Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-05
FUTURE WORK OF
THE BOARD OF TRADI
Address BY President
Shiver Last Night.
Wants All to Pull To.
gerner to Have Per-
manent Man to Push
the Work Next Year.

-aSt night was unusually we'll attend
ed ami a mach greater degree of in
terest was manifested than in sons
months. Tie report of the Canvass
ing Committee was presented and th5
0mmittee was requested to continGe
it's services until two hundred mem
bers are enrolled. The secretary pre-
sented report which will be publish.
ed tomorrow. President John W
Shiver presented tie following report
which was heard with much interea,
and was followed by a general dis
cussion, the general comment favor )
be to an endeavor to carry out tAe
presidents views:
Americus, Ga, Oct 4, 1910
To the Board of Trade.
Gentlemen: The seven months ex-
perience I have had as president o.
yclr organization has convinced me
that a more defirite purpose should
actuate the R2ard, that instead OF
cropping along from month to month
With no fixed object we should prepare
a definite plan and adhere to it, do
e oping it as time progresses, bit
L tie WnOle continuously maintai Is
irg line of pol:cy that will bring
us to some objective end In the past,
am forced t1 believe, there has been
much wasted energy and much wasl-
ed money, due solely to the fact that
the Board of Trade has CROPPED some
Wat blindly, now feeling in one way
and now in another, at one meeting
a cotton mill, at another
l hosiery mill, at another a new
'ailroad at another more farm
ers, and so on indefinitely. Such al
scattering of energies never yet sue
,eeI1ed in accomplishing anything an
2ever will. If we are to make this
the powerful element it'll
should be in forcing Americus to TIE
rrnt ana infusing new life into eve-y
mt of fsSumter county, We must sti,A
o one end, stand as unit in fore
z the wOl along fixed lines, not |
1e DISCOURAGED because results are
r5 had in thirty or sixty days, and
n the end we will be gratified with
he fruits Which will be reaped.
Ta:s ld'n1i. slration of the Board o.
'rmlc stands e. mmitted to tie poll ~
If building up Americus through |
up the country about Ameri-
,us. TO do this we are advertising in |
,arious farm journals, seeking 10
each farmers who contemplate
.hange of location and to interest them |
n the opportunities here. We Eav9
llready seen that results can be
achieved by adherence to this pl,n.
with positiveness along this
inc for the next five mnths, | believe
hat when this administration ends !
md a new president takes charge
t will be found advisable to pursue
he same course with even great II
yigor and that the entire commun-
ty, city and county, will by that time
De convinced that advertising such as
he Board of Trade is doing is the
nest practicable and most successful
method of getting what We want, new
blood, more white peOp'e,
an increase in our general
-rade and later ON assisting in buil1-j
ing up the city in an industrial way
For the remaining five months ot,
this administration | believe this POI
icy should be pursued without cessa-
on There should be no let-up IN
ne advertising. of Sumter county and
Americus, Getting into communica-
0n with many hOme-seekers we are
sure to land some of them, and the.
in turn will help us to advertise whdc
we AVE to offer.
While we are pursuing this polics
we should also be looking forward 20
a promo nced change in our metho Is
Of operation when the next admins
tration assumes charge of the az
fairs of the Board of Trade By tat
time if our members assist by prompt
payment Of their dues, and we SUE
cead in running the total to two
The Board wi be in position to ses
cure the services of some aggressive,
experienced man as secretary ami
;ield superintendent, some man who
knows what to do, and has the ell
ergy to do it, and who will give his
entire time to the sole work of pus1-
ng Americus and Sumter county. Net
until we do this can we hope 10
ecure the full results that we are en-
.tled to. No cl4eap man can be Sc
cured for such a work as this. The
man who would come here for SIS or
$50 a month to fiji such a positiol
would not be worth having. We must
bring here a man WDD knows his
business and who will give US the
best that is in him, and to do that
we must guarantee him for the first
year not less than $1,000. Good m"n
are in demand for tiis work, and q
good man we must have.
| urge that all of our members pull
together with us for the next five
months in getting this work thorough
Nv started and in putting the Boart
of Trade in a financial position w1ett
If can secure the services of such
man The time has passed when tht
partial services of a man will suffice
Other cities have abandoned this pol
lev and so must Americus. Valdos.4
has engaged tie entire services OF a.
able man, Thomasyille is preparin
to do likewise, other cities viii fol
low. suit. and Americus must b
abreast with the most progressive 2