The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-08
DIRECTORS MEET
TMPoRTNAT MEETING HELD AT
 COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Proposea Trolley Line' Between Co., Iumbfa and Tuskegee Dtscusaed-- To Make Club Rooms n Mu- scum for Montgomery
 Products.

At a meeting Of the directors of the Commercial Club held last night in the
 Club rooms on Court Square. much
 business of Importance in addition to posed Of. The question of the
 proposed building of a trolley 1 line from Columbia to Tusbegee
 was paramount at the opening of the meeting, but after a thorough review of the situation 1t was decided that the proposed western limit or the trolley prscluded any action fthe Montgom-
 cry Club beyond expressed interest ln
 the project.
 The question of two trains daily be- 1 tween Montgomery and Tuscaloosa was discussed at length, It was finally de- eided, however that the secretary of 1 the Commercial Club should correspond | upon the subject with the secretary of | the tuscaloosa organization that the matter might be more thoroughly dis eussed at a future meeting.
 A report from the comniittee of city
 development suggesting the use of the club rooms as commercial museum for the display of the various products of the factories about the city was
 discussed. the project being accepted
 and heartily approved by the directors.
 The secretary was accordingly instruct l ed to work out the best method for the accomplishment of the suggestion
 and to make his report as soon as pos- sible. By the means of this museum, visitors to Montgomery may go to the Commercial Club rooms and see the
 products of the factories about the city
 without the inconvenience of long. te- deus trips in the suburbs. Such mu- scum, II was thought, would be of in- caiculable benefit to the city.
 Tn a written report by Secretary Dave a Montgomery convention was suggested By this Montgomery Con-
 vention every organization In the sity
 would be invited to send delegates to the Commercial Club and state to the
 directors of that body just what his organization was doing toward the up- knIIainr of the city. The directors af- fer d iong discussion admitted the fea- siblty of the plan. but deferred final action on the matter to a future meet-
 The directors present then weighed
 every sentence and word of the speech
 which Secretary Dave. of the Club. ie to deliver at the coming convention tn be held in Chattanooga during the conn
 ing week The speech was given their
 unanimous sanction.
 The purpose of the speech is to show
 that the bringing up of false issues and the constant haFping upon dead
 issues weakens the power of the young
 man Of the present by making him Ieei that all chance of doing great service
 belonged 10 an older generation Also inc nurpcse is to reassure those bav- ing working capital that the South ersl business men intend to make them
 selves heard and felt in the conduct of public ofEices: and that recognizing the relation between active capital ana
 working state they place tnemseIYes oIl
 record as opposed to. any narro" ways of looking at capital The sum and substance of the speech
 ia a call to the young man, showing
 Of something of the problem which
 rests on the present day. and the need
 for young men of fervid vision and
 high purpose to take an actlFs part III
 public affairs.
 The directors accepted as members
 into the club two of Montgemery.s g young business men. Messrs Bert C..
 Well and Herbert pucros. .-