Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-04-16

Franchise Was Defeated BY the
Adoption Of a Substitute-opportun-
ity was Afforded For a Most Inter
estinq Discussion Of a Public Mat
ter.
From The World of Saturday:
About s~eyenty-fve of Martinsburgs
leading business and professional men
attended the meeting of the Board OF
Trade in the Firemen's Hall last
might. It was the first full meeting
of the board for a year, and before
the close of the meeting it proved to
be one of the most interesting public
gatherings ever held in the city.
The members present, by a good
majority, went on record as being OPP
posed to the improvement of condi-
tions as they are al present in the
city. The stand taken is against the
admission of any new enterprises that
would be for the benefit of the people
az a whole.
President S. w Walker, Of the
board, presided, and made a few pre-
liminary remarks in which he took
occasion 10 state that only a few OF
the members of the executive commit
tee had been active in the work of the
committee. He said that he was not
scolding, but that the members had
not been as faithful az they should
be. He also made a short review OF
the work done by the executive com
mittee.
The secretary, Mr.. c. e. Martin,
read his report, which showed that
there had been twenty meetings OF
the executive committee during the
year, the largest attendance at any
one meeting having been 16, and that
in all 228 had been present, making
an average attendance of 9. He re
viewed the work that had come under
his hand and told of the correspond.
ence with firms that had been looking
for locations.
The ~treasurer's report showed that
during the year $591.37 had come into
his hands and that there was a bal
ance in the treasury of 1923. The ex'
penditures were itemized and it was
ordered that the report be accepted
and a committee appointed TO audi
the account. The COMMITTEES named
was L. M. Bender and Max Won
SchlegelI.
The industrial committee made its
report through the chairman, James
F. Thompson. He took up in detail
all the different propositions that had
been before the committee during the
rear and told how they had been dis
posed of. The only industry THAI the
committee had succeeded in making
negotiations that were satisfactory
and promised to develop into & local
industry was the Rowe Motor Com
pany. The committee called attention
to the fact that the Adamantine Clay
Products Company had been located
at North Mountain through the efforts
OF F. Vernon Aler and every assur-
ance was given that the plant would
soon be in operation.
The report of the advertising com
mittee was made through the chair
man, Max Robinson. Chairman e. G.
Henshaw, of the grievance committee,
L. M. Bender, of the transportation
committee, H. H. Emmert, of the leg
islative, and G G. Cushwa, of the mu-
nicipal affairs, had M reports to
make.
The next order of business was the
nomination of officers and members
of the executive committee. On mo-
ton a committee vas appointed to
present to the board so names, max
ing two sets of candidates. The CON-
mittee was composed OF H. H. En-
inert, w. A. Gard, J. f. Thompson, w.
E. Outcalt and Max Won Schlegel.
The committee after elaboration re-
ported the following:
For President.
S. W. Walker, Alex Clohan.
First Vice-Pres'dent.
Max Robinson, Gray Silver.
Second Viee-President.
James F. Thompson. 2. T. Brantner.
Secretary.
G. e. Martin, n. T. Frame.
Treasurer.
E. r. Sigier, DR.. W. z. Laugford
Executive COMMITTEES.
s. W. Walker,
Max Robinson,
Clarence Martin,
e r. Sigler,
Fl. P. Thorn,
C. A. Miller,
L. H. Thompson,
G. G. Cushwa,
II. 8. Cushwa.
w. A. Gard,
w. R. Caskey,
q. T. Brantner,
A. ID. Darby,
s. V. Fiery,
Edward R~utledge,
James f. Thompson,