The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-08
President Erx.s Message.


TO the Directors of the Columbia Com
mercial Club:
We are making steady progress t2-
wards the completion of our organiza-
ton and we mus 1ot cease our efforts
until we have one of the best organ
lied clubs in Tennessee.
The success Of such an organiza-
ton means much to our town and
county, and we should leave nothing
undone that will add, to its success
and carry out its purposes.
The officers and directors have been
elected BY the Club and the duty i'm
posed upon us to direct and carry out
the policies that will bring the desir-
ed results.
We should elect on the various COM
mittees such of our members as will
be thought adapted for the specific
work selected for them to do and it
is our duty to render such assistance
in each and every department as we
can give in order to carry out and per-
feet the work in that department.
There is always strength and power
| in organization and il we have good
organization, there can be no doubt
of the success, provided, we enter
heartily in the work.
| All the citizens Of Columbia and
Maury County have as much Local.
pride. or more, as other sections, but
the natural advani ages and resources
we enjoy have tended to make rs
lacking in aggressiveness.
We can secure whatever we went
in Columbia and Maury County II we
will only work at 1t with due diligence
and persistence.
Special Committee.
At our last meeting of the Club
Special Committee was appointed to
work for the location Of the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, which will
be in one of the Middle Tennessee
Counties, and there are many reasons
why 1t should come to Maury, and
believe with the proper effort, we can
get It,
We should eadeavor to get the farm
ers of this county to join us in this
work, and ! see no reason why Maury
County farmers should not join our
Club. We would attend their meet
ings and they attend ours and by
working together for Columbia and
Maury County, both would be mu-
tually benefited. The citizens of Co
lumbia feel proud of the County, and
we believe those of the county feel
proud of Columbia. Then we should
work together to build up both town
and county as well as the other towns
and villages of the county.
We need several working commit
tees and will make few sugges-
tions as to what they could do.
Legislative Committee.
A Legislative Committee should en-
deayor to encourage and pass all good
legislation for Columbia and Maury
County and Tennessee and defeat the
bad
Our Senator and Representatives
need assistance and advice concern
ing many matters Of Importance to us.
They cannot watch and work too. So
a good Legislative Committee can be
of great service to them in many ways.
For the last few years the pendulum
in State affairs appears to be swing
ing on the side OF large appropriations
and our taxes are getting higher.
Maury County will likely be called
upon TO give up several thousand dol
lars of school money to the smaller
counties, as there is a BIZ now pend
ing OF that purport.
There should be an equitable, fair
and reasonable assessment law passed
by the Legislature, have not in
vestigated as to other property, but
know that the banks OF Columbia and
Maury County are assessed twenty