The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-03-22
BRAVE THE WEATHER
FOR ANNUAL EVENT.
Many Assemble At
Odd Fellows Hall
Given to Stimulate Business MANY
Stockholders Meet for the First
Tlme-Rev. Taylor POSTMASTER
Timely Remarks by the
speakers-Report Read and
Stock Boosted.

Magnificent in every detail was the
nrst annual banquet given by the
stockholders of the One Cent Savings
Bank OF this city on last Thursday
nlght. In keeping with the vote Ia
Ken at the annual meeting in January.
which requested that immediate ar
rangements be made by which as
many as possible of the stockholders
and their friends might sit around the
festal board, the banquet was planned
and carried out. The committee that
had charge Of the preparation got
In touch through correspondence
and personally with every stock
holder and without exception every
one was in sympathy with the
idea The feast was spread
at the Odd Fellows Audito-
rum, and notwithstanding the tor
rents of rain that fell all day Thurs
day, and lasting up until about 1890
O'Clock Thursday night, it did not
serve to dampen the enthusiasm of
the list OF guests, including stock
holders and their friends. The eat
ables that were served, while not
elaborate, were abundant and enioya,
BILE.
The banquet was given for the
purpose of introducing the stock
holders to one another and for
creating more interest among the citi.
zens in the institution which can
rightfully boast of being the Oldest
bank in Tennessee, as we'll as q con-
Germ that has served to give the Ne
groes of Nashville rating in the finan-
cial world The idea foremost in the
minds of the stockholders as they
began to gather, was how much of
the capital stock would be disposed
OF at the meeting. But this was only
one OF the principal issues that, like
a magnet, had drawn the stockhold-
ers together for this. occasion. 1t was
remarkable to observe the friendly
and cordial relations that existed be-
tween the humblest and the most ex-
allied among those present. A num-
Der who could not attend sent letters
and kilograms to the committee as
surfing them that they were in hearty
sympathy with the movement. A pro
gram that had been arranged for the
occasion was carried out as the
diners enjoyed the feast of good things
prepared for them. The decorations
of the hall were fitting for the occa-
sion, being evergreens and national
colors. Six walters, under the able |
direction of the head waiter stood at
the various tables to serve the needs |
of the guests. 1t was $3.50 O'Clock
when Preston Taylor, chairman of the
Executive Committee, asked that the |
social chat and conversation cease and
that we bow our heads and listen to
the invocation by Rev. j. Davenport
Bushell. Then, as POSTMASTER, Mr..
Taylor gave in few choice words
the purpose of the banquet The sec
rotary of the committee, Henry Allen
Boyd, read report embracing stock
holders who had cheerfully contribut-
ed from their personal means for the
support of the banquet, and letters
with kilograms from G. A. Dickson, of
Buffalo, and VIM. Beckham. At this
point the president or the bank, R. H.
Boyd, who had just returned from
Central America, made a report on
the line of the one rendered at the an
nual meeting. The assistant cashier,
Mr.. G. N. Langston, read report of
the bank showing the standing at the
close of business December 81, 1911,
and January 81, 1912. Next came
the auditing committee, consisting of
Prof. w. S. Thompson, Mr.. L. Landers
and DR.. c. V. Roman. The commit
tees report was read by Prof. Thomp-
son.
The following responded to toasts:
How the Bank Looks to the
Register of the United States Treas
ury, by Hon. ]. G. Napier, who, as
register of the United States Treas
ury, proved conclusively through his
splendid remarks that the bank
loomed up like the Alps from the dis
lance and that it was a reality that
the Institution located here in Nash ,
vile was seen by financiers as well
as ordinary laborers, as a safe and
sound corporation. "The Bank as the
People See It," BY Rev. ]. Davenport
Bushell, the pastor of the First Bau-
list Church, East Nashville; "The [
Bank as Business Institution" by
J. w. Grant, attorney at law, who is
first vice president; "The Bank as an 5
by w. H. Oden, a real |
estate agent and director; what {
he Bank Has Done for the People" 1
by DR.. G. V. Roman, a stakeholder !
md prominent candidate for the ed
torship of the A. Nj. E. Review; "The /
Bank as a Friendly Institution" was 7
to by Rev. c. H. Clark, '
pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, t