Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-27
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
League Organized for Beautifying City Of
Pine Bluff.


hers of the civic league, constitute the
| membership Of the league, which mo-
! ton carried
Mr.. Crawford moved that the con-
stitution of the st. Louis Civic I'm
proyement league be adopted after
| undergoing certain changes as to
dates, locality, etc, the changes to be
determined by an executive commit
tee. The motion was seconded and
carried
Mr.. Crawford moved that commit
=, tee of three be appointed, Of which
| the chair shall be chairman, to make
| necessary changes in the constitution
adopted, and to fix the time for the
next meeting, at which officers will
be elected.
Rev, ]. NJ. Hawley moved as sub
stitute that the chair, 0. Caldwell;
the secretary, Mr.. Boyce; and Mr..
| Crawford be appointed as the COM
| mittee. The substitute was accepted,
carried.
Mr.. Crawford moved that commit
tee of five be appointed TO increase
| the membership. The motion was
carried
The chair, upon suggestions, ap-
pointed Mr.. Wilkins, Mr.. Eisenkramer,
| Mr.. Pollitt, Mrs. Clarence Green and
| Miss Cal1ie Jones to constitute the
| commmittee.
Rev. HaWley moved that the league
join the American League for Civic
Improvement, which carried.
Rev. Haw1ey moved that c, mmit-
| tee on press publication and public
| meetings be appointed, which carried,
| and the chair appointed Rev. J. NJ.
Hawley, G. H. Adams and C. G.. New
| man,
Rev. Hawley moved that the mem
! bership fee be fixed at 81 instead of
So.
Mr.. Boyce stated that he thought
that 50 was not excessive to start
With. and gave several examples Of
the application that could be made of
the funds.
Mr.. Pearce thought that the ladies'
should be exempt from assessment.
Mr.. Crawford offered as a substitute
that the ladies be assessed 81 and the
men So.
Mr. Pollitt offered an amendment to
the amendment, making the member
ship 50 for all.
On votes on the two amendments
and original motion, all were lost
Mr. Wilkins moved that fee of So
be assessed for the men and nothing
for the ladies. This motion was also
| lost
Mr.. E. B. Bloom moved that the an
nual dues be fixed at maximum Of
So. which carried.
The objects of a civic Improvement
league are many and varied. It's gen.
era1 purposes are to create public
sentiment in favor of better admins
! tration of municipal affairs, without in
! any way invading the domain of poll.
! tics The league will work for strict
enforcement of all the ordinances now
existing that are designed to make
the city clean, healthy and attractive.
1t will work for the enactment of such
| other ordinances as may be needed to
improve the city's appearance. The
| leagues purposes are not chiefly aes.
! thetic, though they all lie in the direc-
ton of cultivating taste for munici
pal beauty The league intends to car
ry on continuous campaign among
the people, by lectures to the school
children and before social and frater.
nal organizations of all sorts, in which
the advantages of finer city will be
brought home to all. These lectures
will not set up impossible ideals of
city-beautifying. but will be addressed
to the practical reforms that suggest
themselves to even the most unobserv-
ant persons in their daily walk in the
city. The league will indulge in no
"highfaluting' and doesn't hope to
transform Pine Bluff into another
Paris at once. The organization will
disseminate literature on the general
subject of city improvement, showing
what has been, or is being, done else
where. The league will cooperate
earnestly with every other organization
that has similar objects, and will in.
terest itself in the efforts for better
ment made by residents in all sections
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