The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-09-17
RUNS
HIGH AT BANQUET
OF BUSINESS men
Many Attend Meeting Which Started
on Campaign For New Members
to the Chamber of Commerce
and the Success Of the
Campaign Is Seen in
the Interest Taken
BY Business
Men.

Although a very disagreeable even
ing, there was good sized represen-
tative body of Maysville's business
men present at the banquet given
Monday evening at Beechwood Park
as sort of starter" to the big mem
bership drive for the Maysville Cham
Der of Commerce.
The banquet was a success in every
way and all of those present were
pleased with it and more than repaid
for the expense they had been put to
and the time 1t required. Men from
all lines of business and from every
profession in the city were gathered
together about the long tables and
rubbed elbows for three hours during
which time they partook of one Of
Charley Rhomiller's famous dinners
served in splendid style by the young
! ladies of the Settlement Club, and
listened to talks from some of our
most prominent citizens.
At the conclusion of the banquet
and before the speaking began. Mrs.
Carl Dodds entertained the business
men with a beautiful solo.
Hon. w. d. Cochran acted as toast
master and presided with his usual
dignity and grace always finding the
| rinhf thino fn of tha riuhf finn
and presenting the various speakers
in his usual style.
DIR. B. B. Bailey, the new pastor of
the First Baptist church, was the first
speaker and during the thirty minutes
he occupied the floor he kept the au-
dience roaring with his clever after
dinner stories. DR.. Bailey although
almost q stranger when he was in
| troduced to the business men Is no
longer so for he won his way into
the hearts of the local men from the
very start and while his address was
punctuated with clever stories, his
thoughts were deeply impressed up
on his audience and will remain there
indelibly.
Me. James B. Wood, always ready
when called upon, made a short talk
in which he urged upon the business
men that the Chamber of Commerce
be held in Maysville for the good it
had done and for the great amount of
good it could do.
Captain II. ]. Cochran, a former
president of the organization, also
gave an impromptu talk in which he
urged support of the organization. He
praised its accomplishments and gave
it a new definition the clearing
house of public opinion. Captain
Cochran also complimented the live,
wide-awake Secretary for the splen-
did work he had done since his con-
nection with the Chamber.
Judge Fl. P. Purnell, representing
the Fiscal Court OF the county, said it
was his opinion that the Chamber of
Commerce had done more toward
bringing closer together the county
and the city than any other one thing,
He took this occasion to thank the
! business men of the city for the splen-
did cooperation they gave in the rock
hauling campaign and praised the
County Commissioners, who compose
the Fiscal Court for the splendid ad-
| ministration OF the county's affairs
| they are now giving. He said the
present administration was not-a po-
lictal administration but an admins
| tration of service and plead for the
cooperation of the Maysville bust
ness men.
Mr.. A. L. GIascock, member of the
Board of County Commissioners and
although Maysville business man,
resident Of the county, emphasized
| Judge Purnells statement that the
Chamber OF Commerce was doing
more than anything else to bring
county and city together.
The speech making was closed by
rousing address by Secretary Dodds,
who is always running over with en-
thusiasm but who on this occasion
seemed to have the safety valve wide
| open. His address was plea for CO.
operation which met with response
from all of the business men present
as could be plainly seen from the ex-
preston on their faces. The Secre-
tary also explained the membership
campaign just beginning and said it
was civic and patriotic duty for ev-
cry business man to belong to and
lend his cooperation to the Chamber
of Commerce.
In many respects the banquet was
one of the most successful ever given
by the organization since its birth and
the business men present left the pa
Wilton full of enthusiasm for the work
of soliciting new members during the
week
FOR SALE