The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-23

The committees headed by Mcssrs. q.
II Dorseu and =. A. stovall secured NO
subscriptions ana chat headed by Mr. T
"a Mcmillan made no report
Tho chairman stated that The canvass
ing committee. had not secured $1,000. tur
amount specified iu fhe constitution ana
bylaws adopted at one OF the early meet
iuEs as required before any assessment
should bc collected. As there seemed Co
b. some doubt or TO whether this amount
could be secured. the only feasible plan.
~ thought was 70 return the lists 10 the
Nhairmou Of the cauFassing committee
with instructions 20 see the subscribers.
and get their consent 10 q change in the
constitution as which 49, 90 should De-
named as the minimum amount 90 d. SEE
cured before collecting assessments.
should the subscribers consent To this. the
association could be put on working
basis 40 once.
This suggestion was discussed at som,
length ana with much earnestness hy
Mcssrs "a Levy " =. Wimpy y y
Lester. 5 Krouskon f N. oliver. Capt
Henry Blum. oscar kulman. lsadore Col
Iat aud others.
some Of the speakers favored the sug-
cs-tion az the chairman. Others urged
that a. would b. much better On every
way a. proceed 10 raise the $1,000 ad-
ditlonai needed 90 complete the 5000. II
was brought out On the discussion tnat
only a small part Of the city had been
properly canvussed. and that some Of che
best districts had NOS been canvassed 90
all Mr. Nicholas Lang with territory
west 81 Barnard streets. occupied almost
entirely by small retailers had secured
400 MIR krouskoG had secured nearly
5000 la a poor territory. practically un-
aided Mr. ID d Lester had obtained 81
south OF Anderson street. ana Mr. VIM.
Kehoe. had obtained s. 500 in an eastern
districs The business districts had becn
only partially worked. ana one-half OF
Bay street bad not been touched al all
This brought on discussion as 60 the
best means Of getting additional SUBJ
scrip,ions Mr. " r. Wimpy moved that
the existing committees he discharged
with thanks and that FIVE good men who
could reach the moneyed and business peo-
pie and bring the subject homr TO them
b. appointed TO raise the additional
amount needed. MIR Levy novel
10 amend this by making tho committee
twenty-five. the chairman 10 divide the
number into subcommittee Mr. LEWIS
idea was that an especial effort should
b.. made to interest the real estate and
other large property owners hy showiug
them that II was very much 20 ths 2 tn
torest that additional industries should be
established 20 furnish tenants for their
on Bay street.
After considerable discussion the morton
20 appoint "A committee OF i've TO rIlee
an additional sum OF not less than $500
was adopted The chairman announced
that h. would make the selection after
due consideration.
resolution by Mr. kuiman was de
feated. owing 20 misunderstanding that
81 would annul the effect OF the previous
motion This misunderstanding was
cleared away. and the vote rccOnsidered
and the resolution adopted. ms follows:
Resolved That the chairman return to
che Cnnyasrlng Committee their respective
subscription iist with the request that they
call on the different subscribers and get
their consent 20 agree that their sub
scriptons b. binding. on a basis of 81 o..
instead Of NOOoo
After 81 was explained that failure by
the committee TO secure the consent Of
all the subscribers 70 the proposed change
90 a reduced capital would not release
these subscribers from their obligations
IN case the association should 40 ahead
TO secure DOT less than 81 oo1 OF subscrif-
tions the resolution by Mr. kuimnu was
unanimously adopted. The chairman stat
ed his intention OF calling the heads OF
the committees together, going over the
matter carefully with them explaining
the importance 81 the desired change. and
also urging upon them the desirabliity OF
securing additional subscriptions.
Thosa chairmcn who had secured the
largest subscriptions expressed their con
ndence that they would have no difficulty
Ia securing the consent o. their sub
Ecrbsrs 10 the proposed change.
There was some further general dis
cussion. led by Messrs oliver and Kul-
man. showing the benefits which might
have accrued 20 the city ia the way Of
aiding men in distress had the association
been placed IN position 20 begin It's work
last spring instead OF waiting until this
fall IL was shown that even with q
small capital much good might have been
accomplished
a. io.N O'Clock the meeting aiourne,i
with renewed confidence on the part Of
those present IN the industrial movement
and a fuller determination TO carry Il 70