Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-01
MADISON
Guest Night At
Board of Trade Mtg

Guest night as observed by the
Madison Board of Trade Wednesday
evening was a tremendous success and
will long be remembered with profit
and pleasure by all who had an oppor-
tunity of participating in the exercises
of the evening. which were held in the
banquet hall in the I. o. o. +. building.
Through the courtesy Of Indian
Spring Lodge. I. o. Q. F., the lodge
room and ante rooms were thrown
open for the use of the board and their
guests. The roast chicken supper was
served by Sterling Rebekah Lodge.
Promptly at $50 to the strains Of
music by an orchestra the members
with their ladies and other invited
guests to the number of 100 marched
TO the banquet hall which was espe-
cially decorated for the occasion with
long streamers of crepe paper and the
National colors.
After all had eaten their fill first
vice president. John White, owing to
the illness of the president. George II.
Files, called the company to order and
introduced Judge Charles O. Small
as the POSTMASTER of the evening,
Judge Small responded briefly in
happy manner and then introduced as
the first speaker of the evening Col.
Fl. G. Boyer of Portland. Col. Boyer
took for his subject. Before Investing
Investigate" Col Boyer outlined
briefly the conditions existing in the
bond business before the late war and
the tremendous changes which have
taken place since. lie then explained
some of the foundation principles
which should govern a person In the
investment in a bond or bonds which
MI
buyers and IL they can be bought at a
price which they are actually worth
Second find out If the bond is safe and
lastly If it is bound to go up little.
Col Boyer said that a bond was a
written contract but that in the case
OF preferred stock there was shred
OF a contract and that it's profit as an
investment depended largely on the
personnel and honesty OF the Com
pany. In speaking Of common stock
he stated there was not even a shred
OF contract and that the purchaser
was wholly dependent for his profit or
loss on the success and honesty of the
persons conducting the company bust
ness. The whole address was
unique feature much appreciated by
the ordinary person who is not much
acquainted with the purchasing of
bonds and stock.
Following selection by the orches-
ira Judge Small introduced Hon. Frank
q. harrington as the second and last
Speaker or the evening. Mr.. Earring
ton expressed his pleasure at being
present and said he had decided to
talk on some of the fundamentals of
life and then said in part: What the
world needs is some system of cour-
tesy, Kindness. spirit of good will and
confidence" A good American is
one who loves his home. his fellows.
his country and his God: that before
Americanizing the foreigner we must
learn to Americanize ourselves and
love purity. fidelity. patriotism and
courtesy" No. harrington stated that
he wanted to correct one story that
had gone abroad that he did not be-
Iieve in reading the Bible in the
schools and said: During the FIVE
years / taught in the schools / read
the Bible in the school every morning
and offered prayer from the bottom Of
my heart" In speaking of the pro-
hibitory law Mr.. Harrington stated
that 1t was not q question as to
whether 1t was popular or not and
that 1t was no use to say that IL in
terfered with personal liberty, but It
was q part Of the fundamental law Of
the land and that the person. who in
public or private helps to undermine
IT. is just as untrue as the anarchist
who raises the red flag" He touched
briefly on moral law and In closing
said. "he did not care to what sect or
creed person belongs so long as he