The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-02-08
Organized Last Msada y
Night.
GREAT INTEREST SHOWN.
A President, Treasurer, Secrs-
tary, aud Twsnty-ORs Di-
rectOrs Chosen.

According to previous agree
ment the citizens of Kosciusko and
vicinity assembled in the Court
House last Monday night to con-
slider the advisAbility of establish
ina a cotton factory in Kosciusko.
About $50 representative men were
present and great interest in the
proceedings were manifested
throughout.
Mr.. J / Hammond called the
meeting to order and expressed
the opinion that it was time to or
ganize and start to work. He
then asked the will Of the audience.
In responc to unanimous re-
quest Mr.. J. B. Sweat, Of Sault
Ste Marie, Mich. q former cit-
zen Of Attala- addressed the meet
ing. He briefly outlined the ad.
vantages to be derived from a cot
ton factory, and told how, on &C
count Of such enterprises, his little
town in Michigan had grown to be
thriving city in few years. He
expressed his full belief that a fac
tory would DO well in Kosciusko
and said that it was in the power
Of the citizens to establish one
with home uAoney entirely if they
would only push it. Hs advised
that an organization be perfected
at once SO that the work could pro-
ceed with system. Mr.. Sweat
further stated that he had been
among the farmers the greater part
of his present visit to the county,
ard that they we've to 4 man great
ly interested in the project; aud he
emphasized this BY saying that, if
Koaciusko would raise S50,00Qo
the farmers would raise an equal
amount, and thus a factory could
be started with . capitalization Of
100000.
Mr.. ]. G. Clark then spoke OF
some correspondence he had had
with Mr.. George c. Power, indus
trial commissioner of the Illinois
Central railroad, in which the lat
ter, speaking for the road, had off
cred to assist the people in any
feasible manner to secure manufac-
turing enterprises.
Mr.. s. L. Dodd then proposed
that an organization be effected by
electing president and other off
GERS. He said that the town ough,
and must have the enterprise, and
the way to get it was to 60 aheaC
and get it.
Mr.. A. A. Armistead objected tt
an election of officers at that time
saying that the proper way to pro
ceed was to enlist a sufficient mum
Der OF stockholders and then lie
them elect the officers. He with
drew his objection, however, wher
it was explained that the officer
now to be elected were only tenn
porary to get the thing started
and that, when the company wa
formed, the stockholders could ei
thsr ratify or reject the election
now held.
Officers were now elected an
resulted in w. B. Potts being ehos
en- President; c. C. Kelly Treasul
er, and +. P. Johnson Secretary
The presiding officer (Mr. Han
mond) then announced that h
had q considerable amount
stock already subscribed on hi
own list and that fourteen prom
nent men in all parts Of the cour
ty had similar lists and were vigol
ously pushing the work. The at
dlence expressed much satisfactio
with this statement.
1t was now agreed that tho chail
man appoint q committee of five
who would report to the meetin
two business men from each Bes
and eleven from the county
large to act as a Board of Directors
or executive committee, for th