The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-21
'sGet Together For Mont
 gomery. .
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
 WAS HELD LAST MEETING
Called for Purpose of Meeting New
 Secretary.
During the Evening the Members Hear Some very Plain Words An To The Weakness shown Tn
 Advertisins the City.

Montgomery. first, last. and all the time. and Alabama and the South only as 1t affects Montgomeryi Let's get together for Montgomeryi
 This is the new slogan of the Com merciai Club, adopted informally, at the largest monthly meeting held in the club rooms within many months.
 Primarily to introduce the new Sec retary, J.S. Weever. to the member ship of the club. at a smoker the meeting enthusiastically turned itself into . body whose sole purpose is to push and pull for Montgomery that she may be the Queen City of Aiabama and one of the live propositions of the whole South. For the first time since the resignation of former Secretary Dave. the members of the Commercial Club met together to plan for Mont- gonery's benefit. Fully a hundred were present, many of whom had some- thing live to state to the meeting in the way of progress for Montgomery.
 President Ball opened the meeting with the statement that the new Secre- tary Of the club, was going at things just the opposite to the manner of for mer secretaries. Before the slogan of the club had been: ''The South. Ala bama and Montgomery now Mir. Wee- yer proposes to make 1t Montgomery. Alabama and the South. insofar as 1t affects Montgomery"
 Secretary Weever responded by say ing that he wished to put himself right with the membership of the club in starting his work. "I am a stranger ness to serve Montgomery. | step on anyoness toes. I do >it inadvertently. Everything I do. Is for Montgomery. Loyalty, personal efforts and money can make any city. want the mem- bership of this club to feel that this is r. IL. A |. .f.~ aH. want personal effort. There's work for everyone of us. I don't want you to sit back and say: oh. let the direct- ors do it.
 T would like to have a sort of la dies auxiliary. I would like them to promise, not to buy anything outside of Montgomery. that one can get in 1t talk about having skilled labor in Montgomery; you'll never have 1t un- les you patronize home industry. unless you use that skilled labor that Mont gomery has to offer.
 There's another proposition that I would like to have carefully consid- ered--the young man proposition. The son and clerk of today will be the owner and the manager of tomorrow. They will be the members of this club. contending with propositions that arise in civic development.
 Committee Work Lax
 Now the laxness of committees work I hear mentioned by the membership on all sides. You must admit that down deep In your hearts yon haven't the spirit stop trying to climb up your self and fin doing SO cut the throats of your. associates: boost each other.
 Let's get together for Montgom-
 Prssident Ball. commenting upon the Snf ~N tAnfx "a ali if there ever was 8 time when the people of Montgomery. now was the time. And when we get together for Montgomery. said President Ball. we'll make Montgomery what by rights 1t should be. We'll get together and push together and pull together, and we'll all boost each other. We want to ina out the thing for which Montgomery Is most suited. and advertise that thing.
 President Ball then stated that there would be refreshments served shortly. but that for short time, the meeting would be open to suggestions and short. to-the-point talks that some of
 Alex Rice started the ball rolling when he stated that it was impossible for the secretary and the president of the club, to do the work of the whole association. T found during my term Of CKtice," said NAT. Hlces tn1t sucis was the case. It ta}xeS the combined efforts of every member tn make . great succes of this club. Now if the meeting is called for 3 o'clock. let ev- cry member be present at o'clock. Don't permit some members to come promptly at o'clock and have them sit about for half or three-quarters ot ap hour. waiting for Tom. Dick and Harry" @
 . Advertising Wasted.
 Rudolph Hey next addressed the club Mir. Eley stated that he was not n member of the club, although he had been in Montgomery for some months. .'I haven't been asked to join, but MT, Ball requested that I attend this meet ing" asid Mir. Hey.
 Now this club spent large sum of money advertising Montgomery some time ago I was with the agency that handled Montgomery's advertising, and | know the results. and why the re- suits were not results. never knew a head of a community advertising propositions who knew how to answer an inquiry in reply to the advertis- ing"