The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-04-02
BROOKHAVEN BOARD OF TRADE.
Enthusiastic ORGANIZATION Meeting Held
Wednesday Night.

promise of so much of benefit to
the city's future. held its smoker
and organization meeting in the
Woodmen's Hall Of the Perkins
Building Wednesday night, in &C j
cordance with previous announce
ment. It was splendid gathering
of representative men Of the city
bankers. merchants. professional
men and tEadesmen all animated
by the one purpose of pulling to-
gether for the up-building of the
material interests of Brookhaven
and Lincoln county commercial,
agricultural, civic and otherwise.
After the meeting was called to
order by F. v. Becker, temporary
president. and the business of the
evening announced. the committee
appointed at former meeting on
nominations and recommendations
submitted the following report,
which was adopted without dissent:
To the Brookhaven Board of Trade:
The undersigned committee, Sc
lected to make nominations and
recommendations to the officers of
this organization, would respect
fully report as follows:
We suggest that the affairs of
the organization be managed by a
board of fifteen directors, amongst
which number shall be included
the officers, and we respectfully
recommend, as worthy of this re-.
sponslbility, the following we'll
known gentlemen from amongst
those who have taken stock in this
organization, and who hold paid
up certificates at the present time:
w. H. Seavey, j. w. McGrath,
/. w. Cooper, Henry Greenwood,
L. Cohn, S. E. Moreton, q. H.
Hartman, j. B. Nalty, T. H. Per-
kins, W. M. Turnbough, w. D.
Davis. w. E. Price. G.. Lewenthal,
F. F. Becker, A. C. McNair.
Of the above gentleman, we
respectfully recommend as officers
(other than secretary. this Office
having already been filed:
w. HI. Seavey, president; j. W.
McGrath, vice president; /. w.
Cooper, vice president Henry
Greenwood, vice president.
We further recommend that in,
order that the work be to accom-
Eplished may be distributed amongst
the members, that the following
committees be selected
with the duty devolving upon them
to investigate and report to the
Board of Directors or to the organ
ization such data and make such
Recommendation as may seem best
to them looking to the welfare and
growth of the city.
Roads and Streets H. Cassidy,
Chairman; F. F. Becker, S. r, Oil
yer, l. L. Parsons, j. E. Seavey.
Freight Rates-F. v. Becker,
Chairman; W. R. Smith Vanez, ].
M. Wood.
Insurance Rates-E. H. Went
worth. Chairman; L. H. Baggett.
P. j. Cantoni. Chas. Elder, E. Nc
Cormick, |. Abrams.
County Fair-Geo. A. Love,
Chairman; J. F. Greer, R. W. Nc
Nair.
New Enterprises and Public I'M
provements-M M. D. McGrath,
Chairman; A. A. Cohn. Guy E.
Brignall. j. A. Maui, III. C. Mills,
w. W. Bradshaw, G. B. Perkins.
Civic Improvement and Health
Committee j. T. Butler, Char
man; R. E. Higdon, D. N. AIRING
ton, p. w. Jones. Henry Flowers,
Is. p. Bloom, N. A. Mcleod.
Federal Courts and Postoffice
Committee e-P. q. Jones. Chair
man; A. G.. MeNair, M. McCul-
Tough, j. H. SumralI.
Advertising Committee F. B.
Noodle. Chairman; j. S. Johnson.
B. 7. Hobbs, L. H. Bowen.
Entertainment Committee Chas.
Heuck. Chairman: F. A. Cameron,
T. e. Cress, T.. O. Crosby, M. r..
Douglas, w. P. Fidler, F. H.
Hartman, Jr., r. M. Nalty. 7.
nj. Shelton. Cotton M. Smith, A.
Stafier, Jr., c. /. Wilson, Al. Z.
Witbeck.
We further recommend that the
President, with the advice Of the.
Board Of Directors. shall appoint
such other committees from time
to time as may be required; and
that the president with the advice
of the Board Of Directors shall
have the right to rearrange the
above committees if deemed ex-
Ipedient or desirable, to the end
that each talent of every member
shall be sounded and thus give to
the whole organization tone
which shall be both harmonious and
euphoneous.
We further recommend that the
Board of Directors take up and
formulate a scheme by which the
Organization is to be financed So
that the capital stock will not be
|encoached upon except through dire
necessity.
We further recommend that the
meeting place Of all. committees be-
ct the Office Of the secretary: that
| the secretary shall be the secretary
of each committee and that he shall
have the right to call the commit.
tee together at any time and that