Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-04-24
INAUGURAL DINNER
BOARD OF TRADE
Prominent Speakers Present at
This Big Event.
FULL LIST OF MEMBERS
OF THE ORGANIZATION
Two Hundred and Forty, With Many
Invited Guests Attend-Scnator
Faulkner Presided and There Were
Many Features Provided-Pians of
the Committee of Arrangements.


The following is taken from The
Evening World of Friday and is an
account of what was planned for the
Board of Trade Inaugural Dinner Fri
day night:
The Inaugural Dinner OF the Board
of Trade of Martinsburg, will be held
this evening n the Empire Theatre
at o'clock This event celebrates
the birth of this organization and Is
concurrent with the new 1909 charter
for Greater Martinsburg. which went
into effect today.
The committee OF arrangements APP
pointed by the Board of Trade some
time since has completed all the ar
rangements for this event, which it is
expected will eclipse anything of the
kind ever attempted in this city. This
committee has labored earnestly to
make this celebration of such charac-
ter that it will not only prove an adj
vertisement for Greater Martinsburg,
but will also serve to bring the bust
ness men of the community into closer
fellowship, and thus promote the we'll
fare OF the city.
Former Senator Charles j. Faux
ner, chairman of the invitation and
reception committee, has secured as
speakers for this occasion, Hon. Ste
phen b. Elkins, and Hon. Nathan B.
Scott, West Virginia's distinguished
senator's; Hon George G. Sturgiss,
the representative of the district in
congress; Ex-Gov. William A. Mac
Corkle and Mr.. R. B. Naylor, president
and secretary of the West Virginia
State Board of Trade have also ac-
cepted an invitation to be present and
make addresses.
Will Meet at 1880 O'clock.
The members of the Board of Trade
numbering $40, will meet at the Board
of Trade room at 1880 o'clock. They
have all been assigned to tables and
in charge 4 their table chairman, will
march to the music of the City Band
to Hotel Berkeley, where they will be
joined by the invited guests and the
officers of the organization and pro-
coed to the theatre After the mem
bers and their guests are assembled,
the POSTMASTER with the speakers of
the evening, will take their places at
the speakers table. President Walker,
of the Board of Trade will call the as
semblage 10 order, and ask Rev. j. A
Hoffheins, ID. D., pastor of Christ Re-
formed church, the dean of the minis
ters OF the city, to invote blessing.
The members of the Board of Trade
and their guests will then be seated,
and the dinner will be served by the
Kings Daughters and their assistants.
The theatre will be open at $3.50
o'clock TO the ladies of the Board of
Trade holding tickets, who will be
=, given seats in the balcony While the
dinner is in progress. the ladies will
be served ice-cream and cake.
A stereoptican will be used to bring
to the attention of those present the
purposes of the organization, and also
the advantages of the city, together
with some OF its needs. There will
be thrown on the screen. quotations
and slogans which are apropo. Sew
eral other features will be introduced
during the dinner that should prove
particularly interesting.
After the cigars have been lighted,
the speakers of the evening will be
introduced 1t is expected that the
representatives in Congress will speak
more particularly of the tariff needs of
the Mountain State. 1t is probable
that the POSTMASTER will call up
on some of the more prominent guests
for short speeches. The City Band,
which has kindly contributed its SER
vice for the occasion, will discourse
during the evening such music as has
brought to them high reputation.
Senators Elkins and Scott, Ex-Gov
MacCorkle, and Secretary Naylor, are
guests at Boydyille, during their stay
in the city, Congressman Sturgiss is
at Hotel Berkeley, where he met, dur
ing the evening, many OF his political
friends. Quite a number of the Of
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