The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-02

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 v Whereas. cas- the Commercial and Indus trial Association of Selma recoGntxes the benefits to accrue to this city trom the establishment of such court; tnefe- S Rssoivsd, by the Commercial and Tn. dustria1 Association of Selma. Tnat p,n. are hereby T Eo"is their successful efforts and they gre hereby assured of the deep apprecia- ton of this entire citi.enship for thsis will vii result 10 beneficiaiiy to selma
 Citisens Want Fair.
 The keynote of the business men or Selma for a County Fair Association' Eression that has heretofore been un- known to Selma was emphatically sounded last night at a mass meetlns of citizens with the Commerctal ana ln, dustriai Association in the Council
 Nearly twenty speeches were made by representative business men ana not one was antagonistic to the move ment of President Hooper sna ociation tna G0m ao hold fairs in this county that will pc be peers of any fairs ever held in this State. The report or the Commtteo named to solicit subscriptions and as certain popular opinion in regard to the movement returned with remarkable story of the spirit of cooperation exist ing among the business men. or l2o business men interviewed by the com mittee, said Chairman schuh. lao were heartily in favor of the plan and offer ed assistance financially and otherwise. The other five were reticent and reluot- ant about giving their consent to the fairs support aitaonga ,So hn,syr tnsy dian sairs
 we want a fair this year. and we want a good one. Nothing cheap goes. If 1t is success this year we want good ones every year."
 That was the sense of the commercial body and of the citizens assembled ut the mass meeting. Some declared they were opposed bitterly to holding q fair ness, while others declared that 1t was the plan of Mir. Hooper and the Associa- ton to have good one.
 Speeches were made by MT. schuh, KirkpatslcK, M MT. Hooper. MT. Niei. MT. Schwartz. Mayor Atkins. MT. Peacock, Colonel Nelson, MT. Turner and Mir. Rennick. Each speaker was applauded as he praised the patriotism and mar, the advantages of Selma and discussed the effect of a good fair' on the trade and business of the city.
 MT. Rennick, a race horse owner, cali- ed on by the members of the Association to speak on the advantages of horse racing at the fair and how Selma could get good horses, declared that 1t was "the chance of a lifetime. to get hsrses s esss wnsa sna rs e the sess oeption of California there Is no place in the world to winter horses like Sel- ma," declared MT. Renntck. and every man in the Council chamber agreed with him.
 "There's nothing to lose and every thing to be gained" said MT. Rennick. By offering attractive purses you can get some of tho best horses on the closes. and when the owners bring their horses here there Is no reason in the world why they should not stay here. No other place offers them the advan- fers. but they don't know 1t now. Bring them here once and they will make this city their wintering place."
 Then MT. Rennick insisted that the least s1.0o0 each in order to get the best horses, to Induce the owners to come here. He sad that if $10.000 was offered in purses at least three-fourths tries. He explained why a horse own CT would not bring his string here for purses like $400 or $500. and how there could be no good racing for small purses. The track, said MT. Rennick. would easily accommodate two hundred and fifty horses. He suggested that tne date of the fair be set for the latter part of October or the first Of Novem- Der. just after the dates at Memphis close.
 The members asked MT. Rennick a number of questions, and he spoke Q second time. His ideas were discussed at length and a number of persons gave their ideas about the salient fea- lures of a couny fair. Like Ex-Gov~ ernor Bob Taylor's story, some prefer red the thoroughbred hog and COW to take precedence, some preferred the social feature, some the business fea- ture and a newspaper man wanted the amusements. President Hooper, who presided over both the meeting of the association and the mass meeting inn pressed his idea on the minds of the business men. He said his idea was to promote agricultural and manufactur- ing interest in Selma and Dallas Coun- ty ,,s, and to .,n. inspire the ,,i farmer espec- more varied production; likewise the manufactures.
 Following the idea expressed by MT. Hooper. MT. Peacock made a prac- tical talk on the effects of such a fair. He said that nothing would inspire the manufacturer more than to see his competitor exhibiting a better machine than he made, the same being appli- cable to the farmer and the stock-rais- CT. MT. Peacock talked several min- utes and was frequently applauded. It was on his motion that the meeting of the Commercial and Industrial Assoc iation temporarily adjourn and a mass meeting be called and on his motion MT Hooper was elected to the chair, J. H Nunnelee was made secretary of the meeting on motion of MT. Mel.
 When the question of where the fair woud be held came up 1t was said that Col. Abbott had assured the committee that the race track could be used. and that he would have improvements made so as to accommodate the fair.
 Mayor Atkins was called on twice and each time he impressed the audi merchant and citizen should join heart fly in the movement as 1t meant an awakening on the part of the city to better things. He proffered financial assistance and co-opeI ation in every way possible. He alluded to the racing features of the fair and said that if there was going to be racing it should should be wide open. He was not in favor of hiding the intention of the association.
 MT. Schuh said that in his opinion 1t would be a good plan for the shares in the stock company to be plnced as low as possible in order that more persons could become financially interested. He suggested $25 as a. value of the shares
 Chairman Hooper on motion of Mi. Peacock, amended by MT. Ellis, will appoint two committees of five each One will have charge of organization of the stock company and the other will look after the financial end, soli- citing subscriptions. etc.
 The movement is now out of the trial Association and at the next mass meeting of the citizena fha fUn con-