Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-09
~. I'D Rooster Banquet Of Greater Hem
I"Iu dersOnEiIIe Club.


Ono of the delightful events of the
uooson. where business and pleasure
SO happily combined was the Third
nooster Banquet of The Greater Hem
psorsonville Club at the st. John Hotel
Thursday evening. The dining room
5onorations were charming in their
s;,nn1icity. Upon the long banquet table
- Uniform intervals, were three large
Toats of Cluny lace upon which were
laced iardinieres of handsome ferns.
Above the tables suspended from chan
dpIiers and ceiling, were clusters of the
';est-provoking mistletoe. The unique
and attractive blotters recently gotten
ont by the club and referred to by the
The Charlotte Observer as the Knock
Tronic" served the purpose of the
usual place cards, The Messrs. St.John
were at their best and the individual
attention shown each guest, to say
nothing of the tempting menu served.
VAS in keeping with their usual lavish
way of dispensing hospitality. Seated
at the banquet table were large num-
her of Hendersonville' representative
men and women and several disting-
uished guests from other towns, not
ably Colonel Sanford H Cohen, Col
onel S. A. Jones, and others. AS
toast master Mr. e. w Ewbank served
in an adept manner. So skillfully weer
the business ideas and suggestions OF
the Club introduced in the various
toasts and so gracefully interlarded
with scintillating wit and flashes of
brilliant repartee, that while the aim
of the meeting was accomplished the
ladies' present were admirably enter
tanned nor were they in the least
bored by the hum-drum business de-
tail usually incident to such meetings.
To avoid the usual stereotyped ex-
pressions descriptive of such affairs
and at the same time convey at least
a vague idea of the speeches as they
impressed the hearers, it may be said
that they were nothing short of in
spirational Back of those speeches
lay the courage of conviction; unerring
faith in the wonderful possibilities of
this section of the state; earnestness
and determination to dare accomplish
large things. The speeches were
brimful of the thought and the en-
Jhusiasm displayed was without bound.
Following is list of the speakers
and their subjects:
Rev. Reginald WILCOX, president of
tie club. New Yesr Res 0luti 1ns'' sum
med up briefly to back up the Greater
Western North Carolina Association in
its efforts to advertise Hendersonville
and to uphold the hands of its new
secretary; to endeavor TO increase the
N IN
the year; to subscribe to and support
the Henderson county fair; to prepare
for an exhibit of proper sanitary ar
angements for rural communities anu
to enlist the cooperation of the
ladies in looking after the sanitary
condition of Hendersonville. CoLS.A
jones of WaynesvilIe, made a strons
and logical speech on the question o.
Freight Rate Discrimination and plead
with the club to use its influence il
an effort to bring about a reduction
OF taxes, claiming that North Carolin;
is oppressed in this respect in excess
of any other state. He outlined tn
benefits this section would reap b,
the building of the Trans-C ontinenta
railroad and strongly urged the emp
dertaking Much valuable informa
ton was set forth in Col. Jones talH
III Hon. w. A. Smiths toast How b
built Hendersonville Mr.. Smith ap
pealed to the ladies to assist in beau
flying and cleaning up the town. HI
urged that a ladies auxiliary to tn
club be formed. Mr.. Smith left wit
the club his motto-'do well-do bet
ter" He stated that he hoped his las
words on earth would relate to tn
growth of HendersonVille MI
W. F. Randolph, Of Ashevillt
spoke fatteringly of the wonder
full growth of Hendersonville, sine
the passing of the mule cars
and, assured his hearers that the fam
OF the place had gone abroad. FL
advocated better system of taxation
sanitation, etc. and eulogized the beau