French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-06
OF TRADE
BANQUET
REGENERATION PLANNED
AROUND FESTIVE BOARD
Officers to be Elected About First of
Year; Subjects of Advertising, Street
Lighting and Roads Before Board
of Trade.

The board of trade in monthly ses-
sion on Tuesday night discussed more
adequate street lighting. community
advertising and road matters and de-
cided to have banquet for the pur-
pose of adding renewed life to the club
work.
K. G. Morris reported that the mat
ter of street lighting was brought be-
fore the board of City Commissioners
but that the board could not see it's
way clear to make an appropriation
lor street lighting under the present
budget The cIuD proposed to Install
the lights il the city would furnish the
electricity.
The club decided to proceed with
the installation OF Main street light
fixtures at cost of about 500 Hope
is entertained OF help from the city
later in the way CT maintenance. The
lgnJ committee will solicit funds for
the fixtures. It was reported that T. L..
Durham, w. A. Smith. r. M Oates and
&c. T. Bland had promised to donate an
arch each at a cost of about $50 each.
Miss NJ. Carson Horne applied for
membership and was unanimously
elected.
T. A. Ewbank had no definite report
to make for the committee on advere
tising. He asked about the financial
status of the club and was definite in
the statement that he didn't want to
proceed with the securing of Iteras
ture until it could be paid for. No
one was able to state definitely as to
what the advertising tax from the city
would amount to. The funds for ad,
tising will have to be raised before
the literature is printed.
| George KershaW was before the
club with a county map, advocat-
! ing the use of road maps of Hender-
son county in connection with it's ad-
Ivertising campaign. Other methods
! of advertising were discussed. The
matter of advertising and the raising
of funds for such was left with the ad-
vertising committee with authority to
proceed. Secretary A S. Truck was
added to the committee on advertfs>
ing. Messrs. Hawkins, Bailey and
4, Morris will represent tht Board of
City Commissioners in the matter OF
advertising.
A communication was read from the
Raleigh Board of Trade calling atten-
ton to the new road law requiring
signs at all road crossings. The mat
ter will be referred to County AttOr>
ney O. V. F. Blythe with the request
that he take it up with the Board of
/ County Commissioners
DIR. L. B. Morse said that he had
! talked with Road Engineer P. F. Pat
ton and did not get definite informa-
tion as to when attention would be
given the Reedy Patch road. DR..
Morse reported that he approach 40
/ the Bat Cave bridge from Ashevllle-
Charlotte highway was a disgrace and
would work to the injury of Henderson
county until given attention. j. Fl
Justice and Brownlow Jackson will be
requested to take the matter up with
the State road authorities.
Secretary Truck announced that the
next meeting would be an annual one
and that officers would be elected. The
question of get-to-gtther banquet
was raised One lone voice took the
| position that it would be patriotic to
| fall in line with other cities and elimi-
nate banquets at this time when food
conservation is stressed. This view
didn't appear very sensible to others
and it was decided TO have a banquet
at the Kentucky Home. DIR. L. B.
Morse, K. G. Morris Clarence Latham,
J D. Duff and n NJ Hollowen were
named as a committee to make ar
rangements for the banquet.