The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-01-06


FINE UMBRELLA-MR. JOHN n.
KELLY MAKES PRESENTATION
SPEECH.
At 2:3O p. M Monday afternoon,
the employees and members of the
National Baptist Publishing Board
ate their fourteenth annual New
Years dinner as the guests Of DR..
and Mrs. r. H. BoyG. The occasion
was one of the most remarkable in
the history of the institution and the
dinner, according to Secretary Boyd's
statement, was instituted when the
Publishing Boards employees con-
sisted of himself, Miss Lena Randals,
Miss Julia Mckinney and Prof S. P.
Harris, who is the only one of the last
three named now with the institution.
January /, 1897, was the beginning
of the New Years dinner, and the en-
ployees now on the pay roll have in
creased considerably in number since
that time An invitation was ex-
tended to each member of the Publish
ing Board in tie city and each en-
! ploye connected with or on the pay
roll of the institution, yet only about
one hundred twenty dined on last
Monday with the Secretary and his
wife
The entire arrangement Of the din
ner, said Dr. Bovd, was left in the
hands of Mr.. L. Landers, the chief
mailing clerk. The dinner proper
was served in the chapel Of the Pub
fishing House, at 521 Second avenue,
North. The seats, lecture stand and
! all movable furniture were taken ont
and twenty tables placed therein. TIE
/ house was tastefully decorated with
bunting and festooning in holiday
! colors. The words welcome" and
HAPPY New Year" beautifully worked
in tissue paper banners were suspend
ed from dozen places in the ceiling
almost covering the walls. Christmas
bells hung from each chandelier. The
usual dinner hour, IL o'clock was not
taken by any of the employees the
manufacturing department working
4 from seven o'clock until the bell rang
/ for the annual feast, and the cleri-
cal force, which began its work at
S o'clock, worked likewise. All had
/ been instructed by Dr. Boyd on a
1 previous accession not to bring any
lunch, so the appetites of all grew
larger and larger every minute after
II o'clock, and when the dinner bell
did ring for them to wash their hands
and prepare for the lunch, no time
was lost, in fact not much primping
was done.
At 2:30 o'clock notice was given
that dinner was ready The army Of
employees, headed by the Secretary
of the Board and Chairman Clark,
gathered around the festive board TO
do justice to The occasion. Grace was
said by Dr. G. H. Clark, Chairman of
the Board, after which a general de-
vastation Of the best eataDles that the
most experienced chef in Nashville
could provide had begun. Such eata-
lies as barbecued shoat, baked chicken
and turkey, boiled ham, sal%ds, cakes,
pies, celery, nuts candies fruit and
ice cream were served in abundance.
While the dinner was being served,
d INO NlollOlS OclluG III JllP p6TSOnS OI
Prof. Trawick, of the Methodist Train
ing School, and Mr. Weatherford, VINO
has written several books pertain
ing to the work among Negroes.
DR.. Boyd introduced them and both
made appropriate remarks. The call
was then made for Prof. J. D. Cren-
shaw, the editor of the Unlon-Review,
/ who made ono of his faecin tiuy 70 Lbs
of the gratitude shown by the en-
ployees foE this dinner and the appre-
Casion each one had for such an oc-
cosion He yielded the oor for Mr..
]. H. Kelly, Jr., a member OF the com
posing room, who led in singing "Send
out the light" the favorite song of
DR.. Boyd, words and music by the late
VIM. Rosborough. Everyone present
Joined in singing the beautiful produc