The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-08-27

OTGuS VI IlCIl Will UC given Gil
ployment and that TupeIo will b.
benefited by their trade. 1t als'
means that this will be the dis
tributing point for all lumbel
tshipped out. Not only this, bu
a plan is on foot to continue tht
road to the Mississippi River
which will put it in straight com
petion with the large lines Of
railroad. Should the road be pu.
through to some point on the
Mississippi, it will mean thous-
ands of dollars yearly to this
people, and not only will this
help the merchants and the bust
ness men of the town, but every
man who lives here. You now
have the right and privilege to
use the concrete walks, even
though you never paid cent to
help build them Give the city
more money and it will in return
give you more conyeniences. The
Commercial Club has, though it
is but one year old, been worth
as much or more to this town
than any other one thing. No
town can hope to prosper with
out it gives the outside capitalists
an inducement to come and stay.
We must show them that we
have the raw material and the
place of location and railroad
facilities. That is what they
want and must have if they come
here. The Commercial Club
gives all these inducements and
when a man comes here with
the intention of putting in a
manufacturing plant of any
kind, he is met at the train by a
committee and made to feel that
he is at home in one of the finest
places on earth.
The Club has in it's treasury
today 1904. 10 which will be used
to advertise Tupelo and the ad-
vantages it offers This money
is donated by the citizens and
members of the Club. In a
strong, but brief, talk Mr.. r.
l.. Pound stated in substance:
IF we expect to succeed we
must get to work. Close to US
other towns are organizing and
by their organization they
are coming to the front. We are
larger by many times than they
are, and it would seem bad for
us to see them go ahead, but, if
we sit idle with folded hands and
wait for the other fellow to do
the work we will lose just as
sure as the other towns will win.
We must have something to draw
the people here. We must make
them inducements in the way of
bargains. We have got to at
least interest them or they will
go elsewhere. 1t is the duty of
every member of this Club to at
tend regularly. There are thee
classes in every town, one class
pulls for the town. another pulls
against it and another watches
| the fight" Several other talks
were made but we are unable tc
give them space this week.
/ 1t was decided that a prize be
given at the fair for some pro-
duct Of the farm. Fifteen dol.
lars was set aside to be awarded
in two prizes, the first S10.0 anc
the second SIS 90. The regular
committee will decided on the
product this week. This is an
other incident where the farmer
reaps the benefits and it tends tt
educate our farmer to raise
better grade Of stuff.
| Eeitor Finley, of the Tribune
and F. L. Kincannon, Of th'
| Journal, offered to give the TRADE
j days publicity and help the Clul
lin any other way possible.
i By request we give below th'
i entire and complete membership
LOT the Club:
i A. W. Allen, DR.. H. M. Ander
son, W. D. Anderson, ]. M. AL
lien, S. B. billiard, j. Y. Bowles
IL. G. X. Baker, w. D. Brown