The Pensacola journal., 1913-01-04
CLUB
HOLDS ANNUAL
BOOSTER FEAST
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT OF
PENSACOLA JOURNAL HAS AN
EVENING OF MUSIC, MEAT AND
oRAToRY-HEARs ALL ABOUT
ITSELF.

ANY old dead fish can float down
stream with the tide but it takes live
one to push upstream against the cur
rent"
with this bit of trapped philosophy
as a stimulus to their mental diges-
tons and a fried chicken supper to
remind them that they are Tive ones"
the small but select organization
which bears much Of the responsibility
OF keeping The Pensacola journal
going steadily upstream held its an
nual banquet and social session at
Hughey's last night
The organization is one peculiar to
this newspaper. In business inter-
course It is generally referred to as
the circulation department" It's real
name Is the "Getter's Club"
It is headed by Circulation Manager
W. N. Herrider and includes in its
membership Herbert Henderson, J. W.
Rozear and Gerald B. Herrider, dis
trict men; w. A Beal. 8. F. Brackney
and D. R Saunders, road men; William
Yates, mailing clerk. and Elmo Harris,
assistant mailing clerk.
The bit Of trapped philosophy was
written upon one Of several black
boards suspended from the green walls
of the private dining room in which
they held their harmonyfest. Another
sage setting was the good old motto:
DO not put your wishbone where
your backbone ought to be-"
Now those little things read nicely
upon the blackboards and lent as ap-
preciable q touch as did sketches Of all
the members made by Louis D. Rob-
inson that embellished the wallscape.
But long before the speeches Of
w. p. Cunningham, William Fisher,
Frank L. Mayes and Mr.. Herrider had
been given, the instrumental numbers
OF Professor Gilfllan Scott played upon
the piano or the vocal selections OF
DR.. w. ]. Benn sung 1t was apparent
that the signs conveyed, at best, ad-
vices that were practically reduced to
sentimental worth.
Mr.. Cunningham said that The
Journal Is the best paper in West Flor
ida, that whatever 1t comes out in
favor of-whether candidate for
president or an appropriation for docks
lis generally carried, that 1t has the
confidence of its reading and space
buying clienteles as well and that
everybody in this section that can read
reads ii. Then Mr.. Fisher backed him
up and so did Mr.. Mayes; Mr.. Her
rider gave his assurances that those
speakers were correct and supple
mented his opinion by reading a paper
from p. B. McGlynn, now In Boise,
Idaho.
And the only way the trapped philos-
ophy of the signs and the chocolate
coated logic Of the situation could be
reconciled was that the stream Of
public opinion and appreciation op-
poses gravity and runs everlastingly
uphill and that The Journal swims
along with 1t, dipping its fms all the
time merely by way of demonstrating
that 1t is on top and can stay there
with the valued assistance of the Get
ter's Club"
Good Music.
While all of the speeches were ex-
cellent and, with the paper from Boise,
embodied much concrete truth and
many good pointers by which the club
may profit during the year just begin
ming, the music was worthy feature
and the piano and vocal numbers were
well chosen to diversity the evenings
program.
Professor Scott first played a para
phrase on ConalH 11HouSu the hye,
following with concert arrangement
OF 1.-The Mocking Bird"
DR.. Benn sang Simon the Cellarer," !"
q rollicking ballad by ]. L. Hatton.
The next musical number was per
petual Motion" by Carl Maria Won
Weber, played by Professor Scott.
Later Dr.. Benn sang 'Hurrah for
the German Fifth" a merry German
song. and "A jolly Good Song for the
Blues" the latter by Adam Geibel.
| Both contributed much to the pleas
ure of the evening and won hearty ap-
plause.
| 100000 Population.
Mr.. McGlynn, who Is boosting a cir