The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-05-19
GOVERNING BOARD OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB IS
ELECTED At BANQUET
TWENTY.oNE DIRECTORS TO
GUIDE DEsTlNlES OF BOARD
OF TRADE.
ABLE SPEECHES ARE DELIVERED
Many Topics Of Vital Interest To The
Community Are Touched Upon by
The Speakers-Attendance Not up
To Standard.

The fourth annual banquet OF the
Columbia Board of Trade was pulled
off Thursday night quite successfully.
There have been many things to ham,
per the banquet this year. The late
ness of the date, and one time post
poning had much to do with the fall
ing off in the attendance, but one hun
dred or more guests present we're filled
with enthusiasm and seemed to imbibe
the spirit set forth by the speakers.
Promptly at eight-thirty o'clock
POSTMASTER ]. F. Brownlow raped
the gayel, and in the absence of DR..
G. G. Brewer, called upon DR.. ]. G.
Molloy to invoke Divine blessings.
During the serving of the menu speech
es were interspersed. The first
speaker on the program was DR.. s. D.
Logan, who took as his subject "The
Key Citizen"
DR.. Logan handled this subject very
ably. "The Key Citizen" according
to DIR. Logan, is that class of men that
are neither the leaders, nor are they
those who never take an interest in
anything. 1t is that vast horde of rep
resentation that has the power Of
swaying almost any kind of movement
they see fit or desire to move. Many
times they are in the wrong, some
times they are in the right. It is this
class that the persent age must learn
to sway and lead to the higher things
of life.
The next speaker on the program
was Judge ]. T. Mcknight, who was
absent and POSTMASTER Brownlow
called upon Rev. c. c. Mcneil, pastor
of the Presbyterian church of Spring
Hill, to make talk upon the subject
of good roads, and for about FIVE min
utes this gentleman from Spring Hill
talked entertainingly, jokingly and
helpfully upon this subject
Col. o. G. Hulvey, who is ever on
the lookout for the better things for
everybody, and seeing the lack of
music for the occasion, telephoned out
to the C. NJ. A. for his band and with
in few minutes they arrived and for
the balance of the evening inter-
spersed musical selections between the
speeches, much to the delight of the
guest
DR.. Charles T. Alexander had as the
subject of his address Young Ameri-
cans" He laid great stress upon the
coming generations, and to this pres
ent young American youth just begin
ming to bloom into the threshold of
manhood, was the great American ma
ton looking for protection, not only
in business, financial, moral way,
but to the protection of all the inter-
ests of American people and the en-
tire world. America and Americans
will have to take the lead in all things
after this great struggle in Europe is
over, and the youth must be prepared
to meet and cope with the situation
in its every phase.
Preparedness" was the subject as
signed to Col o. c. Hulvey, and right
ably did he handle it. Col. Hulvey
being thoroughly familiar with the
affairs of the Nation could
speak Understandings and knowingly
of the nations present needs and its
facilities and equipment to
carry on an aggressive military cam
paign should the necessity arrive. It'll
was shown in his speech that at the
outside it would require eight years to
equip our army and navy to sufficient
ly protect Me coasts. For several min
utes he laid the situation before those
and every man seemed to
feel that what the speaker was saying |
was true, but hated and was slow to
admit it in his own mind and heart.
At the conclusion of Col. Hulvey's
speech the committee appointed to
canvass the vote for directors report
ed and showed the following gentle
men elected:
Eugene Anderson, DR.. w. P. VOL
bridge, j. A. Sloan, George E. McKen-
non, R. L. Mckinney, R. L. Harlan,
Ashley Sowell, W. F. Anderson, ]. M. i
Dedman, John w. Fry j. F. Brownlow,
W. A. Dale, w. D. Hastings, H. o. Full |
ton, J. l. Finney, U. H. Foster, Charles
Sloan, W. P. Ridley, Col o. C. Hulvey, !
Fred Latta, Horace Rainey.
These directors will meet soon and
elect a president, first vice-president.
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