The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-25
MEN
 ENJOY BANQUET Emmet Jones Honor Guest in Celebration of His
 Being Fired"

Revivifying the old days when the Newspaper club was a full blown rose, Birmingham newspaper men last night assembled on the 25th floor of the Civic association in the Jefferson County Bank building, where dinner given by the membership of the News paper club of Birmingham was en- joyed, the menu being all that any lean and hungry scribe could wish.
 Manager Pantaze. of the Civic asso- citation cafe, spread a feast in six courses that would have tempted a man who had just finished a good dinner at home, much less the man who had done a days work and gone to the task of eating for the first time since breakfast. The dinner was in- terspersed with short talks. wit and humor running rampant. and every man who attended said that he had had ths best time that he had enjoyed since those days when such occasions were not so far apart. and members of the press assembled in a common cause at will.
 The feature of the dinner last night ! was the introduction of Emmett A.. | Jones, chief of the bureau of markets and immigration in the agricultul al department at Montgomery, who has been asked by Commissioner of Agri- culture Wade. to vacate his office on l August l.
 JONES HONOR GUEST l MT Jones is very popular with local
 newspaper men and to be an honor guest, in celebration of his having been fired" was a unique innovation | in Alabama politics. MT Jones card | was exhibited by President Bailey, and after describing the beautiful litho- graphing emblazoned thereon, he told the membership that MT. Jones had quite a batch of them that he would 1 like to dispose of before August l, as after that date. he would not nS.u
 them MT. Jones was then asked to tell how it felt to be fired.
 q feel like tonight that it Is the
 best thing in the world for me, as I am having the best time that I ever | had and when I think of how good
 the newspaper men have been to me,
 cannot think of any place on earth 1 that HdQ IdlHtI pS lHdi Al6ht hSt V l with you fellows.
 T was not surprised of course, when | MT. Wade fired me, for he had re- {, peatedly asked me to resign, which refused to do, preferring to have him | do just what he did do. I have had | a great time while in public office at | the capitol, and l hope that l have
 done some good but whether I have or not, I have certainly tried and l have given the state my best services. As to what has happened, I am not I worrying half as much as the man who fired me, from all accounts"
 HIM AND HIS BOSS
 | MT. Jones' in humorous vein, went | into the details of his trials and tribu- lations. to such a degree as to pro- yoke much laughter. when he related some of the incidents relative to the | things that have transpired between him and his boss"
 MT. Poindexter. recent addition to l Birmingham newspaper men, made 0 | brief talk. which was very compli- mentary to Birmingham. his new home Roy L. Smart. of The geHerald, d new member. made a short talk. MT i Jones was elected to membership as a i nonresident member
 The question of deciding upon but
 ton to be worn by the newspaper men was decided upon, and Frank Req as- signed to handle the details. These
 buttons will be furnished the mem
 bers at the rate of 50 cents each.
 A general good fellowship feeling | prevailed at the meeting and every one 1 was complimentary of the splendid dinner served at the Civic association
 dinirsroorns, which Is becoming one of the most popular places in Birmingham to have lunch.