The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
IS HELPING | MONTGOMERY Tribute Paid to Commercial
 Association. ITS SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING Encouraging Reports Re- ceived from Committees. Five Members of Direcsory Were Chosen and Members Enjoyed Refresh
 meuts When the BusAness
 Was Done.

At the Semt~aunuai meeting or the conmerciaI and Industrial Association
 of Montgomery. held last night, bus mess men of Montgomery selected five
 new members of the Board of Directors of the Association and discussed vart-
 ous matters of interest to the welfare
 of Montgomery.
 Alderman Gaston Gunter, who took
 a leading part in the meeting. express ed the. sentiment Of the entire body when after the various committees of the body had reported he said. "The Commercial and Industrial Association seems to me to have ceased to be a 'resoluting' body and Is in reality an I Organization that Is doing much to | make Montgomery the city it should have been ten years ago."
 The report of every committee indi- cated great progress along their special
 lines of endeavor and made the mem | bers present take very optimistic turn of mind.
 | Previous to the meeting the Board of Directors held a, short session at which the following new members were elected: A. c. Sexton, Chief Clerk to
 the Secretary of State; c. E. Castleber- ". W. c. Swanson. Clerk in the State
 Educational Department; Jack Powell,
 John Mofatt and J. O. Cowan. I New DlEECN9E4 CnOSens | The new directors elected for the year were. c. W. Barnett, Phares Cole
 man. W. B. Davidson, J. M. Fa1kner
 and George A. Thomas.
 The meeting was called to order at
 9 o'clock by President A. c. Forbes, with forty members present
 President Forbes said that the Asso-
 citation had a right to be proud of the committees which have been 1aboring
 for the cause of the Association for the
 past six months. He believed that the
 committees have been doing better work than ever before in the history of the organization and the membership
 should be congratulated.
 Fred S. Ball, through the Secretary, 1 l.. l.. Gilbert, reported that the Com
 mittee on City Development had done work in reference to the constructing
 of bridge over the Alabama River, the construction of a cotton market on the site of the First Baptist Church. The Committee had also taken up a plan for a system of parks and boulevards and was doing work in this direction. He further reported that stop-over privileges fin Montgomery to and from the St. Louis Fair had been secured by the Committee. The expenses in- cured by the city In the paving of sidewalks had also been investigated, and 1t was thought that the investiga- ton might result in some good. Professor W. D. Simmons reported
 that the employment committe mad done good work. He read letters from prominent business houses thanking the committee for securing employees. L. L. Lassiter for the entertainment committee reported that his committee had successfully entertained the Rail ! L. E,1 Nrnw charge of other social functions of the
 association. Ray Rushton for the committee on
 legislation said at this particular sea-
 son Ills committee had nothing to do. Omee Building Site. George w.. Jones for the Modern konice Building committee reported the various efforts made by the commit tee to secure the sale or lease of Court Square for the erection of such a structure He said that if efforts in this direction failed the committee would go to work as to another local ity.
 John P. Kohn for the committee on
 school reported that the school board of the council were doing their full duty and the system Is rapidly im- proving. No results had been obtained from the movement to secure a lower street car rate for school children.
 Charles F. Moritz of the State de- partmsnt committee reported the suc- cess of the Alabama River Convention and declared that permanent good would result therefrom. He also re- ported progress in the schools and urged that manual training and mod ern languages be introduced in the Girls High School.
 George Jones a member of the school board said that the only drawback was lack of funds caused by extensive building being done for the surburban
 schools.
 John P. Kohn also spoke on the schools and said that good roads and homeseekers to Montgomery than any other asset.
 Secretary Gilbert reported that the association had assisted merchants and platners of Autaugaville in raising
 S1,500 to complete the road from Booth to Autaugaville and had received a
 promise that all of the business men | of that town should come to Montgoms
 cry.
 To Improve ArmOry. Gaston Gunter presented the plan to | erect an armory. for the Montgomery | militia. He said that he was going to
 make an effort to get appropriations from the city, count and the State. Three armories should be erected. One
 in Mobile one in Montgobery, and
 one in Birmingham. Such a step
 would make the military willing to do its full duty to the State. He ap-
 pealed to the association for moral
 support of the movement
 l On motion the association adjourned. Light refreshments were served un-
 der the direction of the entertainment l committee.