The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-14
MR.DAWEATDOTHAN
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 Dotkan. Jan. is.--(special.) --The Do han Commercial Club banquet touish
 was a big Success. There were man, rood addresses and the business ant out of town visitor, C.. Grosyenol Dave. secretary of Montgomery Com mercial. Club.
 Mr. Dave is regarded here as one o ! the best posted men in the South. or ' the commercial interests Of this sec tion having made this subject spe cial study.
 A business netting of the club .wai held in the council chamber of the city hall at t7:so o'clock. When. this wa. over the banquet at the Hotel Martin followed. The program was as fol' lows:
 s.Dothan Ten Years Ago" D. c. Car l. michael: "The Commercial Life of Do than" B. c. Farmer: The Outlook For Nineteen Nine" R. D.. Crawford; Our Resources Made Known Through the Dothan Commercial Club" J. W. Hol- Ian; ."Dothan's Greatest Needs" E. H. Hfll: "Dothan Ten Yeass Hence. pr. M s. Davie: '"rhe Solidarity of Com mercial Interests.' c. Gresvenor Dave.
 MT. Dave made an appeal for aR cluding his remarks he said:
 .Now let me touch lightly and help fully on local matters for after all you men of Dothan are most interest cd in Dothan: .
 when you men try to proclaim the advantages of this town, you have two great difficulties before you. The first I is to have a spirit similar to your own pernfeate the whole community. Those of us who know anything about com annuity life. realize that this is one of the greatest dificulties. yet when It is overcome, 1t is the source of the greatest triumph. s., f
 "The local spirit' is the first great need in a boosting campaign and 1t is the most difficult to create; for, just as in family life we know the faults of those who are near to us, so in com munity, life we know that MT. Stand still does not, care about. changing things: that Mfr. Crouch is opposed to anything that Is suggested by MT. Getup: that Mr. Manyacres Is content- ed to see others boost as long as he can sit still and realize more values without doing anything. f
 And then speak thus to you men of Dothan, am in very truth describ- ing other communities but particular iy the small community wheres every man knows every other man. Yet. be- lieve me. that until that spirit Is changed, no community can grow as it should: for there Is not the spirit of growth prevalent in the minds of those who can do most to aid ft, ~
 "A city's growth is first in the minds of the citizens just as everything made by nian originates in q thought. This serves to remind you that the problem of city development Is like the prob lem of every other noble cause the world has ever known; the men who want to do great things and good. suf- fer less from the men who actively an- tasonize their work than from those who are totally indifferent.
 "Tf your Commerciai Club can re- create the minds and hearts of men here in Dothan, so that indifference becomes a scarce quality and belief takes it's place, you have set your foot on q pathway that must lead to tre- mendous success! for Dothan has .R right to grow according to it's advant- eges and that growth ought to be great.
 There is second great diHiculty confronting the efforts for develop En1nt. The honest, serious truth Is tkat except to Itself and those who may have diract business dealings with it. town like Dothan, or even Mont- gomery. is nothing but . dot on the map. I leave 1t to you to confirm this rather strong statement. What do you know about Bridgeport, Ala? What do you know about St. Elmo. Ala. Where is St. Elmo? You may. not know 1t is on the, map. Unless yon heard something special these places are only dots. If I should put thIs same question in Bridgeport or St. El- mo I should be likely to find that to them DothaR was only a dot. When you go outside of your own State. what Is Deadwood, South Dakota, to you more than q dot? What are you to Deadwood except a dot? So it is only by tho wisest manipulation of oppor- tunity that you can gradually spread knowledge of Dothan to surrounding territory. to surrounding States and to the whole United States. But, I as. sure you 1t is not an impossibiiIty ana 1t has particular element of hope when once you men of Dothan work together to make Dothan known by every and any means.
 50. participating in your pleasant banquet. and listening to the words of good cheer, hope you will take up with new courage the wise purpose that rests in this organization. Per haps some members have dropped out pcCddSe tuCy COutu HOI see the VI put in every months coming back $2 direct There are such men everywhere. Let such men take broader view of their chief interests and come into this or ganization,. smiting hands with their neighbors and p1edging anew their de- votion to Dothan.
 Let your secretary be encouraged by sense of success in inspiring you men to work for Dothan; for you will make a great blunder if you regard your secretary as the only one who should work to secure industries or who should carry on propaganda. His most important work is to work on you and make you see the advantage of proclaiming Dothan wherever you go.
 For your seoretary I bespeak your support at home and abroad. Let him be a member of the Southern Com mercial Secretaries Association and he will then keep in touch with specialists along his line. Let your club as a whole realize that Dothan is a part of