The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-05-20
NEWDERRY INAUCURATES
BIG FORWARD MOVEMENT
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING FOR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Many Visitors From NeighbOring
Cities-AddSesse by John Wood
And Others.


With prominent visitors from the
commercial bodies of neighboring ci-
ties participating, and with large
and enthusiastic attendance of the
members Of the Newberry chamber OF
: commerce and of the people of the
city generally, the meeting in the
chamber of commerce rooms on Mon
day evening, having for it's object the
bringing of all the business men OF
{ the community into the organization,
for the purpose of building up New
berry, and to bring the NeWberry
chamber of commerce into closer
touch with similar organizations OF
surrounding cities, was entirely sue
cessful from every point of view, and
its results for the good of Newberry
are expected to be lasting and far
reaching.
H. The principal address Of the occas-
: ion was delivered by John Wood, Sec
retary of the Spartanburg chamber OF
commerce. 1t was stirring address,
in which was emphasized the truth
that cooperation is the life-blood OF
anything undertaken nowadays, and
that it takes persistent effort and pull
ing together for the general good to
upbuild a town.
President I. H. Hunt, Of the New
berry chamber of commerce, to whose
persistent efforts much of the success
of the meeting is due, presided. Presl-
dent Hunt introduced the speakers in
happy manner. -
sxor Cole. L. Blease delivered the
Of welcome on behalf Of the
Newberry. Mayor Blease paid
E to John Wood and wanted
tell Newberry how to get the
that has characterized the cities
Mr.. Wood has been at the
of the chambers Of commerce!
esident W. G. Mayes, Of the Busi-
& Mems Credit association of New
FRY, warmly welcomed the visitors,
hd was followed by President j.
Henry Harms, of Newberry college,
who delivered a enthusiastically
strong address in which he offered a
welcome on behalf of the educational
institutions of Newberry.
IN the beginning Of his remarks, Mr..
wood emphasized the need for park
in -Newberry. On the automobile
kdrive around the city he had been TAX
.en. with the other visitors, to Willow
brook on Monday afternoon, and he
>spoke Of the beauties of Willowbrook,
saying that it should be an object
lesson to the east side Of town, as 1t
was to all visitors to Newberry who
saw it. The great trouble with most
chambers of commerce, he said, was
that many people were afraid that
. others would get more benefit from
- shan they themselves The trouble
Swhere was getting together. TO
ksther and to merge personal
RaS- into work for the comLlu-
as a whole, upbuilding the COM
ty and at the same time helping
interest in the community,
ant effort. 1t was better not to
a. stranger come to town at all
than to haveAQne come and go away
disappointed. TO be able to deliver
! the goods was required in this age OF
: the worlds commercial advancement.
Streets and roads came in for a large
! share of his attention, Mr.. Wood show
king the advantages of and the neces-
sity for permanent roads and the
sreat burden of the mud tax. The CO.
operation of the farmers should be
secured, he said. by the chamber CT
|$commerce. It was to the interest OF
the farmers and to the interest OF the
city. Every farmer should be a mem
: Der of the chamber of commerce, and
he outlined the plan by which the
farmers of Spartanburg were being
taken into the Spartanburg- chamber
1 of comerce at two dollars per year
He pleaded for home-raised supplies
and for making country life more at
tractive.
! A chamber of commerce, he said
needed paid secretary, whose duty
it should be to see the people who
came to town and put them next to
the people they ought to meet. If peo-
pie coming into town were worthy
a the confidence of the people in that
town, the way to meet them and tc
next to them ought to be made
land it was just as important tc
Aa.,,n ono who would guard