The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-11-14
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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The annual NEE ing Of the Cham
bpr Of Commerce was held Tuesday
night II was the occasion of the
annual election OF officers and the
following officers wee elected:
Pre- idcnt-Frank Il. Ward.
First Vice Pre,ident-F. o. Nor
ing.
second Vice President-Willis q.
Briggs
Third Vice Prcsident-F. Il.
Arcndell.
Tiea-urcr-JoSeph r.. POgue.
5ecretsry-George Allen.
The secretary and treasurer made
their annual report. The retiring
president, Mr.. Joaephus Daniels,
then d, livered the annual address,
from hich We make the following
extracts.
WHAT rial Ugh Needs.
Raleigh needs more people of
brains, muscle, mDn-y, skill. 1t
needs mo iniustri Is to give en-
plOym mt to labor 1t needs whole
sale houses to make this city a dis
tributing point. 1t needs q modern
hotel with all the modern convent
cnCe to- cater to the ever increasing
army Of North I'll people who spend
TN ir winters in tn, South. 1t needs
to buy all the cotton of the farmers
of the adjacent country and thereby
secure the country trade that natural
ly belongs to 1t. 1t needs to e.tt b.
li-h tobacco market, to erect stem
mcries, prize hOu-t $, factories h Il
to put an end to forcing Wake cOun-
ty farmers to carry their tobacco to
smaller towns in adjoining cOun les,
whereby those towns reap the large
trade that leYitiuately belongs to
Raleigh. 1t needs good roads lead
ing in every section OF the country
that will draw trade to Raleigh. 1t
needs canneries to make trucking
and gardening more profitable 1t
needs a railroad TO reach the Eastern
section of the county. 1t needs p
new theatre with suitable stage and
curtains and modern facilities for
presenting the best plays. 1t needs
an auditorium that will seat three
thousand people There are other
needs but these are mot pre- sing
and are vital to the fuller and COM
pl, ter growth of the city, and neces-
sary if Raj, Ugh Is to attain the posi-.
ton of primacy which its position
gives it the opportunity to reach.
Evidences of Progress.
Among the chief evidence, OF
steady growth in Raleigh that al
ways afford sure baI ometcr of 9
city's progress may be mentioned:
The increase in postal receipt:
which has elevated the Raleigh post
office and made it first-class office
Located in the handsomest public
building in the State-beautiful in
simple architecture that age improve
it is an ornament to the capita
city.
2. The increased patronage of thu
street car system. The receipts TO
the past year have grown so largely
that the company will shortly extend
the line the full length Of Fayette
Vile street. There will still be ne,
of further extension and the con
tinued increase in the receipts justi
hes the hope that they will be pad
during the coming year.
3. The increase in the freight re
ceipts shows business expansion,
4. The increased postage paid b.
by the newspapers Of the city o
Raleigh, being greater than any hal
dozen other cities in the State
Raleigh is the centre of most of tn
States leading news, religious, ayr
cultural and political papers, as we
as historical and other political ps
pers, as we'll as historical and othe
publications.
B. The growing demand for goo
houses " hich contractors and owner
fud hard to meet, the demand bein
greater than the supply, thong
every carpenter, hrick-maeon p'as
erer and other, VIII M0 G ii,' T.
in house building are working q
full time building new houses.
8 The increa-ed u.e of lights an
water has ne ces5itated an enla,g
ment of the plants of both the q
company and the water c'mpan,
Raleigh believes with John w sic,
that "CleanlineS5 is next to God
ness" and because Its deeds n
virtuous it believes in illuminate
7. Raleigh's growth as bankil
and financial centre is seen in Il
large DEPOSITS of its fine banks al
the erection of the elegant ne
building going up on Fayettevil
street for the occupancy of the new
organized Loan aud Trust cOmpAn
3. The educational advantag
have been greatly improved duri
the past year. The erection of t
$4,000 textile building at t
Agricultural and Mechanical Cole
Is an epoch in the history of ind'
trial education in North CAROLYN
1t will bring to Raleigh the flow
of the youth of the State that
devoting itself to industrial pursu
aud fitting itself to lead and cont
the new industrial progress and
vclopment of the Safe. 1t Is gra
flying to recall that IL was large
through the efforts of commit
of progressive members of t
Chamber of Commerce that
LegiS was induced to make
approx / for the preparation
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