The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23
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 when Horace stringfeiiow. the toast : | the Idea was strongly pressed home. George Washington Jones.s who spoke most wittily after members had laugh l low emphasized certain parts of his l name. the idea of George Washington | was predominant.
 But hardly subordInated was the idea that the banquet was for Montgomery. 1t was agreed that If the members of the Commercial Club were come to- gether for the sake of honoring the memory of Washington they were in name and the gidry of Montgomery. Ihey accomplished both purposes. They talked about Washington, z and about the innumerable things that he gonery. about what Montgomery men had done and what they hoped to do. And they told just as much of such . great story as may be told in a few dawn at g o'clock. The banquet was held in private dining room on the first floor of the displaying his already well known talent for details as we'll as for larger affairs, had the hall of eating decorated with huge American flags and with mottos appropriate. The tables were each arranged for eight persons The menu was soodly. Witness a copy of the card: ss Cherries la Brandywins Oysters ala Chesapeake o,,vss onsomme cornwaiiis on Tasse Sea Bass, Paul Jones Sauce Potatoes a la Saratoga
 Patties la Blue Hens Chicks
 Peas a la Canister
 Roast Beef Ia Valley TArRa
 Ice Ia Delaware Cakes
 SWISS Cheese Crackers When everybody had eaten substan- tiaiiy and drunk properly of the cof- Tee, black or milked. as he preferredS tns H spssak,ing e Kin % Tas commenced.
 not surprise, but merely a gratifca- Lion. When he said clever things, esyerypcdy smiled, not because they an- going to say. but because the things ne said were characteristic and fresh anc ana funny and fine. At the nrst he pese Ws ss,a Lrioute to George Washington. Mir. might be honored between Lee and Lincoln; both Lincoln and Lee were TersSInn.@g seer'S9al @ sPSrt in which they were ities of the twain and with an early start became the hero of all sections Of the nation. X It was to the spirit of that speecb that members of the ComrnerciaI CInh spoke last night.
 First of all, Secretary Dave read telegrams from Representatives of were: VI " V
 W. B. Crang. 0. Underwood, John L. 5surnness, 2 n A. A Wiley. R. P. Hobson.
 Those present were: c. e. Abercrom- bic, C. F. Anderson, R. e. Arrinrfon 5 ,. Baldwin. Fred s. Bali, George T. v WNzr1ss F RiscE m VI Saisnstt; iras.; H. L ' Bartlett, Branch, !. M Burch, M. Cody. Herbert Coleman. 4.G.Cook. W.NCox, e. W.Csov. ington; F. Chaffee. ". P. Chiffon, E.L. Ehrenreich. B. Fl. Evans, Louis B Fss. James 2. FerraI, '. .. Tischesser. sImon, fIS, sssqnenec Sert dlas. M s NdsTs9R E..I, + L GIL Gunter ". A. Gunter, F. c. HamiIl. V II. Hanson. W. ". Haraison, Horace. Ho06t 5o0ab.cI Charles M "; Hopkins. II s. Iyey, Max Jacobs. E. J. Jenkins. George ". Jones, Judge T. c. Jones, J, K. Jackson. w.. A. Jordon, E. B. fGssIn F9snf D. Gahn Sohn, ii + Nj w Ks1nnSsSs nss4ss L. Lasseter. Robert. B. Lowe, H. Lur- man. e. II. McCombs. H. F. Martin. Thonas W: Martin, E. M. Mason. Dun B. Meyer. c. c. Miles. Arthur c. Min ter, J. MoffRt, M. Mohr, F. M. Moseley c. F. M0ritz, A. Nachman, O. 0. Nelson, James O'Hara, T. M. owen, J. S. Par rish. J. s. Pinckard. Ralph D. ouIsen- berry, Joseph Lee Rhodes, Alex Rice. ter, T. w. Shackleford. c B. Simms, F. c. Stevenson, Frank stoIlenwerck, Jf., Horace Stringfellow, M. M. Sweat George A. Thomas, W. H. Thomas. J. ". Terry Clayton Tullis, W. H. Up- church, Ira H.Yirgin, David s. Waddy. Edward s. Watts. B. J. We'll, I Wen. s. c. Well. Commissioner J. 4: Wilkin-
 MT. Jones's speech was so clever as to win for him the tAlker's reputa- tion that was already his. It seemed to be the everything that intelligence required and yet the sequence of noth- ing that were most appropriate to what He exploded theories of the childhood of the Father. yet acclaimed him mas ter and moulder of the American peo- pie. The address of Mir. Jones was at once learned and vibrated with good humor and wit
 F. S. Ball spoke on "1S19-Four Mil- lion" He made humorous reference to s'i0O. O0O.I .IelO," and the movement" was properly treated. Mir. Ball, speaking to a sentiment that was rather novel, Introduced iniquities that first, amused and then interested hearers. who were sorry indeed when he ceased to speak.
 Hon. James A. Wilkinson, Commits sioner of the States Department or Agriculture and Industries. spoke on 'The Growing State.
 MT. wilkinson at the outset, declared that he had been assigned subject of wide range. He reviewed the development of Alabama and touched unon many things of material interest to the state and it's people.