The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-18
Chamber of Commerce
Was Reorganized.
IMPULSE TOPROGRESS
Reports Of Retiring President Won.
ack, and Secretary Allen Will
Strengthen the Chamber With
Added an Earnest of Great
Achievements.

The Raleigh Chamber of Com
merce and Industry was reorganized
last night under the most suspicious
circumstances possible, and it's launch
ing out into the city's economic and
civic life was in every perfectly
successful. There were present the
representative mmbrs of tn city,
commercial and industrial interests,
patriotic. enthusiastic, sincere: earn
est in their intention to promote Raj
eigh's welfare and prosperity.
The new officers of the Chamber
of Commerce are:
President-Joseph G. Brown.
Firs,s Vice. observation-disclosures H. Cut
second -President-Thomas s..
Fuller
DirectOrs-T. B. Womack, ALT. A.
Thompson, w. n. Jones, J. c. Drewry,
Howell Cobb, Robert N. Simms, T..
w. Dobbin, Alexander Webb, A. b.
Andrews, Jr.. H. A. Register and Geo.
T.. Winston.
The chamber convened at $50
o'clock in Metropolitan Hall, Presi-
dent Thomas B. Womack presiding.
The reports of the secretary, Mr.
Geo.. Allen, the treasurer, Mr.. Joseph
e. Pogue, and the president, Judge
II. B. Womack. for the past year were
received. This report marked the
close of the tenth year of faithful SER
vice and honest, hearty and patriotic
endeavor on the part of Mr.. Allen,
and it has been said that in more
than one period of its existence II
would have inevitably diSbanded save
for his unSelfish interest and faithful-'
ness.
Mr.. Joseph G. Brown reported for
the Committee on Membership that
from 127 names the list of new men,
bers had been increased to 204 names.
Mr.. Thomas S. Fuller for the Com
mittee on Reorganization reported its
work. the duties of the officers OF
the chamber; the names and number
of committees; the officers; the by
laws and order of business. together
with nominations for the various iof-
fees of the chamber with the excep-
ton of the secretaryship. this officer
to be elected by the directors.
The reports were adopted, and the
nominees were elctd unanimously.
President Womack, in retiring from
the chair, appointed DIR. Geo Ia VIM
ston and Mr.. Joseph Z. Pogue to in
duct the new president into office,
and remarked that Mr.. Brown was
one of the foremost citizens of Raj
eigh. and the city was proud of him,
but would be even more proud of him
when his term of office as president OF
the Chamber of Commerce shall be
over.
President Brown. when he assumed
charge of the gavel, said that he mad
been elected by an unanimous vote,
and he took it as pledge of the
unanimous support of his adminlstra-
ton by all the members. He then
declared the meeting ready for fegu-
lar business.
Mr.. Joseph d. Boushall said that
as the chamber would be incomplete
without secretary ne moved ina.
Mr.. Geo. Allen be made temporary
secretary, and the motion was car
ried unanimously.
Mr.. w. w. Robards moved that
resolution of thanks be paid the com
mittees that had performed their
duties so satisfactorily and efficiently,
and a resolution was adopted.
The Committee on Conventions, En-
tertainments and Hotels, on motion OF
~ Winston was instructed to pro-
vide ways and means for an athletic
park for Raleigh.
On motion of Mr.. Pogue the APP
pointment of a committee OF three, Oh
whom the president shall be cna1r-
man, was authorized to cooperate
with similar committees from the IN
dustrial Club and Merchants AssOcia-
ton and the authorities Of the State
Fair in receiving and entertaining
President Roosevelt on the occasion
of his visit to Raleigh to deliver an
address at the State Fair in OCTOBER.
The two remaining members will be
appointed later.
Mr.. Robert T. GRAY offered reso-
luton heartily approving the petition
of the Woman's Club for the erection
of a steel bridge over the Seaboard
Air Line and the Southern Railway at
Pullen Park as a memorial to the
late r. s. Pullen, and the resolution
was adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Clarence H. Poe>desired to pro-
tect the citizenry against the IMPOSE
tons of MOSQUITOES, and offered reso-
luton providing hope for relief which
was adopted directly.
After the announcement by PreSl-
dent Brown that the directors would
meet this afternoon at O'Clock in
the Citizens National Bank, the meet
ing was adjourned.
Report of Secretary.
The report of Secretary Allen, COM