The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-06
WITH 442 MEMBERS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COM
PLETED ITS ORGANIZATION.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
ELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
RECOMMENDATION OF COMMITTEE.

Directors Chosen and bylaws
AdOpted-Membershi Committee
to Continue Its wOrk-NOt All Its
subcommittee Heard from Up to
Last Night-Meeting of Directors
to he Called Together Later.
The Chamber of Commerce of Sa-
vannah, at a meeting marked by much
enthusiasm, began what promises to
be most successful and useful career
last night by electing a full compile
ment of officers and directors and
adopting bylaws. The organization
starts with a membership of 442, at
least that was the number reported to
the meeting, though some of the sub
committees are yet to be heard from,
The officers elected were those rec
commended by the committee as fol-
lows:
President-J. H. Estill
First Vice President-Leopold Adler.
Second Vice President-George w.
Tiedeman.
Third Vice President - Herman
Myers.
Fourth Vice President-w. w. VIII
Hanson.
Treasurer-W. F. McCauley.
Dfrectors-B. H. Levy. Lee Roy My
ers, Vim. Kehoe, P. A. Stovall, c. H.
Dorset, w. w. Gordon, Abe s. Guck-
enheimer, T. NJ. Cunningham, Jr, Roy
c. Foster. ]. Ferris Cam, Walter
Coney, F. c. Battey, o. S. Kulman, J.
J. Kirby, George f. Tennille, S. Krous-
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ALL I. A. Solomons, w. d. Krenson,
Nicholas Lang, J. Lawton HERS ]. d.
Carswell, Thomas Nugent, D. ].
Rosenheim, T. f. Youmans A. B.
Moore. ]. NJ. Barnard, Jr.. John M.
Egan and w. B. Denham.
The officers are also directors which
thus gives a board of thirty-six mem
bers.
The meeting, which was held in the
Long Room of the city Exchange and
attended by about hundred subscrib-
ers was called to order by Chairman
Leopold Adler. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and then the
report of the membership committee.
submitted by Mr.. o. S. Kulman, was
presented. The result of the report
was greeted with cheers
II. p. AS Pledged support.
Mr.. Kulman also presented the fol-
T. p A., dated Feb. IS:
Whereas, This meeting receives with
qualification the invitation of the pro-
posed Chamber of Commerce of Sa-
vannah for our cooperation i'm the
movement for a Greater Savannah;
Whereas, The travelling fraternity
is, and by virtue of that profession
should be. the proper heralds of the
coming millennium, and are advertisers
in name as well as fact; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That Post A. uncondition-
ally individually and collectively.
pledges its support in furtherance of
the aims and purposes for the accom-
plishment of desired results 1t is fur
Their
Resolved, That Post A esteems it a
privilege as well as a pleasure to be
invited to cooperate, and will be found
not only willing. but ready to respond
in all matters pertaining to the adj
Vancement of historic, beautiful en-
terprising and Greater Savannah"
After the committee had made it's
report recommending the board of Of
ficers, DR.. !. Lawton HERS moved
their election as a whole. This was
seconded by Mr.. Kulman and carried
without a dissenting vote. Mr.. Adler
then retired from the chair in favor of
President Estill.
Appreciated the Honor.
Col. Estil1 before accepting The chair,
made a short address: y appreciate
the honor you have conferred upon me-"
he said. 81 tried to get your commit
tee to excuse me and to select young
er man for the place, a man who is
more in touch with the general business
of the city.
still want to assure you of my APP
probation, though 1 have been honor
ed so much by the people of Savannah
that l don't know what to say about
this additional expression of their good
VIII. / appreciate it the more. too, be-
cause I have long felt the need of such
an organization as this. To be put at
the head of it l consider a token of SIN
cere esteem.
81 shall do everything in my power to
advance the cause in which we have
embarked. You have given me an able
BODY OF officers and an equally cana
BILE body of directors, and l know we
can inaugurate some kind of plan by
which the city will be benefited,
nave seen Savannah grow-com-
mercial cities are not built but grow
and tonight 1 say that Savannah is
rot exceeded in growth and prosperity
10y any seaport south of Baltimore"
In concluding, Col. Estill again
thanked the meeting for the honor,
and assured it that he would do every
thing possible to deserve it.
Pending the election of the directors
which was separate from that of the
officers, the report of the committee on
bylaws had been tabled The election
finished. upon motion of Mr.. Emile
Newman the report was adopted as
amended. Before adjournment Mr..
Foster called on all members to pledge
their hearty. energetic and faithful
support to the Chamber of Commerce
and pledged himself to support it heart
and soul.
1t is probable that Col. Estill will
call a meeting of the officers and di-
rectors shortly when such further mat
tiers as need attention will be consid-
cred and disposed Of
Provisions of Bylaws.
The bylaws which were drawn I'D
by a committee of which Mr.. Roy c.
Foster was chairman, and which were
adopted after several amendments had
been made, specify chiefly, after CIV
Ing the name and the purposes of .he
organization, that the membership of
the body shall be of three classes-ac-
tive. honorary and associate; the first
70 consist of persons of good standing
interested in the commercial, indus
trial and municipal advancement of
the city; the second to consist of men
of national or commercial distinction.
and the third TO consist of officers OF
the army, navy and Marine Hospital
Service, clergymen of any denomina-
tion or others whose public services
entitle them to special consideration
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