The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1919-01-10
REALM OF WOOOCRAFT
CAMP GIVES BANQUET
W. 0. W. Banquet.

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There were probably two hundred
or moro in attendance, including
number of young ladies and those
also who are not so young. AS stated
by some of the speakers, there were
wives and sweethearts, but on this
occasion it was safe for them to be
together. Fortunately, or unfortu-
nately, the editors were given a seat
of honor. Mayor Pittman and the
speakers were seated together. Intro
ducing the exercises of the evening
Council Commander w. E. Jackson
opened the camp with the usual Or
der, dispatching business in very
neat manner, until the installation
of officers, which was very interest
ing ceremony.
The officers taking their respec-
tive stations were as follows: ]. A.
Hassell, council commander; r. V.
French, advisory lieutenant; Roy
Coleman, clerk; H. A. Atkins, bank
er; Vernon Irvine, escort; Will c.
Watts, watchman E. S. Knox, SEN
try; w. l. Garrett, first year man
ager
The singing of patriotic songs and
signs of the order as an expression of
| the camp for the members serving in
the U. S. Army was a part of the
regular order. The camp has a serv-
ice flag of twenty-four names, and
no order of exercise is complete
without this portion of the program.
At the close of the regular exer-
cises supper was announced. This
was really a banquet of baked chick
en- and rabbit with relishes, bread,
coffee (the famous Chase & Sanborns
coffee donated by e. P. Grissom) and
accessories, prepared under the di-
rection of Mesdames ]. A. Hassell, w.
w. Mays, w. E. Jackson, w. I. Gar
rett, Herman Stanfield, Sam Hopper,
Melvin Nichols, Will C. Watts, Luth-
er Andrews, H. P. Stone, Miss Mays
and Misses Hassell and other very
charming ladies, and when the ban
queters were helped they set to with
will that needed no spur. 1t was
indeed delightful, and many a vote
Of thanks, expressed and implied,
was rendered to the ladies.
Beginning the program Mr.. jack
son announced Mayor Pittman as the
toastmaster of the evening and the
Mayor proceeded in his usual happy
style. First was the male quartet,
DR.. ]. B. Adkerson, Messrs. Luther
Andrews, S. d. Woosley and j. S.
Lovelace. The music was truly fine,
the voices blending SO beautifully.
Miss Allie B. Campbell then ap-
peared before the audience in
charming dialect number, and re-
sponded with an encore that was al
so one of her very. popular sketches.
The first speaker was Rev. Todd,
on fraternalism, tracing it back to
Solomon's temple and even to the
creation, showing it's growth, par
ticularly since the late war. He COM
pared it with other social relation
ships in a way that brought together
the inner circles with the strong
bands of fraternal friendship.
Rev. G. j. Evans spoke on friend
ship and love and quoted from Emer-
con, Bacon and Guest some appropri-
ate lines, the most impressive how
ever coming from the Bible. ...
Rev. w. B. Cunningham was as
signed the subject of patriotism, and
he conveyed in an impressive manner
that service was the foundation of
patriotism. He spoke of the Presi-
dents address in England, which was
to the effect that men must be lib
eral, free in service and unselfish in
devotion. He spoke of the bishop
and the Servant in the House" in a
play of that name, in which of the
two brothers, tho service of the drain
man outweighed that of the fawning
churchman.
Rev. Farris spoke of the relation
of the lodge to the church. 1t was
the church which called the lodge
into being. The church is the cradle
of the lodge, but one is temporal
while the other is spiritual; one con-
tributes to the moral man and the
other teaches him of the life to come.
Rev. r. M. Carney spoke on wood
craft and its contribution to fra
ternal fellowship and benevolence
The order of the w. o. w. has assets
Of $4,000, 900 and a membership of
100000. 1t has s4,000,000 in
Liberty Bonds, and is doing o great
service in the world.
Supt. MCGEE spoke on relation of