The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-01-08

In wishing the employees OF Cne Ma
tional Baptist Publishing Board a hap
DIV New Year the mammoth concern
stamps itself more indelibly on the
minds of all the people. The Baptist
Publishing House of this city has from
time to time, in more ways than one,
been able by such acts to ingratiate it
self into the very hearts OF the people
of this great city They have by their
adherence to strict business methods
! gone step by step upward until no one
( in Nashville doubts that the publish
ing house is a top-notcher, and this is
not confined, as would be said, among
the Negroes" 1t is really one OF the
[ leading establishments in the city OF
Nashville and is so recognized, as they
do not halfway accomplish things
This is true in the religious world as
well as in the business world. In begin
ming the New Year the Secretary and
Manager, DR.. R. H. Boyd, gave his
usual New Year greetings in the form
Of an annual dinner, repast that has
been served annually for a number
of years Although oft repeated and
| partaKen of by many an employee,
hoard member, and few citizens, 1t
lost this year none of it's real worth
and interest. The preparations for
the dinner were made last week. 1t
Twas announced by DR.. Boyd at their
morning devotions. on several occa-
Isions and all the employees, even
those at home on sick leave and those
: who might be perchance on their va
cation. we're urged to be present. AS
q result on New Years day practical
ly all. of the employees and nearly all
of the local board members were in
and about the plant First, there was
a problem as to a place sufficiently
large where table could be arranged
that this vast number of employees
could assemble at one time and dine
together. DIR. Boyd has stated on more
than one occasion that it is his ear
nest desire to have his co-laborers eat
with him once a year, just as he
wants them to pray with him every
day. Finally it was decided that
the dinner should be served in build
ing No. 6, known as the Woodworking
and Cabinet Department, which is 80
feet wide by 100 feet long. Some deli
cate and valuable machinery was
moved aside; work benches, circular
saws, and much other machinerv had
to give place to a table which II
stretched out in one line would have
gone the length of the building On
this table was spread most sumptu-
GUS repast of roast pig, baked turkey,
chicken, boiled ham, cornbread. light
bread, potato and salmon salad, and
cranberries. There was plate for
each employee and a knife, fork and
spoon at each plate, with a cup Of the
best dripped coffee for every one.
. There was no effort made to serve the
dinner in courses nor to have other
than real good old dinner. After
this was eaten there were grapes,
oranges, apples, cream and cake, not
a little bit but food in abundance.
This throng of skilled laborers clerks,
mechanics, editorial writer's and those
employed at the Publishing Board had
worked from a. m. to 2:90 p. M, so
their appetites were sharp and they
ate the dinner with a relish. The
dinner fairly begun and halfway over,
speech making was in order.
DR.. Boyd announced that he enjoyed
going over old times, relating, if you
please, the beginning of the plant and
looking around upon the older ones
who had begun work when things
looked dark and gloomy. Each de-
partment was called upon, the fore
man and chief clerk generally respond
ed. Prof s. p Harris. of the book
keeping department, being the oldest
employee now at work was first to re-
spond He is entering his thirteenth
year of actual service with the insti-