Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-06
FINANCES OF THE
BOARD OF TRADE
Report of the Secretary
On tuesday Night.
Report Shows the In
come From Dues In.
cluding New Members
to Be About $500.

At the meeting of the Board cl
Trade on Tuesday, night, the FOLLOWING
report was submitted by the secre-
tary:
Americus, Ga, October 4, 1910.
To t. Board of Trade.
Geatlemen: Since the last meeting
of the Board of Trade the special Can
vassing committee, composed OF
President Shiver and Messrs. High
tower, Andrews, Bragg, Williams, Ans,
ley, Clarke and Gamble, have given tw1
mornings to the work of securing new
members and awakening a greater d.
gree of interest in the work (amone
those WHO were already enrolled, but
have recently failed to attend the
meetings. The work of the committee
met with very gratifying success. Or
the first morning twenty-five new
rames were added to the roll ot
Imembers, and on the second morninz
twenty others. Another morning VIII
be taken next week for a continuance
of this work, and there is every like
lihOod that a further addition of TWEEN
ty or more new members will be the
result. If this proves so the organiza-
ion will then lave 175 members. and
be within 25 of the desired two hu /,
dred. With energetic effort this desi :
ID total can undoubtedly be reached
ana the organization plJ in a muc n
better condition for its work in the
future.
Those whose names have been add
ed to the roll of members are as fol-
lows:
Messrs. H. P. Everett, r. N. Hawkes..
j. e. Johnson, W. D. Payne, ]. :.
Bolton, j. F. Bolton, Mike Thomas, DE-.
Statham, w Hayes, r. l.. Maynard,
j. c. Hosselton, N. a. Ray, w. S.
Roach, Fletcher Griffin, o. NJ. Physioc,
o. NJ Hansford, A. NJ. Leggett, ]. H.
Purviss, B. c. Hogue, Mr.. Lupo, Tae
Hamilton Company, Allison Furniture
Co., U. S. Dockett & Son, DR.. l.. f.
Grubhs, Commercial City Bank. Tur-
pin Bros, Smithwick's Gun Store. !. C.
Denham, w. H. c. Dudley, Sr. f. J.
Sheehan, Elton c. Parker, C. NJ. viii.
liams, c. l.. Rocks, J. H. Beard, II. S
Pryor, J. H. Poole & Sons, R. l. Nc
Leod, w. E. Wood. T. B. Wes.5rook,
Dr. M. K. Ford, j. NJ. Johnson. Joe A.
Macarthur, E. H. Lawhorn and two
contributing members whose names
were withheld
TIE total membership of the Boa "A
of Trade at this time, including the
new members, is 1856, divided as fol-
lows:
II Corporations, paying $50
a year .................... $4,000
30 Firms, paying $15 a
year ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 335.OU
ia Individuals, paying SIS
year ............... $1,000
Total annual revenues from
Membership Dues .....$1, ,255.00
The bulk of the new members from
now on will naturally be of the $5 G.
class, so if the membership can bel
further increased until it reaches 200,
the total revenue of the Board, pro-
vided all members pay their dues,
will be about $1,000.
President Shiver rhas pointed oltI
the necessity of the Board adhering
to some definite plan of work, and Of
manent superintendent at the expira-
tion of his term of office, or sooner,
whose entire time shall be devoted to
the work Of advertising Americus al
Sumter county and promoting their
interests. There can be no question
that the recommendations of the pres
ident are we'll based and that the eX-
perience of other Boards of Trade has
demonstrated the necessity of this
organization pursuing the course he
has suggested. If we can secure 200
members there is every likelihood that
by the end of President Shiver's ad
the advertising campaign
will have been conducted to. point
where it will be more than ever nee
essary to have a permanent secretary
to follow it up BY that time the
Board should have in it's treasury suf-
ficient, with the revenues in sight from
dues, to justify it in engaging a high
class man. Such a man should be
sought for during the first part of the
ensuing year, in order that we may be
in position to secure his services in
time for the next spring and summer
work