, the company
in a few moments of pleas
ant conversation, congratulating the
officers Of the company and expressing
good will for the future success OF
he enterprise Mr.. Foster met most
If the people present, and was as
iured that he was among his friends.
! fact already established.
Much OF the success of the dinner
vas due to the efforts of Manager
fitzgerald and Treasurer Bradstreet,
md to Judge Brown.
That the gas company is going to
prosper in Palestine is already an es-
ablished fact as the number of
,atrons already secured is proof pos
tive.
The dinner and the fact that we
lave gas is a matter for mutual con