The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-20
RECORD or YEAR REVIEWED
IN CAIRO COMMERCIAL CLUB
Strong Address by President Smith, Hon. Walter
Warder and Other Citizens In Which
Past Present and Future Are
EloquentIy Portrayed

The Commercial Club held It's an
nual meeting last night AZ its room
on Washington avenue for the elec
ton of offlc rs and directors, 10 listei
to speeches ana indulge Ia lunch
con and smoker n was an imp3r,
ant event for The club perhaps tht
NEST interesting annual meeting +
has held in its history Of ten years
icS the club had pass year Of ex
ttaordinary accomplishment of which
The speakers gave a most interes inc
history A eoodly percentage Of ihs
membership were present, amoha
them being the following; f. A
Smith, W. II. Lawson. George j. Beck.
on. Frank Spencer, Jesse Fl Miller
G. K Stuart, r. G Clendenen, N
Sander, Henry Smith Candee, J H.
Lazarus, Judge w S. Dew " A. Hal
ley Samuel White w 81 IIuette. Pr
w. r Grinstead. Chas Feuchter. Jr4
Jos Curry, Dan Hartman, Messrs.
Kaufman, j. II Galligan. E. L. Gil
berf, Hon NJ f Gilbert w J John
sten ard Hon Walter Nnrder
President Smith called me m citing
to order about 8:f5 o'clock and spoke
briefly Of the work accomplished by
The club during the last year He
said his own time had been much oc-
cupied with matters originated BY tn
club and be had been able to give
barely one hour per day o his own az
faiH. The Cairo e Thebes railroad
IVES perhaps the most important en-
terprise with which TIL club had been
identified and he was pleased To an
nounce that mis- had 50 far progressed
than contacts had been let for the
depot foundations and for nine miles
Of tie grading He r GREETED that oh,
s,elcs had arisen which had prevent
81 greater progress There were OH.
81 enterprises started In which III
clua had direct Dr. Indirect concern,
notably the organization Of the Cairo
G ntraeting 4 Dredging Co. which
was result Of the starting Of the
Cairo & Thehes road ne saia the
Cairo & Theb people had intended
to install dredging plant themselves
but found that theY would not be per
mitted under he laws 10 do work 4
other than their own Hence they had .
induced citizens to form a separate
organization for this wsrk and had |
given them $Ga,090 contract 10 help \
them along Other improvements OF
sreai value 10 the city which had fol-
lowed were the filling. paving ana
sew rims Of large tract Of Io#
ground which had long been an eye
iore 70 be city. He felt that tn
'rilding Of the Cairo & Thebes rail-
ad would tend more than any otaer
OF recent years to maae
AFRO IobbiRg cegter while the work
i he dredging company would ro-
Gem the city from is swampy coadl-
loh-all through The efforts Of tAa
commercial club He fell that Caira's
'orst days " re past and that there
'ere splendid prospects ahead If All
ltizens put forward heir best Ell IT. Z
push the city along there was rea
On TO expect that we would have a ] /
Ivy of fifty or sew ntyhye thousand
eople ina very few years Moro q
.lizens should Join the Commercial /
ub and take an active part in he
forts 70 build mp the city. All ciii- 5
'ns would derive d nest from en- 4
Fprises waich gave the working man q
npl1ymcut There remained much
"a. TO be done and much would bee q
me during ID next year or two. He b
lpcd that ci liens generally would c