The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-10-14
. ~ .aensateg wan the Stale BE-
yeiopmcnt Convention.
Pa,lucah Delegates Found Only One
Man Who Had Never Heard OF
Paducah.
THE CONVENTION is OVER.

returned today. think that Paducan
conld have won the contest had some
one else come up 10 assist them when
they wired for assistance last Wed
nosday.
The fight was between Winchester.
Paducah and Louisville, and when
the vote was taken, many delegates
were absent. The final vote was S2
for Winchester, PC for >Paducah and
20 for Louisville.
The Louisville Times says:
after a stormy session. in which
Sentor McCreary was compelled to
use his gavel many times in restoring
order. Winchester was chosen as the
next meeting place. The contest be-
tween Paducah and Winchester was
exceedingly close. After il become
known that Winchester had captured
The convention for next year ID. w
Coons. of the Paducah delegation.
made a. motion that the selection he
made unanimous. The motion was
carried without a d dissenting voice"
DUH 1duutdH utAtSdltt are Hl-ll
in their praise Of the convention and
the good 1t is to do in the stata.
They think that while these conven-
tons cost city $1,000 or $1,000,
they bring in many thousand. in adj
diti5n to the advertising Il gives
clt-
The Paiucahans advertised Padu-
cah at every opportunity. and had
many people wearing Paducah badg-
es. In fact, Paducah badges were so
much more conspicuous than any
thing else that telephone girl ask
ed Secretary Coons what Paducah's
chances were, and h Informed her
that ne believed Paducah would lose.
How bad she replied. And
there are so many people here from
Paducah tool She thought every
person who wore a Paducah badge
was from Paducah.
Only one man was found among
the 500 delegates who had never
heard of Paducah He was an In
diana man. and It N said that he
went home with very distinct rec
oilectlon of the Pride OF the Pur-
chase.
The adoption of a resolution in
surfing that the organization will be
perpetuated under the name of the
State Development Association, the
selection of Winchester as the meet
ing place next year, and the promul-
cation in set OF stirring resolutions
Of reforms needed to bring about the
increased prosperity Kentucky de-
serves and will have were the last
acts of the fourth state development
convention, which completed its la
bors at Louisville.
The resolutions adopted by the
state development convention recon-
mend:
First-Revision Of the state reve-
nue. and taxation laws.
Establishment of state
bureau of immigration and informa-
ton.
Third-Organizatlon of county i'm
migration societies.
Fourth--Better equipment for the
State Agricultural and Mechanical
college.
Fifth-Extension of the school
system and establishment of state
normal schools.
Sixth-Continuation of the state
geological survey.
! STANDARDIZATION of the office of
state forester.
Eighth-Permanency of the state
fair and selection of a permanent To-
cation.
Ninth-Enlargement of the scope
of the state board of agriculture.
The Committees.
Executive Committee James NJ.
Lang. George c. Wallace, Richard
Rudy and A. j. Decker.
Program Committee-Ja M.
Lang, chairman; o. l.. Gregory,
John Keller, Richard Rudy.
Music Charles Reed
chairman; Ben Weille, Ed Paxton.
Subscription Committee Ben
Weille, chairman Wallace Well. w.
p. Hummel, Sol Dreyfuss.
Advertising Committee ~ Robert
Wilhelm. chairman; Louis Brown
low, Ed Paxton. Ed Toof. Tom Love
lace. y
Soliciting Out-of-Town Exhibits
Gus Thompson. chairman; Fendol
Burnett, Wynne FULLY. T. II. Love
lace.
Horse Back Henry Rudy.
chairman; Frank Davis. Ben Frank
Arthur Martin
Transportation Saunders Fowler,
chairman; John T. Donovan, w. j.
Hills.
Fraternity Rodney c. Davis,
chairman; Dr. c. Il. Whitesides,
Louis Bebout
Soliciting Local Exhibits-Chas.
Alcott, chairman; Louis M. Rleke,
Jr., II. c. OVERLY, Herbert Hawkins.
Robert Noble.
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