The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-15
BANQUET IS GIVEN
 BY AD MEMS CLUB Clarence Haverty of Atlanta
 Guest of Honor AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Babb Acted as Toastmaster-Speeches Made by Underwood, Webb Craw-
 ford, Exum, President Spar
 row and Others
AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR

The Birmingham Ad Mems club ten dered banquet last night to Clarence Haverty of Atlanta. one of the promi- nent members of the Atlanta Ad Mems club, at the Florence hotel. The banquet was thoroughly enjoyed by the 40 busi. ness men who attended the meeting. l Congressman oscar W. Underwood at tended the banquet and was received standing toast was proposed by Toast master J. B. Babb to MT. Underwood as the future President of the United States Hearty applause greeted Mr. Babb's pro- posal and the toast was drunk standing. | Speakers frequently referred to MT. Un- | derwood as the future President. 1 Speeches were made by numerous bus mess men, among whom were John Spar row, president of the club; w w. Craw- 1 ford Cupepper Exum, Richard W. Mas sey, Victor H. Hanson, James J. Smith, Congressman Underwood and MT. Hav- erty.
 A feature of the evening was the Vigor- ous assertion of President Exum of the board of commissioners, Several refer ences had been made in a jokings way by previous speakers. who are among the presidents closest friends to MT. Exum' s ''bashfuiness' in city affairs.
 MT. Exum accepted the gauntlet good naturedly thrown down and said that per- haps for the sake of harmony he had not thrust himself forward and added that perhaps the city had not received his best efforts because of this very desire for harmony.
 But 1 want to assure you gentlemen" |" he said with great solemnity, that from this time on Birmingham is going to get my best efforts. I have certain well de- fined ideas about the good of this city and I am going to try to put them into effect"
 Mir Underwood was elected an honorary member of the club by exclamation and MT. Exum was elected a member upon his expressing a desire to join the ad men.
 MT. Sparrow opened the ceremonies with short speech on the purposes of the Birmingham Ad Mems club. He stated that it was the purpose of the association to protect the advertisers and to put the adv cruising on solid basis. He intro dueed MT Babb. who acted as toastmas- ter.
 W W. Crawford was the opening speak CT and he made his usual witty talk. He congratulated the club heartily on the increased membership and wished for them success. He was followed by Henry L. Badham, who cited a specific instance of the benefit of judcous advertising He, too. congratulated the club and wished for them success. President Gull pepper Exum spoke briefly on the prob lems of the city government and prom ised his support to the Great White Way movement that is being agitated by the Chamber of Commerce.
 Richard W. Massey president of the Chamber of Commerce spoke on the Great White Way and what 1t means to the city. He showed the numerous ad- vantages to be derived from the nstala- tion of the lights and urged the support of the citizens of Birmingham. MT. Mas sey was followed by James J. Smith. who spoke briefly. Victor H. Hanson also made a brief speech on the work that is being done in Atlanta and the influence of the Ad Mems club.
 Clarence Haverty, as the guest of honor of the evening. spoke last on the pro- gramme. MT. Haverty spoke of the ac- tivities of the Atlanta Ad Mems club He outlined the influence of the adver- tising men and wished the Birmingham club every success.
 Congressman Underwood made a brief speech complimenting the club on their increased mem berShlp- lie wished them success He also thanked them heartily for their action in electing him an hon. orary member of the club
 The banquet last night was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Among those present were: Congressman Oscar W Underwood. Clarence Haverty, John Sparrow. J. B. Babb. Richard w. Mas sey Culpepper Exum. V. H. Hanson, James J. Smith, A. O. Lindsay. B. Fl. T.t..- L. McRae, F. l.. Lagrue F.. c. Robin son, Thomas Hehin, Allen Johnson, John Henley, J. K. Sterne, E. B. Crawford. John W. Anderson J. F. Holberg John C. Lusk, Louis Saks. J. F. Ramsey, Leo Loeb. Joseph Loveman, Louis Pizitz, W. J. Wheeler, V. w Wood, Robert Ewing, W. T. Cox, John w. ONeill. George Bowers, L. Loventhal, C. w. upchurch and others.