The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-17
BUSINESS MEMS CLUB,
Annual Meeting and Election OF Off
GERS Report of the Advisory
Committee,

The annual meeting of the Bust.
ness Mems Club was held hast
Thursday night.
A report Of the advisory board
was read by MIR Hickok and mp
proved by the'oiub.
a "playground' committee was
appointed to solicit subscriptions of
money for the purpose Of establish
ing and carrying ON n playground. p"
| The following members were ap-
pointed on the committee: Charles
Guessing, John Murrill and O. }
| Mayhcrry.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected us follows: W. II. Taylor,
president; George w Morris, vice
president; Marvin A Young, secre-
tary, and :. +. Iscman, treasurer.
Advisory Bonrd--Rev. G.. T..
Hickok, +. j. Mckinney, G.. w.
Grover, NJ. p. CHyce and Jake
| Karsch.
The club decided to have ban
quct some time in the near future,
and the following committee was ap-
pointed to arrange date and other
matters: +. j, Mckinney, Jake
Karsch and W. NJ. Harlan.
Beginning with May it was uuan-
! imously voted to reduce the regular
dues from $1,000 per annum Ia Sl.H
per aunum, or 81 - quarterly.
Report of Advisory Board
"Your Advisory Board respect
fully submit tn you the following
report:
During the last year it has held
numerous meetings, It's occasion re-
! quired. aud from time To time has
cndcavored to advance the interests
of this city and it's business men as
opportunity offered. 1t is almost
| impossible to make Il detailed rC-
port Of its doings, and only in II gen.
erol way can its work he brought to
the attention of the club.
Annual Stock Show.
"NOthwithstanding that there was
only small subscription tn sup
port the last stock show and sales
and that there was but little time to
arrange for its holding after 1t was
definitely decided tn do So, II was Il
success. All of the financial uhli
cations were met aud there remains
to the club upon the lot where the
show is held grand stand. This
was put up in Il durable shape and
has been painted to preserve it as
well as possible from the weather.
1--WE suggest and recommend that
definite steps be- now taken for hold
ing the stock show and sales during
the coming summer. Should the
club take such action 1t should he
communicated ut once to the South
east Missouri Short Horn Breeders
Association, SO that they can ar
range for their sale and for their
show of cattle.
"To hold the show in the manner
that it should be held will require ii
subscription from the citizens and
merchants, not, however, as large
as has been necessary inl former
years, IA the largest cXpcns" has
been done away with in the grand
stand erected last year, Had 1t
been possible to double its capacity
there is no question but that the
show would almost take care of it.
self from the receipts from the sale
of seats.
The Ely-walker Shirt Factory.
at IL to be regretted that the shirt
factory of Ely-Walker has been
closed. This was du" to the inahil-
ity of the management to secure the
necessary help and also to the finan-
cial furry that occurred ut the close
of last year. BY subscription and
in part out of the dues of the club
the rental has been paid upon the
building up to the time of the dis
continuance OF the factory. Your
Advisory Board gave the necessary
notice to the owner of the building,
paid the rent up to and including