The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-23
SHALL WE SLEEP?

/ the Progressive Union, is some
what discouraged because the
officers and members of that
once very lively but now most
inactive organization will not re
spopd TO the various calls which
he has issued for meetings.
! Several weeks since he called
the directors together but only
three out of nine members of
board responded to the call
Thinking there had been some
misunderstanding about the
date he issued another call, with
no better success than on the
previous occasion. When Presi-
dent Weaver failed to get a quo
rum on the second call he uatur-
ally became somewhat down
hearted, and said that he'd is
sued his last call Some one
reminded him, however, that the
third time is the charm" and
he Immediately proceeded to
dictate 20 his stenographer a
third call for a meeting. When
the appointed hour arrived the
directors were non est, and the
enterprising president has de
cided to give them one more
chance by calling a meeting for
Tuesday afternoon.
While this looks like the last
spark of life has vanished from the
Progressive Union, we must not
allow the organization to pass
out of existence. Any organiza
ton that has accomplished such
splendid work as was accom-
plished by this body last year
should be perpetuated. There
is no need to go into details as to
what the Progressive Union ac-
cOmplished, for the tall smoke
stacks of many mills and factor
les tell their own tale and give
tangible proof of what an organ
lied body of this kind can do for
a city. The erection of these
mills aud factories brought hun
dreds of people here, and as a
consequence the demands for
homes is greater and houses are
bringing higher rentals than at
any former period in the history
of the city. AS has been recently
stated in the columns of THE
DISPATCH, there are numb Der of
manufacturing enterprises now
seeking locations here. and all
that is necessary to secure them
is a little encouragement on the
part of our people. We are now
on the uphill grade, but if we
are contented, flushed with a
false pride on what has already
been accomplished, we will soon
be at a standstill, and the steady
growth which we have enjoyed
for a number of years past will
cease. This state of affairs
should never be allowed to come
about. Columbus must not sleep.
The Progressive Union must be
Ireorganized, and the work which
was so successfully inaugurated
last summer must be continued.
When the Progressive Union
is reorganized, and THE DIS
PATCH firmly believes that it will
be, committee ought to be ap-
pointed whose duty it will be to
look after conventions and organ
lied bodies of every character
which are to hold meetings with
in the State. and make an effort
to bring as many of them as pos
Sible to this city. Columb is
an ideal convention city. her peo-
pie being refined, cultured and
hospitable, and the Assem- bling
of convention or any similar
body in a city is always beneficial,
"a it brings a class of people
whom it is pleasure to enter
tain and who spend money free
| ". There are many other feat
ures which should be IN the
hands of special com mittees and
many other things which the or
ganization should accomplish.
The future of Columbus rests
with her people. II we expect