The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-06
Meeting
Of The Citizens Association
On Wednesday Night
When Considerable Business
Was Transacted
Band Stand To Be Purchased
By Association
And City Band Expected To
Give Concerts
Resolution Adopted To In
crease The Membership

The regular monthly session of the
Citizens Association was held We'd
nesday evening in the council cham.
ber with large number of members
In attendance. President Penn was
In the chair and the minutes of the
previous session were read and ap-
proved.
Mr.. M. ]. Fish of the membership
committee reported three new men,
bers: Messrs John ]. Pfouts, Max
Hyman and Fred N. Cotton.
Mr.. Fish also made report relative
to securing auxiliary members for the
association. He stated that the COM
mittee would recommend that any per-
son desiring to become member of
the association be taken in at the reg
ular membership fee and yearly dues
and that there be no auxiliary mem
bers. Upon motion the report of the
committee was accepted and placed
on file.
The Business Method and Policy
committee recommended that the as
-sociation purchase a band stand at a
cost not to exceed $40, provided the
members of the city band will coop
crate with the association relative
to time and place, ETC., Of holding con-
certs, and that the band stand remain
the property of the association. The
report of the committee was adopted
Mr.. S. M. Woolson of the New In
dustries committee made report rel
\ ative to the proposition of the Atlanta,
Ca, Automobile company locating
here and stated that the report made
by the company was not favorable and
that the committee desired to take
no further action in the matter. He
further stated that the Montgomery
Shoe factory of Columbus desired to
change it's location and might be Sc.
cured for Mt. Vernon.
Mr.. w. P. Bogardus made an inter-
esting address on mail order business
and spoke of his recent trip to Wash
ington, d. c., with members of the
hardwaremen's association to call on
the members of the U. S. senate rela-
tive to the post parcel law.
In the matter of placing hitching
rings on Main street and the public
square, which were mysteriously cut
off some time ago, Mr.. Woolson offer.
ed motion that the executive com.
mittee of the association confer with
the city solicitor and see If there was
any ordinance to prohibit the placing
of such rings on the business streets
of the city. The motion prevailed.
The Membership committee asked
that three persons from the associa
tion be appointed to assist in the work
of securing new members, and before
adjourning the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS: The record of the Mt
Vernon Citizens Association is one Of
which the entire citizenship Of our ci
ty should be proud. Splendid results
have been attained by the organiza
tion in many matters of public import
ance, the most notable of which an(
with due credit to non-members o.
the organization, was the subscription
campaign for the retention of one o.
Mt. Vernon's most important indus
tries, The Mt. Vernon Bridge Works.
1t is clear to those who pay any at
tention to the affairs of other citiei
that those municipalities in which
there are active business mems or
ganizations gain most rapidly in thu
improvements which all Of them de
sire, and in new manufacturing plants
Competition in the latter is keen, ant
the cities which interest themselve
most in 1t are the ones that add t,
their Industrial equipment with re
sultant diversifcation of industries
that is a guarantee Of their prospect
ty.
In addition to this phase of th
work, every such organization has tn
opportunity to do vast amount II
regard to various improvements AM
plans which the city government can
not, or win not, undertake. All o
them include such matters within th
field of their operations and many O
them have done work which has beel