The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-06
For the Purpose Of Inducing Out
Of Town People to Trade in
This City.
MEETING WAS VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC ONE
Association Temporarily Organized,
And Committee on Permanent Or
portant Step.

| A large number of retail merchants
of Hattiesburg attended a meeting at
the court house last night, for the
purpose of discussing the advisability
of organizing rebate association,
the object of which will be to induce
people residing in other towns to
come to this city to do their trading.
| The meeting was an enthusiastic one
and is expected to result in much
good for the business interests of
Hattiesburg.
| The merchants present Immediately
resolved themselves into a temporary
association, with M. l.. Bixler as chair
man and Herman Katz as secretary.
The chairman explained the objects
! of the proposed association, which
was to induce residents of other
towns to trade with merchants of
! Hattiesburg, by refunding railroad
, fares, regardless of the distance trav-
eled by the purchaser. The matter
was enthusiastically iscussed, every
, merchant present endorsing the move
ment, and on motion and second the
chairman appointed the following CON-
mittee:
On permanent organizations E.
Hickman, e. B. Lokey, Henry Turner,
e. N. Patton and T. A. Hightower
On Advertising: s. l.. Heidelberg,
L. l.. Mullinix and Herman Katz.
BY special request of the merchants,
Mr.. T. S. Jackson, president of the
Commercial Club, was present, and
made a splendid talk on the needs of
such an association for this city. He
congratulated the business men for
taking steps for perfecting perma-
nent organization, and hoped that
after this was done the Retail Mer-
chants Association and the Rebate
Association would be merged together
with the Commercial Club, and that
one secretary would be retained to
look after the business of the com
bined organizations
President Jackson stated that, in
his opinion, if such policy should be
adopted, the three organizations would
be in position to secure the services
of competent secretary could afford
to pay him a good salary and maintain
permanent office in convenient
locality. He state that he felt sure
the Commercial Club would be glad
to join in such an arrangement, and
that the result would be highly salts
factory to all parties concerned.
The committee on permanent organ
iZation was instructed to raise funds
with which to advertise the associa-
ton, and it was the sentiment of those
present that this work should be be-
gun and the permanent organization
effected at as early date as possible
The meeting adjourned subject to
call. and it is probable that a perma-
nent association will be formed with
in the next few days.
This movement on the part of the
retail merchants means much for the
business interests of this city, as it
will be the means of attracting a large
volume of trade which has not here
tofore been enjoyed by local mer-
chants. Under this arrangement, the
nonresident will be placed on an
equal footing with the bona fide resi-
dent of Hattiesburg, as all expenses
of the trip to and from the city will
be betrayed by members of the asso-
ciation, and the prices paid by out-of-
town shoppers will be the same as
those paid by residents of Hatties-
burg.