The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1903-05-08
Mississippi Commercial Clubs
FM. RrSxrLs, in Memphis Morning News.

called together In MERIDIAN the
first convention of commercial
club ever held in Mississippi, and
the parent organization in this
city, the one which inaugurated
the movement. is making every
effort to provide the delegates with
charater of entertainment which
will be best suited to the occasion.
Invitations have been sent to Sec
rotary Wilson, of the agricultural
department., and 10 Prof. Milton
Dabney, of the bureau of soils and
surveys, and each of these distin-
guished gentlemen will be present
to participate in the work of the
convention. The leading spirits
of the agricultural and mechani-
cal colleges of Mississippi are ex
pected and will give the delegates
the benefit of their practical minds.
Other representative men of the
South will be in attendance, in
Guiding the agricultural, immigra-
ton and Industrial chiefs of the
systems of railroads operating
through Mississippi and maintain
ing headquarters for carrying on
the work in the North and West.
| take it that this initial conven-
/ ton of the business men of Missis-
sippi will be of far-reaching i'm
portance 10 the commercial, agri-
cultural and industrial interests of
the State, and it is desired that
every town and city send one or
more delegates to take part in the
deli berations of the body.
| was honored by the Meridian
Board of Trade and Cotton EX-
change. representing S5,0OO,0OO of
invested capital in this city, with a
commission as delegate to the Tri-
State immigration Convention held
in New Orleans last January, and
while there | was Il witness to the
great value these conventions are
to any of our States South. The
practical work done by that body
| during its first session of two days,
the activity manifest in all towns
which were represented. the pub
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to our earnest desire for more cap
ital to develop our country and for
more farmers from the North and
West to coloniZe our waste lands.
has had wonderful effect in slim
ulating an interest in our section,
and in bringing about the conven-
ton of State commercial clubs,
which will convene in this city
May p. What the Tri State I'm
migration League is doing for the
State of Mississippi, Louisiana and
Texas, the more local organization
to be effected next month will do
also for Mississippi. Having this
in mind, it is highly important
that every town in the State alive
to the opportunities of attracting
here money and immigration
should have representatives in Me-
ridian to participate in the work
before the convention, and to be
enrolled MS members of the central
body to be organized.
The idea of the promoters of
this organization is to arrive at
some practical way of bringing
into Mississippi the kind of money
and the class of people absolutely
necessary to our future growth.
We want to get before the investor
some facts relating to our vast un-
developed section; it is the desire
of the local organization to ex-
punge from the addresses all ora
tons and settle down upon some
, practical work that will result in
: getting only the bare facts before
> those seeking locations in the
South. Every delegate who will
come here knows that we have g
great State, one that has unlimited
opportunities for the requirement
of great wealth, if our energies are
: directed properly, SO that the poin,
for discussion will not be what we
have, but how are We to develop
what steps are necessary to make
A the manufacturer and homeseekel
> of the North see ourselves as we
J do: how are we TO collect facts ano
! lay them before these people. and
what facts are best suited to the
work in han q These are practical
questions and the application oil
: them to some definite plan of &C
: ton will come before the conven.
ton for solving.
| anticipate that the suggestion
to establish bureau of publicity
as a department of State will be
discussed at this convention. Tn
der this broad title may be includ.
ed all information relating to our
,, agricultural lands, our unsurveyed
mineral lands. our scale of taxa
ton, the price of lands and the
character of soil in each county
and to what products they are best
applied, to the timber resources
and their value, to the waterway
and rail routes and transportation
charges. TO which the homeseeker
and the man with money looking
: for opportunities of investment de
sires TO refer.
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