The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-20
THE 1910 MOVEMENT
CoMMrTrEEMEN MEET TO DISCUSS
 THE PLANS.
Tonow~ovx RusIness Men Win Begin Soliciting Funds To Add sub-
 kfnntiaI Boom For MoHt-
 Unuaery.

Tbe ..fa1o movement is now organ liked ana well under way. The cry of ls$t00.00o for Montgomery in 1910 has been taken up and has met With In stant favor
 | The leading professional and busi- lness men of the city have stated their hearty endorsement of an organized ] movement to boom Montgomery and Iturn their efforts toward increasing l its population, and steps have already | been taken to inaugurate campaign which will place the capital city of the State we'll above the 100000 mark be- l fore the next decenniai census. Ata meeting of the Ways and Means Committee of the Commercial Club held in the rooms of that organiza- | ton yesterday afternon plans for gain ing the desired increase in size were
 discussed. and as the first move m snas direction a subscriplcr, to be solicited form the leading commercial Interests of the city was decided upon l Among the large number who att | tended the yesterdays meAtinF. the sentiment in favor of the sugg sstion which appeared in Sunday morning s edition of The Advertiser was unani- rnously endorsed Everyone expressed himself as being enthusiastically in sympathy with the Idea, and willing to do his part in the work. Montgom- cry. with the advantages It possesses. | it was urged. should become more i'm portant in commercial influence, and it Hes within the power Of Montgomery s citizens to bring this about. The meeting of the ways and means committee was called by Chairman F. E. Glass at o'clock, and was well att ] tended not only by the members of the committee. but also by others who are interested in the movement As the meeting was called fe- general dis cussion of plans. 1t was thrown open for discussion. The rresent situation and the means of Increasing the impor- tance of the city were talked over. Two things only are needed tc bring about the result desired, was the gen eral consensus of opinion. energy and money.
 Before closing the meeting definite steps were taken for start In the campaign It was decided to appoint
 a special committee made up out of the active members of the club to man age the "1910 movement" Another important decision taken had for its object the collection of money to be
 used in furthering the plan
 Starting within the limits of those
 who attended the meeting, a liberal amount was subscribed on the spot. Tomorrow morning soliciting commit | tees will be sent out among the mer-' 1 chants to acquaint them with the de- 1 tails of the plan and to secure assur- ance Of their financial and moral sup 1 port. In blew of the desudt which will accrue from an increase in population | it is confidently expected that the work will be enthusiastically taken up by | the merchant classes.
 | Members of the standing committees of the club. who attended yesterdays ] meeting by invitation, were the fol-
 lowing: Naham Griel. Frank D. kohn.
 F. S. Ball, Alex Rice, J. s. Pinckard, l H. B Holt, R. J. Chambers. W. N. Cox.
 E. J. Meyer. v. H. Hanson, Sam Kauf- I man, John W. Tullis, Jr.. c. c. zirkle, 1 w H. Ragland and A. C. Winter. All | of these persons were present at the
 meeting.
 Before adjournment 1t was announc- ed that another meeting will be cailied
 at an early date.
 At the monthly meeting of the com mercial club to be held tonight ''the
 1910 movement" will be a live topic | of discussion.