The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-09
MELVIN IS SELECTED
HEADS SELMA COMMERCIAL AND
 INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
At Annual Meeting Business Men Ask Railroad for Better Accommo- dations and Resolve to
 Work For City.
Advertiser Bureau,
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Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Jan. 6.
 The annual meeting of the Comner- cial and Industrial Association was held in the office of Secretary J. T. Slater on Water street tonight.
 After the meeting had been called to order, the yearly report of Secretary Slater was read. This report was an excellent one and reflected great credit upon that oficer. 1t showed that the Association was doing great work and that great success which they had met with during the year just closed.
 At the close of the report, Mayor Atkins arose and moved that the As- sociation appropriate certain sum so htat this report could be printed and distributed.
 The report of Treasurer M. L. wor- rell was then read. It showed how the the year, and that the Association had on hand s553.5s.
 A resolution was read which was to the effect that the General Passenger Agent of the Southern Railway through the local passenger depart ment, be asked to place through or local sleeper. the latter preferred, on trains Nos. 15 and 16.
 The election of officers for the Asso- c1atfOn was then tdhcn up. Ho tiom- mating committe was dispensed with. and E. G. Melvin was placed in nom- ination by PresidentW.R.P Peacock.
 Mr. Melvin then moved that nom- mating committee be appointed and Chairman Peacock be appointed on this committed, with V. B. Atkins. J. K.. Graham and c. M. Howard.
 The nominating committee retired and selected the following officers. who l.. TA said that 1t had been decided by the committee to change the Board of Di- rectors considerably, and put on others who had not been on the board. The officers nominated were: E. c. Melvin, president; E. F. Ullman, vice president; | M. L.. worrelI, treasurer; Board of Di- rectors: l.. M. Hooper. J. B. Ellis, w. Peacock. Morris Meyer. w. c. Agee. | MT. Melvin then declined the honol which had been conferred upon hin | saying that he felt himself incompe | tent to fill the office. | Several members present spoke II | most complimentary terms of MT, Mel | vin's ability. Again MT. Melvin de | clined the honor but the matter wal | forced upon him and MT. Melvin finall! 1 decided to accept the honor for on' month during which time he could re | sign. In the meantime the nominating l committee would have chance to SC | lect the most capable men to fill tn | office.
 President Peacock spoke feelingly O | the assistance which the association had rendered him in all of the impor | tant work undertaken.
 1 J. B. Ellis and L.. NJ. Hooper wer | appointed a committee to escort MT | Melvin to the chair. l.. M. Hope | addressed the chair saying that ther | was present at the meeting two ol'
 members of the association. A. G. Par ! rish was then called upon as was J i c. Hayward. Both of them spoke.
 Mayor Atkins said that he wante' | to address the meeting upon an ol' | question but one which was still in | teresting, that of street paving. H | said that had been done at the meet | ing of mayors several weeks ago a | Montgomery and explained some of tn l features of the municipal bill whicl | would be presented to the Legislature He touched lightly upon the thing | which the larger cities wanted and ex | plained the provisions that had beel l agreed upon for Selma which necessi | tated several minor changes in tn | charter and which would provide 10 the establishment of recorder to hol l court and for the levying of tax upo
 property abutting on streets when thos | streets were being paved and simila l fax for sewerage. He then read tha part of the bill referring to this mat l fer and asked that the endorsement ant assistance of the association De glvei | in the passage of this Dill.