The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-02-21
w. w. CHAFFlN CLOSES LoND Pc
RiOD AS HEAD OF PROMINENT
ORGANIZATION.
CHANGE RULES or MEMBERSHIP
oyster Supper Followed by Brilliant
Array Of After Dinner Speeches.
Members Hear Of Experiences in
War Zone.
Thursdays Daily Herald J

i Changing rule as old as the clul
itself, the Century Club last night a
its annual membership meetins
amended the bylaws so as to require
five negative votes or "black balls" t(
reject an applicant for membership
This action was taken in order to
make the negative votes more in pro
portion to the increased membership
1 of the club.
An entire new personnel of officers
also was elected, the retiring offic
ers and board of directors having sery
ed the customary period of two con
secutive terms. L. H. Foster of An
derson Bros. & Foster was elected
| president and the other officers and di
rectors elected were: w. c. Whit
| thorne, first vice president; l.. H.
/ Turpin, second vice president; T. E.
Redman, secretary and treasurer;
| W. S. Beasley, R. J. Harlan, Theodore
/ Stephenson and A. ID. Sloan directors.
The membership report showed 15S
members enrolled.
Retiring president w. NJ. Chaffin
presided at the meeting and in his
address briefly told of the success of
the club during the war year when de-
spite abnormal conditions every fea-
ture of the club was kept in operation
/ and the finances handled with sat
isfactory showing
The retiring secretary J. w. Thorn.
as read the minutes of the last meet
ing and financial report of the club,
both OF which were approved. About
!. rs members attended the meeting.
Following the business meeting an
| elegant oyster supper preceded ses-
sion of after-dinner speeches which
delighted everyone present and pro-
vided an opportunity for members of
the club returned from the war zone to
relate some of their experiences. The
c. M. A. orchestra under the direc-
tion of Capt. Iver Nelson rendered a
splendid musical program. Cadet
! Irish Thomas with inimitable clev-
erness gave several Irish selections as
an agreeable conclusion to the pro
gram of the evening.
After the oyster menu had. been
consumed Retiring President Chaffin
started the speechmaking ball to roll
ing by the presentation of the toast.
master, Hon. L. 2. Turpin, an an
nouncement that had been shrouded
in mystery. Mr.. Turpin said that the
mystery was why he should be select
ed and proceeded to keep things NOV
mfg in most graceful and eloquent
manner.
Hon. G. T. Hughes, Jr., spoke briefly
on the future of the club, insisting
that there should be an increase in
membership without lowering the
standard of the clubs personnel.
Hon. B. C. Dedman related his ex-
periences in Paris, giving as the most
exciting that in which he passed
through an air raid on Paris. He de-
scribed the joy of the French people
in the reception of President Wilson
and also the demonstration that oc-
Cured when the news of the armis-
tice was received. His brief talk was
a gem of lucid but modest narration of
his personal experiences on the scene
of the greatest events in history.
Capt Richard Smith, who was with
the headquarters of the first army,
described the action at the front and
spoke of the appalling waste of war
He gave unstinted praise to his Brit
ish and French comrades and said
that it was wrong for America to
claim too much of the credit for win
ming the war. Having been in a posi-
ton to observe operations on practi-
cally all fronts. his remarks were es-
pecially interesting because of the
many first hand facts revealed.
DR.. ]. W. Cherry, Judge w. B. Tur-
ner and Or. George o. Watts added to
the merriment of the occasion with
short talks replete with wit and wis
rom from their abundant store.
In the absence of Prof. R. l.. Harris.
who was called away by illness, Hon.
James A. Sloan represented the Elks
lodge in friendly talk. Being mem
ber of both clubs he said he could in
vite "us" to come over to our house
and enjoy the spirit of fraternity
! there.