The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-21

advertised. It should be advertised in the trade and farm journals in the magazines and some of the newspapers. As to the Montgomery papers, he said. they did not want a dollar for adver- Using. They were, all glad to do 1t and as for his own newspaper, not one dollar would be accepted for this pur- pose. He threw the columns of The Advertiser open for anything that would rebound to the gocd of the city.
 The trouble with Montgomery here tofore, Mir. Glass said, was that the people of Montgomery have been so satisfied with their city that they did not care to make any effort to let oth- CT people know of the city's advan- tages. During the past few weeks, however. things have seemed to take a better aspect. The New Exchangs Hotel will soon be opened, which will be a triumph for Montgomery. The State Fair will draw hundreds of feo- ple% and thousands of dollars of trade to the city and only a few days ago, the press announced that a six story apartment house would be erected on Dexter Avenue.
 This means, gentlemen" said Mfr. Glass, that there will be 6 building will soon be occupied by handsome buildings and creditable strut lures will take the place of some Of the ram shacH;e affairs that now disgrace our beautiful street"
 Trsmendcus applause greeted .hIs staeeinent.
 Mir. Glass then said that S1o,0oo was needed annually for pushing this pro- ieet. He believed that after one years trIai Of the scheme the business men of Montgomery would be willing to give S2o,0e0. He then called on various members to subscribe.
 A Rash to Subscribe.
 Robert J. Chambers, General Mana ger or the Montgomery Light and Wa ter Power Company sad that he was thoroughly In sympathy with the move ment and would subscribe $250 for his company. This was followed by nu- | merous other subscriptions. All ot those who spoke were of the opinion that Montgomery was taking advant- age of it's greatest opportunity. W. E. Vandiver made an enthusiastic speech telling how Montgomery had so often suffered from lack Of such fund and citing many practical sx- amples.
 Tn addition to the fund above named. a number of corporations and firms 1 through their representatives stated | that they would make liberal subscrip- tions as soon as partners or directors could be consulted, while the general | opinion was that the entire amount of sl0.OO0 could easily be raised within the next few days.
 ''Mr. Glass will have to be a Shrewd 1 financier" said Mir. Vandiver, "to keep | this fund from going over $10,0O0." | The Ways and Means Committee, un- der the constitution of the club, is au' thorized as follows;
 This committee shall provide ways ! raiai1c fmnda fhf | general expense of the club. It shal 1 also have charge of securing a special 1 promotion fund to be used exclusively l for promotion purposes, said fund to bt | disbursed only upon two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors. It shall au. | dit the accounts of the Secretary and | Treasurer al least once year" | Many New Members. At the close of the raising of sub scriptions, W. N. Cox reported for the | Committee on Membership, showing | that a number of new members had | been secured and an active campaign
 was being waged for the increase in
 membership roll.
 Edward Lyle reported for the Com l mittee on Entertainment. He said i that this committee had been organized
 early and was endeavoring to have a | speaker of international reputation l visit Montgomery, at which time hC
 would be banqueted by the Commercial Club. The Committee also had charge
 of the entertainment of the Rivers and | Harbors Committee and was arranging
 for series of entertainments during
 the summer months by which the mem
 bers of the Association would know
 each other better.
 MT. Lyles report was loudly ap
 plauded.
 The club then adjourned.
 The Committee on Ways and Mean'
 will today make an active canvass fo
 subscriptions.