The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-03-14
HANDSOME new
HOME FOR ELKS
SEEMS ASSURED
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
STRUCTURE PLANNED BY
COMMITTEE.
NAME SOLICITING COMMITTEE
LARGE Attendance Of Over Fifty Men,
bers Give Promise of Early Sue
cess of the Big Project for House.

That the handsome new Elks' Home
will be erected in Columbia at an
early date there now seemspto be not
the semblance of doubt in the minds
of any of the Elks who attended the
enthusiastic meeting of this order
held in the lodge room Monday night.
In fact you are not good Elk il you
even think such thought, much less
give it utterance. An Elk would be
taking his personal safety in jeopardy
to speak in doubt of the consumma-
ton of the plans, in the club room.
The ways and means committee
headed by James A. Sloan, chairman,
met promptly at Z O'Clock and alter
few minutes of deliberation agreed
upon plan to raise the money. A
full report was submitted to the lodge
shortly afterward by Chairman Sloan,
in very telling and feeling speech,
The plan in substance is as follows:
For the lodge to raise among its
members by popular subscription
about $4,000 or $4,000, and then is
sue bonds of like amount and eroct
and furnish one of the handsomest
homes of the South. The plan as sub
mitted by the committee was unani-
mously received and accepted, and tor
about an hour the lodge room echoed
with oratory from the throats of en-
thusiastic Elks.
The ways and means committee
was continued and authorized to ap-
point twelve men for the purpose of
soliciting these subscriptions, which
committee is to report at the meeting
next Monday night. The committee is
as follows: M. S. King, chairman;
II. G. Hendley, secretary; r. L. Gun
bingham, r. f. Moore, ], T. Moore, ].
F.. Nicholson, William Barker, c. L..
Oliver, Fred Latta, John w Black, w.
P. Boyd and Godron Brown.
There were about forty members
present who held tickets to the lee
tpre given by DR.. Watts, and all We're
anxious to hear him, but the enthusi-
asm over the new home was SO great
that it was impossible to close the
lodge until after nine o'clock. Many
were heard to remark that they wish
ed the. ladies Of the Cosmopolitan
Club had chosen some other night to.
stage the lecture.
Six new applicants were elected for
and several more petit.
tons were received. The membership
committee is doing a splendid work,
and they were given to understand
that after the plans for the new club
were accepted and the work ordered
to go ahead, that the initiation fee
would be raised from $500 to $4,000,
but that the annual dues would remain
the same as heretofore.
Next Monday night an old time in
stalfation will be staged in celebra-
ton of the report of the work of the
finance committee. The plans for the
new home as submitted by the archi-
tect, are of, magnificent four. story
structure Of stone, with half story
Easement, where baths and toilets will
10 placed with large room in the
front suitable for grill room or bar
Der shop.
On the ground floor is the large
porch in front which is convertab BILE
into o sun parlor during the winter
opening into the large loung-
ing room with a reception room or d.
brary on the opposite side, immediate
ly behind which is the ladies' parlor
with private toilet, which room is so
with the library by means
Of large sliding doors to make it posi-
BILE to throw the two into one, max.
ing room large enough to accommo-
date any of the ladies' organizations
in the city.
The card room and billiard room
are immediately behind the lounging
room, connected by hall On the
third floor the lodge room occupies
the entire back of the building, while !
seven private sleeping rooms with pri7I
yate bath and toilet are provided. The |
fourth floor provides for large and
ball room with cloak
rooms, etc. II the building is erected
according to plans and specifications
submitted by the architect, it will be
me of the handsomest and most COM
pletc Elk Homes in any town Of this
size in the entire South, and much |
handsomer than those in tho large